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what I didnt get was he was leading then he pulls out and lets about 50 cyclists overtake with a few hundred yards to go, didnt he want to win it or is it like F1 with team orders?

sorry for some maybe well known answers, this is all new to me
 
DarthVega said:
what I didnt get was he was leading then he pulls out and lets about 50 cyclists overtake with a few hundred yards to go, didnt he want to win it or is it like F1 with team orders?

sorry for some maybe well known answers, this is all new to me
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He actually couldn't have won, the rider on the front will be working harder than those following, sitting on somebodies wheel and getting a "tow" means you use 25% less energy. So the teams riders take turns going on the front and giving it everything they've got, when they start to tire they pull off and somebody else takes over. the idea is to get your faster sprinter to the front in the last 500 metres as fresh a possible. It probably looked like Wiggins could have kept going, but he'd have been overtaken by the sprinters at the end
 
I watched the last 30k or so, flicking back to the golf every now and again.

Got to say that I have watched a lot of the Tour this last week and have quite enjoyed it. I never, ever thought i'd say that about anything other than track cycling.
 
OK, here's a question for the cycling buffs.

I know the TdF is very much a team effort to get your leader to win the tour... or to position your sprinter for the sprints etc.

Is it possible for one team to organise themselves such that they could win both the green and yellow jersey's? (i.e. cav and wiggo) Or is that just spreading resources too thin?
 
That would take an incredibly strong team. You would need a real climber and time trial man like Wiggins for the yellow and then a sprinter like Cavendish for the green. Your team would have to chase down pretty much any breakaway to position Cavendish each day and yet still be there to launch Wiggins in the mountains and defend any attacks from the maillot jeune contenders. Team Sky are about as close to being able to do it as any team in the past.
 
Well after that il be off to Box Hill next week, the cyclists are doing 9 circuits around in the Olympic road race.

Really enjoyed it and will be wathcing this in the future.

Amazing achievement :thup:
 
ive managed to watch most of it over last 3 weeks some days just the highlights,really enjoyed it, great event, brave fits lads take my hat off to em,even better next year when contador is back and froome leaves sky to challange
brad a worthy winner 1 min 16 sec better than his nearest rival yesterday is some ride
the way cav has taken off twice in the last 3 days you could say he is hitting form at the right time,
if the boys put him in the right place we got a great chance of gold,
 
murphthemog said:
Do we need contador back? Schleck? Drug taking cheats. Need banning for life. Go wiggo. Go.
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Incredibly Contador is favourite to win next years race when he returns from his suspension for drugs! Incredible - drug cheats should be banned for life!
 
Imurg said:
So it's not really a race then is it....????

If there's a crash in F1 then you're out (or a lap or 2 down), if you trip during a 10k running race the rest of the runners don't wait for you at the next bend, these days a jockey can't get back on his horse once he's fallen off.........
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Think of it as STABLEFORD... you can hit 5 off the tee, duff that one around a few times, then pick up and still get the same as a double bogey.......

:whistle:
 
murphthemog said:
Do we need contador back? Schleck? Drug taking cheats. Need banning for life. Go wiggo. Go.
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Not for nothing are Andy and Frank Schleck known as The Chemical Brothers...

Think Froome will have gone elsewhere next year to lead a team and have a shot at the GC on his own. He needs to improve hit time trialling a little, but apart from that he's got a chance.
 
I don't think they'll let him go, it's possible that the route would suit Froome more next year if there's more climbing / less time tiralling. Sky will want a plan B and also won't want to be facing Froome in the high mountains
 
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