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__Raf__ wrote:No, not at all, I've been wanting the exact same thing  Hopefully Cadel gets a half decent team, and he'll win it next year. send mcewen elsewhere. if they want to build a team around cadel, he needs to go. he deserves to battle for the green and he can't when he is on the same team as cadel. and he doesn't really help cadel much
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all over now for real  *feels empty inside*
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Cadel Evans- 2nd
Still a tremendous effort to finish 2nd two years in a row, with a much weaker team than other riders.
I haven't followed the tour for very long at all...I was wondering, can anyone explain to me the history/reason for the non movement last leg??
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Cammo1707 wrote:Cadel Evans- 2nd
Still a tremendous effort to finish 2nd two years in a row, with a much weaker team than other riders.
I haven't followed the tour for very long at all...I was wondering, can anyone explain to me the history/reason for the non movement last leg?? gentlemens rules apply on the last stage. not sure why...
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nufc09 wrote:
gentlemens rules apply on the last stage. not sure why...
Yeh...i knew that, just had no idea why either... So what happens? Do they just go as one massive pack to the finish? And what would happen if some sneaky bugger decided to go and try to win it? lol
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__Raf__ wrote:My ideal outcome: Sastre wins the Tour I go collect my winnings Then Sastre gets caught for cheating  Anyone u want to thank for that. 
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Cammo1707 wrote:
Yeh...i knew that, just had no idea why either...
So what happens? Do they just go as one massive pack to the finish?
And what would happen if some sneaky bugger decided to go and try to win it? lol
the sprinters still go flat out for the stage win...it's a huge thing to win on champs d'elysees any sneaky bugger who went for the win would get shut down pretty quick...it's hard to make a breakaway work in paris. if evans went for the win, the whole CSC team would swamp him straight away
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hillsnick116 wrote: Anyone u want to thank for that. Hehehe, THANK YOU!!! But yeah, still would rather Cadel won
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nufc09 wrote:
the sprinters still go flat out for the stage win...it's a huge thing to win on champs d'elysees
any sneaky bugger who went for the win would get shut down pretty quick...it's hard to make a breakaway work in paris. if evans went for the win, the whole CSC team would swamp him straight away
ah ok...thanks for the answers
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Yeah a bit sus about Schlek. I've rode time trials, and its hell of alot easier when you can see someone to catch. Maybe I'm bitter cause I'll be in Paris tomorrow... If anyone cares, I'll be uploading photos of the final sprint & hopefully podium (if I get close enough) below. http://cambo.smugmug.com/gallery/5535872_9jV5F
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__Raf__ wrote:Hehehe, THANK YOU!!! But yeah, still would rather Cadel won how much did u bet, and how much did u win?? When did u actually put the money on sastre?? Surely it wasn't before the tour, he would've been an absolute smokey
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Ok now in the washup i think:
a) as i said earlier i think it was team CSC plan all along to have Sastre as the team leader and Schlek was the bunny
b) did Sastre hold himself back in the first ITT to fool Evans into allowing him too much time for the 2nd ITT.
I think team CSC beat Evans not Sastre, we all know that but thats cycling and thats the Tour De France.
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Cammo1707 wrote:
how much did u bet, and how much did u win??
When did u actually put the money on sastre?? Surely it wasn't before the tour, he would've been an absolute smokey
Yeah i got on him at $11 (hen i put up the thread). Im a uni student so i only put on $20, but still a good win for me.
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Disappointing by Cadel. I really dont think there will be a next year. Next year it will be Astana (if they are aloud in) vs CSC mainly with Cadel, Menchov, Vandevelde and Kohl all just with slight chances. McEwen (i hope not) but if he doesnt win tomorrow i dont think he will race the tour next year unless he has a good off-season. Next year Cav will dominate. Also Andy Schleck will be very good next year if he keeps improving. Cadel. I think we will be waiting for out next big GC chance i dont think Cadel can make it unless he wakes up and leaves Lotto. However he wont do that cause he is too loyal.
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Still proud of ya Cadel, two podiums in a row is a decent effort mate and you can hold your head up high.
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Well, are we goin to see anyone return a positive test for the jungle juice in the blood. Big contenders for that i think are Kohl, the Schlek boys (i dont think so but they seemed very up and down over the last few days), Shumacher and Sastre.
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well done cadel 2nd is still a great achievement. at the end of the day he spent to much petrol on the mountain stages where he was isolated as he was trying to beat a whole team by himself. hopefully next year they will build the team around cadel and get some decent climbers in their team cause Yaroslav Popovych was an absolute joke.
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Well done Cadel, did about as well as a man can when crucified in the mountains by the buch of morons on training wheels that were supposed to be his team. They should all hand back their pay cheques. CSC dominated this event and deserved all they got really.
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willie wonka wrote:cadel evans wont win knew cadel wouldnt win even before this even started,he will never win a tour de france
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willie wonka wrote:
knew cadel wouldnt win even before this even started,he will never win a tour de france
wow good work *****head, go have a bat to celebrate
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