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I think Contadors going to hand the stage win to one of the Schlecks!!
quite an easy descent tho (in relative terms of course)
Nibali flying!
Wiggo's blown!
Great display from many today. Not least Nibali for doing on the dh what others wanted to do on the climbs.
I'm going to bet Frank over Andy? Any takers?
Fantastic - How strong is Armstrong?!!! Amazing display
Just when we thought a Brit could do something amazing....
Just when we thought a Brit could do something amazing....
Wait for tomorrow..
Now the big question!!! Who killed Kenny!?
Brilliant!
what like win a stage and sit at 3rd
and be 6th in the tour!
how huge is Lance in comparison to nibali 😆
Oh Christ! De Gaul has turned up to the prize giving...
Dunno about you lot but Im shattered after todays stage!
GC - wiggins 6th 4:53
[i]how huge is Lance in comparison to nibali[/i]
Yep, they looked like they'd been drawn to different scales 🙂
t'was ace.
By comparison to some years still pretty close at the top end. Still alot to play for but I still think it's Contador's to lose.
perfect timing too, our final presenter is wrapping up using the BC team as an example of success, and i'm about to start 'proper' work not involving sitting in front of the laptop
colnagokid - MemberDunno about you lot but Im shattered after todays stage!
Indeed! So much for spoiling it for the highlights, I only started watching the last 20 mins and I'm bushed - fantastic stuff!
mrmichaelwright - MemberGC - wiggins 6th 4:53
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pjt201 - Memberat the moment brad could be in 5th by the end of the day - not so good. hopefully they'll regroup on the descent.
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Boom.
Wiggo will take more than 9 secs off Kloden in the TT and time off both Schleks, back up to 5th overall.
Amazing we're all disappointed The Wig is 6th overall!!! 😀
Don't be so downhearted, neither of the Schlecks are ace TTers (the younger on particularly bad) and it isn't liek Wiggo has announced that this is his last tour!
Wait for tomorrow..
He ain't gonna get close to repairing that! No way. Is there?
Awesome. Schleck bros destroyed the field!
I reckon Armstrong could have got back to them though, if he wasn't trying to stop wiggins getting back across. Lance looked strong at the top.
He ain't gonna get close to repairing that! No way. Is there?
Not sure, wait for tomorrow..
What happened to Thor today? He's marked down as 'delayed' on the Eurosport scroller thing!
had a look at the "prologue" Wiggins took a 40secs out of Andy, the TT is almost 3 times the length! with things so close..
So assuming Contador, Armstrong, Wiggins, and Kloden can all time trial better. still plenty of time for a reshuffle.
Then Ventoux to shuffle the pack again.
I doubt the other two stages will be much more than processions.
GC Now
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 72:27:09
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:26
3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:25
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0:03:55
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0:04:44
6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 0:04:53
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0:05:09
8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0:08:08
9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:09:19
Probably too much to make up on Lance for Brad now looking at how he's going but with the TT, you'd expect him to make up a decent bit of time of the Schlecks tomorrow - probably 3+ minutes - so it'll all be about Ventoux!
yeah - he ain't gonna make it on Armstrong, who is a good TTer anyway. It's the brothers he might claw it back on...
Well, I 'disappeared' from my desk for a bit, caught the last 18km or so inc Contador's attack. Great stage. 🙂
Let's see what tomorrow's TT brings...
Really impressed with Andy Schleck today. I'm sorry Wiggins couldn't hold on, but watching the leaders climbing was fantastic.
Im getting way too into this race, I watched the whole five hours today 😳
Anyone know what happened with Thor - Wiggo's on Twitter mentioning it?!
bradwigginsThor Husovd, what can I say, after a certain persons comments today, Thor sticks two fingers up in a way that only Thor can. A true Gent11 minutes ago from mobile web
George Hincapie apparently crashed today and is having his collarbone checked out!
Personally, I can't wait for the Tour to end....I need my life back..
I'm, er, rather obsessed by the TdF at present.
Go Wiggo in the TT!! Put time into the Shlecks and then stick on their wheel on Ventoux
Think LA did his job today. Marked Wiggins out. Contador said he was nervous about Wiggins' TT ability
The TT will see a major reschuffle (except no.1)
Stage victory for LA on Ventoux part of the Astana 'deal'???
WIGGO WIGGO WIGGO oi oi oi .... whoop some butt in TT then hold fire on Ventoux .. wouldn't it be awesome for a podium finish from Wiggo. Oh well no one talking about Cav any more, shame!
WIGGO WIGGO WIGGO oi oi oi .... whoop some butt in TT then hold fire on Ventoux .. wouldn't it be awesome for a podium finish from Wiggo. Oh well no one talking about Cav any more, shame!
Was recording it to watch when I got home when a couple of people at work started commenting on live coverage from some web site !!!! They didn't even have the decency to say "spoiler". So I quickly threw the lap top in the drawer and headed off home early. What a stage 🙂
had a look at the "prologue" Wiggins took a 40secs out of Andy, the TT is almost 3 times the length!
Prologue (I'll ignore Contador!)
Wiggins
Kloden +3
Armstrong +21
Schleck A +41
Schleck F +1:17
Now if we multiply those by 3 (I know it's not quite 3 times as long, but it's flatter than prologue, which should suit Wiggins a bit more, however much weight he's lost) and add to current GC times:
Schleck A
Wiggins +24
Kloden +24
Armstrong +29
Schleck F +2:47
Should be kind of interesting - Wiggins could be anywhere between 2nd and 5th on the overall (can't see him not getting past Frank even if that prologue was a bit of an anomaly)!
Just seen this from Bradley Wiggins on twitter. Anyone shed any light? I've been out riding all night and may have missed some news.
Di Luca, what a W****r! unbelievable
My use of stars.
EDIT: just saw this in the Wiggo thread
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-luca-positive-for-cera-in-giro
Don't get Di Luca at all - surely thats a four year ban! What a twit!
He'll be 37 by then so effectively career over! The big problem is that these are 'old' results, I believe that tests from this years Tour are being held back until the end/after - could make interesting reading!
On another front Kenny Van Hummel (lantern rouge) is out!! 😥
did anyone else Wiggins' slight fumble/stall at ~35km to go?
Wiggins was in amongst the forward pack with Armstrong keeping an eye on him, not wanting him to get close to Contador.
Wiggins drifted slowly to the left hand side of the road. Armstrong checked this despite being in front and moved across too.
Wiggins then appeared to stall on Armstrongs rear wheel loosing his tempo/rythm.
it looked to me and others watching as though Armstrong dabbed the brakes or stalled his pedal stroke knowing that Wiggins was behind him.
alpin - I spotted it but didn't read anything into it frankly. That said perhaps its the professionals way of saying 'please go away old chap' 😉
Lance I used to admire, I thought he was a bit of a up himself knob, but well he's deserved arrogance. Now I think he's a complete ****. He's comments about Contador are very wrong headed.
On the other hand Pellizotti is my new favourite rider, how can one man smile so much, even when coming second on a stage.
you seen Lance's butterfly bike? Damian Hirst at his most twisted. Did he have to use real butterflies?
Alpin yes I saw it, it looked like Armstrong did the equivalent of a brake check, however I don't think it was that way, Armstrong's bike was ghost shifting or slipping or something, it did it quite a few times in later part of the stage.