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Stage 3: Wanze – Arenberg
Wanze – Arenberg Porte du Hainaut
“My Tour has been finished by bad luck. I’ve worked a year preparing for this race.”
Just two miles of cobbles in 2004 proved enough to ruin Iban Mayo’s race, along with Christophe Moreau and, predictably, the crash-prone Denis Menchov.
Today the peloton covers 13.2km of the rough stuff before reaching the finish in Arenberg – although they avoid the famous Arenberg trench, sadly. Throw some rain in the mix and we could see conditions like Paris-Roubaix 2002, where Hincapie flounders and Museeuw powers on alone.
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- How good is this shot ! “@TourdeKorea2013: @mike_cuming looking good in yellow! #TdK2013 @johnherety @raphacondor http://t.co/CrCV1zkCUB”
- RT @TourdeKorea2013: @mike_cuming looking good in yellow! #TdK2013 @johnherety @raphacondor http://t.co/oCjdyhvSue
- Reality check we also lost teammates @AaronBuggle and @carthy94 today. Going to be tough to defend.
- @mike_cuming in yellow with just over a minutes lead going into the final 2 stages of @TourdeKorea2013 couldn't of happened to a nicer guy
- RT @TourdeKorea2013: 25km to go in Stage 6. @mike_cuming is the virtual leader for @raphacondor. #TdK2013
- RT @TourdeKorea2013: 102 riders will sign on today after eight were dropped by their teams in the TTT and failed to make the time cut. #TdK…
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- Great ride by the boys in Korea. 3rd by only 3 seconds in the 25km TTT today. Mike Cuming now up to 5th overall.
- Some nice pics of the boys and report on the great Mr Cancy's ride last night: http://t.co/ctoHu37ixb
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Paul Etherington
6th July 2010 01:28pm
I'm not insensitive to the riders plight yesterday, but i'm siding firmly with Wiggo: They knew the stage details and they should have the skill and nous to deal with the prevailing conditions, excepting that there may indeed have been oil or something on the road. Moaning about it afterwards makes them look vaguely pathetic. It's a pain in the arse to crash and my sympathies go out to those injured yesterday, but that's cycling. I've crashed plenty on tarmac and off road, and whilst i don't look forward to it, i don't fear it: grazes heal, broken bones mend. I don't reckon for one second it will put any of them off coming back next year. Wiggo had it absolutely right, Armstrong was pragmatic, Hunter sounded like a whinger.
Be bold guys, it's why we love you!
I realise i may provoke some criticism or worse for this post, but it's the TDF not flower arranging. (No offense to horticulturalists!)
;-)
Joe Hall
6th July 2010 06:15pm
Nice comment, thanks Paul. Whilst it was great to see Chavanel ride for the stage win like that, the drama would've been amplified by the big guns risking it a bit by chasing on…
Think they were saving themselves for today… A pretty awesome stage, good to see them putting down the secateurs and pick up/lay down the hammer over the pave.
Stefan Rohner
6th July 2010 10:10pm
well said Paul. I just dont understand Saxo Bank, yesterday all had to wait, today full power, not waiting for anybody.. ;)