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Fantastic effort.

One of the greatest sporting wins by an Australiajn ever.

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Amazing Amazing Amazing

redandblack wrote:Fantastic effort.

One of the greatest sporting wins by an Australiajn ever.

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Yep one of the greatest ever,

1991 Rugby World Cup, Perkins at Barcelona, Americas Cup, Oppy in the 24 hour in the 1930s, Bradman's 334 in a day, Herb Elliot at the 1960 Olympics, Walter Lindrum all amazing efforts but this deserves to be right up there!!!!

redandblack wrote:Fantastic effort.

One of the greatest sporting wins by an Australiajn ever.

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Well done Cadel

Congratulations you legend.
Hopefully the Ranga mole organises a ticker tape parade for him

Jim05 wrote:Congratulations you legend.
Hopefully the Ranga mole organises a ticker tape parade for him

Even a public Holiday

Nows hoping he comes with BMC to the Tour Down Under

mickey wrote:Nows hoping he comes with BMC to the Tour Down Under

He'd beg them to let him ride down here, even if it's just a training ride and a parade.

Raced here in 2010, so there is a good chance of it again, especially with Lance not being here and some more money to throw at another rider and team.

am Bays wrote:

redandblack wrote:Fantastic effort.

One of the greatest sporting wins by an Australiajn ever.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Yep one of the greatest ever,

1991 Rugby World Cup, Perkins at Barcelona, Americas Cup, Oppy in the 24 hour in the 1930s, Bradman's 334 in a day, Herb Elliot at the 1960 Olympics, Walter Lindrum all amazing efforts but this deserves to be right up there!!!!

This is tougher than most for many, many reasons. Riding flat out for 3-6 hours a day for 3 weeks up hill and down dale, 3336km in under 84 hours is just about 40kph. And in just a split second you can go down and be out of the race, or worse. Previous years he's ridden with some serious injuries. A broken elbow, ruptured ACL in the olympics, could hardly stand the pain of having his shoulder brushed for most of the tour in 2008. If you got back even further, he was born 3 weeks overdue with a broken nose. Kicked in the head at 8 and while in a coma that lasted weeks he wasn't expected to walk again.

To win the TDF you need to be a freak of nature daredevil who has a great team, has excellent luck and most of all is just about the toughest man alive.

#1 greatest individual sporting achievement by an Australian...

Not sure how it works, but isn't there still one stage to go ?

Yeah there is tonight stage into Paris. Protocol and tradition dictates that it isn't a race as such, more a parade if the champions in each category. Thee will be no breakaway, there will be champagne drunk and once they get to Paris they will ride like crazy for the few laps around the champes (spelling?) And the big sprinters like Cavendish will all want to win the final stage.

LMA wrote:Not sure how it works, but isn't there still one stage to go ?

Was thinking the same. Just been seeing bits and pieces of it due to work. Is it just that he has an uncatchable lead?

mighty hounds wrote:

LMA wrote:Not sure how it works, but isn't there still one stage to go ?

Was thinking the same. Just been seeing bits and pieces of it due to work. Is it just that he has an uncatchable lead?

Basically, the only way he can lose is if he crashes and can't physically get back and ride to Paris. If he has any trouble needs to stop for any reason, where the peleton will take time away from him they will literally stop riding and wait.

Magpiespower wrote:#1 greatest individual sporting achievement by an Australian...

BS.

Its a bike race. And they last stage is a parade? . I think that sums it up.

Public Holiday is comical

mickey wrote:

mighty hounds wrote:
Basically, the only way he can lose is if he crashes and can't physically get back and ride to Paris. If he has any trouble needs to stop for any reason, where the peleton will take time away from him they will literally stop riding and wait.

Sounds like my sort of race. Even I could go close to winning that

Could u do the other 3,430.5 kilometres over 3 weeks, up some of the biggest mountains in Europe??

Me thinks tiger07andbeyond doesnt really know what he is talking about

mickey wrote:Could u do the other 3,430.5 kilometres over 3 weeks, up some of the biggest mountains in Europe??

Me thinks tiger07andbeyond doesnt really know what he is talking about

Ridiculous comment tiger07, the Tour is one of the toughest events around. Superb ride by Cadel last night, he absolutely smashed the time trial.

Bit of trolling going on there. Have been watching the tour since i can remember and in retrospect Cadel has been in control throughout the whole race except for when Schlek went miles early on the Galibier stage and then when his bike was stuffing up the next day. Former mountain bike world cup winner, former road race world champ and now Tour de France champ. bring on London 2012.