Tour de France 2012

[Morten Wernersen]

I thought that time trial was a bit suspitius to, Wiggins beating a guy like Cancelara with a minute when he dident have a bad day, that just dosent seem right in my book.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Nope same here. Okay Sky has great training facilities and they are well prepared but i am sure Fabian is as well. The gap was just too big.

 

[Jonathan Motteram]

given the fact that this course didn't really suit cancarella, he's been recovering for an injury, is aiming to peak for the olympics and van garderen was only a couple of seconds off him i'd say cancarella had a poor itt rather than wiggins being brilliant. I am suspicious about Froome, coming out of nowhere at vuelta last year when sky were just about to dump him, and now this...

 

[Bradley Vanian]

I like how there is more discusssion about who is and isn't taking drugs rather than the actual Tour de France

 

[Jonathan Motteram]

lol, you should go to the cycling forums bradley, a 200+ page thread on whether team sky are doping.

For anyone interested i think this is worth a read http://www.sportsscientists.com/2012/07/tour-in-mountains-analysis-discussion.html

As for the tour it's basically over as long as wiggins doesn't have any major problems. Nibali isn't good in enough in tt and won't be able to make up enough in the mountains, while Froome won't be allowed to gap wiggins by SKY as we saw today.

 

[Morten Wernersen]

I like how there is more discusssion about who is and isn't taking drugs rather than the actual Tour de France

Well, I liked how Evans, Froom and Nibali tried to attack Wiggins, happy now?
I think the classement is a bit boring with Sky just dominating like that, I miss an Andy or a Contador in this Tour, they could have spiced it up a bit more.

 

[Ross Balfour]

Froome attacking Wiggins..... that made me suspicious also. As Jonathon said, how can somebody come out of no where and be so strong?

 

[Alexander Macdonald]

Here's an idea. How about a new rule: everyone is allowed to take drugs. Problem solved!

 

[Tom]

Just noticed the TDF will come by the office I work at on Sunday. Not so great, have to work and I'm afraid the whole area will be crowded or, more likely, the streets will be closed since it's on a Sunday anyway.

(black / white line = TDF stage)​

 

[Omer Said]

Here's an idea. How about a new rule: everyone is allowed to take drugs. Problem solved!

Then in the future, Tour de Mutants

Very bad Tom, can't you even just get a very short time for seeing them ?

 

[Morten Wernersen]

And there goes Frank Schleck
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci...l-finding-for-frank-schleck-at-tour-de-france

 

[Jonathan Motteram]

http://road.cc/content/news/61998-u...ample-test-if-positive-he-will-file-complaint

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

That's two. And according to a source I have, it might as well come more, and more than one extra during this tour.
As I said. This sport is still far, far from clean.

 

[Tom]

Then in the future, Tour de Mutants

Very bad Tom, can't you even just get a very short time for seeing them ?

They're scheduled to pass by between 3 and 4 - that's my scheduled lunch break, so I'll try.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Time to unstick the TdF 2012 thread. Till next year