Professional Cycling For the Fans - Is Cadel Too Far Back To Win?

Barring any unforseen crashes in the next few days, is Cadel too far back to repeat? He had a strong team, which made me think he'd repeat, now I just dont see it. But, alot can happen in the next few days.

Any thoughts, does Wiggins have it sewn up pretty much?

Barring any unforseen crashes in the next few days, is Cadel too far back to repeat? He had a strong team, which made me think he'd repeat, now I just dont see it. But, alot can happen in the next few days.

Any thoughts, does Wiggins have it sewn up pretty much?

You're kidding, aren't you? Evans is ten minutes behind Wiggins, eight behind Froome, almost seven behind Nibali, with one flat stage and a TT to come, and you're still thinking about him winning?

262490Only way he can win now is if Wiggins, Froome and everyone else ahead of him is POISONED like Frank Schleck.

Cadel who?

Unpossible

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/3/1/128803826644607904.jpg

No wait, I think it could happen. On Sunday, as Wiggo is having his champagne toast, Greg Lemond pops out of the crowd and shoves a newspaper into Wiggo's spokes. Chris Anker Sorenson is nearby and because he has experience at this, reaches down to pull the paper out. Tyler Farrar, who is not paying attention crashes into them and takes the whole peloton down. Cuddles, who had been trying to bridge the gap to a break is then pulled all the way to Paris on the wheel of, none other than, Floyd Landis.

No wait, I think it could happen. On Sunday, as Wiggo is having his champagne toast, Greg Lemond pops out of the crowd and shoves a newspaper into Wiggo's spokes. Chris Anker Sorenson is nearby and because he has experience at this, reaches down to pull the paper out. Tyler Farrar, who is not paying attention crashes into them and takes the whole peloton down. Cuddles, who had been trying to bridge the gap to a break is then pulled all the way to Paris on the wheel of, none other than, Floyd Landis.

Take a look at the various bookmakers odds. On paddypower.com if you place a bet on Wiggins for $100 and you win, your return is $100.50. If you bet on Cadel & you & he somehow win, your gain is $50,100. So, about the same as Germany invading France before the tour ends.

As Alex says in Everything is Illuminated "My grandfather informs me that is not possible."

Sure he can do it. At the TT stage he'll make up so much time, he'll end up winning the tour by 8 seconds. ;)

Sure he can do it. At the TT stage he'll make up so much time, he'll end up winning the tour by 8 seconds. ;)

Sideburns = ponytail.

Not even in my wildest dreams I pictures cadel taking 12 mins out of wiggo in the ITT specially when in the same distance in a hilly terrain that was best suited for cadel, wiggo took almost 2 mins outta cadel :)

The answer to the OP's question is ... Yes, he is too far back :)

IMO the only way for him to win is that the 4 1st positions in the GC had 4 or 5 puctures during the ITT :D

Are your other 1070 posts this dumb? Or are you trolling?

IMO the only way for him to win is that the 4 1st positions in the GC had 4 or 5 puctures during the ITT :D

Does Cadel still have those tacks he collected in his tires?

Sideburns = ponytail.

LOL ...

And Cadel could lodge a protest against Wiggo's illegal (?) TT bars.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v693/6talldog/120710_Wiggins_Fanss_full.jpg

Hope he does, but after seeing the sky guys probably even riding the regular bikes cadel would not bring even 10 secs out of them tomorrow.


Does Cadel still have those tacks he collected in his tires?

I guess if the GC is pretty much decided the only thing left is to see if Cav can make up 226 points to win the green again.

Can anyone here think of any winner who came back from 10 minutes or more since WW II?

I found one and suspect one or 2 more. But these are all in the time when final margins were usually in the half hour range.

For those who know cycling it was the final win of the rider whose first and last wins were seperated by the largest margin.

I guess if the GC is pretty much decided the only thing left is to see if Cav can make up 226 points to win the green again.

So what I heard is that if he gets into a breakaway, and rides the Champs the required 8 laps, finishes the race, then goes back to the start and rejoins the peloton, and wins again, then he can get double points. Don't know if that's gonna be enough though...

Can anyone here think of any winner who came back from 10 minutes or more since WW II?

I found one and suspect one or 2 more. But these are all in the time when final margins were usually in the half hour range.

For those who know cycling it was the final win of the rider whose first and last wins were seperated by the largest margin.

According to Wikipedia, Fausto Coppi came from 55 minutes back in 1949, making up the time in the mountain stages. I don't have any corroboration, though, and I'm trying to imagine how Coppi could lose 55 minutes in the first place...

According to Wikipedia, Fausto Coppi came from 55 minutes back in 1949, making up the time in the mountain stages. I don't have any corroboration, though, and I'm trying to imagine how Coppi could lose 55 minutes in the first place...

Looks like you found a different Wiki than I did. Wha ti found did not give give the time, but gave why. Infighting within the Italian team. Remember that was the National Team era for the TDF and Italy had 2 of the top Cyclists in History. Egos were a huge problem.

According to Wikipedia, Fausto Coppi came from 55 minutes back in 1949, making up the time in the mountain stages. I don't have any corroboration, though, and I'm trying to imagine how Coppi could lose 55 minutes in the first place...

I think Wiki is wrong again!

http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/

Has stage details including the GC for the top 10 at the end of each stage. A bit of a problem as Coppi was outside the top 10 a lot before stage 7.

But taking his GC place at the end of 7 which was 28:03 back and adding in his margin in stage 7 over the GC leader 7:32 and also an additional minute which seems to be the bonus for winning a stage and it comes out to 36:35. Similar calculations for Stage 10 gives 31:51.

Neither is 55 minutes.

I think Wiki is wrong again!

http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/

Has stage details including the GC for the top 10 at the end of each stage. A bit of a problem as Coppi was outside the top 10 a lot before stage 7.

But taking his GC place at the end of 7 which was 28:03 back and adding in his margin in stage 7 over the GC leader 7:32 and also an additional minute which seems to be the bonus for winning a stage and it comes out to 36:35. Similar calculations for Stage 10 gives 31:51.

Neither is 55 minutes.

No, but both are more than half an hour, which is a lot more than ten minutes! LOL. Apparently Coppi was already well behind when he crashed and broke his bike. Damn, I wish I'd seen him.

Incidentally, I don't know whether you caught up with my reply about Romaine and Sylvere Maes, but it looks as if wiki was right about them not being related.

Barring any unforseen crashes in the next few days, is Cadel too far back to repeat? He had a strong team, which made me think he'd repeat, now I just dont see it. But, alot can happen in the next few days.

Any thoughts, does Wiggins have it sewn up pretty much?

unless all ahead of him crash, i don't see him coming in first.

Can anyone here think of any winner who came back from 10 minutes or more since WW II?

I found one and suspect one or 2 more. But these are all in the time when final margins were usually in the half hour range.

For those who know cycling it was the final win of the rider whose first and last wins were seperated by the largest margin.

so who was it?

No, but both are more than half an hour, which is a lot more than ten minutes! LOL. Apparently Coppi was already well behind when he crashed and broke his bike. Damn, I wish I'd seen him.

Incidentally, I don't know whether you caught up with my reply about Romaine and Sylvere Maes, but it looks as if wiki was right about them not being related.

Nope missed that one. I found a couple more sites that said they were brothers. The only one I found that seemd to imply otherwise was memorie du cyclisime which called one the others 'namesake' but that was a google translation and I wonder if one could easily read too much into the choice of translation.

What evidence did yuo dfind that they were not brothers?

so who was it?

The tour I refered to was 1948 when Gino Bartali won 10 years after his last previous participation which he also won in 1938.

I doubt anyone will ever win the Tour in consecutive attempts 10 years apart again.

Nope missed that one. I found a couple more sites that said they were brothers. The only one I found that seemd to imply otherwise was memorie du cyclisime which called one the others 'namesake' but that was a google translation and I wonder if one could easily read too much into the choice of translation.

What evidence did yuo dfind that they were not brothers?

Here. (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/829718-A-few-TdF-questions-for-some-cycling-know-it-all-s?p=14450116&viewfull=1#post14450116)

Wikipedia says : "Maes rode on the track for several years with his namesake, Sylvère Maes, to whom he wasn't related"

Maybe AS :D


The tour I refered to was 1948 when Gino Bartali won 10 years after his last previous participation which he also won in 1938.

I doubt anyone will ever win the Tour in consecutive attempts 10 years apart again.

Wikipedia says : "Maes rode on the track for several years with his namesake, Sylvère Maes, to whom he wasn't related"

Wikipedia has also said that if there was a white jersey in 1969 Merckx would have won it.

Turns out there was an dhe did.

Wiki also said that some rider (I forget which one) IS only the second rider to win a certian paair of races in a year. That terminology strongly implies that no one since has done it. Turned out at leat 3 other riders had done the same since he did it.

Wiki can be quite sloppy.

Well wiki depends on the colaborators for the updates... probably you could update the entries?

Well wiki depends on the colaborators for the updates... probably you could update the entries?

Problem is there seem to be few references. A couple that say they were brothers and a couple that say they were not related (Even if Maes is "Smith" in Belgium I'd be inclined to think them at least distant relatives).

If Memorie du Cyclisime was explicit I'd have been inclined ot trust their answer, but they were not.

No, but both are more than half an hour, which is a lot more than ten minutes! LOL. Apparently Coppi was already well behind when he crashed and broke his bike. Damn, I wish I'd seen him.

Incidentally, I don't know whether you caught up with my reply about Romaine and Sylvere Maes, but it looks as if wiki was right about them not being related.

But it is more then 35:19 Which is the most come back from recently! Where are the 99ers whenthey would be useful.

The tour I refered to was 1948 when Gino Bartali won 10 years after his last previous participation which he also won in 1938.

I doubt anyone will ever win the Tour in consecutive attempts 10 years apart again.

thanks for the info.

You're kidding, aren't you? Evans is ten minutes behind Wiggins, eight behind Froome, almost seven behind Nibali, with one flat stage and a TT to come, and you're still thinking about him winning?


Admittedly, i havent seen many of the stages, bc Ive just started a new job & they dont have NBC SN there. The last time i saw standings(before posting) Cadel was something like 3-5 mins back. Today i saw where he was so far back that he couldnt win.

JUst go to steephill.tv and then you will see all the results and even live feed for the race. Hope you have access to the internet at you job

Take a look at the various bookmakers odds. On paddypower.com if you place a bet on Wiggins for $100 and you win, your return is $100.50. If you bet on Cadel & you & he somehow win, your gain is $50,100. So, about the same as Germany invading France before the tour ends.

As Alex says in Everything is Illuminated "My grandfather informs me that is not possible."

I love that movie. I still crack up at "officious seeing eye b***h."

Admittedly, i havent seen many of the stages, bc Ive just started a new job & they dont have NBC SN there.

Google's difficult to use.

Sure, he still has a chance. If every single rider ahead of him tests positive for doping, it's in the bag! He'll practically moonwalk across the finish line, Michael Jackson style. ;)

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