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Valverde... WTF? Discuss.

2. Gilbert 3. Pineau 4. Kirchen 5. Ricco

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top ten

stolen from previous thready:
Valverde
Giolbert
Pineau
Kirchen
Ricco
Evans
Schleck F
Pozzato
Freire
Pereiro

by gavia on Jul 5, 2008 11:15 AM EDT   0 recs

That had to be

a 300-400 meter sprint from VV.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Jul 5, 2008 11:16 AM EDT   0 recs

still in shock

i was not expecting valverde to go for it….but it certainly makes sense for him to take an uphill sprint finish.

by steph- on Jul 5, 2008 11:16 AM EDT   0 recs

Nice to see Frank up in top 10. :-)

I think Millar was 11th ish maybe?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jul 5, 2008 11:17 AM EDT   0 recs

Valv

takes 1” over the next group

by Hons on Jul 5, 2008 11:17 AM EDT   0 recs

i think it might have been different

if there hadn’t been that huge split because of the crash.

181 & 165

by callmecayce on Jul 5, 2008 11:17 AM EDT   0 recs

It just doesn't look like a tour top 10

Did I fall asleep and wake up next April.
oh and Voeckler gets the Polka jersey

by Monty. on Jul 5, 2008 11:17 AM EDT   0 recs

The overhead shots really show how VV powered up the last 400m.

Damn, I would have loved Kirchen to take it. They’ve got to give VV a second or 2 don’t they? There was a gap…

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. - George Carlin

by Ruthann on Jul 5, 2008 11:18 AM EDT   0 recs

V just finished being interviewed on eurosport.fr

he basically said that he’s on the best form even for a Tour and that he just met his first goal – winning a stage. And now he’ll see how it goes for the rest of the Tour.

by lyne on Jul 5, 2008 11:18 AM EDT   0 recs

Merci.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. - George Carlin

by Ruthann on Jul 5, 2008 11:19 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

hey...

is that off the cyclingfans audio linky?

by gavia on Jul 5, 2008 11:19 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

sweet

good enough. i’ll switch to them for post-race. always takes a stage or two to get all oriented like.

the jump.tv of german eurosport is great :-) but cuts off before the interviews.

by gavia on Jul 5, 2008 11:22 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

digging the time

gaps already. Makes it interesting from the start.

by Sui Juris on Jul 5, 2008 11:18 AM EDT   0 recs

awwww

that’s cutey, voeckler i mean

by gavia on Jul 5, 2008 11:19 AM EDT   0 recs

Awww,

one of my favorite moments – when the CL lion comes popping around the background held up by a body-less hand.

by Katiek on Jul 5, 2008 11:21 AM EDT   0 recs

i love this too

makes me smile every time, i miss july when it’s other months of the year

i am master of my fate, i am captain of my soul

by randie on Jul 5, 2008 10:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

So

Does CdE try and keep the jersey tomorrow? Or does a break away take the yellow from his shoulders? Another uphill finish.

by Hons on Jul 5, 2008 11:21 AM EDT   0 recs

Man - the Badger still looks like he could throw down

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Jul 5, 2008 11:21 AM EDT   0 recs

these commentators Portuguese

named Kirchen as Eisel
and Gilbert as Seb Chavannel !!lol

by semprenaroda on Jul 5, 2008 11:21 AM EDT   0 recs

Green jersey

looks kind of like a skirt

by Hons on Jul 5, 2008 11:22 AM EDT   0 recs

Yeah, they mis-judged VV's jersey size for sure. Must be a "small."

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. - George Carlin

by Ruthann on Jul 5, 2008 11:23 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They all look like LG's.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jul 5, 2008 11:24 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Once again, I hate to say...

that was an amazing sprint, made even more amazing when you watch the Slo-Mo.

I got two in the top 10!

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Jul 5, 2008 11:23 AM EDT   0 recs

3 for me

Including Valvarde. Not that I have any chance to catch the overall leaders.

by pigilito on Jul 5, 2008 11:35 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Love seeing Voeckler up there.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jul 5, 2008 11:23 AM EDT   0 recs

whoa lyne...

..i am loving the scruffy look on valverde…gave him the extra power

by steph- on Jul 5, 2008 11:23 AM EDT   0 recs

lol

that’s the superstition

by lyne on Jul 5, 2008 11:25 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

contract news:

was this posted before? menchov renewed with rabobank. bizarre.

by gavia on Jul 5, 2008 11:24 AM EDT   0 recs

Most combatative of the day

went to Jegou. But this one is open to a vote of French viewers so expect some strange results this week

by Monty. on Jul 5, 2008 11:25 AM EDT   0 recs

OMG!

So laughing at Ricco with the white leggings and little arrow. So Funny!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jul 5, 2008 11:25 AM EDT   0 recs

Does he ever smile?

Go Team Zoe!
Cavendish, Di Gregorio, Fothen, Kirchen
, Kreuziger, Lowe, Siutsou
, Ten Dam
, Y.Trofimov and Vandevelde

by ZoeRochelle on Jul 5, 2008 7:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Why yes...

Yes he does! So damn funny I busted up laughing.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jul 5, 2008 8:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

uh oh

Charm offensive. This won’t end well.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris... on Jul 5, 2008 9:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

uh oh

is right.

who’s he going to tell off this race? the suspense is killing me.

by gavia on Jul 5, 2008 9:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yikes

Go Team Zoe!
Cavendish, Di Gregorio, Fothen, Kirchen
, Kreuziger, Lowe, Siutsou
, Ten Dam
, Y.Trofimov and Vandevelde

by ZoeRochelle on Jul 6, 2008 12:26 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Kim A. (CSC):

We knew this stage would fit Valverde, Fränk was there too, as was Carlos.
Didn’t get all of it, but Kim seemed happy.

Kurt A:
It was a stresfull day. Glad he didn’t crash. Everything looks good for the team.

by Bruce Suomi on Jul 5, 2008 11:26 AM EDT   0 recs

Thanks for the translations

tv2 video worked great this morning.

by Veloki on Jul 5, 2008 11:29 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

aaaaugh!

enough about contador and astana already!!!

by steph- on Jul 5, 2008 11:26 AM EDT   0 recs

lol

lemme guess, versus?

by gavia on Jul 5, 2008 11:26 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

well he is the defending champ....

until the end of July that is of course.

No matter if you like him or not, Champs should always be allowed to defend their title (unless they are caught doping of course, like Landis)

by Bruce Suomi on Jul 5, 2008 11:33 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

grazie

again :-)

i’m not so awake this am…

by gavia on Jul 5, 2008 11:28 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

gav, so not a morning person...

always takes me a few stages to get used to the idea.

by gavia on Jul 5, 2008 11:32 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not caffinated.. but I was hiking

up to a stream crossing for mountain bike photos this am…. no morning person myself, though so I feel the pain.. ;-)

by Fred Marx on Jul 5, 2008 7:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I so heart C and he looks so good right now. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jul 5, 2008 11:27 AM EDT   0 recs

Missed part of that, did they say if he finished up at the front?

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. - George Carlin

by Ruthann on Jul 5, 2008 11:28 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

No. A bit further back than he wanted

but many blew up at the end causing bigger splits than he expected. Time to call pops. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jul 5, 2008 11:29 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

C finished 18th.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jul 5, 2008 12:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Time to get ready

for a party to celebrate my parents’ 55th wedding anniversary! (luckily planned for later in the day ;) )

by Katiek on Jul 5, 2008 11:31 AM EDT   0 recs

Show them some clips of the podium

The woman in white among the dignitaries is French singer Line Renaud who was the starter today and also in 1952.

by Monty. on Jul 5, 2008 11:49 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Eurosport UK

is showing women’s roller skiing biathlon? Someone please confirm this because I may be having another episode…

by Jimbo... on Jul 5, 2008 11:32 AM EDT   0 recs

Danish studio is up now.

I’ll do my best to try and translate the important parts.

by Bruce Suomi on Jul 5, 2008 11:34 AM EDT   0 recs

From the studio:

Fränk S. is unlucky since he was again involved in a crash.
Soler was the big looser today, unfortunately.
Valverde was impressive (agreed), and will most likely give up the jersey tomorrow (not sure about that)

Boonen’s ban was wrong.
They compare Cancellara and Valverde in different disaplins.
Cance wins with 23 points against 18 points for Valverde. Piti lost because of his TT skills, they didn’t measure the climbing skills between these two, ironically.

Studio hopes Valverde wins, since he is a complete rider, according to them (agreed).

Studio feels bad for the Cofidis rider who crashed out so early. Says the crash was caused probably because of inexperience.(don’t know since I missed it)

A lot of praise for Pantani, his old DS(?) was in the studio.
Studio regrets that Contador (and Astana) was left out, but that doesn’t diminish the race.

In a nutshell.

by Bruce Suomi on Jul 5, 2008 12:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not Pantanis DS but Ole Ritter

former World Hour Record holder. (Used to ride for same teammanager who later made it possible for Pantani to return after his bad injury)

by Jens on Jul 6, 2008 4:42 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

'kay, i'm off

lates kids!

by gavia on Jul 5, 2008 11:37 AM EDT   0 recs

Some Ricco interview

He’s happy with his sprint today, but now he will wait until stage 6 which is his next target.
Gerard Holtz rather cruelly asked “They call you the Cobra. Why” “well, erm, my friends, well they say….”

France 2 are using an offscreen interpreter which is a bit hard to tune in to.

by Monty. on Jul 5, 2008 11:37 AM EDT   0 recs

Results

Results are posted over at CN. The times are wrong…but the placings seem to be correct.

1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 4.00.36
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval – Scott
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence – Lotto
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC – Saxo Bank
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
11 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval – Scott
13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step
14 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC – Saxo Bank
15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC – Saxo Bank
17 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC – Saxo Bank
18 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner

by Hons on Jul 5, 2008 12:33 PM EDT   0 recs

Hrm

The times may be right afterall. Though the GC and stage standing aren’t up yet at letour.fr, they do have the young rider standings up. And they have Soler only 3” behind Ricco…the same as the CN standings. Did they neutralize the last 9km?

by Hons on Jul 5, 2008 12:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs