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07-28-2012 , 10:14 AM

#1076

swighey

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Yep but fair play to Wiggins killing himself for Cav even it doesn't work put. Martin dropped out on Greipel already. Hope Wiggo smashes him in the time trial.

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07-28-2012 , 10:15 AM

#1077

bigdottawa

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Looks like Froome dropped off.

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07-28-2012 , 10:18 AM

#1078

Oxygen

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ffs gb how do you let this happen?

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07-28-2012 , 10:19 AM

#1079

vedder1980

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I mean the group has more people working than the peleton so i think its going to be pretty difficult to pull back, especially with 3 swiss + 3 spaniards etc. Germany+Britain are going to have to work fully together. If it was a normal race with a team of 9 chasing it would obv be different.

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07-28-2012 , 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Oxygen

ffs gb how do you let this happen?

They didn't. Everybody else did. GB have done all the work early and are being left to do it at the end. But that's cycling - they were all out for Cav.

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07-28-2012 , 10:22 AM

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As it stands Germany could end up with nothing. If they'd played to their strengths Greipel would have a good chance of a medal and a slight chance of gold. weird.

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07-28-2012 , 10:23 AM

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vedder1980

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Haha, bernie has got his Austrian teamates up there chasing.

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07-28-2012 , 10:24 AM

#1083

derwipok

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I'm already missing the constant time difference display of the Tour de France coverage.

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07-28-2012 , 10:25 AM

#1084

vedder1980

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Originally Posted by derwipok

I'm already missing the constant time difference display of the Tour de France coverage.

No kidding. Waiting every 3km or so for an update is no fun.

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07-28-2012 , 10:29 AM

#1085

derwipok

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It's always the same, watching any other race makes you realize how good the TdF coverage is with the time difference and km to go displays.

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07-28-2012 , 10:30 AM

#1086

derwipok

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That looked bad for Cancellara.

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07-28-2012 , 10:33 AM

#1087

swighey

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Lol the whole leading group lost their concentration, bunched up, lost time, crash for Cancellara.

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07-28-2012 , 10:35 AM

#1088

vedder1980

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If that gap is right then the group has won.

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07-28-2012 , 10:35 AM

#1089

Oxygen

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Originally Posted by swighey

They didn't. Everybody else did. GB have done all the work early and are being left to do it at the end. But that's cycling - they were all out for Cav.

Froome tho? I understand what you mean though. Really seems like Germany could have done something.

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07-28-2012 , 10:38 AM

#1090

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Froome tho? I understand what you mean though. Really seems like Germany could have done something.

I don't know for sure but Froome almost certainly did the majority of the work early on, meaning the other 3 should be slightly fresher going forward. It's fairly standard for it to work that way in a race where you're having to push this hard.

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07-28-2012 , 10:38 AM

#1091

vedder1980

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Sweet Vamooooooo Henaooooooo

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07-28-2012 , 10:39 AM

#1092

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Another lol NBC.

I had assumed they would be airing the race live on TV. Nope. They are 50+ miles from the finish. The live stream is commentary free, so I have no idea where any of the favorites are or who's in the lead group.

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07-28-2012 , 10:40 AM

#1093

vedder1980

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Correction its Uran

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07-28-2012 , 10:40 AM

#1094

True North

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Where are you at? I'm watching on NBC in the east and it's live.

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07-28-2012 , 10:40 AM

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Froome tho? I understand what you mean though. Really seems like Germany could have done something.

Didn't they? I think Martin did a lot of work before he dropped out of the peloton and I've definitely seen Grabsch at the front. It probably was a mistake though to bring Degenkolb and not another guy who can do work in chasing the breakaway.

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07-28-2012 , 10:42 AM

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Willd

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Martin did some work but it's been about a 4:1 ratio of GB:Germany doing work at the front for basically the entire race. Nobody else has done much of anything at all.

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07-28-2012 , 10:44 AM

#1097

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Where are you at? I'm watching on NBC in the east and it's live.

Phoenix.

So was Cav dropped or what?

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07-28-2012 , 10:45 AM

#1098

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Phoenix.

So was Cav dropped or what?

Big group got away, GB tried to pull them back but no one else wanted to help.

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07-28-2012 , 10:45 AM

#1099

Willd

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Phoenix.

So was Cav dropped or what?

No, GB just didn't have enough to pull the peloton back to the leading group and nobody else was willing to do any work at any point.

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07-28-2012 , 10:45 AM

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Martin did some work but it's been about a 4:1 ratio of GB:Germany doing work at the front for basically the entire race. Nobody else has done much of anything at all.

That sucks, no clue why they brought Sieberg and Degenkolb if they were planning to prepare a sprint for Greipel.

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