Tour de France 2010

RedLars said:
The rumours of how poor skills on the descent are very much exaggerated, probably because his brother is terrible there. As shown today, where Contador were descending with two of the best at that in the whole field, Menchov and Sanchez, Andy didn't lose anywhere near as much time as his "poor skills" would suggest.

Anyways, the booing of Contador when he got the yellow was a bit much.
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I don't think it was a bit much. It was a cnut's move by Contador and that sheepish look on his face says he knows it.
 
kouroux said:
I know it was Vino who was the first behind him but you could still see Contador tried to respond to the attack.
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Of course he was responding to the attack :confused: But he was by no means "close", as you put it.

kouroux said:
They were boring yesterday, when everyone expected some attacks and all they did was to stay as close as each other.
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Your comment about them being boring was clearly on a general note. Probably based on that one stage, which is pretty knee-jerk, and wrong.
 
Top said:
Of course he was responding to the attack :confused: But he was by no means "close", as you put it.
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"Close" is a relative term
Your comment about them being boring was clearly on a general note. Probably based on that one stage, which is pretty knee-jerk, and wrong.
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It wasn't knee-jerk, I'm not cycling specialist.I just repeated what pro riders said about the race yesterday, many experts expected and wanted to see attacks.I just agreed with them
 
kouroux said:
"Close" is a relative term
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Oh, so my comment was over the top because you have defined the gap as close, despite there obviously being a significant distance between the two after Andy's attack?
 
Contador "didn't know" that Andy had technical problems.

Does anyone else think that Contador has the same goat-like voice as David Villa? Is it a Spanish requirement for being good at something?
 
I can't think of any Spaniards I like aside from Nadal and Alonso.

Hope Contadors wheel flies off tomorow and no one waits for him.
 
What a fecking idiot. Just saw his interview after the race. "I started attacking Schleck long before he had any problems. And I didn't know he had any problems until I was in the lead"

1) Firstly it is a blatant lie. Contador was at least 40 metres behind Andy and going a lot slower when the chain popped off.

2) If he knew about what caused Andy to stop after he had taken the lead, why not drop the pace a bit so he could catch up instead of racing like a madman to extend the lead?

If you are going to act a cnut, don't stand there grinning afterwards churning out blatant lies. I would love it if Andy destroys him up the next few mountains. The only reason Contador did what he did is because he's shit scared of Andy and saw that he would've had no chance of making the distance up if Andy didn't have that accident. If he'd have had any decency he'd just be praising his luck that Andy's attack failed due to bad luck but that wasn't enough for him. Win at any cost, eh?
 
Amir said:
A Youtube apology.

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He can feck right off. Bollocks. He only attacked once he saw Andy's chain was fecked. It was as obvious as can be. Now he's coming with all his soppy stories of the earlier stages. What mattered is that he knew what he was doing and he should've just admitted it from the get go instead of lying and changing his story. I don't blame him for doing it though, I'm an Andy supporter and chances are Andy would've done the same.
 
Contador's a liar. He was behind Schleck when the chain came off so to say he didn't see his main rival struggling to get his bike back in gear is unreal.
Man up Contador and say what you did, but don't go telling bold faced lies like that.
 
utdalltheway said:
Contador's a liar. He was behind Schleck when the chain came off so to say he didn't see his main rival struggling to get his bike back in gear is unreal.
Man up Contador and say what you did, but don't go telling bold faced lies like that.
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That's what I'm saying. I've no problem with what he did essentially, I think every main contender would've done the same. I do however I have a problem with him lying and not wanting to man up.
 
Contador did the only reasonable thing here. Schleck wasn't just unlucky, it was probably his own fault his chain fell off. He just made a mistake changing gears. At the moment the chain fell off, Contador was already on the counter attack and looked like he was getting closer to Schleck again.
And anyway, Menchov and Sanchez were also there. He couldn't just let them go, could he?

You can't wait every time somebody has a mechanical problem, or falls down. Lance Armstrong also just kept on racing on some occasions when his competitors fell from their bike. For example Mayo in 2003.

I don't understand most of the outrage here. Most people in professional cycling I heard today were saying it's perfectly normal to go at such a moment and Schleck should stop moaning. You can't expect the peloton (or any individual rider) to stop and wait every time he, or another favorite has a problem. Things like these, riders falling down,punctured tires, etc. are all part of cycling.

Even Schleck's father said there was no problem at all. That his son made a mistake and these things are part of the sport.
 
I haven't seen the interview and don't know exactly what he said.

He must have seen that Schleck had some problems with his gears, but I could believe that Contador didn't know he lost the amount of time that he did. At the moment Contador passes Schleck, he's still on his bike trying to get his chain back on his cassette. He probably didn't know he had to step off his bike and lost 30 seconds before he was on his way again.
 
Andy Schleck: "They shouldn't have boo'd him. Shit happens."

Bring on Tourmalet!
 
King_Eric said:
I haven't seen the interview and don't know exactly what he said.

He must have seen that Schleck had some problems with his gears, but I could believe that Contador didn't know he lost the amount of time that he did. At the moment Contador passes Schleck, he's still on his bike trying to get his chain back on his cassette. He probably didn't know he had to step off his bike and lost 30 seconds before he was on his way again.
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There in lies the problem. He denied flatly that he never knew anything happened to Andy. He apparently only found out towards the end of the descent. Bollocks. He then changed his story. Apologised and said he might have made a mistake. He should've just manned up and admitted what he did was because he wants to win the tour at all costs. So what? Anyone else would've done what he did but there's no need to lie about it.
 
the more I hear about it the more I think that Schleck fcuked up. in that case AC was in his rights to press on.

the whole race will most likely hinge now on the Col du Tourmalet tomorrow.

I love watching the climbs, though I could do without seeing the idiots running alongside the riders. does anyone else want to be there to stick out a leg to trip those guys up?
saw a guy yesterday that eventually ran out of room and pushed into some other bystanders - then the guy he pushed shoved yer man and nearly knocked him over.
 
Stretch said:
Anyone else would've done what he did
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No they wouldn't. Many might have, many would rather win fair and square with honour, and not sully their reputation so

It's such a weak and morally bankrupt 'defence' to make is that

Bit late (and some would say a bit easy), but at least he has apologised and recognised he made the wrong choice

I'm sure Contador will be desperate to win by a time gap greater than that he made up on Monday
 
There well and truly up the Col du Tourmalet, reeling in the breakaway at a rate of knots, and apparently Contador has no teammates left in the peloton

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As I typed that, Shleck attacked, Contador goes with him....could be just those two broken away, Menchov could maybe get back to them
 
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