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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Armstrong slower than chavanel, millar and evans.
    Looks like he started too fast. Inexperience, eh? :wink:
  • meenaghman
    meenaghman Posts: 345
    Contador faster than cancellara.. easy
    it was a downhill section and because he's got a more aerodynamic position which he has worked on for two years now with the help of application of windtunnel
    Also they worked out that not moving the legs meant the air wasn't creating as many vortices so he free wheeled down to the first checkpoint.. didn't you notice.
    He'll be lots ahead by second checkpoint because of the uphill
    and he'll be the winner in the end because he conserved energy by freewheeling in the first section.
    ... At this rate I'm going to take a flutter on AC beating MC in the bunch sprint on the Champs Elysee...
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Iain points and laughs at Lance.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    Can Wiggins get close to LA on GC?
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    SpaceJunk wrote:
    Slow Downcp wrote:
    SpaceJunk wrote:
    BTW - where are the Schlecks. Or is this Astana TV?

    Frank 1:23 down on Wiggo at 25k

    Well, you know that they are 2nd / 3rd in the Tour; you reckon they could get a camera on one of them FFS.

    You realize the pictures are all from the French/ASO. The tv stations, ITV, Eurosport, Versus have no control over what they're shown.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Alberto is fading!
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    Slow Downcp wrote:
    SpaceJunk wrote:
    Slow Downcp wrote:
    SpaceJunk wrote:
    BTW - where are the Schlecks. Or is this Astana TV?

    Frank 1:23 down on Wiggo at 25k

    Well, you know that they are 2nd / 3rd in the Tour; you reckon they could get a camera on one of them FFS.

    Andy only 52 secs down though

    Thanks for updates. I've had a few Setllas now, but seriously I haven't seen any footage of Andy or Frank since I can't remember.

    Are you guys seeing any coverage of them??
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    We have this conversation about Contador every time he puts in a good TT performance. Which, for someone who allegedly can't TT, is remarkably often.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    I can see plenty of Andy Schleck, but less of Frank.
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    donrhummy wrote:
    SpaceJunk wrote:
    Slow Downcp wrote:
    SpaceJunk wrote:
    BTW - where are the Schlecks. Or is this Astana TV?

    Frank 1:23 down on Wiggo at 25k

    Well, you know that they are 2nd / 3rd in the Tour; you reckon they could get a camera on one of them FFS.

    You realize the pictures are all from the French/ASO. The tv stations, ITV, Eurosport, Versus have no control over what they're shown.

    Yes, I am fully aware of it.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Armstrong 42 seconds down at 3rd time check
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    iainf72 wrote:
    Iain points and laughs at Lance.

    Don't make fun of the elderly, man. You'll be an OAP one day too.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Contador fading. Looks like Cancellara will win the stage?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Wiggins also seemed to back off before the climb, same as Contador.

    Interesting
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Ooh, Wiggo faded a lot there.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Wiggins faded big in the last 3rd. Shame... great effort though.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    I'm glad that the Schlecks will have to attack on Ventoux. Then we'll get to see just how strong LA is.
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Looks like the mountains took a lot out of wiggins. He's dropped a bit.
  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    Wiggins has fallen apart at the 4th checkpoint.
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  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    chriskempton wrote:
    Can Wiggins get close to LA on GC?

    16 seconds left to make up?
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    afx237vi wrote:
    We have this conversation about Contador every time he puts in a good TT performance. Which, for someone who allegedly can't TT, is remarkably often.

    isnt it about time we accepted he is one of the best testers in the peleton
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Yep, the mountain has helped Andy a bit. He's 47 seconds back at next time check, so he caught up some.
  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    David Millar was faster than Wiggins in the end. A bit dissapointed :-(
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Moray Gub wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    We have this conversation about Contador every time he puts in a good TT performance. Which, for someone who allegedly can't TT, is remarkably often.

    isnt it about time we accepted he is one of the best testers in the peloton

    I agree, but we get the same comments each time. Usually when he beats Wiggo...
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    afx237vi wrote:
    We have this conversation about Contador every time he puts in a good TT performance. Which, for someone who allegedly can't TT, is remarkably often.
    Full of people who only watch the TdF here now.....
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    I still think Fabian will take the stage win.
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Holy crap, Contador is burning road. best time by 30 friggin seconds.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Iesu Mawr.
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Moray Gub wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    We have this conversation about Contador every time he puts in a good TT performance. Which, for someone who allegedly can't TT, is remarkably often.

    isnt it about time we accepted he is one of the best testers in the peloton

    Just like Di Luca was one of the best climbers, eh?
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  • kerryman
    kerryman Posts: 33
    contador reminds me of vino tt in 2007

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