Tour De France stage 3

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  • Eurostar
    Eurostar Posts: 1,806
    Make Armstrong do some work. He's a DOMESTIQUE for fooks sake.
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    <h6>What\'s the point of going out? We\'re just going to end up back here anyway</h6>
  • TheStone
    TheStone Posts: 2,291
    Could Armstrong go for the win today? Is Canc more likely to attack?
    How's Cav looking?
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  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Will Cancellara take off with 2km to steal a win?
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    this is EPIC - Astana team morale is going to be fcked - Cant believe how hard THC are working tho...
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Cavendish phones it in...
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    great for the green jersey only hushovd there
  • AO1504
    AO1504 Posts: 57
    Eurostar wrote:
    Make Armstrong do some work. He's a DOMESTIQUE for fooks sake.

    I must be watching a different race, Armstrong and Popovych on the front quite a bit
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Magic Cav!!!
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • Fastlad
    Fastlad Posts: 908
    feckin fantastic!!! :P That's what you call racing!!!
  • StefanP
    StefanP Posts: 429
    edited July 2009
    Cavendish, again. Found an online site which shows it live :D

    I look forward to the team time trial tommorow
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    AO1504 wrote:
    Eurostar wrote:
    Make Armstrong do some work. He's a DOMESTIQUE for fooks sake.

    I must be watching a different race, Armstrong and Popovych on the front quite a bit

    You clearly are because Armstrong didn't go near the front at any time.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    AO1504 wrote:
    Eurostar wrote:
    Make Armstrong do some work. He's a DOMESTIQUE for fooks sake.

    I must be watching a different race, Armstrong and Popovych on the front quite a bit

    Zubeldia and Poppo.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Cav at a cruise.
    Lance's Astana?
    40" gained on the road, minutes lost on the team bus.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Fastlad
    Fastlad Posts: 908
    lol! i'd love to be fly on the wall on that bus :lol:
  • Rich.H
    Rich.H Posts: 443
    Help me out?

    Lance made the selction - what is he supposed to do, sit up?
  • Eurostar
    Eurostar Posts: 1,806
    ITV4's coverage stopped just inside the last km. Loaded a feed from cyclingfans just too late to see the finish. :evil:
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  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    Rich.H wrote:
    Help me out?

    Lance made the selction - what is he supposed to do, sit up?

    he isnt supposed to have his teammates driving a split with his leader behind.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Rich.H wrote:
    Help me out?

    Lance made the selction - what is he supposed to do, sit up?

    Uuuum....not put his two domis on the front and whip the group up to get everybody working......bar himself.
    Sit on, do nothing and take any time gains, that way.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    Cav again, the boy is mustard :D
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Rich.H wrote:
    Help me out?

    Lance made the selction - what is he supposed to do, sit up?

    It's not that. It's the fact that Popo and Zubeldia were working hard at the pacemaking, and Lance was calling for a bigger effort, when their supposed team leader is stuck in the second group.

    Astana had no intention of winning the stage. Their only objective was to take time from Contador.
  • Rich.H
    Rich.H Posts: 443
    The split was well away be the time the Astana duo did any work at all....
  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    What sort of time gap could Astana get over Saxo Bank in the TTT? Anything over 40 seconds and Armstrong will be back in the yellow jersey.

    I don't see this as being the end for Contador either btw, when they get to the mountains 19 seconds isn't going to seem like much and I can't see Armstrong or Cancellara holding him off.

    I think that this was a good strategy for Astana for maximum PR coverage. Lance in yellow tomorrow but it didn't help any other GC contenders. At least that's how I would spin it to Contador if I had to explain!
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  • Rich.H
    Rich.H Posts: 443
    Interesting though eh?
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    Rich.H wrote:
    The split was well away be the time the Astana duo did any work at all....

    well then you get on the front and slow things down..
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Rich.H wrote:
    The split was well away be the time the Astana duo did any work at all....

    But why were they working at all? Why weren't they dropped back to help Contador?
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Yeah - but now watch Contador sandbag the TTT tomoro - just to get his own back on Lance! LOL
  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    Pokerface wrote:
    Yeah - but now watch Contador sandbag the TTT tomoro - just to get his own back on Lance! LOL

    That could happen, but then it wouldn't do his chances any good would it?
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    BTW, it ain't just Contador. Nobody has mentioned Levi yet... is this the same as the "support" Levi was getting in the Giro?
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    And don't forget that Astana still have to beat High Road in the TTT to take yellow. High Road may be 'tired' from being on the front the last 2 days - but they also won the TTT at the Giro - so don't count them out just yet.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Beaucoup Green Jersey points. Yesterday some of the sprinters were blocked by the crash, today they lost in the split.

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