TDF Stage 6 **SPOILERS**

Gazzaputt

Hushovd's bike needs a Fizik saddle with a yellow stripe to match.

Bronzie

RC856 wrote:

Is there a direct link between cycling and varicose veins?

Not sure, but I remember Sean Yates had horrendous varicose veins. Had to have an op to remove them when he retired. Gruesome pic here if you're that way inclined.

LangerDan

From CN
"The Garmin boys at the front of the bunch are not having a good time, David Millar seems to be very cold."

Poor Millar - he doesn't like the cold and he's allergic to the heat.

Break down to 8 minutes, HTC helping with the chase

LangerDan

Bronzie wrote:

RC856 wrote:

Is there a direct link between cycling and varicose veins?

Not sure, but I remember Sean Yates had horrendous varicose veins. Had to have an op to remove them when he retired. Gruesome pic here if you're that way inclined.

Hoogerland also heading down that same road

Cleat Eastwood

roux takes the intermed sprint from duque. peloton now approaching, cav takes it ahead of rojas.

camerone

gosh, that intermediate sprint might stand...

stokepa31

I must be mellowing in my old age. im starting to enjoy CKs little interludes

Cleat Eastwood

stokepa31 wrote:

I must be mellowing in my old age. im starting to enjoy CKs little interludes

I agree, he's like the alan partridge of the cycling world.

On the road at the mo my hero Hoogerland leads the polka dot comp.

afx237vi

2'12" for the breakaway... it was nearly 12 minutes 40 km ago.

shinyhelmut

contador wrote:

“Thanks to a photographer who pushed my teammate; I don’t know how he can continue in the race after that blow. He dragged the bike for more than a kilometer.”

I missed the original incident but it looks to me like the moto was driving in a dead straight line as close to the edge of the road as he could possibly be when the peloton moved over towards him. I think it's unfair to pin all the blame on him, and an over-reaction to sack him immediately over the race radio

shinyhelmut

Ps great stage yesterday. For some reason bikeradar wouldn't let me post from Angola but seems to be working again from Hampshire

Ben6899

Just going back to varicose veins, I have one vein in each calf that show up during/after big efforts and also a permanent blue looking one on my right ankle. So they might be cycling related? My uncle played rugby professionally and his legs look like the UK motorway network.

graeme_s-2

LangerDan wrote:

From CN
"The Garmin boys at the front of the bunch are not having a good time, David Millar seems to be very cold."

Poor Millar - he doesn't like the cold and he's allergic to the heat.

Maybe that's what happens when you're a Scotsman born in Malta and brought up in Hong Kong!

LangerDan

Graeme_S wrote:

LangerDan wrote:

From CN
"The Garmin boys at the front of the bunch are not having a good time, David Millar seems to be very cold."

Poor Millar - he doesn't like the cold and he's allergic to the heat.

Maybe that's what happens when you're a Scotsman born in Malta and brought up in Hong Kong!

Or, as Geoffrey Wheatcroft wrote, "from the Highlands of Buckinghamshire"

milton50

There's a group about 1'00 off the back of the peloton which includes Chavanel.

jibberjim

Milton50 wrote:

There's a group about 1'00 off the back of the peloton which includes Chavanel.

And Renshaw and Cavendish...

inkyfingers

jibberjim wrote:

Milton50 wrote:

There's a group about 1'00 off the back of the peloton which includes Chavanel.

And Renshaw and Cavendish...

Which group is Contador out the back of, the front peloton or the group behind?

Doobz

inkyfingers wrote:

jibberjim wrote:

Milton50 wrote:

There's a group about 1'00 off the back of the peloton which includes Chavanel.

And Renshaw and Cavendish...

Which group is Contador out the back of, the front peloton or the group behind?

he just had a bike change and is now back in the front peloton

inkyfingers

Doobz wrote:

inkyfingers wrote:

jibberjim wrote:

Milton50 wrote:

There's a group about 1'00 off the back of the peloton which includes Chavanel.

And Renshaw and Cavendish...

Which group is Contador out the back of, the front peloton or the group behind?

he just had a bike change and is now back in the front peloton

Cheers, Eurosport are too busy talking about cycling ferrets or some such rubbish!

camerone

i think Cav is in front of peloton

inkyfingers

camerone wrote:

i think Cav is in front of peloton

Yes, looks like he might be. The wet conditions may help him if they decide not to push the pace so much in the latter stages.

Ben6899

Very professional. Harmon on Eurosport helping the noobs identify Europcar's Cyril Gautier by pointing out the "little Frenchman's" "sticky-out elf ears."

camerone

chris boardman just tweeted me(!!!) to say Cav dropped

camerone

hang on, now Boardman saying he IS in the front group!

dilemna

Alan A wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

It's like something out of Harry Potter. Big George stores the remains of Lance's reputation within his varicose veins.

OMG. This is what happens when you drink a lot of EPO .............

milton50

I think Cav may have been dropped but then got back on. But bear in mind that this is going by the commentary of Ligget and Sherwen, which isn't exactly accurate all the time.

emadden

dilemna wrote:

OMG. This is what happens when you drink a lot of EPO .............

In fairness, its not just EPO... but also HGH and testosterone 8)

frenchfighter

5hrs10mins riding, 4hrs55mins in the lead. Very impressive.

frenchfighter

He's only 23 years old and the reigning Italian time trial champion.

RichN95.

frenchfighter wrote:

He's only 23 years old and the reigning Italian time trial champion.

And the reigning Lanterne Rouge from 2010