Tour de France Stage 11 - Cavendish usurps Greipel!
by Douglas Ansel on Jul 13, 2011 11:15 AM EDT
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Mark Cavendish won the eleventh stage of the 2011 Tour de France ahead of Andre Greipel, reversing the finishing order of yesterday's stage. Tyler Farrar was third, but neither he nor Greipel were able to challenge the Manx Missile today. Cavendish's victory puts him in the Green Points Jersey while Thomas Voeckler rolled in with the peleton to defend his overall lead on the eve of the mountain stages.
Today's stage was a mostly flat run of 167.5km from Blaye-les-Mines to Lavaur. Uncharacteristically for the southern stages of the tour, today was yet another rainy day. At times the rain was so hard the lead car's headlights made it appear it was evening rather than the middle of the afternoon. For those of you wanting to work on your cycling tan, I suggest you avoid France this year. Also, bring a rain cape or three.
Full results and quick rundown of the finale below the jump. Spoiler alert - it's a sprinty sprint!
7.3km to go and the break has 30 seconds. Lars Boom is pulling a great bitchface. You know what I'm talking about.
7.0km: Matt Goss is off the back. This is peut bon for HTC. Maybe stomach problems still?
6.0km: HTC has Eisel on the front. A bit early for him, but the break is strong today. Peter Velits takes over and Lampre lends some power. Sky too. Lots of people want a sprinty sprint today.
5.0km: Boom stays in the saddle but still manages to "fire the big gun". FYI, Boom is pronounced Boeh-m. Or something like that - sadly not onomatopoeia.
3km: Boom has 8 seconds. Unless it gets crazy twisty I think he's toast. But if anyone can put up a fight and make them earn it, it's Boom.
2200m to go. Boom is caught, Eisel pulls off and Tony Martin takes over. HTC only have Renshaw in front of Cav now. This is bad news bears for them.
1000m to go: Good news for HTC - Millar is leading out Hushovd who is leading out the HTC train. Garmin, always so dependable!
500m: Geraint Thomas is leading out Renshaw now. Really, it's so nice of these British riders to stick together. We really know he's working for Boasson Hagen, but you know people will say Sky is wooing Cav.
Cav jumps from a ways out but nobody can match his speed. Greipel looks like he's doing all he can to stay close to his wheel and Farrar tries but can't get around Greipel for second.
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Got home late for the stage.
But I guess it followed the script.
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi.
"If I couldn't play for the Colts, I would probably stop playing football." - Peyton Manning.
To a tee.
Renshaw and Cav = Unstoppable.
"If Peyton Manning crashed onto a barbed-wire fence and returned to a game, you’d never hear the end of it for the rest of your life." Jason Gay
so will Cav take Renshaw to Sky?????
We're all just coffee addicts - with a cycling problem:
(not fast enough to hold the wheel of those we watch)
by Marcus in Oz on Jul 13, 2011 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
gah
so who leaves? Henderson, Sutton?
If cobble delusions are wrong, who wants to be right? -JFS PGH
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 13, 2011 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
EBH,
at least according to standard procedure when someone is stalking you.
I don't
I read where he was taking advice from someone that he has such a great name and reputation now because of being Cav’s lead-out man. He’s thought of as the best in the business and his name is synonomous with Mark Cavendish. Sort of like Hincapie being known as LA’s right hand man and the best teammate in the business. Pretty sure Renshaw said he likes the position, so I would be surprised if they separate.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Renshaw to Greenedge?
A new chapter for both Marks, more interesting for us.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Love it
can you do the screenshots with commentary all the time?
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
He better.
"If Peyton Manning crashed onto a barbed-wire fence and returned to a game, you’d never hear the end of it for the rest of your life." Jason Gay
missed the leadout :-(
We're all just coffee addicts - with a cycling problem:
(not fast enough to hold the wheel of those we watch)
Green
1. Cav 251
2. Rojas 235
3. Gilbert 231
If cobble delusions are wrong, who wants to be right? -JFS PGH
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 13, 2011 11:19 AM EDT reply actions
And soon Gilbert will fall off the charts
Not knocking, just pushing my earlier prediction. Cav keeps Green now and runs away with it. Unless Cadel… nah just kidding.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
He was smiling and blowing kisses to the camera. I think he is gaining morale and a
bit of power for the stage 12 jersey defense.
Any crashes today?
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi.
"If I couldn't play for the Colts, I would probably stop playing football." - Peyton Manning.
Thank goodness.
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi.
"If I couldn't play for the Colts, I would probably stop playing football." - Peyton Manning.
by gizzardfanny on Jul 13, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Feillu
Says he’s like to withdraw tomorrow. Tendonitis in knee.
Mountain stages with early sprints
Tomorrow (12) – before any climbs
13 – after a cat 3 and a cat 4
14 – no: early, but on descent of a cat 2. One for Gilbert, perhaps?
15 – flat stage
16 – before any mountains, quite late (cat 2 finish at Gap)
17 – after a cat 3, so maybe
18 – early before any climbs
19 – no way, after both the Telegraphe and the Galibier and at the foot of Alpe d’Huez
20 – ITT
21 – Champs Elysee – of course there’s a sprintermediate as well as the finish.
depending on how stage 15 goes
cav could need just a simple win on 21 to seal the deal….although I guess he is going to contest 12 and 18 at least.
In search of a new tagline.
i think he will be nowhere to be seen as today on 15 and 21
the question is if he can grab some points on the others…but I guess not much. The GC guys are coming out to play now…..
This is definetly Cav to loose
In search of a new tagline.
If he can score in the sprintermediates in those other stages he'll be fine
Ventoso and Phil won’t score much either in the uphill finishes
Yep, I think Cav would have to mess up not to win it
"First you have to be cool, after you are cool then you can be strong" -- Davide Appollonio
He sure loved that jersey.
I can only think that the impetus is there for him to ride his heart out to stay in green.
by DriftNasty on Jul 14, 2011 4:01 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Gilbert
will surely go for the intermediates on 13, 14 and 17. Look for him trying to get into breaks on those days.
Flat sprints on 12, 16 and 18 for the inters.
I think HTC might lay out 16 as if the sprintermediate was the finish of a flat stage – it’s basically at the foot of a cat 2 at the end of an otherwise flat stage.
Only 19 is likely to see no Green points to any of the contenders at all.
Rojas is very capable of getting into a hilly break too
He amazed me with how well he climbed in, erm, was it Dauphine or Suisse? (brainfart)
"First you have to be cool, after you are cool then you can be strong" -- Davide Appollonio
How many stages could Gilbert/Rojas go for finish points on?
Not 12 for sure (1,H,H). 13? (3,4,H – with the Aubisque, but a long run down to Lourdes after), not 14 (2,1,2,1,3,H). 16? (2, downhill finish), not 17, surely (3,3,2,1,2) – though that’s a puncheur’s stage, not 18 (H,H,H) or 19 (1,H,H)
Only four true monster mountain stages
Tomorrow and Saturday in the Pyrenees and Thursday/Friday next week in the Alps. The others are more mountain-breakaway stages than the stages that split the big GC boys.
& they've always said that black is slimming
I would say that these white skirts are quite flattering (sp?)
We're all just coffee addicts - with a cycling problem:
(not fast enough to hold the wheel of those we watch)
by Marcus in Oz on Jul 13, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
Again?! Rolls eyes
;)
"First you have to be cool, after you are cool then you can be strong" -- Davide Appollonio
perfection never gets old.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
Playing the girl rather than the dress slightly perhaps???
:-)
We're all just coffee addicts - with a cycling problem:
(not fast enough to hold the wheel of those we watch)
by Marcus in Oz on Jul 13, 2011 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
i was gonna say they work as a unit
and one can’t separate one from the other, but the more i think about it, the more i see how separating the two might actually make things better.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
The real scandal here
is how they’ve failed to uphold the quality of 2009. If they had we wouldn’t have to resort to these nostalgic lookbacks.
we didn't have this problem with the giro
first time i’m ready to go along with the whole giro-superiority thing.
Hoogie looked to be limping slightly
Eurosport guys discussing the discomfort – he’s probably happy to be riding the day, rather than sufferring during the night trying to find a way to sit, lay down, etc…..
We're all just coffee addicts - with a cycling problem:
(not fast enough to hold the wheel of those we watch)
by Marcus in Oz on Jul 13, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
You know, if I was in the 3 grade, I would say:" La LaLa La La, I told you so!"
But even my kids are older than that, so I just going to say: " I told you so!"
So, Where was I? Ah, mountains tomorrow! \It was pleasure to see you Mark!
"I love bike races warm up, warm down, cobbles mountains or flats."
perezbike
.
Like Tmart said I worry about the mountains tomorrow...
Maybe they wont be there tomorrow morning… Crap me up that comment.
whats with Cadel and the towels?
Since its been raining a lot, im guessing its to keep warm? But it can’t be THAT cold?! Otherwise I would assume that he has an ice pack stuffed in there to keep core temp low (a la Garmin and their ice vests).
anyone heard anything?
Can I just say...
I’ve been enjoying these post-stage/last few km breakdowns. Thanks for all those doing them.
In loving memory of Dale Earnhardt - 4/29/51 - 2/18/01
Shouldn't have started at all - Vuelta would have been nice, but doubt he's gonna be up for that now either...
Dude couldn’t even hold the wheels of an AG2r TTT…
by JustJoshinYa on Jul 13, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
He had lead training weights in his bike.
Wanted to see what he was really made of.
by DriftNasty on Jul 14, 2011 4:04 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That photo is great
Greipel’s face seems to be saying exactly that: “Whew, that’s fast”
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
After yesterdays stage this turned out to be a bit of a
damp squib. Congratulations to Cav, but I am ready to move on now.
No, lets not move on yet!
Lets talk about Cav some more!
"I love bike races warm up, warm down, cobbles mountains or flats."
perezbike
.
Lexicon-wise
I think sprintermediate is very clever.
That is all.
Cav shows why winning a sprint stage against him in this race
deserves the highest plaudits. Those that can also to the fore today. Top notch sprinting all round.
And whoever wins the green jersey (if not him) can now say they took off it back – which somehow seems to make it mean more.
For sure.
The Gorilla really outsmarted and outsprinted the Manx Missile.
by DriftNasty on Jul 14, 2011 4:09 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ro-(clear your throat)-as.
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi.
"If I couldn't play for the Colts, I would probably stop playing football." - Peyton Manning.
by gizzardfanny on Jul 14, 2011 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Cavendish statistic
In the last four tours he has now won 18/35 of the “flat” stages
2008 – won 4/8 (Valverde, Thor, Dumoulin, Cav, Cav, Cav, Cav, Freire then DNS)
2009 – won 6/10 (Cav, Cav, Voeckler, Thor, Cav, Cav, N Sorensen, Ivanov, Cav, Cav)
2010 – won 5/9 (Alejet, Thor, Alejet, Cav, Cav, Cav, Vino, Cav, Cav)
2011 – currently 3/8 (Phil, Tyler, Evans, Cav, EBH, Cav, Greipel, Cav)
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