Stage 7: Lunéville - Karlsruhe [Archive]

97 Teran

07-07-05, 11:33 AM

I'm thinking a water boy... they're sick and tired of playing second fiddle to TMob's group of misfits. Who do they have that's good on breakaways?

gcasillo

07-07-05, 12:00 PM

Covering my arse, I will pick three Deutschlanders:

Rich
Voigt
Kessler

Dolomiti

07-07-05, 12:46 PM

If it is rainy tomorrow, which it may be - then it's time for a break to succeed. Perhaps one of those three that you mention, gcastillo

jbonus

07-07-05, 01:15 PM

Go Vino!!!

RegularGuy

07-07-05, 03:18 PM

Maybe, out of respect for the people of London, they will neutralize the stage.

Laggard

07-07-05, 03:44 PM

Maybe, out of respect for the people of London, they will neutralize the stage.

http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/images/BB/s_flypig.jpg

mrwizard

07-07-05, 04:34 PM

While it won't be the most interesting stage and the weather will be horrible... I will be there at the end tomorrow cheering all of the racers on. The american boys in general, but I'm all for everybody having a good safe race. I am in Munich right now so I have to take a train to Karlsruhe in the morning. I would rather see a mountain stage, but other previous arrangements make those wishes impossible.

Maybe I will get lucky and one of the riders will be in the back of the pack and still happen to have a water bottle to toss into the crowd. I want to see the end because I figure it will be the most exciting to see a good sprint, but the quality of being towards the middle of the stage would be the better chance of getting hit by some tour souvenirs.

brianallan

07-07-05, 06:28 PM

mrwizard, make sure you take lots of pictures and post them here!

skinnyone

07-07-05, 06:32 PM

If Vino breaks, I am sure disco will try and catch him back... I think tomorrow is a day from an attack from a fringe team...Dekker maybe??

doctorSpoc

07-07-05, 07:22 PM

I think Vino will wait 'til Sat. that stage is tailor made for him...

gcasillo

07-07-05, 10:32 PM

I'm so stoked about this stage, I can't fall asleep. It is anybody's for the taking, but I think Rich will seize the day for Deutschland. Er will Stadium sieben winnen.

marlies

07-08-05, 12:57 AM

Well, don't you think Vino would have won stage six if it wasn't for the fall of Mengin? Nothing Discovery could have done about that. Perhaps he will be able to do something smilar today...? And if not, what about one of the austrian guys?

Devil

07-08-05, 06:33 AM

cedo

07-08-05, 06:47 AM

Or maybe one of the Germans?

Like Wegmann?

marlies

07-08-05, 06:59 AM

Wegmann may have eight minutes now, but will that be enough? you know: .....When a stage of the Tour was last contested on German soil, the winner was Salvatore Commesso..... (www.letour.fr)

531Aussie

07-08-05, 09:14 AM

hee hee hee heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D

Surferbruce

07-08-05, 09:19 AM

yah go magnus!
how can ya not like the biggest guy in the peloton. on a bianchi no less.
wish he would've won.

Surferbruce

07-08-05, 09:27 AM

i love it
post race interview Boonen says "my back is... a little bit broken yah, i hope we can fix it". sometimes the interviews with the euro boys are so frickin funny.

ddaavviidd

07-08-05, 09:33 AM

oh ****, that guy again... :mad:

531Aussie

07-08-05, 09:39 AM

oh ****, that guy again... :mad:

who? :D

http://www.velonews.com/images/details/8402.11741.f.jpg

lotek

07-08-05, 09:41 AM

Say what you will about the guy but in a bunch sprint where it might be a bit dicey
Robbie is gonna be mixin it up.
he may be the next Mr consistency ala Zabel.
Of course he doesn't have Zabel's sense of decorum or history but . . .

Marty

sat_cycle

07-08-05, 09:47 AM

Of course he doesn't have Zabel's sense of decorum or history but . . .

Not to mention he's the biggest crybaby in the peloton.

the man is hella fast though, gotta give him that

JohnSFO

07-08-05, 09:57 AM

Congrats to Robbie once again. Hope Boonen's back gets unbroken :)

Does anyone know of an online source for video/audio of post stage interviews on French TV? I'd love to hear these guys responding in French...

ddaavviidd

07-08-05, 10:03 AM

He's not only fast, though (McEwen). I think he won today also because of his toughness and courage. The final meters Bäckstedt looked stronger, but he slowed down for just a second right after the crash, to stay clear of trouble. Robbie McEwen slows down for nothing.

Smoothie104

07-08-05, 10:36 AM

Magnus was coming around him, Just not soon enough.

Damn, It would have been nice to see the 210lb'r on the podium. He Looks like the Kergan from the movie "Highlander"

kerank

07-08-05, 10:46 AM

Magnus is the man! A big guy.... rides a Bianchi.... and has a way cool name :)

Too bad he lost the sprint :(

gcasillo

07-08-05, 11:12 AM

Ride of the day goes to every domestique who tried to give their man a leadout in the final 3-4 kilometers. A bit dicey, eh? Gotta love it. That's how a sprint finish should look. No 90 degree angles 700m from the finish.

boze

07-08-05, 01:17 PM

i can't imagine magnus keeping with little rockets like mcEwen.

and also yeah, i think robbie's bike handling (what was he again, mtb? bmx?) has been a great asset to him as a sprinter.

i knew somebody in school who passed everybody on downhills on mtb rides and it's because he rode dirt bikes all his life. not a direct comparison but still....

bunnyrabbit

07-08-05, 01:27 PM

Was it McEwen who pulled a wheelie on TV at the finish of the Alp d'Huez TT last year?

fore0121

07-08-05, 01:33 PM

and also yeah, i think robbie's bike handling (what was he again, mtb? bmx?) has been a great asset to him as a sprinter.

Cyclocross. It's served him well.
f

Devil

07-08-05, 02:05 PM

Cyclocross. It's served him well.
f
Robbie was a BMX rider.

lotek

07-08-05, 02:36 PM

Was it McEwen who pulled a wheelie on TV at the finish of the Alp d'Huez TT last year?
I seem to recall Robbie doing that but not sure what stage.
Floyd did the same at the end of one of the stages.

doctorSpoc

07-08-05, 03:07 PM

I seem to recall Robbie doing that but not sure what stage.
Floyd did the same at the end of one of the stages.

yeah but Floyd also fell on his a** doing it (after the final stage last year)... what an embarrasment

Crank It Up

07-08-05, 04:24 PM

Race conditions: rainy, overcast, slippery roads.......and the Tour organizers "forgot" to do something about that railroad track intersecting the road at an angle. Is placing small non-slip ramps over the track so difficult? DOH!!! :rolleyes:

steveh2

07-08-05, 04:52 PM

I haven't seen the race, but Zabriskie was one of 5 or 6 not to finish with the peloton. Did he look like he was struggling out there today?

TysonB

07-08-05, 05:56 PM

Z crashed again today. Probably double sore and stiff.

Tyson

Dolomiti

07-08-05, 06:21 PM

Was it McEwen who pulled a wheelie on TV at the finish of the Alp d'Huez TT last year?

Yeah he did it as he crossed the line first. Victorious on the Alpe... who would have thought??
Or no wait... who was it that was in last place on GC for that stage? They said they wanted to be first at the top of the Alpe.

gcasillo

07-08-05, 06:42 PM

McEwen did that wheelie after putting in a very respectable time up d'Huez. He also did it with one or more cracked vertebrae (http://www.shutupandride.ca/articles/article_view.php?art_id=420) suffered in a crash earlier in last year's Tour. Love him or hate him, he's one tough dude.

classic1

07-08-05, 08:08 PM

Robbie was a BMX rider.

...and a trackie

climbo

07-08-05, 08:09 PM

McEwen road BMX and track, now road. O'Grady and a few others still ride a few track events here and there.

He's done his bit for now, good showing, now bring on the mountains ! and more wheelies :)

climbo

07-08-05, 08:10 PM

bugger me, classic1 just pipped me at the post :)

classic1

07-08-05, 08:14 PM

Ha ha, I'm too quick in the last 200m :D

RegularGuy

07-08-05, 08:37 PM

http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/images/BB/s_flypig.jpg

Well, the piggies didn't fly, but the peloton did pause for a moment of silence before the stage began.

Devil

07-08-05, 08:39 PM

...and a trackie
But he wasn't a 'cross guy, which was my point.

bikewriter

07-08-05, 09:45 PM

I wish Tyler were out there.

Devil

07-08-05, 09:53 PM

I wish Tyler were out there.
Yeah, but he tested positive for blood transfusions twice.

Smoothie104

07-08-05, 10:36 PM

I think It was good that we got a lot of overhead footage during the last 3km. I was finally able to show my wife how nutty it gets in there, with guys pushing each other around, and the constant fight to stay out of the wind, or move up, get a train going etc... I think they should show more of the helicopter shots.