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July 16, Stage 14: Saint-Gaudens - Plateau de Beille 168km

ednwireland · 2011-07-15 19:12:40

Stage win = Tour win? The Tour has climbed Plateau de Beille three times and on each occasion, the stage winner has gone on to claim the yellow jersey in Paris. Will today's winner follow Marco Pantani (1998), Lance Armstrong (2002) and Alberto Contador (2007)? They just might, thanks to the five categorised climbs that…

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#182 18-07-2011 10:01am
morana

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lets not be too hard on him!

I spoke to a coach of a rider who was in a big team and asked why he wasnt going for wins and he told me he was doing what the team wanted him to do and they were happy with that. so I guess Laveneu wants him to aim for top 10 and he is just doing that.

I always would have liked him to be more like gilbert rather than a top 10 gc man

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#183 18-07-2011 10:09am
AG2R

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bertiecont wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrGWczbwDRY

Thats quite good

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