Tour de France - 2011 *Congratulations to Cadel Evans- 2011 Tour De France Champion*

[Doc26]

Re: Tour de France - 2011 *Congratulations to Cadel Evans- 2011 Tour De France Champi

Time to relax now 'stache.
Great effort by Cavendish.

Now to rectify my heavy TDF jet lag.

[Mantis]

Re: Tour de France - 2011 *Congratulations to Cadel Evans- 2011 Tour De France Champi

Now to rectify my heavy TDF jet lag.

Yep, my body clock is all over the place... but it's been well worth it.

[BulldogBelle]

Re: Tour de France - 2011 *Congratulations to Cadel Evans- 2011 Tour De France Champi

Now to rectify my heavy TDF jet lag.

Same here, the boss and I are half zombified he also stayed up every night to watch it...we are downing endless coffees trying to keep awake ( thanks to my boss and Nespresso for the awesome coffee machine) Luckily it's a quieter work day for us today.

[Twodogs]

Re: Tour de France - 2011 *Congratulations to Cadel Evans- 2011 Tour De France Champi

That was an awesome effort. I only managed to watch some parts of the race but the bits and pieces I saw I really enjoyed watching.

[Bornadog]

Re: Tour de France - 2011 *Congratulations to Cadel Evans- 2011 Tour De France Champi

Same here, the boss and I are half zombified he also stayed up every night to watch it...we are downing endless coffees trying to keep awake ( thanks to my boss and Nespresso for the awesome coffee machine) Luckily it's a quieter work day for us today.

I have stayed up most of the 21 stages and I am so stuffed as well.

What a champion Cadel is, the guts and determination he showed, particularly in the Alps when Schleck was almost 4 minutes ahead and he kept clawing it back.

I thought on Friday when he had the mechanical issues and Contador and Schleck took off he was gone, however, the chase was fantastic. Riding 50 kilometres all down hill and having to gee up the chasing group, he caught the breakaway. When Schleck saw Cadel catching up he must have died then and there.

Don't forget to watch tonight the special on Cadel at 10pm.

[EasternWest]

Re: Tour de France - 2011 *Congratulations to Cadel Evans- 2011 Tour De France Champi

I don't know if I'll ever get sick of turning on the tv and hearing about this. Just awesome.

[Doc26]

Re: Tour de France - 2011 *Congratulations to Cadel Evans- 2011 Tour De France Champi

Cadel's performance has provided a much needed antidote and distraction from a depressing season.

The Swans loss and the couple of days since then hasn't felt anywhere as bad as it might have.

Unfortunately I fear the medication is starting to wear off.

[BulldogBelle]

Re: Tour de France - 2011 *Congratulations to Cadel Evans- 2011 Tour De France Champi

What a champion Cadel is, the guts and determination he showed, particularly in the Alps when Schleck was almost 4 minutes ahead and he kept clawing it back.

He is awesome, I've been a big fan of his for many years. He just never gave up, so inspirational.

Riding 50 kilometres all down hill and having to gee up the chasing group, he caught the breakaway. When Schleck saw Cadel catching up he must have died then and there.

Yes, that was unbelievable - I was on the edge of the couch the whole time.

Don't forget to watch tonight the special on Cadel at 10pm.

Will be watching it and it's IQ'd to watch again and again and again.

[Axe Man]

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Mighty effort from Richie Porte to finish third in the tour this year. Just as well as he missed the birth of his child to compete! Was due for a change of luck after a series of misfortunes in other years.

Also an amazing win by Pogacar at just 21 years of age. Top 2 places for Slovenia, a country of just 2 million.

[Bornadog]

Re: Tour de France - 2011 *Congratulations to Cadel Evans- 2011 Tour De France Champion*

Mighty effort from Richie Porte to finish third in the tour this year. Just as well as he missed the birth of his child to compete! Was due for a change of luck after a series of misfortunes in other years.

Also an amazing win by Pogacar at just 21 years of age. Top 2 places for Slovenia, a country of just 2 million.

Stayed up to watch the time trial, fell asleep and woke up with Richie having 5k to go. +

It was exciting to watch the two Slovenians battle it out for the Yellow jersey.