TdF Stage 16 *spoiler*

FransJacques

Go Lance! Come on, give the ol' man a gift!

What were Paul and Phil battling about this AM? the waiting game or Floyd?

How many water bottle has Lance poured over himself so far?

stokepa31

Go old man. hope he has the leg to sty away

Mettan

Have Saxo got 1 rider with Schleck ??

BikingBernie

Looks like the peleton has decided to ride tempo as Armstrong rides away. He may get that 'gift' after all, even if he will have to work for it.

mrushton

Let's give him his due. If he wins this stage then chapeau to him for going out with a good one. maybe he wants to repeat Eddies feat. However a stage win will generate a lot of pages on here and distract from the AC/AS debate

inkyfingers

I hope they don't gift Armstrong the stage.......If they don't and he wins by staying ahead of a full on racing bunch of GC candidates for 140KM then I predict forum meltdown.

Doobz

BikingBernie wrote:

Looks like the peloton has decided to ride tempo as Armstrong rides away. He may get that 'gift' after all, even if he will have to work for it.

looks like cunego wants to drop him

Neil McC

Contador having his front mech adjusted?

blazing_saddles

I'll be surprised if Armstrong can get much sucking done off Fedrigo's wheel.
Will Cunego now get crushed? :oops:

Pokerface

Was that Contador getting the magic spanner treatment?

stokepa31

hope he drops his chain

BikingBernie

BikingBernie wrote:

Looks like the peloton has decided to ride tempo as Armstrong rides away. He may get that 'gift' after all, even if he will have to work for it.

Correction, the yellow jersey group are now having a club run!

camerone

BikingBernie wrote:

Looks like the peloton has decided to ride tempo as Armstrong rides away. He may get that 'gift' after all, even if he will have to work for it.

peleton behaving exactly as it should with someone 38 minutes down on GC going up the road. its irrelevant its Armstrong.

Bakunin

FransJacques wrote:

Go Lance! Come on, give the ol' man a gift!

What were Paul and Phil battling about this AM? the waiting game or Floyd?

How many water bottle has Lance poured over himself so far?

Waiting game.

It got so heated that Paul was forced to play, "hey, I rode the Tour" card.

The only thing missing was Phil grabbing a wheel and pushing it into Paul's face.

I thought Bob Roll was going to get up and go headbutt Phil.

It was pretty good for 6:30 AM.

sampurnell

from watching armstrong speak he doesnt want a gifted stage.
he sees it as pitty.

Neil McC

Contador and Schleck having a chat

gabriel959

I like the fact that for CN, Moreau is with Cofidis! In any case if he stays away he can be a threat to the polka dots leader!

stokepa31

camerone wrote:

BikingBernie wrote:

Looks like the peloton has decided to ride tempo as Armstrong rides away. He may get that 'gift' after all, even if he will have to work for it.

peloton behaving exactly as it should with someone 38 minutes down on GC going up the road. its irrelevant its Armstrong.

agreed. its natural for Bernie to put his own stamp on anything armstong related

Pokerface

I thought Bernie didn't actually watch racing

Neil McC

Thor has had enough and is going off up the road! Didn't even know he was in that group. Great ride so far! Sprint points are after the Aubisque though!

BikingBernie

sampurnell wrote:

from watching armstrong speak he doesnt want a gifted stage.
he sees it as pitty.

Maybe, but if the main contenders continue to have a club run, he will hardly turn the opportunity of the stage win down.

mrushton

Anybody got a line on what Paul the Octopus has decided?

Pokerface

Horner about to arrive to help pull Armstrong up the mountain.

ketsbaia

Doesn't look to me like they're gifting it to LA.

BikingBernie

Neil McC wrote:

Contador and Schleck having a chat

Maybe they will decide to stop for tea and cakes at the cafe on the summit.

Dancing Bear

Neil McC wrote:

Contador and Schleck having a chat

discussing LA's winner's speech betting where his doctor comes in the list of people to thank!!

BikingBernie

ketsbaia wrote:

Doesn't look to me like they're gifting it to LA.

That's right, the yellow jersy group are going at it like ten men, they are spread all over the road. Oh hang on a minute...

Dancing Bear

Pokerface wrote:

Horner about to arrive to help pull Armstrong up the mountain.

nothing like some fresh blood in the attack....

Pross

So what's the current situation? Is that break still away or is it just a couple of riders now? Anyone got a live feed link, lunchtime coming up!

stokepa31

watch out Lance - the Viking is coming for you - Chapeau Hushy