TdF Stage 12 - Thursday July 16 - 200 km - Tonnerre → Vittel
06-17-09, 02:03 PM
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TdF Stage 12 - Thursday July 16 - 200 km - Tonnerre → Vittel
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07-12-09, 02:43 AM
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lotta rollers. this one could be surprisingly difficult to control...along with the next stage.
07-15-09, 11:57 AM
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I see Contador placing a large stick in Lance's spokes at the last km, gaining at least 30 seconds.
07-15-09, 01:50 PM
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Columbia drags Cavendish over the Cat 3 climb, gains control of the front of the peloton, Cavendish wins another sprint.
07-15-09, 08:31 PM
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07-16-09, 07:16 AM
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I think if I had the polk-dots, I'd got polka-dot jersey and solid red bib bottom. I think full polka-dots is a little too Dr. Suess-ish...
Yeah, that's how exciting the middle of this race is.... but hey, the breaks got a decent lead, are moving briskly, so who knows. Sh*t happens, right?
Yeah, that's how exciting the middle of this race is.... but hey, the breaks got a decent lead, are moving briskly, so who knows. Sh*t happens, right?
07-16-09, 07:47 AM
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Every once in a while I'll see a local rider wearing a polks-dot jersey. I think that takes guts. Every rider around will try to race you up every hill.
07-16-09, 07:47 AM
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I think if I had the polk-dots, I'd got polka-dot jersey and solid red bib bottom. I think full polka-dots is a little too Dr. Suess-ish...
Yeah, that's how exciting the middle of this race is.... but hey, the breaks got a decent lead, are moving briskly, so who knows. Sh*t happens, right?
Yeah, that's how exciting the middle of this race is.... but hey, the breaks got a decent lead, are moving briskly, so who knows. Sh*t happens, right?
07-16-09, 07:48 AM
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I think if I had the polk-dots, I'd got polka-dot jersey and solid red bib bottom. I think full polka-dots is a little too Dr. Suess-ish...
Yeah, that's how exciting the middle of this race is.... but hey, the breaks got a decent lead, are moving briskly, so who knows. Sh*t happens, right?
Yeah, that's how exciting the middle of this race is.... but hey, the breaks got a decent lead, are moving briskly, so who knows. Sh*t happens, right?
07-16-09, 07:56 AM
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Who would let their dog loose at the Tour?
07-16-09, 08:01 AM
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Over 4 minutes for the breakaway.
07-16-09, 08:07 AM
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I have a gut feeling we'll be seeing Cavendish winning most of the remaining non-mountain stages.
Lots of locals show up for the tour and I'm sure the French have their own version of rednecks who think they don't need to keep track of their dogs. "Oh he would hurt anyone."
Lots of locals show up for the tour and I'm sure the French have their own version of rednecks who think they don't need to keep track of their dogs. "Oh he would hurt anyone."
07-16-09, 08:08 AM
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4 Astana riders dropped back to help LA.
07-16-09, 08:14 AM
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And yeah, the break's being held at 4min +/-.... Rolling "climbs" made no difference..... Anyone got a mini-pump to toss in the spokes of yellow and "mix things up a bit"? Some one who's, maybe, a little tooooo tweaked out on some super top secret dopage?
07-16-09, 08:21 AM
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Don't make me post the red shorts photo.
07-16-09, 08:34 AM
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Eurosport....
So Vittel (the water company and sponsor of the TDF) sells 900 million bottles of water across 70 countries annually. There is a 500 hectare protected zone around the source of the spring to stop nitrates seeping into the aquifer. They were the first company to ever package drinks in plastic bottles.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
So Vittel (the water company and sponsor of the TDF) sells 900 million bottles of water across 70 countries annually. There is a 500 hectare protected zone around the source of the spring to stop nitrates seeping into the aquifer. They were the first company to ever package drinks in plastic bottles.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
07-16-09, 08:41 AM
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Bottled water shipped around the world is dumb.