idk why, I feel like you're righ that it's unsportive but I also think Andy would have attacked if the situation was the other way around :s (being contador in yellow and andy on 2nd position) :(
I guess there is no room for sportive behaviour in the tour de france :(
this is the first time i see this happening. It's like an unwritten rule: when an opponent has technical issues or even when they fall (given that they are placed in top3) the others wait or atleast dont take advantage. This rule counts especially if the one is the current yellow jersey holder.
So you say when a potential winner has technical problems or falls the other ones will wait?
And i assume you think like that for the classics too, since there is much more at stake at 1 day then the tour.
Seems you never watched the Tour in the beginning of this decenium when Armstrong and Ullrich always waited for each other if the other fell and could uninjured progress.
No, im sorry. There isnt a lot more at stake in a classic in one stage...
He never waited and he wasnt going to waited, he didnt even checked where he was
That's the fuckin point. You WAIT in a Tour because you can make the difference later in the stage or the Tour. In a classic you don't wait because it's a 1-day race.
If youre better then the other one you can catch the 30 seconds later in the tour. But if youre better in a classics and you fall and lose by 30 seconds. Well, you wont be able to get those 30 seconds back the other day. So i dont get your point.
stop talkin bout classics. This is the Tour and in the Tour you wait out of sportivity when your main contender for the title has problems, unless the problems are so big he can't return.
NO YOU CANT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT MORE AT STAKE IN A DAY IN A '1 DAY STAGE' (Paris-Roubaix isnt just a 1 day stage') THATS MY POINT, BECAUSE THEY DONT WAIT IN A '1 DAY STAGE'
No they didnt, that was in the stage chavanal won when everybody fell. This was the stage where Hushovd won, Frank Schleck fell but they didnt waited because he quited the race.
They didnt wait because there man wasnt in the fall, dont be so naive. Its like the handsball from suarez, is that sportmanship? No it isnt, but 90% of the players in such a situation will do the exact same thing.
dude, you show with every post how little you know. they announced BEFORE the race started that they wouldn't wait if there were crashes again. now shut up.
We just covered 100% of contenders for the yellow jersey of at least 50% of the past 10 years.
And it's not my problem you don't follow cyclism enough that you don't know that. Search for it yourself if you rly wanna have it. I'm not gonna spend time searching for it.
Lets look at the point of one of the fastest cyclers, Cancellara. He will never be able to win the tour, you think Paris-Roubaix isnt more important to him then the tour?
that quote makes absolutely no sense. And yes, Paris-Roubaix is probably more important for cancellara, but the number of viewers, sponsors and money that are in involved make the Tour de France so much more important.
That quote makes sense actually, you say that in cancellara's opinion Paris-Roubaix is more important. You stress the fact that i mention cancellara's opinion. But you say in your first reply, if i think Paris-Roubaix is more important. And with the quote i stress the fact you said something about my opinion.
But it's true that the Tour de France is more important, but a race is a race and the same unwritten rules should count.
bwah, bescheidenheid siert em. Hij heeft voorlopig nog niet echt iets bewezen, dus zou grootspraak een beetje erover zijn. Hij kan nog altijd ne klop krijgen en dan tuimelt hij misschien gewoon uit de top-10.
ALS hij top-5 eindigt, mag hij volgend jaar weer dezelfde ambitie hebben en daar ook voor uitkomen.
bwah zijn uitsprake zijn soms arrogant vind ik :P, de pers hoopt altijd op meer & het kan evengoed zijn dat hij nu gewoon plaats 3-4-5 verspeelt omdat em enkel met die achter hem bezig is terwijl hem toch altijd met de 5 beste klimt. nog 2 bergettapes met vrl tourmalet de belangrijke & een tijdrit. dusjaaaaaa, khoop dat em toch in 1 van die 2 is vol door gaat.
Die is nog niet goed genoeg om Sanchez en Menchov te kloppen. Die mannen rijden al jaren aan de top hé, dit is het eerste jaar dat Jurgen echt tot de top behoort.
Ik had nog nooit van hem gehoord, maar hij doet het goed.
Kan een goeie worden voor Belgie, hetzelfde hebben wij met Gesink die nog maar 24 is.
Dat wordt de nieuwe kopman van Rabobank hoop ik, want menchov gaat weg.
Ergens wel jammer dat Menchov net nu hij weggaat, goed presteerd in de Tour. Maar het is wrs beter voor de Nederlanders dat hij weggaat, zodat Gesink de absolute kopman kan worden :-)
um.. well i think that already happend in the tour with cancellara in the majot jaune and someone attacked and get it but just for 1 day and then cancellara got it back
ALBERTO
though does he have it in him to do something big? that remains to be seen!
Indeed, that's what usually happens in the tour.
Contador killed sportsmanship.
I guess there is no room for sportive behaviour in the tour de france :(
And i assume you think like that for the classics too, since there is much more at stake at 1 day then the tour.
Btw, armstrong didnt waited for beloki when he felt
and please don't compare classics to a 21-day Tour.
He never waited and he wasnt going to waited, he didnt even checked where he was
(but will still think that 90% of the people would have done the same thing like contador)
We just covered 100% of contenders for the yellow jersey of at least 50% of the past 10 years.
And it's not my problem you don't follow cyclism enough that you don't know that. Search for it yourself if you rly wanna have it. I'm not gonna spend time searching for it.
And im sorry im an idiot
But it's true that the Tour de France is more important, but a race is a race and the same unwritten rules should count.
cycling ftw
I'd rather watch a turtle race.
Really not.
ALS hij top-5 eindigt, mag hij volgend jaar weer dezelfde ambitie hebben en daar ook voor uitkomen.
Kan een goeie worden voor Belgie, hetzelfde hebben wij met Gesink die nog maar 24 is.
Dat wordt de nieuwe kopman van Rabobank hoop ik, want menchov gaat weg.
e.g. blood exchange and stuff :X sad but true