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Enchantress
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 Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:35 pm Post subject: TDF - 2010 |
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Although we are all saturated from the constant excitement of the firecracker that was TDF '09 - how about a look at 2010?
What will be the big stories coming into the 2010 tour?
Will AC be the big favorite? Can anyone beat him?
What team will AC be on?
Will Roid Landis, the Chicken, or Vino play a role in TDF 2010?
Can Wiggo be a real contender for a podium in 2010?
Any riders of note having a positive test?
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Element12
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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I predict that next year each team will include a meteorologist. And on all flat stages with crosswinds the entire GC contingent will be grouped around Lance like Amgen salesmen.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Element12 wrote: | | I predict that next year each team will include a meteorologist. And on all flat stages with crosswinds the entire GC contingent will be grouped around Lance like Amgen salesmen. |
where do I sign up
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Geraint
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| TdF wasnt quite as exciting as it was hyped up because the best rider was on the best team and they controlled the race, something we havent missed in the last few years. Next year it should AC vs Suxobank vs Team America. I hope Roid and Basso are back to liven it up, couldnt care less about Chicken and Vino. Hard to say whether Wiggins will go better, this may have been his peak, unless he gets access to better medication. |
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Beasley
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Basso will be back, fitness/form depending.
He's committed to a Giro/Tour attempt next year. |
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Bartali
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks Beasley - that's good news! |
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mayofan
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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basso rode a great giro for a guy whod been out for two years.
If hes not clean hes a great chance of beating AC next year. I think hes clean though. |
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Element12
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Team America. ha ha ha. North, South, Central????
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372588/mediaindex
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Enchantress
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I obviously forgot Ivan the terrible on that list for next years tour.
Will be interesting to see how he does in the Vuelta. If AC isn't there, then Basso has to be one of the favourites.
Yet we still have the chicken, roid landis, and vino of course to include.
That one photo which was posted of Vino & AC was interesting. Wonder if those two will ride together next year. |
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Jackov
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I was really anticipating tdf 2005 so curious to see the battle royale of Ullrich, Basso, and Vino. But then a month (or was it a week?) before the start all three disappear and we were left to watch the 2nd tier.
With that in mind I won't pay too much attention until I'm forced to make my Fearless Predictions in my quest for Smaurader Cup. |
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Nolte
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: TDF - 2010 |
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| Enchantress wrote: |
Will Roid Landis, the Chicken, or Vino play a role in TDF 2010?
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the day after those are invited tot eh tour de france, prudhomme will be checked into his local asile aliéné
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Hommedesbois
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Just received an email questionnaire about the TdF.
Turns out it was Carrefour asking about sponsors and their visibilty.
No section for criticism constructive or otherwise.
I wanted to comment on parcours etc.
Said I'm sympathetic to Carrefour because they are investing
and TdF needs sponsors but looking at the list they have plenty.
Not a lot to do with cycling, just commercial interests and visibility.
Another 5 minutes of my life wasted on this circus. |
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bianchigirl
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Carrefour took over Champion so pretty much got landed with TdF sponsorship rather than injecting new money - they've taken over most of the Champions but the few that remain still have the checkout girls in KoM t-shirts, bless.
TdF 2010 will start in Rotterdam? Definitely up north and visit the Normandy landing beaches, maybe include a northern Classics type stage and have some real fireworks in the Pyrenees - apparently.
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LANCE BABY WILL DOMINATE THE AIRWAVES...
contador will choke.. ye she will..
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| Jackov wrote: | I was really anticipating tdf 2005 so curious to see the battle royale of Ullrich, Basso, and Vino. But then a month (or was it a week?) before the start all three disappear and we were left to watch the 2nd tier.
With that in mind I won't pay too much attention until I'm forced to make my Fearless Predictions in my quest for Smaurader Cup. |
Stage 1.......Tom Boonen
Perhaps a Finish around the Antwerpen Docks. ??
Stage 2 to Finish around the Dunkerque Docks perhaps ??
Seen some good racing there in the early 1990's with a Russian Team on the front and the whole field in single file.
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Just in from Steephill tv:
Four Mountaintop finish in Pyrenees for 2010?
September 15 update: Paddy Sweeney of Velo Peloton Vacances cyclisme has sent some new 2010 Tour de France route rumours: "Stage finish on Col d’Aubisque on 21st July after crossing Peyresourde, Aspin, Tourmalet and Soulor. Tour crossed same mountains on 21st July 1910. The week will look something like this."
17 July: Rodez - Carcassonne
18 July: Carcassonne - Plateau de Beille
19 July: Foix- Bagnéres de Luchon - Super Bagnéres
20 July: Rest day
21 July: Bagnéres de Luchon - Col de Aubisque
22 July: Pau - La Pierre St Martin
23 July: Pau - Bordeaux
24 July: Bordeaux ITT
25 July: Paris
"That's 4 mountain top finishes in the Pyrenees. Others still talking about Luz Ardiden and Col du Spandells and Argeles-Gazost. A lot of hotel bookings for 20, 21 , 22 in and around Pau." If you know more then let me know.
Can we have another 4in the Alps, too?  |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| HuwB wrote: | Just in from Steephill tv:
Four Mountaintop finish in Pyrenees for 2010?
September 15 update: Paddy Sweeney of Velo Peloton Vacances cyclisme has sent some new 2010 Tour de France route rumours: "Stage finish on Col d’Aubisque on 21st July after crossing Peyresourde, Aspin, Tourmalet and Soulor. Tour crossed same mountains on 21st July 1910. The week will look something like this."
17 July: Rodez - Carcassonne
18 July: Carcassonne - Plateau de Beille
19 July: Foix- Bagnéres de Luchon - Super Bagnéres
20 July: Rest day
21 July: Bagnéres de Luchon - Col de Aubisque
22 July: Pau - La Pierre St Martin
23 July: Pau - Bordeaux
24 July: Bordeaux ITT
25 July: Paris
"That's 4 mountain top finishes in the Pyrenees. Others still talking about Luz Ardiden and Col du Spandells and Argeles-Gazost. A lot of hotel bookings for 20, 21 , 22 in and around Pau." If you know more then let me know.
Can we have another 4in the Alps, too? |
Just phoned the memsahib....she says no....bugger!!!
I'd love to see Pharmstrong face if they flash that up on screen at the Tour Presentation in October........I sense a reevaluation
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| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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Some of the rumours are BRILLIANT
10th July Alps (confecture Chambery to La Toussuire)
11th St Pinerolo to include the Colle Delle Finestre
13th Cuneo to Alpe d'Huez ..wait for it( Colle Dello Agnello, Col D' Izoard, Col De Lauteret and Alpe D'huez...fan .... bloody .... tastic
Finestre - 18.62 km, 1694m @ 9.1% STRADE BIANCHI
Agnello - 22.4 1464 @ 6.5%
Izoard - 15.9 1095 @ 6.9
Lauteret - 34.2 1312 @ 3.8%
Alpe - 13.2 1071 8.1% 10.6% max
If only If Only.....I can always dream
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Some of this stuff is firming up a bit....
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/t...ay-tackle-tourmalet-twice-in-2010
| Quote: | Other details about next year's Tour route begin to emerge
The 2010 Tour de France will feature two ascents of the Col du Tourmalet to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the climb's inclusion in the race, according to Belgian newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen. Other possible route details have started to trickle out, too.
The Belgian newspaper reported that Tour de France organisers will incorporate the Tourmalet first on stage 15 from Bagnères-de-Luchon to Pau, retracing the 1947 Tour. The climb will appear a second time in the race as a summit finish.
Since 1947, the hors categorie Col du Tourmalet has featured in the race's profile on 47 occasions, with Liquigas' Franco Pellizotti the most recent recipient, this year, of a special prize awarded for the first rider to summit on each occasion.
Other newspapers in the southwest of France, such as the Sud Ouest have had details about the end of the French Grand Tour. After visiting the Pyrénées, the Tour will arrive in Bordeaux on July 23.
This will be followed on July 24 by an individual time trial from Bordeaux to Pauillac. The course is said to be about 60 km, and will pass through the local vineyards, similar to the St. Emilion stage in 1996. It will be an undulating, but not terribly difficult course, and features a scenic route, passing such sites as the Château Margaux.
The race will end on July 25, from an as-yet unknown start town to the traditional finish on the Champs-Elysées in Paris.
The 2010 Tour de France will begin in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on July 3. Race organiser, Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO), will announce full details of the route at the race's official presentation on Wednesday, October 14 in Paris. |
I think "Ya Beauty" covers it
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