[fatdoc]

looks like baby Schleck is on it....

conti .... doomed...

[Dolly]

Good.
He's to cycling what Woods is to Golf.
A miserable fucking self important prima donna

[chappers]

Frank is older is he not?

loved that yesterday as the other favorites rounded the last corner and contador was dropped.

come on Cadel!!!!!

[fatkid2000]

That Welsh kid - Gerraint Thomas looks like he may have a good future - when he stops going for the direct approach to coming off the mountain.

Why don't the UCI just put Contador out of his misery and ban him???

[fatdoc]

Frank is older is he not?

loved that yesterday as the other favorites rounded the last corner and contador was dropped.

come on Cadel!!!!!

baby as in ranking...

[tlr]

Well boys, I'm sat on the boat to Rotterdam before driving down to alpe d'huez for a weeks road riding and tour watching. I'll get to climb alp d'huez at the end of every ride, so I'll see if I can get up it in under an hour. I don't think Pantani's record is under threat....

Look out for me on t' telly, I'll be the one NOT running round in my underpants.

[fatdoc]

you fit man you...

seriously mate... go for it!

[clm]

What a pussy Andy schleck is! How do you get so good at going up and end up so shut at going down?

[fatkid2000]

It's the moaning about the descents I can't believe. As far as I'm aware LE tour has always had stages that go up and down mountains. Maybe the Schlek's need to practice going down a bit more. They clearly know that Evans and Contador have more to offer than they do.

[fatdoc]

fuckin gay fuckin roadies.... it's not all about going up hill... you are meant to be able to cycle round the whole of France to win the GC.

to paraphrase  "no one wants to see the tour won on a descent"


yeah? well piss off Schleck....

why the fuck not???

I'm terrified doing 50kph down a big, wet, slippy hill on a road bike.... for all of 4 mins.... do it near twice the speed for up to 15mins...


you bloody deserve to win!!

[fatkid2000]

So who do I support now?

Schleck x2 - No : Moaning about descents.
Contador - Come on UCi ban him - He clearly has cheated at some point - Last year & caught up in Operation Puerto.
Evans - Looks more grumpy than me.

Tommy Voecler - He's French.
Sanchez - Contador is clearly paying him for assistance.
Cunego - No chance.

So it's either a grumpy Australian or a Frenchie ???

[fatdoc]

under dog...

on the hill today... suddenly thought.... shit the french bloke can win


until i remembered the time trial.

talk about the tour being won on a descent.... on a time trial.... ffs, now that is dull IMO

cont is probs gonna get there

thankfully... the stage tomorrow will see us all good... the galibier is under snow.

a man's day, wins the tour that day hopefully.

[Dolly]

Tomorrow should be a great stage and quite possibly the decider.
Great bunny hop skills from TV today though

[Fultonius]

I wish remy absalon would take up road racing and show them how it's done! Bunch of pansies!

[Snoops]

I wish remy absalon would take up road racing and show them how it's done! Bunch of pansies!

Don't brand them all with the pixie (Schleck) brush - Thor 112km/hr:

http://www.roadcycling.com/articles/World-Champion-Thor-Hushovd-Brings-Great-Thunder-to-Pyrenees-Winning-Stage-13-of-Tour-de-France-2011_004462.shtml

[El Mocho]

Schlek the younger finally manned up today and stopped looking over his shoulder, also went for it pretty hard on the descent to - perhaps all the wimping about descents was a ploy.

Schlek the older looked pretty happy sat with all the other GCs and took a little gap at the end.

Should be good tomorrow as I feel A.S. will want more than the 1 min he has over Cadel, but Cadel would prob want it to be less than 1 min before the TT so both could be after a move. Frank could be itching for some time after taking it easy today and if Bertie wants the GC he will have to do something pretty special - hope he is having a big steak tonight.

[chappers]

I love Cadel, and i would love to see him win the tour.

but...today Andy Schlek stepped up as a worthy winner.

Its coming together for an epic stage tomorrow on the 'alp, then hopefully Cadel will win the GC by a few seconds on saturday...then cav will win green and the stage on sunday.

[Fultonius]

I'm not all that fussed about Evans either way, but damn, that was some gear he was churning on that chase! 

[robertostallioni]

I was wondering why they left it so late to reduce the gap, but it was explained afterwards that if Evans et al caught Andy S with kms left, they expected Frank S to lay one on straight away, after sitting on the wheel 'til then. Interesting stuff all round.

[Dolly]

Was a great stage yesterday.
Makes today's stage extremely interesting. I wonder if Andy will have the legs for another tough day after how he rode yesterday ?

[schloosh]

More of the same today hopefully.
Schlandy can win it today with another massive effort, Contador has cracked and only pride and a monster Armstrongesque attack can keep him in the running. Cadel will potter up the hill as normal, always so close but just not good enough, and lose too much time to win in the time trial.
Could be some fireworks from Frank....

[nash1]

A very cool Tour. The final proper stage and we are still totally unsure who's gonna come out on top. Damn even Voekler is still there. Andy, Frank, Cadel, Contador or Voekler?

I am going for Cadel to win on Sunday...

[nai]

How HTC put Cav In position:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/22/mark-cavendish-htc-sprint-train?CMP=twt_gu

[DaveC]

An Australian to win yellow, a Brit to win green, should be a happy day but somehow it all seems rather unimportant...

[peewee]

An Australian to win yellow, a Brit to win green, should be a happy day but somehow it all seems rather unimportant...

I know the death of Amy Winehouse has come as a shock to us all.