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95th Tour de France - Australia's year!

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Not so sure about how much the CSC team will push Cadel any more. They lost the tactical advantage last night with all their work and and no effect on Cadel.

Its still an individual race and all he has to worry about is not losing time to two CSC riders. The rest can attach him all they like. Cadel can just ignore everyone from CSC other than Frank Schleck & Carlos Sastre.

In fact Cadel won last night by riding away from Denis Menchov & CSC look like they have done a lot of work for no gain. Tonight is going to be a ripper for sure but who out of the top 5 is going to take 2 min out of Cadel??

On last nights form no one. Unless they where doing some serious games waiting for their very last chance!! :dunno:
 
Trembling Hand said:
Tonight is going to be a ripper for sure but who out of the top 5 is going to take 2 min out of Cadel??

On last nights form no one. Unless they where doing some serious games waiting for their very last chance!! :dunno:
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Kohl is a bit of an unknown and has stated he is going for GC not KOM tonight and Cadel is not renowned for his mountain top finishes so it's quite possible. I still wouldn't write off Menchov either.

I just hope that Cadel doesn't rely on the TT as someone wearing yellow could just dig deep enough to out ride him. Two nervous nights of viewing coming up.....Go Cadel :aus::bowdown:

As for the other Aussie's
- Simon Gerrans will be up there in 2 - 3 years.
- Adam Hansen had been doing a lot of work for Team Columbia to help Cavendish to his 4 wins.
- Stuart O'Grady has shown what a team player he is, I've enjoyed seeing him destroy himself on the front each night (in a good way that is) watch him go at the olympics.
 

Is that the margin he is expected to take out of the time trial ahead of the rest?

Haven’t watched the tour since the days of Stephen Roche (lived around the corner from me) but decided to give it a go this year.
Have they all been as good as this?....I’m absolutely knackered.

If Cadel wins this, he will have effectively done it all on his own ...incredible effort.
 
Well done Cadel!!! Only let 1 guy take any time from him today and he goes into the T/T only 1:34 behind a guy he should beat by a bit more more than that.

Nearly impossible to ride against 3/4 vs 1, but he was absolutely spot on today. If he had hit the front any earlier, others would have sat on him and then hit him before the finish and gained valuable time.

Sport is sport and anything can happen, including things totally our of field, but IMHO, Cadel won the tour today.
 
1:35 to take back in the Time Trial??

He made 1:15 in the smaller Stage 4 30 Km?? Boy oh Boy.
 
Trembling Hand said:
1:35 to take back in the Time Trial??

He made 1:15 in the smaller Stage 4 30 Km?? Boy oh Boy.
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I didn't like how he looked at the end of that. He looked like he had worked 200% harder than anyone else out there.

Boy, I felt like throwing up for him a the end of that climb.

Really want him to win - haven't barracked for an individual like this in a long time. But boy... what does he have left?

How many people are keen cyclists in here?
 

He had to work, as the commentators said, as he was the one with the most to gain. The top 5 or 6 are all incredibly even in the mountains so no-one is able to get away from anyone else.

Unbelivably hard day and stage, >60km of climbing finishing with that! He was stuffed, but so was everyone, he only really laid it on the line the last 3km, he has two days to keep out of trouble and save his legs before the T/T, so that'll be okay.

I never rode the Tour but have ridden/raced with a few of the guys there.
 
Hello,
Many against one has made life very difficult for Cadel. Win or not I think this has been one of the greatest sporting performances ever by an Aussie.

It must be so hard to keep going in such tough conditions when all around you have one aim to knock you off or slow you down.

Watch him go in the individual t/t.

Does anybody know if you can send a hero message to Cadel like you can to our Olympians.
Regards
 

Unfortunately the tour also has a team element and for a team that has supposedly been built around Cadel for this tour it has been very weak. CSC has dominated the race.

I feel Cadel has been banking on the T/T all tour and now that he is over a minute behind I hope he hasn't left himself too much to do and doesn't have any bad luck on the T/T. Sastre could also ride the T/T of his life with the tour on the line.

I think you can leave messages for him on his website.
 
refined silver said:
The top 5 or 6 are all incredibly even in the mountains so no-one is able to get away from anyone else.
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Yes amazing how even and close everyone is as they weed out all the dopers!!

refined silver said:
I never rode the Tour but have ridden/raced with a few of the guys there.
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I've done a fair pit of racing in Vic 10 or more years ago.
Biggest claim to fame was betting Stuart O'Grady in a 10 km raod TT in the Mildura ride to the Sun tour.

Still tell my partner every time he appears on the TV.

Where and when did you race?
 
my view is still the same, cadel is really in a strong position to take the tour out, anyone seeing how the csc riders are can also see where the future champions are, there is something unique about the brothers thats for sure..

anyone who has done hill climbs can easily appreciate the absolute pain and strength of mind you need to not only climb a hill like that, but to be racing tactically on top of that and have every team there trying to prevent you from performing and trying to blow you out is absolutely staggering..
 

Yes, a great ride under the conditions for Cadel - though I thought he looked "gone" a couple of times on that last ascent. Fortunately for him almost everyone but Sastre were out of gas as well!

Everyone, including the SBS commentators, seem to write off the next two stages as mere "nothings" in how they might affect the overall standings. Might as well abandon them then? Hmmm. I would expect Menchov (1.05 behind Cadel) and even Vandevelde (3.07 behind Cadel) to throw all caution to the wind in tonight's stage and break away early. The cat 3 climb up the Col de Parmenie (422m over 7.5km = 6%) and the cat 2 climb up the Croix de Montvieux both provide a chance for them to seriously attack the lead Cadel has over them. Wouldn't tonight's stage be their last hope to get top three going into the trial?

Also, why would the other three riders in front of Cadel (Sastre, Schleck & Kohl) just sit there with their current times, cruise through the next two stages without attacking and then wait for Cadel to knock them off in the TT? That would make no sense at all.

So, rather than writing off the next two stages as "nothing" cruise and recuperation events, I personally think tonight's stage in particular could be as fiery as last nights, as Cadel's main competitors try to *wring* even more time out of him. Dig deep, Cadel :aus:

AJ
 

Was in the national road team for a few years, went to the Games in 92, Stuey was track and I was road. I know Robbie the best, most of the guys are retired that I rode with.

Thats pretty good beating Stuey in a T/T!!
 
Was in the national road team for a few years, went to the Games in 92, Stuey was track and I was road. I know Robbie the best, most of the guys are retiring I rode with.

Thats pretty good beating Stuey in a T/T!!
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Hey TH & RF great to see this forum not just about shares only. I took up cycling after 30 odd years of playing Lacrosse.

In my early 40's I won the Melbourne to Warrnambool. (Now how can I minimise the font to indicate it was D Grade)

Anyway, I'm referred to by the Carnegie group as the bloke that 'flicked the chick' as I outsprinted Katie Mactier (current olympian) for the win.

Still get down to the 6am North Road ride to Mordy & back into St Kilda but it's getting Bloody hard at this time of year when its six degrees celsius.

Cadel was 96 seconds faster than Sastre in the first time trial over 30k's so over 53k's according to my calc's he is going to put 2 minutes and 52 seconds into Sastre. I know, pretty optimistic, but we can only hope.

regards CB
 
Aussiejeff, I agree with you in that they still need to put more time on Cadel and are going to attack over the next 2 stages. Great to see Cadel take the lead in the end (but he had to!!).

You have all got it over me in the cycling stakes. I have never ridden competitively and took up cycling a few years ago due to illness. I now ride about 200 - 250km's a week (a bit less at the moment because of the cold ) and I ride in events with Cyclosportif here in WA. For those that haven't heard of it, it is team events aimed at participation with the choice of 3 distances. Absolutely great concept. Anyone in WA interested you can find the information about it HERE
 

Congrats! Much better than being flicked by a chick.

Yeah its probably surprising who's hiding behind all the handles on the forum.
 

Thanks for that mate.

Recently took up cycling after screwing my ankle playing footy. Absolutely loving it so far. Don't ever remember being this unfit ahahahaha...
 
i try and get on the bike a few days a week,Adelaide`s linear park is a nice interesting ride. two hours on it and i usually cark it for the rest of the day.

watching the tour and its scenery is something i look forward to every year.
its great to have an aussie with a chance to win with only a few stages left.

GO CADEL:bring it home mate.
 
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