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  1. 07-22-2006, 09:00 AM #1
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    TdF Stage 19 <SPOILER ALERT>

    And it's OVER!!!!!!!!!!

    FLOYD will WIN the TOUR!

    Simply amazing.
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  2. 07-22-2006, 09:16 AM #2
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    Yeah Floyd!

    Question for the racers - any chance that Oscar will try to put the pedal down tomorrow and scoop Floyd?

    I know that Stage 20 is supposed to be the cruise-n-booze ride into Paris - but with 59 seconds separation - could Pereiro pull a Landis and take off like a rocket early in the stage to try to regain the lead?

    Just wondering.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Parvo Pup
    Yeah Floyd!

    Question for the racers - any chance that Oscar will try to put the pedal down tomorrow and scoop Floyd?

    I know that Stage 20 is supposed to be the cruise-n-booze ride into Paris - but with 59 seconds separation - could Pereiro pull a Landis and take off like a rocket early in the stage to try to regain the lead?

    Just wondering.
    No, it's all over. There was a similar time gap (61 seconds) between Ullrich and Armstrong a few years ago and the "protocol" demands a cease-fire on the last day when the gap is that large.
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    Atta boy Floyd! Eat it Frenchies! 8 in a row.

    As for your ? Parvo, they spoke about it some. Apparently Oscar and Floyd are friends and everyoneis happy and content where they are. There will be no breakaways by anyone that matters. Its major bad ju ju in the cycling world to do that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Franz Klammer
    No, it's all over. There was a similar time gap (61 seconds) between Ullrich and Armstrong a few years ago and the "protocol" demands a cease-fire on the last day when the gap is that large.

    Not to mention they're good friends, it appears.
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    Nice job Floyd. Anyone want to see more of his wife?

    Well thats 11 wins for an American the last 21 years not too bad.
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    What an amazing tour to watch!
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    What a great Tour! Lots of major riders folding and unknowns stepping up.

    -Major props to Pereiro for showing the rest of the field it was a mistake to underestimate him. You give me 30 minutes? No, I'm not giving it back, I'm taking second! Booya!
    -Kloden calmly steps up for T-Mobile, unlike the rest of the anointed royalty, who all got spit out the back. Where were Leipheimer? Vino? Hincapie? Mayo?
    -The French prove they haven't completely lost the plot. Where the hell did Cyril Dessel come from? Moreau taking 8th GC *and* best young rider means we could be seeing more of him in the future.
    -Disco proves that seven years of training to tow Armstrong and then fall off the back doesn't translate to making your own winning times. Major regroup for those guys.
    -Floyd wins the old fashioned way: solo attack in the mountains. He simply rode the entire field off his wheel. Damn.

    Let's hope no one falls or flats on this last stage and everyone makes it home safe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spats
    Let's hope no one falls or flats on this last stage and everyone makes it home safe.
    If I recall correctly, doesn't the peloton stop and wait if this happens?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arty50
    If I recall correctly, doesn't the peloton stop and wait if this happens?
    They should, if they don't already. I mean, no one really wants to look like the green car in Cars, white the red one stopped and helped the blue one to the finish. No one really cares about greenie but the red one? classy move.

    Anyways the last stage is more like a victory lap so etiquette would demand they stop for the victor.
    If that's the way it is, then that's the way it is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arty50
    If I recall correctly, doesn't the peloton stop and wait if this happens?
    Not usually.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arty50
    If I recall correctly, doesn't the peloton stop and wait if this happens?
    I thought protocol was to slow and not launch any attacks while the MJ is down. Maybe it changes on the last day?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ski Monkey
    I thought protocol was to slow and not launch any attacks while the MJ is down.
    My understanding as well. Though, not just on the parade into Paree, but throughout the Tour.

    It was an amazing tour.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 3eyedsmiley
    They should, if they don't already. I mean, no one really wants to look like the green car in Cars, white the red one stopped and helped the blue one to the finish. No one really cares about greenie but the red one? classy move.

    Anyways the last stage is more like a victory lap so etiquette would demand they stop for the victor.

    Thanks! Just ruined it for me!




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    Okay France ... we've got a guy with one nut and another with a bad hip that have been crushing your best for 8 years now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bullet
    Quote of the tour when asked how it felt to win the stage: "I don't care. I want to win the tour".
    Agreed. Laughed my ass off when I watched him say that, but you could tell he wasn't kidding...

    Damn. I had a kickass, huge ride today, Floyd pulls this off, and I bought a powerball ticket... maybe I'll win.
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    or maybe I won't and I'll end up working in my effing cube until I'm 100 years old. At least Floyd crushed everyone. So impressed!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by brettf
    At least Floyd crushed everyone. So impressed!!!
    And you had a kick ass ride yourself today.


    What a great tour this last week. Wish I would have seen more but at least I caught the alps stages.
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  21. 07-23-2006, 11:12 AM #21
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    Hiking in the mountains, I learned of this via sms.
    Saw some of it today, the last day,
    the pelaton was moving faster than normal for some reason.

    Bravo Floyd.
    Now then, where to find Phonak and/or BMC for the party.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TeleAl
    Hiking in the mountains, I learned of this via sms.
    Saw some of it today, the last day,
    the pelaton was moving faster than normal for some reason.

    Bravo Floyd.
    Now then, where to find Phonak and/or BMC for the party.
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    first MTB Tour Winner?!

    Hey, I'm pretty sure Floyd is the first winner of the Tour that got into cycling because of MTB. And then pursuing Road racing... Cadel Evans would also have fallen into that category.
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    great tour, and simply an amazing ride by Floyd after losing all that time when he cracked...awesome.

    Now, watch Lance and Disco go sign Floyd to ride for Disco next year (assuming his hip is OK after the operation). Wwill be sweet to see Lance have to suck up to Floyd after he was such a dick to him when he left Postal for Phonak, and tried to best him in the Tour of Georgia, and was talking trash about him, etc..

    My favorite quote from Floyd during their little pissing match last year was when he dropped Lance on a climb in some race leading up the the Tour, and supposedly shouted "Discover This, ass hole!"
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