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Pocket posted:Though it means Trek have no real confidence in their GC contenders, Cancellara has been given completely free reign for tomorrow! I hope people actually try and race rather then sit on his wheel. Would like some more  bike changes too
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Pocket posted:Though it means Trek have no real confidence in their GC contenders, Cancellara has been given completely free reign for tomorrow! Yes! Hope this doesn't disappoint. Also they kept saying how the weather's looking bad for tomorrow, could be a pretty deciding day. On which I'm working for most of it 
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Jul 8, 2014 18:26
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Froome should be ok to race :
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:I hope people actually try and race rather then sit on his wheel. Would like some more I'm hoping one of the young lads has a go.
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Jul 8, 2014 19:02
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So is it true that Andy Schleck is out because he crashed with someone taking a selfie?
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Not directly, but as part of a larger crash after someone else did.
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Stage 3 Inner Ring: economical analysis of the tour for the 3 days in England Stage 4 Le Touquet-Paris-Plage / Lille   Chris Froome injured after Tour de France crash http://giant.gfycat.com/InnocentBewitchedKiwi.gif (Froome crash) EN - Summary - Stage 4 (Le Touquet-Paris-Plage > Lille Métropole) Tour de France 2014 - Stage 4 RAI last km (it) Tour de France 2014 Etape 4 17min highligh (fr) Learn french with Marc Madiot (DS of Demarre during today finish) Stage 4 Full result   Andy Schleck abandons with knee injury, casting Tour future in doubt   Stage 5 Ypres / Arenberg Porte du Hainaut 155.5KM   Malteni, the beer of champion Doctor Michele Ferrari about Paris Roubaix posted:A total of 51,000 meters of pavé, with five or six stones every meter, is about 250,000-300,000 hammer blows on the legs of each rider. Look at the arms of the rider at 79sec for a visual description of those hammer blows. (thanks Pocket for the video) Cancellara: The cobbles are going to be carnage Cancellara (The king of Cobbles) posted:"The cobbles are going to be carnage. I hope not, but we've got to be ready for it...It won’t be like a Classics race in April, it'll be completely different, Tour de France 2014: the cobblestones that can make or break riders Intermediate sprint&Finish   No hill but 9 Cobblestones sectors (15.4km) 9 Gruson - carrefour de l'Arbre : * (Difficulty : * = easiest, ***** = hardest) , 1100m, 68,5 km from the finish line. 8 Ennevelin - Pont-Thibaut : ** , 1400m, 52 km from the finish line. 7 Mons-en-Pévèle : ***, 1000m , 45 km from the finish line.  6 Bersée ** : 1400m , 41 km 5 Orchies - Beuvry-la-Forêt : *** , 1400m, 30km  4 Sars-et-Rosières - Tilloy-les-Marchiennes : ***, 2400m , 24.5km  3 Brillon - Warlaing : ***, 1400, 20.5km  2 Wandignies-Hamage - Hornaing : **** , 3700m, 15.5km  1 Hélesmes - Wallers (Pont-Gibus) : ***** 1600m 6,5 km  The cobbles sectors explained by a local rider The weather  Wind = 25km/h   if it rain, it will make everything even harder  One of the cobbled sector today at 6pm  Stage 5 Winner odds  You can bet on wiggins ! Time schedule Start : 13h45 Finish : 17h18 (47km/h) 17h27 (45km/h) 17h38 (43km/h) CET Streams http://www.cyclingfans.com/tour-de-france/live http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/ http://www.procyclinglive.com/livestream/
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Jul 8, 2014 19:48
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The GCN guys rode the course in the wet and described it as 'god help them if it rains'.
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Jul 8, 2014 19:57
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Mr.Nice posted:
 Everyone drink this beer, it's delicious.They do a rainbow jersey version, a maillot jaune, and I think maillot vert. All worth drinking.
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Jul 8, 2014 21:23
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I broke down and paid the money so I can watch 4-6 hours of this every single day forever, at work. I'm excited
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Jul 8, 2014 22:41
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So do they actually give you the cameraman's name on France TV?
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Jul 9, 2014 00:12
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I think he's actually a commentator/cameraman. They have journos on the motorbikes.
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Yeah he's one of the France2 TDF motorbike commentators, eyes on the ground kinda thing. The studio will ask him for an update on wtf is happening as sometimes the camera will follow Froome for example, there were two other riders that crashed that he confirmed their names and that they were moving again.
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Jul 9, 2014 00:48
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Froomey's just tired after crossing the channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeOeZxWiryM
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Jul 9, 2014 01:51
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Can't wait for tomorrow. Hoping for a Cancellara vs the other classics specialists battle at the front while the broadcast continues to check in on the GC contenders fighting for their lives a ways back.
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Jul 9, 2014 05:40
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Good morning, Vietnam
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Jul 9, 2014 07:27
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Bolivar posted:Good morning, Vietnam The recorder is being turned on for this stage
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Jul 9, 2014 07:45
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RIP all the collarbones. It's a bit of a vicious cycle in that the peloton is going to be more frantic now it's wet as the GC guys fight to stay at the front and therefore crashes are more likely. I can see froome losing time today thanks to sky's lack of race craft though I guess they have eisel to help him.
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:RIP all the collarbones. It's a bit of a vicious cycle in that the peloton is going to be more frantic now it's wet as the GC guys fight to stay at the front and therefore crashes are more likely. I can see froome losing time today thanks to sky's lack of race craft though I guess they have eisel to help him. Thomas isnt exactly rubbish at classics either. I think today is going to be great and that a big hitter is going to crash heavily.
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Jul 9, 2014 09:31
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Indeed, Geraint Thomas is quite good on cobbles, he did better than Wiggins in Paris-Roubaix, he finished 7, 8 in Tour of Flanders and 3 E3 Harelbeke this year. Of all the GC favourites, Talansky and to a lesser extend Valverde are the strongest on cobbles, if they want to have a real chance at yellow in Paris, they will have to make a move today.    
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Jul 9, 2014 10:24
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Holy poo poo that wind! Cancellara is going to crush everyone's dreams with his sweet sweet thighs.
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Jul 9, 2014 10:41
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All I want out of today is to see Froome lying in a cobblestone puddle a broken man, that's not too much to ask is it?
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Jul 9, 2014 10:54
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I'm going to be so pissed if they neutralize this stage. There could be GC riders that fail to make the time cut if the specialists go hard.
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Jul 9, 2014 10:54
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This is going to be a masterful piece of stage riding from the person that wins this. Wind, Rain and very nervous GC teams.
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Jul 9, 2014 10:58
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Sector 5 & 7 are cancelled : https://twitter.com/hashtag/TDF, both have 3 stars rating difficulty, if that's all they cancel today, it shouldn't make a huge difference.
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Mr.Nice posted:Sector 5 & 7 are cancelled : https://twitter.com/hashtag/TDF, both have 3 stars rating difficulty, if that's all they cancel today, it shouldn't make a huge difference. Lame.
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Jul 9, 2014 11:25
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They are going to gut this stage.
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can't have too many upsets, lest there's another Walkowiak.
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Tbf, sectors 5 and 7 looked absolutely horrific on the GCN ride. 6 inch deep puddles everywhere.
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Pocket posted:Yeah he's one of the France2 TDF motorbike commentators, eyes on the ground kinda thing. The studio will ask him for an update on wtf is happening as sometimes the camera will follow Froome for example, there were two other riders that crashed that he confirmed their names and that they were moving again. Not only this but they do credit every motorbike camera team, both pilot and cameraman, on the final stage. Not sure if they do the copter crew as well.
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Now, they are cleaning the cobbles.  https://twitter.com/fbleunord/status/486798691232391168/photo/1 Sad they are doing this but it's still better than a dry race on cobbles, where the riders would have avoided most of it by riding on the side.
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Jul 9, 2014 11:50
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Is there really any point to the cobbles, other than a gleeful audience watching riders fall? I just don't see the fascination with the winner of the tour being decided by which riders are lucky enough to avoid crashing.
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Any action thus far? Only a few kms left and it's been strangely quiet in here today.
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Xabi posted:Any action thus far? Only a few kms left and it's been strangely quiet in here today. It hasnt started yet....
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Hoped I would be able to edit that... In a crowded airport bar and couldn't understand why there was only a few kms left (I'm not that jet lagged). Of course they are showing yesterday's stage.....
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Oasx posted:Is there really any point to the cobbles, other than a gleeful audience watching riders fall? I just don't see the fascination with the winner of the tour being decided by which riders are lucky enough to avoid crashing. Riding over cobbles is a skill. That's why you see so many of the same guys in the top 10 of Paris-Roubaix every year.
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Jul 9, 2014 12:27
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Fully expect a few GC riders to crack and fold once they hit the cobbles. Interestingly, Froome is the only GC contender (unless you count Rui Costa) to ever have raced the Paris-Roubaix, although he never finished the race.
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Jul 9, 2014 12:30
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It makes me sad we won't ever see Thor Hushovd riding cobbles again.
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carborexic posted:Fully expect a few GC riders to crack and fold once they hit the cobbles. Interestingly, Froome is the only GC contender (unless you count Rui Costa) to ever have raced the Paris-Roubaix, although he never finished the race. He did it in 2008 and finished i thought.
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