Tour De France 2012

galumay

Last year Cadel won despite his team, this year he will not win because of his team! I am surprised he didnt get picked up by one of the stronger teams. Wonder what the inside story is there?

Koffee_Kosmo

Tour Update for stage 12  TDF Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Annonay Dav

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Tour Update for stage 13  TDF Saint-Paul-Trois-Ch

beanflying

Mark Cavendish ?@MarkCavendish To all the cyclists who dream of one day riding #TourdeFrance, be warned. It hurts. A lot. Surely not  :rofl: TDF bring on the Mountains I say 

admin

that's brilliant KK - the only thing your maps don't show however, is stops for a quick coffee along the way... A  :'(

Koffee_Kosmo

Tour Update for stage 14  TDF Limoux to Foix     Stage 14 (192 km) News Snip

CADEL Evans is bewildered by the Tour de France sabotage that caused up to 30 riders to puncture after tacks were thrown onto the road. TDF - Stage 14 Summary Evans punctured three times on the final descent into Foix as stage 14 was thrown into chaos. "You're in a bike race and people can see something they can gain, whether it's a protest or something they can gain from you as someone who's reasonably well-known," the defending champion said. "I'm used to people - the 'me,me' generation, it's sometimes referred to - that's the way it goes. "Hopefully ... karma comes around." Evans said he could not see the tacks because of the speed of the descent off 1375m peak of Mur de Peguere. "At 70km, you can't see tacks on the road," he said, referring to his second and third punctures. "But my main thing was it happened to me three times and at crucial moments. "I'm yet to see what happened to the group in front. "This has happened to me before - two times in Spain. "For that reason, I don't race in Spain very often and sorry to the good Spanish people and my Spanish friends and so on. "There are a few people in their country who take things too far, it's cost me a Vuelta (Tour of Spain), it's cost me other races."

Stage 14 Standings 1 155 Luis-Leon SANCHEZ RAB 04:50:29 00:00:00 2 057 Peter SAGAN LIQ 04:51:16 00:00:47 3 141 Sandy CASAR FDJ 04:51:16 00:00:47 4 004 Philippe GILBERT BMC 04:51:16 00:00:47 5 034 Gorka IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI EUS 04:51:16 00:00:47 Overall Standings 1 101 Bradley WIGGINS SKY 64:41:16 00:00:00 2 105 Christopher FROOME SKY 64:43:21 00:02:05 3 051 Vincenzo NIBALI LIQ 64:43:39 00:02:23 4 001 Cadel EVANS BMC 64:44:35 00:03:19 5 111 Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK LTB 64:46:04 00:04:48 6 019 Haimar ZUBELDIA RNT 64:47:31 00:06:15 7 009 Tejay VAN GARDEREN BMC 64:48:13 00:06:57 8 181 Janez BRAJKOVIC AST 64:48:46 00:07:30 9 029 Pierre ROLLAND EUC 64:49:47 00:08:31 10 146 Thibaut PINOT FDJ 64:50:07 00:08:51 KK

Koffee_Kosmo

Tour Update for stage 15  TDF Samatan >> Pau     Stage 15 (160 km) Hottest day of the tour so far on a fairly easy but tedious day Rest day tomorrow before 2 high mountain stages to ride  Stage 15 Standings 1 142 Pierrick FEDRIGO FDJ 03:40:15 00:00:00 2 068 Christian VANDE VELDE GRS 03:40:15 00:00:00 3 021 Thomas VOECKLER EUC 03:40:27 00:00:12 4 179 Nicki SORENSEN STB 03:40:27 00:00:12 5 194 Dries DEVENYNS OPQ 03:40:36 00:00:21 Overall Standings 1 101 Bradley WIGGINS SKY 68:33:21 00:00:00 2 105 Christopher FROOME SKY 68:35:26 00:02:05 3 051 Vincenzo NIBALI LIQ 68:35:44 00:02:23 4 001 Cadel EVANS BMC 68:36:40 00:03:19 5 111 Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK LTB 68:38:09 00:04:48 6 019 Haimar ZUBELDIA RNT 68:39:36 00:06:15 7 009 Tejay VAN GARDEREN BMC 68:40:18 00:06:57 8 181 Janez BRAJKOVIC AST 68:40:51 00:07:30 9 029 Pierre ROLLAND EUC 68:41:52 00:08:31 10 146 Thibaut PINOT FDJ 68:42:12 00:08:51 KK

Koffee_Kosmo

It was a rest day yesterday However news at hand is that Frank Schleck has withdrawn due to a diuretic substance found in his urine sample

UPDATE: Schleck withdraws from Tour after Xipamide found in urine sample

Earlier today, the UCI advised Luxembourger Fr

Koffee_Kosmo

Tour Update for stage 16  TDF Pau to Bagn

Koffee_Kosmo

Tour Update for stage 17  TDF Bagn

Seeya Latte

Before the tour ends.... @KK -  thanks for these updates ! Wiggo - the stronger allrounder deserves the spoils that are coming his way in a couple of days Sky - spared no expense and have got an amazing team (no salary caps in this sport). When there's a total domination by one team, the specatcle can quickly become less enthrawling for some people (unless of course you're barracking for the winner). But hats off to them. It might be just as easy to include the whole Sky team in my fantasy team next year and be done with!  Challengers - were worn out and most likely demoralised by Sky. And when they did finally attack all they could muster were puffs of smoke instead of grinades Cadel - Maybe next year. We shouldn't forget he has had 3 or 4 very solid tours in a row and was probably due for a bad one Up and Comers - we caught a glimpse of plenty of good young guns this year (the odd one even smacking us in the face ....Sagan) Doping - well..who can tell? Seeya

Koffee_Kosmo

Tour Update for stage 18  TDF Blagnac to Brive-la-Gaillarde     Stage 18 (215 km) Stage 18 Standings 1 103 Mark CAVENDISH SKY 04:54:12 00:00:00 2 204 Matthew Harley GOSS OGE 04:54:12 00:00:00 3 057 Peter SAGAN LIQ 04:54:12 00:00:00 4 155 Luis-Leon SANCHEZ RAB 04:54:12 00:00:00 5 079 Nicolas ROCHE ALM 04:54:12 00:00:00 Overall Standings 1 101 Bradley WIGGINS SKY 83:22:18 00:00:00 2 105 Christopher FROOME SKY 83:24:23 00:02:05 3 051 Vincenzo NIBALI LIQ 83:24:59 00:02:41 4 111 Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK LTB 83:28:11 00:05:53 5 009 Tejay VAN GARDEREN BMC 83:30:48 00:08:30 6 001 Cadel EVANS BMC 83:32:15 00:09:57 7 019 Haimar ZUBELDIA RNT 83:32:29 00:10:11 8 029 Pierre ROLLAND EUC 83:32:35 00:10:17 9 181 Janez BRAJKOVIC AST 83:33:18 00:11:00 10 146 Thibaut PINOT FDJ 83:34:04 00:11:46 Cavendish must have a V8 strapped to each leg - man can he accelerate - He did just that to win stage 18 KK

derrilex

I couldn't believe the finishing speed of Cavendish last night. I only watched the last 20 mins or so of the leg and it was good watching - even for the non bikers like me.

Koffee_Kosmo

Tour Update for stage 19  TDF Bonneval to Chartres     Stage 19 (52 km) Well the tour is effectively over with the stage 19 time trial stage finished Wiggins dominated again and secured the win However it was his team that got him to the winners podium by taking a lot of the wait off his shoulders during the whole race Congratulations to the Sky team Stage 20 is tomorrow and the ride into Paris and the conclusion of this years (2012) Tour de France Barring some unforeseen accident, Wiggins (Sky) is set to become the first Briton to win the the world's biggest cycling event, when the final stage is raced in Paris on Sunday/Monday (Au Time) Stage 19 Standings 1 101 Bradley WIGGINS SKY 01:04:13 00:00:00 2 105 Christopher FROOME SKY 01:05:29 00:01:16 3 155 Luis-Leon SANCHEZ RAB 01:06:03 00:01:50 4 199 Peter VELITS OPQ 01:06:15 00:02:02 5 107 Richie PORTE SKY 01:06:38 00:02:25 Overall standings 1 101 Bradley WIGGINS SKY 84:26:31 00:00:00 2 105 Christopher FROOME SKY 84:29:52 00:03:21 3 051 Vincenzo NIBALI LIQ 84:32:50 00:06:19 4 111 Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK LTB 84:36:46 00:10:15 5 009 Tejay VAN GARDEREN BMC 84:37:35 00:11:04 6 019 Haimar ZUBELDIA RNT 84:42:14 00:15:43 7 001 Cadel EVANS BMC 84:42:22 00:15:51 8 029 Pierre ROLLAND EUC 84:43:02 00:16:31 9 181 Janez BRAJKOVIC AST 84:43:09 00:16:38 10 146 Thibaut PINOT FDJ 84:43:48 00:17:17 KK

beanflying

2 minutes ago on Twitter Cadel Evans ?@CadelOfficial Last day of 'Le Tour'....if you see me riding on the front today it's because I'm so keen to my lil' family.... #cantwait #tdf :thumb:

Koffee_Kosmo

Tour Update for stage 20 & wrap up for 2012 TDF Rambouillet to Paris Champs-

admin

Australia missing out on the medals on the Olympics track, as well as at the Tour ...http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-03/aussies-miss-out-in-men27s-team-sprint/4173876 clearly the coffee's not good enough in the UK! A :-[