Le Tour Stage 3... LIVE!
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 6, 2009 6:00 AM EDT
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Another sprint stage, no? I do believe that Mark Cavendish will be the big star of this Tour for most of the first 14 days, but the beauty of the Tour is the assembly of great riders with a variety of talents and agendas. Among these are a whole lotta one-day specialists: Stijn Devolder, Alessandro Ballan, Juan Flecha, Thomas Voeckler, Filippo Pozzato, and so on. These guys aren't going to sit back day after day and take their punishment from Columbia, particularly as the race goes on and Cavendish, comfortably in green, decides he's happy to pick up his points after a break gets away. I wouldn't go so far as to say that we'll see a surprise winner today, but I would bet it won't be long.
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Cavendish?
My obscure sprinter laughs in your general direction.
by LurkerMcLurkerson on Jul 6, 2009 6:03 AM EDT up reply actions
He's on my VDS team actually, the year long one rather than the Tour only one.
He’s already paid his way with the nationals win…anything else would be rather lovely. Poor guy hasn’t had a great time of it so far though has he?!
Adrenalina Italiana!
Morning all
I’m rooting for a breakaway or roleur to spoil the day, I fancy some variation.
Also totally bumming about missing an oppurtunity because i don’t have a mac, arghhh?!!?
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Morning.
Yes, please let this be a breakaway! Don’t think I’ll be able to watch live though with work and all….although actually I’m in the frustrating position of having a lot of work to do and not being able to do it because the person I need to call me isn’t calling me….
Adrenalina Italiana!
How annoying, you should just rebel by watching the Tour till they ring ;)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
I'm ever the optomist on some things
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
He's on about starting a club..
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Working on a clever name....then we're on
Bah....Cavendish?!
suggestion are welcomed
Bah....Cavendish?!
Do you think we can start a chain of tweets such that someone Bah's Cavendish
also, on the Tourmalet I think I’m going to have a BAH banner, that’s like the LUC one
Bah....Cavendish?!
Haha, make sure to photograph the banner please
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Well i personally believe you hired Rooijakkers to kidney punch him ;)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
pushin farrar to win is better
Bah....Cavendish?!
didn't Julian Dean do a great job of getting Farrar on that train yesterday?
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Hey, someone after your heart here Brad!
A girl i follow on twitter has noticed that Cav is using Renshaw’s twitter and has just said to Renshaw’s twitter via an @reply- Cav- You’re not God, get over it
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
buy a mac you can get a student discount
While Saturday was a little more than 20 minutes in a race that will last more than 100 hours, it was the 20 minutes I’ve been thinking of since I came across the line last year on the Champs-Élysées.~VDV
I noticed that Lance worked for Bert at the end of the stage yesterday
That was interesting and I can’t wait to see if he does the same today.
Evening all....(said Dixon of Dock Green)
I just re-watched in ‘my time’ the last 10km of last night’s stage….amazing. Just try and watch the progress of some of the newbies of the peleton. Two guys from Skil kept trying to get their man in the fro and then droipping back for a breather…then back again. You can see Big George shouting instructions to the Coumbia train early when the Moo cow boys lay down the gauntlet and i think I even saw a girl in the mix with her flowing black locks fluttering at 66km/hr.
Don’t anyone tell me that sprint finishes are boring!!
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It takes special skills to ride 196km on the flat....
….buggered if I could do it…I’d go stir crazy and head for the hills
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Ooh they sound good!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Very jealous!
I have a bowl of cereal..just not the same
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
It's my dinner, i'm strange :P
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
nah...I still use an old Flo Bjelke Peterson recipe from Womens Weekly
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Scooooones?!
Oooh I love scones! Such a pity you’re 900km away… otherwise I’d have offered you a trade- some scones in exchange for some of the curried bangers that I made today. I make mean curried bangers ;-)
[Oh, and before those outside of .au/.uk get too baffled… bangers = sausages, ’k?]
I skin them & cut them up
in 1cm-2cm slices. And of course it has to be Keen’s curry powder ;-) (although I deviate from the traditional recipe by adding a bit of chilli)
Nah, not if you boil the bangers first.
Skins come off anyway! The boiling removes a lot of the fat. And the bangers hold together afterwards, without the skins.
Just one?
Most barbies that I’ve attended have had several
I just had a Green Chicken Curry with snow peas and mushrooms etc...
…and have half a Lemon Cheesecake for therest of the night
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Morning, all!
The neutralized phase is over and the real racing can start now. How long will we have to wait for the first escape?
I can't understand why people cheat--Mark Cavendish
Bouet (FDJ), Dumoulin (COF) 25" ahead of De Kort (SKS), Perez Mereno (EUS).
This from ITV’s very efficient twitter
I love the picture
of Dumoulin next to Vansummeren. Summie would have to bend down to use Dumoulin as an armrest.
I'm a bit of a numbers guy--Adam Hansen, my new hero
Bouet is Agritubel
Yay for Dumoulin and the yellow shoes
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Seeing as food is clearly more interesting than the race currently,
I’ve just been to the staff canteen…sweet chilli chicken. Dry as cardboard.
Adrenalina Italiana!
Yum, cardboard.
I have some crunchy nut cereal.
But it’s my parents’ anniversary so we’re going to an awesome Indian restaurant tonight :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
speaking of chicken...
I’ve met about a dozen people telling me their favourite Chinese food is lemon chicken…
errr…sorry mate, no such things in China!
mmm sweet and sour chicken balls please
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Please rbjhan...don't tell us no sweet and sour either...please!
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So why no lemon chicken??...maybe i could open up a Western Chinese Takeaway in Bejing
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bahahaha
I like this Western Chinese takeaway idea…..just remember, pick a spot in Beijing where the expats live!
about lemon chicken, I’m very puzzled by this thing you know, who came up with such a thing and called it Chinese?! I am very offended.
Heh, yeah...
… there is a large Chinese community in my area. A few years back, a mate and I went to eat at the local restaurant which is popular with Chinese folks. Bit of an interesting experience for us ;-)
Nice ticker here
"Where there’s a will, there’s a way.": Alberto Contador, shortly after waking up from brain surgery.
Just reading tid-bits on the internet
Snippet with Contador says something to the effect of (using bad translation and poor Spanish skills) “I have a contract with Astana now but who knows what will happen in the future. I have to consider what could be better and Caisse d’Epargne is an option, but perhaps there are other options. In one way or another I have decided my future for next season.” I like cryptic Alberto, the full interview is in one of the Spanish magazines i wish i could get my hands on.
p.s He is destined to end up at Caisse d’Epargne if you ask me ;)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Stupid to admit it and still expect full team support on the road, if you ask me.
I'm a bit of a numbers guy--Adam Hansen, my new hero
I don't think he expects full team support so i don't think he cares about what he says
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Another Dutch guy in a breakaway
Nice for the exposure but not really a good sign in terms of confidence in other win possibilities.
"Where there’s a will, there’s a way.": Alberto Contador, shortly after waking up from brain surgery.
We are doing better than last year!
Only Moerenhout covered a break then and now in freaking 3 days 2 already!
Wouldn't surprise me.
Thought it was a mistake when he left, he’s obviously realised that now
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Nope. Link?
I’d be all for it, but I think it’s too late for this year—didn’t transfers have to happen by June 30th?
I'm a bit of a numbers guy--Adam Hansen, my new hero
And the QS tweeters just say this:
“Quick-Step considering Steegmans retrieval”
Adrenalina Italiana!
Apparently De Koert got stung by an insect, he's being treated.
Leaders have 8 minutes over the peloton now
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Just to keep us up to date.. 176km left, the leaders have an 8 minute gap
Leaders are Maxime Bouet (Agritubel, one of my faves!), Sammy Dumoulin (Cofidis, yellow shoes, mmm), Ruben Perez (Euskaltel, orange boy!) and Koen De Koert (Skil-Shimano). Bouet and Dumoulin were ahead of the other two but now all together…
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
8 mins!
So are they gonna let these fullas go 20 + min and then not be bothered to chase because the big teams are saving whats left in the tank for the TTT?
unwin.
Dude, I can see my house from here
Hmm, I'd say it'll get up to 9 or 10 max
and then they’ll hold it there and gradually start bringing it down to a sprint finish, whilst making it look like they’ve left it too late.
Sprinters teams are good at that.
I’ll be cheering on Bouet and Dumoulin though..
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Sammy 'The Windmill' turnin that 51 for the win.......
Bah....Cavendish?!
Here's something interesting I completely forgot about:
Dumoulin won stage 3 last year, after being part of a four man breakaway going into Nantes
Ô col Bayard, Ô Tourmalet, à côté du Galibier, vous êtes de la pale et vulgaire bibine !
Aww you forgot Sammy won?
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
no, just thee circumstances.
curiously similar to today’s, that’s all…
Ô col Bayard, Ô Tourmalet, à côté du Galibier, vous êtes de la pale et vulgaire bibine !
Ohh ok, yes, he beat Frischkorn (Garmin), Feillu (Agritubel) and Longo Borghini (Barloworld)
Although Longo B didn’t participate in the final, he came in a few seconds down
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Since there's not much going on and i can't currently get a live feed
How about a pop quiz…How many nationalities are there in this year’s Tour and which nation has the most riders? I’d prefer no internet cheating, but hell, i can’t stop you! :p
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Yep, the French have 40 riders this year, next closest is Spain with 28 :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Didn't think the gap between the two would be that big!
Now…seeing as I have nothing else to do, lets try the nationalities! This may take a while….
Adrenalina Italiana!
Yep, although your'e getting there ;)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Nope, close though
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
They get listed as Spanish and Cav gets listed as British so i went with how they're listed on cyclingnews/steephill/tour site
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
There are 30 according to my calculation
Spanish, Ukranians, Germans, Norwegians, New Zealanders, French, Belgians, British, USA riders, Kazakhs, Portugese, Luxembourg guys, Swiss, Swedish, Danish, Russian, Dutch, Canadian, Austrian, Italian, Czech Republic, Belarusian, Finnish, Columbian, Polish, Slovenian, Slovakian, Japanese, Australian and Irish
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Good guess though
Sapa is your Polish man for Lampre, and Slovakian is Peter Velits :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
arghhh... wondering who I've missed...
(doing this off the top of my head…) Eastern Europeans, probably…
Nope, just the one he currently is, not that it makes any difference to nation numbers anyway
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
My favourite Guitar riff ever!!
Three minute power pop at it’s finest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8-tYFRF9A0
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Gap to peloton is now 10.20 minutes for the foursome
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
afternoon everyone
i’ve been moving house for the last week or so, and now, after missing yesterday and saturday…the tv and internet are sorted. thank the lord.
Good times!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
most of it
but i got the last 10 or so guys…spartacus…wow..
yeah
him and stephen roche, with james richardson anchoring.
no!
he’s done it for the last couple years. i like the guy, i take it that you are a football weekly fan, from the ac jimbo?
Yeah i like him, although i think splitting jobs confuses him somewhat
He was adament yesterday that Cav had finished the Giro, despite Maggie argueing otherwise
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Yep, he looked most surprised when corrected, bless him :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Sadly for James they were discussing this year's, haha
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
When I was about *this* big
We were taken to the bottom of the road from school to see Malcolm Elliot come down the hill in the Milk Race. We had Milk Race flags to wave & everything.
I went to see the Milk Race with a little Milk Race flag too!
That must about been about 18 years ago….Elliot was probably there!
Adrenalina Italiana!
I used to go out with a girl from Penistone...I rode that road many times
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this was over the other side of Sheff
more towards Ben Swift country… but my mum’s family are from that end & I spent many a nice summer riding bikes round there :-)
Koen de kort stung by insect back in breakway 10:20 breakaway
Great day today..
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
OK i'm way behind then you guys hehehe oh well welcome to stage 3
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
Afternoon :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
i couldn't sleep so opened wine bottle 2 hrs ago :-))
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
You look like a twat with the Livestrong band on twitter!! :-)
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I'm impatient...i want live feed!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
they're up to 11:15 with 157km to go
Ô col Bayard, Ô Tourmalet, à côté du Galibier, vous êtes de la pale et vulgaire bibine !
I thought Cadel got rid of Serge the bodyguard this year?
But I just saw both them walk through the back of an SBS shot.
Nah, he's kept him. Apparently Charly Wegelius borrowed him in stage 1 though
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
allan peiper
just compared catching breaks to trout fishing, nice analogy
I chuckled at that for sure
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Oh Bernhard Eisel interview, thank you Eurosport
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Frinkster gap
More than 2 hours behind
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Jul 6, 2009 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Busy in preparation for visiting steering huts ;)
Haven’t seen a single shot from the Tour yet. Today I can, tomorrow I have to visit my sisters who are back from France and the rest of the week also preparing.. Saterday I’m leaving. So I see.. Let me see.. If I’m lucky 3 or 4 days of the Tour.. Hooray.. One advantage. I don’t have to look to Menchov fasiling and Contador winning.
Awww man Van de Walle has become the first rider to leave the Tour :(
Injured from his crash yesterday it seems
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
It didn't look pretty, he looked sore and winded
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Broken clavicle
"Where there’s a will, there’s a way.": Alberto Contador, shortly after waking up from brain surgery.
Aww :( poor Jurgen
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Punctured lung too.
Read somewhere he’s expected to be in hospital for about 3 days
Adrenalina Italiana!
Odd, on Danish TV2
Columbia’s Danish sport director says they and Saxo Bank have made an alliance for today’s stage so both can save energy for tomorrows TTT while Columbia still takes the sprint.
Ohh i love the complicated world of alliances in cycling :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Yeah, that one seems pretty straightforward. One protects yellow, the other gets the stage.
I'm a bit of a numbers guy--Adam Hansen, my new hero
Well well
I quote as I translate….William Bonnet: “I hope the commissaires do their job. Columbia is incapable to sprint in a regular manner, they never stopped elbowing.”
Bah....Cavendish?!
Bonnet is Bboux too
Would have expected that comment from Skil-Shimano!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
I think it's a popular sentiment.........let's call it "entitlement"
Bah....Cavendish?!
"Idiot" came up.
Interview is on Eurosport for those who haven’t seen it.
I'm a bit of a numbers guy--Adam Hansen, my new hero
Yeah, they should stop going all over road looking for riders to elbow
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Jul 6, 2009 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
the day that they clamp down on elbowing in sprints
is going to be a long time coming…its been around since the sport began!
Cancellara interview on my tv, Rogers interview on my laptop feed, lovely
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
I'm using British eurosport and French euro, both are different in their pre-race stuff
The French are heavy on interviews, i likey
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Agree, my 35 inch tv with British Eurosport beats my computer screen, but i can't screen shot the tv so i need both
And French eurosport caters to my need to see pre-race stuff
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Hell yeah!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Don't blame the services, blame geo-restriction!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
But It's only the 6th of the month
surely you can’t be capped already?
Dude, I can see my house from here
That's crazy!
Surely if you’re just streaming that doesn’t count as download though?
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Um, streaming uses bandwidth...
…lots of bandwidth.
I can use computers and laptops well
but i know nothing when it comes to that kind of thing
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Long Live Pliny the Younger............
Bah....Cavendish?!
For Arashiro fans he is very smiley in pre-race interview on French eurosport
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Astana missed the "appel des coureurs' this morning...meaning they didn't sign in
Bah....Cavendish?!
So they'll be DQ'd?
"Where there’s a will, there’s a way.": Alberto Contador, shortly after waking up from brain surgery.
Which means they will be fined
Can’t they come up with more interesting punishments? Like the riders who don’t sign in have to work as a soigneur for a evening.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Jul 6, 2009 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Zomg i think LA had a mechanical
Thus we should show his entire moving process…
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Keenan is saying
he was in the same hotel with Astana and Garmin yesterday.
1) they don’t talk to each other, the two teams.
2) one dinner bill for Astana, one for LA.
ha ha ha
Heh!
One member of Astana chats to Garmin, VandeVelde and Contador get on well..
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Hey Helen Jon wants to know who HTC is? Columbia's new sponsor?
While Saturday was a little more than 20 minutes in a race that will last more than 100 hours, it was the 20 minutes I’ve been thinking of since I came across the line last year on the Champs-Élysées.~VDV
They do mobile phones, mobile phone company
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
huh never heard of them
While Saturday was a little more than 20 minutes in a race that will last more than 100 hours, it was the 20 minutes I’ve been thinking of since I came across the line last year on the Champs-Élysées.~VDV
Nor had I, but now we all have so it's working
Columbia seem to like the new phones thus far though
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
They've probably a made one of your old
phones. They usually made phones for others. Past couple/few years they’ve started making under their own brand.
Afternoon btw to you two :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Highroad TeleCom
"The Map is not the Territory" ~ A. Korzybski
by le.tour.fan on Jul 6, 2009 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Phil just picked Freire for today, Helen
While Saturday was a little more than 20 minutes in a race that will last more than 100 hours, it was the 20 minutes I’ve been thinking of since I came across the line last year on the Champs-Élysées.~VDV
Oscarito!
He doesn’t fancy the breaks chances then. I can’t be bothered to call a winner, i’m never right (since i refuse to call the obvious winner)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Maggie's Pick today=Tyler Farrar- he and J Dean are forming a bond
While Saturday was a little more than 20 minutes in a race that will last more than 100 hours, it was the 20 minutes I’ve been thinking of since I came across the line last year on the Champs-Élysées.~VDV
A bromance?
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Jul 6, 2009 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions
With 140km to go the break have over 12 mins
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Woops, that should be over 10 mins, not 12
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
G'morning PC cohorts
"The Map is not the Territory" ~ A. Korzybski
by le.tour.fan on Jul 6, 2009 8:40 AM EDT reply actions
Cofidis
Protecting the lead of Dumoulin. In the bunch the whole group can be found in front. 1 saxo pulling and 6 Cofidii disturbing the chase
"Where there’s a will, there’s a way.": Alberto Contador, shortly after waking up from brain surgery.
Hehe :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
More saxo's coming to the front now
Jens! is pulling!
"Where there’s a will, there’s a way.": Alberto Contador, shortly after waking up from brain surgery.
Morning, all.
Was out riding during yesterday’s stage, so watched it on Tivo last night. I just have to share a single reaction to the Versus coverage – “Lance gets his own jersey, next to the yellow/polka/green? Are you ()*@## kidding me?!”
Okay. Just had to get that out. Otherwise, nicely done, Farrar.
they said that?
sometimes, i’m glad i don’t live in america.
no, you know how there are ticker icons
for each jersey, showing where they are? Usually yellow, polka/green, peloton? Now we’re going to get an additional Lance icon (small Astana jersey). For the whole )(*@##@ time.
That's funny, he does? Cos his jersey looks the same as the rest of Astana..
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
unless
he’s rocking the mellow johnnys or livestrong ones. bah humbug.
Hmm he seems to be in same one
if the shoulder area is different i can hardly notice so who cares :p
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
No no, on the TV coverage...
…they display little ‘jersey’ icons to indicate the leaders and their position on the stage. LA has his own, despite not leading anything.
In other words, it has nothing to do with the clothes he's wearing...
…its about the silliness of the Vs. TV coverage.
Hmm, who can i pay to make me a Contador/Sanchez special jersey on a ticker so i know where they are?
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
I'll admit it seems silly
but i was amazed at the support for armstrong among the crowd at Monaco. A big cheer rose every time he showed his face – got a huge cheer when he did his practice run. No one else got so much as a sneeze on the practice runs. People are nuts for the guy. And this was not the tour de california. I guess lots are just big fans but i met a few too who – well the guy is truly their hero.
I won’t comment on the merits of this, but the media folks are not really out of line in all the crazy lance coverage. As annoying as it can be to see all the headlines as though he were the only one in the race.
Damn.
I was hoping Chris’s efforts yesterday would stop shit like this. How about y’all just start your own VS/LA-bashing thread?
I'm a bit of a numbers guy--Adam Hansen, my new hero
Asking Boonen why other teams don't fight the Columbia train
Tommeke says “the team are so good that everyone just lets them do it, and they just keep getting better. It was the same with us and Milram. The problem now is everyone waits and Cav is in his seat relaxing and i think if you want to beat him you have to attack before then, I’ll try this, try to derail the train”, hehe, smiley Tom rocks
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Hello Mr Chopper Man?
Please hold the camera on the pointy bits for more than three seconds, if you’d be so good.
Where are we again? This looks like karst country (from the fleeting glances that Mr Chopper is sparing us)…?
We left Marseille and are heading to La Grande-Motte so whichever way that takes you :p
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Hear crosswinds will be the prob today
While Saturday was a little more than 20 minutes in a race that will last more than 100 hours, it was the 20 minutes I’ve been thinking of since I came across the line last year on the Champs-Élysées.~VDV
David Harmon on British euro suggesting it would be a good chance to nail a rider out of the GC..
he suggested like Menchov!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
dont have race coverage yet Is Saxo working to reel in the breakers ?
"The Map is not the Territory" ~ A. Korzybski
by le.tour.fan on Jul 6, 2009 8:51 AM EDT reply actions
Sort of, they're at the front, not full gas but gap is down to 8.21 mins with 132.1 km left
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Versus just went Live, nevermind
"The Map is not the Territory" ~ A. Korzybski
by le.tour.fan on Jul 6, 2009 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions
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