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Tour de France 2009 [LIVE THREAD]

Posted on 07/04/2009 8:09:14 AM PDT by Mom MD

Today is day one! Armstrong riding. Astana is back! Predictions? Other comments? Does someone have the ping list from last year?


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: armstrong; astana; contador; cycling; cyrildessel; letour; oopers; tdf; tour; tourdefrance
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To: Mr. Blonde

no problem, I don’t have allegiance to any thread either, just want to talk about the tour. Thanks for the ping!


121 posted on 07/17/2009 9:08:34 PM PDT by Mom MD (Jesus is the Light of the world!)
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To: Baynative

Naw, that was just a joke that some people took seriously. She would certainly be welcome here — it’s a free country, after all, at least here at FreeRepublic.


122 posted on 07/17/2009 9:11:45 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Mr. Blonde; Ready4Freddy

That’s because we forgot to let Ready4Freddy know we were over here.


123 posted on 07/17/2009 9:12:57 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT

I’m happy to usse R4F’s thread (with no baggage at the beginning of the thread) if everyone wants. Wherever we end up, just ping me as I will be cubicle bound all day and like to watch the thread when possible for updates! Thanks guys and gals, freepers are the best.


124 posted on 07/18/2009 4:59:40 AM PDT by Mom MD (Jesus is the Light of the world!)
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To: Baynative

Well it looks like we are down to just this thread. Amazing.

We cannot be a week out with 8 seconds between the top 4 and not be able to discuss it here.

I think everyone just needs to hug it out on these issues.


126 posted on 07/18/2009 8:37:31 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: Mr. Blonde

Yes, I guess we are back to here, at least for now.


127 posted on 07/18/2009 8:39:39 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT; Ready4Freddy; Baynative

Hey, we are back here, for now. Although I really liked the comments on the other thread for the little bit we had before it was ruined.


128 posted on 07/18/2009 8:40:52 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT

So is Hincapie complaining that he thinks Astana paced the peleton too fast and that made him come in short on the yellow?


129 posted on 07/18/2009 8:43:02 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

WTF happened? Saw the dleted post towrd the end, did someone respond in an inappropriate manner? I did see that the long posts on the first page were deleted...


130 posted on 07/18/2009 8:43:17 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

I was only watching online but it looked like Garmin was the one at fault if anyone was. Having Cav on his team also meant Columbia had to do their best to deal with competing interests in getting George in Yellow and getting Cav back in Green or close to it.


131 posted on 07/18/2009 8:45:59 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

So, I guess the race is over, and Hincapie didn’t take the yellow? I was curious why everybody said Astana didn’t mind Hincapie getting the yellow jersey — why would they want anybody to be in front of them? Or is Hincapie simply not considered a threat?


132 posted on 07/18/2009 8:47:11 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Apparently, Garmin, too.


133 posted on 07/18/2009 8:47:12 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Missed by 5”, CWCT.

George can trial, but his team can’t climb like Astana can.


134 posted on 07/18/2009 8:48:33 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.)
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To: Mr. Blonde

Yeah, I didn’t notice that Astana was driving the peleton. And Columbia seemed to be trying to slow it some in that last 2k, but other riders were passing them.

The guy just said that Astana wanted Nocentini to keep the yellow...


135 posted on 07/18/2009 8:48:52 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Armstrong just said they wanted to Hincapie to get the yellow.


136 posted on 07/18/2009 8:50:27 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

It’s not like Astana or anyone else can really keep the peleton back.

There are other considerations in the peleton that weren’t in Hincapie’s favor, the green for one.


137 posted on 07/18/2009 8:51:50 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.)
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To: Ready4Freddy

Well, I was rooting for Hincapie. He has always been a favorite.

Oops, Cavendish got in trouble.


138 posted on 07/18/2009 8:54:04 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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To: Eurotwit

Prelim points are Thor 218, Cav 200. Talk of Cav being relegated because of the dustup in the sprint.


139 posted on 07/18/2009 8:54:26 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

I can see that as Nocentini and AG2R are far less of a threat than Hincapie and Columbia. It is really pretty amazing that Astana has 3 riders in the top 10, Columbia has 2 and Garmin has 2.


140 posted on 07/18/2009 8:54:44 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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