svtmike

I'd love to see him win it, but he's going to have to drop Contador once or twice to pull it off.

svtmike

And loses his lead-out man. Mark Renshaw has been DQ'd for the head butts and cutting in front of Farrar at the end of the stage.

West6MT

Yep, probably the case.

Beelzebub

I left that part out.

Although he should get extra bonus points for being able to head but while doing 40 mph.

svtmike

The speed the peloton was moving at the end was pretty amazing.

The replays of the head butt were interesting. From the front it looked like he was banging heads, but from the rear helicopter view it looked like he was making contact with Julian Dean's shoulder and not his head.

I know on the very rare occasions that I'm moving that fast (downhill with a tailwind) I'm not looking to even come close to making contact with anybody.

West6MT

Watched the replay of that stage last night ^^.

WTF was he doing with those headbutts? Seemed like a silly way to "get space," even if that is a sort of track move or whatever. I cannot imagine trying to do that at those crazy speeds. The blocking after sucked. I hate when ppl get blocked in sprints.

I hope Thor can regain the green. Petacchi has earned it though, with some strong riding so far.

svtmike

I was glad to see Vinokourov get the stage win yesterday after that dick move by Contador the day before.

And I couldn't believe he had the legs to tear the peloton apart again today toward the end of the stage.

West6MT

strong ride

Beelzebub

I did like the track stand that Contador and Shleck did.

West6MT

that was nuts.

I think Schleck will attack on tomorrow's stage since it suits his climbing more so than today's stage.

West6MT

Damn it wtf. Friggen mechanical!!!!!!!!!!!

This is bs.

'06 Arctic

I'm anxious to watch it tonight to see if Contador clearly attacked Schleck after he knew his chain slipped or not. Contador is playing it off as he had no idea what happened and was already attacking when it happened.

Beelzebub

He clearly knew,

He is just showing the world the sportsman that he is.
Not like when Lance waited for Ulrich after he went off the side of the mountain.

West6MT

x 100

F-C

Contador

svtmike

What a little bitch Contador is.

herbalist

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svtmike

Good ride by Armstrong today. Too bad he didn't have it in him to win at the end.

West6MT

I was pulling for Lance to get that stage win.



Next stage should be INTENSE with mountain attacks!!!

svtmike

You could see it wasn't going to happen at the end when he really couldn't get set up behind Horner for a good lead-out.

herbalist

Ryder is killing it!

svtmike

I hope something flukey happens to Contador in the next couple days.

West6MT

x 100000000000000

I haven't watched today's stage, but I know how it went. The most fitting thing would be a mechanical that costs him a chunk of time.

Beelzebub

while on the time trial.

cmschmie

Only cause Schleck would stop for him today

svtmike

He's really raised wheelsucking to an art form in this Tour.

Beelzebub

I have already put my down payment for my trip to the tour next year.

It will soon be time to start training for the mountains.

svtmike

You going to ride each stage ahead of the race?

Beelzebub

Nope,we stay on Alp Du Huez and ride from there as there are plenty of mountains in riding distance, but he is going to add Sestriere and then stay the night in Italy.

cmschmie

You rent bikes there or bring your own?

Beelzebub

Take mine with me on the plane,

svtmike

Beelzebub

I have a picture with him from the last time that I went to France.

svtmike

That looks like Anthony Hopkins.

West6MT

awesome Beelzebub (going back to watch the tour again, and the pic with the Devil guy lol).

I was thinking this year while watching the tour that I should head to France one year while the tour is on. Must be awesome to see them riding in person etc. I dunno about riding up those mountains though. :S

Step one is to buy a road bike this year, and get to riding that. I think I'm going to wait for the new models to come out so I can pick something up with the new Sram Apex groupo (no fancy stuff for me, only starting out with road stuff).

svtmike

Next year.

Beelzebub

Schleck is still young. He needs to get better at time trialing and he will kick contababy's butt.

svtmike

Hard to tell how this tour would have played out without the chain incident, because Contador would have had to ride the last two stages entirely differently than he did.

Shleck will be a serious force for a long time. It's probably good for cycling that there are two riders so closely matched at the top of the sport, and that one of them is easy to like and the other is easy to dislike. Makes for a good spectacle.

West6MT

True ^^

Beelzebub

Cavendish is sick. No one is even close to him.......