Le Tour de France

[Filipower]

so has Lance won yet

i was so hoping that Azevedo would do a good Tour, but it appears Discovery was just Armostrong and the others..

 

[Zlatan]

Lance will be in the team car today following his sour old team mates.

 

[Hendrik]

Nice stage, Klöden should take the second spot in the last time trial.

 

[Zlatan]

Landis, what a coward.

Menchov lost some time but it's not over yet. Oh and I reckon Menchov is better in time trials than Kloden so atleast a top 3 place for him I think. Though I still don't want to write off Pereiro either.

 

[Hendrik]

Landis, what a coward.

He reminded me of Lance just without that final attack.

Menchov lost some time but it's not over yet. Oh and I reckon Menchov is better in time trials than Kloden so atleast a top 3 place for him I think.

Klöden performed better in the prologue and beat him by one second in the last time trial.

But first there is tomorrow's stage

 

[Johnny_Big]

Ouch. Looks great tomorrow. But I have an exam at the same hour, can't see it.

 

[Hendrik]

Pereiro lost liked 20 minutes in the first mountain stages, he won't be a threat to any of the top ten cyclists.

What happened to Landis, who saw that one coming? It's between Pereiro, Sastre and Klöden now.

 

[Zlatan]

Didn't I tell you all, don't write off Pereiro! I don't pity Landis at all, he's been punished for his arrogance in stage 13. I think Pereiro can make it he's a good tt rider aswell.

Too bad, I think Menchov doesn't have a chance for the yellow jersey now anymore. The stage at Champs-Elyssee should still be possible though. The battle for the yellow jersey will now be between Kloden, Sastre and Pereiro. Gonna be some hectic days.

Oh and that's number 4 for Rabobank.

 

[nor-rbk]

Wow, what a comeback by Landis!

It's going to be interesting to watch the last time trial on Saturday now. Landis is about 30 seconds behind Sio, who again has 12 seconds down to Sastre.

 

[Johnny_Big]

How the hell did Landis pull off that, recovering around 9 minutes...I will never know...
Amazing performance...

 

[Zlatan]

8 minutes mate.
But still; crazy is not the word for this tour, it's much more than that. It won't even surprise me if Boogie wins the tour in the end lol.

Anyway what a powerhouse, Landis, you'd almost start doubting wheter he did that all by himself(wink, wink, nudge, nudge needn't say more). But still I think Pereiro has a fairly good chance because as I said, he ain't bad at time trails at all.

 

[Filipower]

congrats to Landis, he did a 'Lance' today

 

[Zlatan]

Not at all, Lance was the follower, the controller. He never won a race like Landis did by attacking all day long.

 

[Hendrik]

These last stages have been more entertaining than the Armstrong years put together. Cycling at its best

I'd put my money on Landis, he should be easily able to finish at least 30 seconds above Pereiro. But then again the Yellow Jersey always gives a great boost.

 

[Zlatan]

The last time-trial today will decide the tour. I feel another surprise coming up, don't know which one yet but that is what surprises are there for.

 

[Hendrik]

Not much of a surprise today. Landis easily won the the Yellow Jersey although Pereiro was better than expected.

I thought Klöden would have won the whole thing if T-Mobile hadn't f*cked up twice. Oh well, at least they were the best overall team again for the third consecutive year with only seven cyclists.

 

[Zlatan]

T-Mobile was too conservative, the whole tour long.
So it's an American again, damn just when we thought we got rid of them.

Kind of surprised there weren't any surprises, so there was a surprise after all.

 

[rpvankasteren]

Less than a minute in it... it won't happen, but it would be nice to see Caisse d'Épargne and T-Mobile attack tomorrow.

 

[Johnny_Big]

Well, they have to DO something...but it is all plain, with some mountains at the beggining...maybe attack there, and keep their distance in the plain terrain, trying to control the peloton as well. Hell, it isn't easy, but something has to be done...

 

[Hendrik]

I thought Klöden would have won the whole thing if T-Mobile hadn't f*cked up twice.

lol T-Mobile fired both their team managers.