... ...unless you are slow like me and they expect me to pull for 3 seconds and get the heck out of the way
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 8:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > COWS etiquite - The general rule of thumb that the COWS have adopted when > riding in a group is that if you are a strong beast or are blowing off > excess testosterone you may pull the group for as long as you like. > Generally however it is proper etiquite to maintain one's place in the pace > line, and when you get to the front of the line that you pull for a minimum > of 3 minutes. For the mathematically ungifted that would be for > approximately a mile at 20 miles per hour. This has been suggested by > excellent riders outside of our group and we have adopted it as our > standard. Doc > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Jeff Glover [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, July 17, 2010 07:23 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [COWs] TDF > > Correction: I should have said Kim like the team kit...sorry. > -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jeff Glover" Sent: > Saturday, July 17, 2010 4:53 PM To: Subject: [COWs] TDF > This Time It's > VINO! > > After being denied yesterday Alexandre Vinokouro-Astana (Kim likes > the the > team), took the stage with a sprint that started almost 2 km from > the top > of the last climb and held for the the final 7.5 km. Vino simply > hammered > the field leaving them to sort our second place, and the sprint > for 2nd > was > a wild affair in itself. Mark Cavendish, using the HTC > Columbia teams > setup, slingshot around Thor Hushovd (where was the rest of > Cervelo) and > simply out sprinted Alessandro Petacchi-Lampre to the line. > If you missed > it and you have cable VS will show it again tonight, check > the schedule. > > All of this affected everything except the general > classification which > saw > little change: Andy Schleck-Saxo Bank is still > in Yellow with a 0:31 lead > over Alberto Contador-Astana who is second. > Samuel Sanchez > Gonzalez-Euskaltel Euskadi is 2:45 back in 3rd. Denis > Menchov-Rabobank is > 4th 2:58 back and Jurgen Van Der Broeck-Omga Pharma > Lotto is 5th 3:31 > back. > Levi Leipheimer-Radioshack is still 6th 4:06 > behind the lead, Robert > Gesink-Rabobank is 4:27 back and Joaquin > Rodriguez-Katusha is 8 4:58 back. > All others are over 5:00 minutes off the > pace. At this point, barring > some > strange event, which we have seen this > year, these are the only ones left > with much of any kind of a chance to > make the podium. It is getting sad, > Lance dropped to 36, 25:38 off the > pace. Not sure he is even riding > support...or is he going to be the first > American to win the Lanterne > Rouge? > > Points - Green Jersey: Aleesandro > Petacchi got the green jersey back form > Thor today despite losing the > sprint for 2nd in the stage to Cavendish. > He > has 187 points. Thor > Hushovd slipped back to 2nd with 185 points and Mark > Cavendish arrives in > 3rd with 162 points. This a tight contest, Thor > seems > to be able to pull > points out of the ground when he has to but I don't > think > either he or > Cavendish planned on Petacchi being the factor he is. > Cavedish > was not > bothered today by the loss of Renshaw, we will see if that holds > but > he > still has strong support. Hushovd and Petacchi often find themselves > > alone. > > Polka Dot: Anthony Charteau-Bbox Bouygues will wear the jersey > tomorrow, > he > has 107 points. Second belongs to Jerome Pineau-Quick Step, > he has 92 > points. Back in third is Mario Aert-Omega Pharma Lotto with 65 > points. > Andy Schleck dropped to 4th with 62 points. The mointain days > ahead will > decide this jersey soon, for now it appears to be a two man > contest > between > Charteau and Pineau but mountians can be tricky so watch > this one closely. > > Young Rider: Andy Schleck still has a firm grip on > this one with a 4:27 > lead > over Robert Gesink. > > Team: Radioshack held > to a 0:21 lead today ove Caisse d'Espargne. > Rabobank > is third a distant > 16:13 back. The mountians ahead will weigh heavy on > this > race too. > > > Tomorrow: Stage 14 is 184.5 km from Revel to Ax 3 Domaines (don't ask me > > what that means). The stage warms up with 130 km of "undulating" hills > > before hitting the big time in the last 40 km hitting Port de Pailheres, > > 2,100m followed by a drop that is a thriller and ending with another big > > climb to the finish. This is a day for the overall challengers. Look for > > Contador and Schleck going at it at the end. This also the time for the > > other challenges for the Yellow jersey to make a move. The next four > > stages > are all in the mountains, Wednesday is a rest day. > > Whew.... > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Ellis, Nick" > > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 12:21 PM > To: > Subject: [COWs] Vino > >> Now > we know why Vino didn't ride with us today. 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