Stage 4 *spoilers*

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  • JC.152
    JC.152 Posts: 645
    Fair enough calm down everyone i only put them up about 5 minutes ago and already everyones shouting about how big the pictures are
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    According to Cyclingnews the wind has dropped off.

    Could be on for Millar if he keeps his nerve.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Schumacher smashes the chin. No-one expected that, eh?
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    iainf72 wrote:
    According to Cyclingnews the wind has dropped off.

    Could be on for Millar if he keeps his nerve.

    Of course I based my PTP pick of Millar yesterday on detailed 24hr meterological forecasts of the Cholet micro climate. Ahem.
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Stefan Schumacher 33 seconds faster than Chinny? Bloody extra-terrestrial!

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    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    afx237vi wrote:
    Schumacher smashes the chin. No-one expected that, eh?

    Not me, I admit.



    From BBC sport
    1540: Things are really hotting up now as the leaders prepare to join the rest of the field. Cadel Evans, clad in pinky/black of the Silence-Lotto team pedals out for his turn.

    pinky/black - I love it ! :lol:
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    anyone have a live link. My sputnik link has just stopped working :(
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    So Millar is at 1.46 overall, Schumi is at 1.52 overall. Millar 13 seconds slower at checkpoint 1.

    Gonna be tight for the jersey.
  • Pirahna
    Pirahna Posts: 1,315
    Is that an aerial on the back of Millers helmet?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Pirahna wrote:
    Is that an aerial on the back of Millers helmet?

    Yes, the team radio is in-built to the helmet.

    Oof, Valverde 48 seconds down at 11km.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Kirchen's ride is good too.

    Schumacher's is astonishing.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    great ride by evans. Pushes Fabian back one. Dam!
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Evans 2nd fastest at the finish. Valverde not going well at all. Frank Schleck also lost a sackload of time. Not that he was ever going to challenge for GC...

    Now Millar takes 2nd.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Almost Millar time.

    Schumacher's ride is a genuine surprise. At this rate, he'll be in yellow with a lead over Kirchen.
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Kirchen and Millar 1:46 down on Yellow, Schumi 1:52 ?

    And Kirchen down 0:11 and Millar down 0:15 on Schumi at 19.5k

    Ooooh ! :shock:
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    I think David Harmon has just choked to death live on air. A sad day for broadcasting.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Kirchen 18" down on Schumi. A Mekon in yellow! That's gotta be a first for the TDF.

    Note: Harmon is still alive. King Kelly did the Heimlich manouevre.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Schumi will probably go on the tear tonight and get busted by the cops again.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    brilliant rde by Kirchin and great for my fantasy team!
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Valverde well off then.

    It amazes me how excited everyone was over Piti's Dauphine TT when it was nowhere near flat.
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    I bet Menchov's cursing those 38 seconds now...
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  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    Where did Schumacher and Kirchen pull those rides out of? Surely, they've peaked for the first week stages?
  • SteveR_100Milers
    SteveR_100Milers Posts: 5,987
    edited July 2008
    I would be quietly pleased (at least with the results if nothing else :wink: ) if I was Evans.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Kirchen could be a serious contender for the green jersey now. He's on 81, Hushovd on 64. Kirchen could score quite a bit in the medium and high mountains...
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Schumacher was clearly riding very well but looking again at his riding, the police outrider in front of him is not that far ahead. Voigt had the same. OK, they were not drafting right behind but I think this could have been worth several seconds.
  • Salsiccia
    Salsiccia Posts: 405
    Ricco is now over 4 minutes down. Can he still be conisdered a serious contender now?
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    I was only joking when I said
    by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Salsiccia wrote:
    Ricco is now over 4 minutes down. Can he still be conisdered a serious contender now?
    .

    Was he ?
  • Salsiccia
    Salsiccia Posts: 405
    andy_wrx wrote:
    Salsiccia wrote:
    Ricco is now over 4 minutes down. Can he still be conisdered a serious contender now?
    .

    Was he ?

    I thought so - he had a good Giro and with the shortage of time trials in this Tour I thought he might be there or thereabouts.
    I was only joking when I said
    by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    drenkrom wrote:
    Where did Schumacher and Kirchen pull those rides out of? Surely, they've peaked for the first week stages?

    Schumacher is eyebrow raising. And he'll be hard to shift over the next few days I suspect.

    First ITT of 2007 TdF : Vino
    First ITT of 2006 TdF : Honchar

    Must've been a double dose of Calpol or something today. :P
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    It was a surprise, sure, but he has won TTs before. Last year he beat Kloden (and Kirchen in 3rd, funnily enough) in the Tirreno-Adriatico TT, and he's won a bunch of others too.

    But on the other hand, he did fail a dope test when he was riding for Shimano-Memorycorp, so who knows.

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