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Best Grand Tour in 2010
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 21-09-2010 00:25
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the tour seems too commercialised if you ask me
the massive big bandwagon means that you can't finish (as the vuelta did) on the mountian with unpaved roads and a massive 200% gradient (slightly exaggerated)
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| jack888 |
Posted on 21-09-2010 00:52
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valverde321 wrote:
I thought the Amgen Tour of California was the 4th best GT. 
The well informed locals agree with you
https://www.youtub...GQ#t=5m14s
Edited by jack888 on 21-09-2010 00:53
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-09-2010 01:03
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jack888 wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
I thought the Amgen Tour of California was the 4th best GT.
The well informed locals agree with you
https://www.youtub...GQ#t=5m14s
Thanks for that. Its always nice to go "I've been exactly there" when you look at pictures or videos. Especially, Big Sur and GGB. Santa Cruz less so.
Edited by valverde321 on 21-09-2010 01:05
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| Porte |
Posted on 21-09-2010 01:28
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Reading the live reports, the Giro sounded like a ripper. Shame I couldn't watch it.
The Tour was average imo, I loved the Col de la Madeleine stage though. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-09-2010 01:40
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Porte wrote:
Reading the live reports, the Giro sounded like a ripper. Shame I couldn't watch it.
The Tour was average imo, I loved the Col de la Madeleine stage though.
cyclingtorrents.nl if you are serious about watching the Giro. The site gets uploads from races every day. Highly recommended.
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| jacknic |
Posted on 21-09-2010 09:08
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I picked the Tour. Mainly because I had the opportunity to watch most stages.
But also because the best riders were there, the fight between Schleck and Contador, drama on the cobbles, the battle for green, Sylvain Chavanel and Thomas Voeckler winning stages, Denis Menchov doing great, the return of Pettacchi, the rise of Ryder Hesjedal and the demise of Armstrong.
Best Tour de France in a long while.
Now flaunting my very first avatar...
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| Porte |
Posted on 21-09-2010 09:31
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valverde321 wrote:
Porte wrote:
Reading the live reports, the Giro sounded like a ripper. Shame I couldn't watch it.
The Tour was average imo, I loved the Col de la Madeleine stage though.
cyclingtorrents.nl if you are serious about watching the Giro. The site gets uploads from races every day. Highly recommended. OK, thanks for the tip, i'll keep it in mind.  |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 21-09-2010 10:35
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Giro by far - such agressive riding and you couldn't be sure of the top 5 or so until the ending. |
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| janne_837 |
Posted on 21-09-2010 11:50
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I picked the tour, just because it was the last GT for Lance Armstrong, the best cyclist ever!
Edited by janne_837 on 21-09-2010 11:52
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 21-09-2010 12:12
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janne_837 wrote:
I picked the tour, just because it was the last GT for Lance Armstrong, the best cyclist ever!
well..this is mater of taste. But nothing can not beat Eddy Merckx cycling career |
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| Andro |
Posted on 21-09-2010 12:31
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How can the Giro only have 66 %? It was by far the best. The others were great too, but the Giro was amazing. |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 21-09-2010 12:50
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I think the Giro also, the Tour, the battle between Schleck and Contador was one of the best and will go down in history, then Vuelta only because of the last mountain stage, the rest of La Vuelta was rubbish and dull.
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| arthon |
Posted on 21-09-2010 12:57
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My vote goes to the Giro. |
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| facmanpob |
Posted on 21-09-2010 15:23
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janne_837 wrote:
I picked the tour, just because it was the last GT for Lance Armstrong, the best cyclist ever!
lol
Big Mig won the same number of Grand Tours as LA.....
Jacques Anquetil won 8 Grand Tours.....
Eddy Merckx won 11 Grand Tours....
so even just looking at GTs LA isn't the best ever!
Edited by facmanpob on 21-09-2010 15:59
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