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once again, did you said the package to robert's address in ashburn?

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

(sigh. shakes her head.)

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

did you send it to the post office box?

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

ygm

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

fist!

"Race radios in Cat 4?"

by gravel road on Jul 3, 2010 12:58 PM EDT reply actions  

kinky

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

No, he meant fist

right?

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

nope

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

First?

Frank coming in slow

by BDBrian on Jul 3, 2010 12:58 PM EDT reply actions  

Schleck's in!

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 12:58 PM EDT reply actions  

Frank under 11 minutes.

It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics

by majope on Jul 3, 2010 12:58 PM EDT reply actions  

whew! we've made it to the third thread!

"I would say my biggest flaw, my Achilles heel is my tireless work ethic"-Kenny Powers

by Wisco12 on Jul 3, 2010 12:58 PM EDT reply actions  

yep, looks it.

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

pretty good stuff from gesink.

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:01 PM EDT reply actions  

rotterdam has a polar bear in a submarine

your argument is invalid

"I would say my biggest flaw, my Achilles heel is my tireless work ethic"-Kenny Powers

by Wisco12 on Jul 3, 2010 1:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Outside of any context,

that statement is high-larious.

Vlaanderens Mooiste

by Koppenberg on Jul 3, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

My mom used to say that all the time

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

carlos!

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Has anyone noticed?

Versus has Farrar in fourth and Leipheimer fifth but TDF site has it other way around?

Alpe Du Huez is my favorite place on earth!!!!!!

by mrmorales on Jul 3, 2010 1:04 PM EDT reply actions  

Official site ticker said Farrar ahead by .02 secs, but the little chart thing never got updated.

It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics

by majope on Jul 3, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thanks

I wondering if we were going to have a official timing scandal

Alpe Du Huez is my favorite place on earth!!!!!!

by mrmorales on Jul 3, 2010 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

good afternoon all

Got versus online this year. Looks decent.

by hughw on Jul 3, 2010 1:04 PM EDT reply actions  

I like the Cervelo kit... very tasteful.

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Jul 3, 2010 1:05 PM EDT reply actions  

here's hoping.

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Terpstra into 10th...MOOO

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:07 PM EDT reply actions  

I like cows.

They have pretty eyes and they taste good.

It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics

by majope on Jul 3, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

andy

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Go, Andy!

It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics

by majope on Jul 3, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Andy Schleck

looks VERY Spaceoddity in that helmet.

Vlaanderens Mooiste

by Koppenberg on Jul 3, 2010 1:09 PM EDT reply actions  

nothing beats robbie mcewen and his darth vader helmet

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Andy Schleck can eat 21 energy gels without throwing up

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Of course

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Maxime's Belgian champ skinsuit

looks very tasteful.

Vlaanderens Mooiste

by Koppenberg on Jul 3, 2010 1:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Cool

I haven’t seen the 2010 version yet. Of course, it doesn’t have enough Boonen in it to look proper.

Vlaanderens Mooiste

by Koppenberg on Jul 3, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

I was refering to '08 kit but I am looking forward to it this year...

Welll any Belgium Nat kit is boss

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

+1

its a bummer because boonen was going to make this first week so interesting

"Race radios in Cat 4?"

by gravel road on Jul 3, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

+1

If for no other reason then because you cant win De Ronde in a skinsuit

by Jens on Jul 3, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

not bad at all!

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

sastre in. didn't see a time

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:12 PM EDT reply actions  

Cunego starts

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:12 PM EDT reply actions  

cunego on course

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:12 PM EDT reply actions  

That shot of Cance was old

Andy was warming up next to him

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:13 PM EDT reply actions  

whoa there jani

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:14 PM EDT reply actions  

+13

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

alright, first time this year I'm forced to ask

Who is Jani? (Boss Hog was fun to figure out—I read the name on the screen and thought, ohhhhh, THAT’S who they are talking about.)

by bruyere on Jul 3, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jani Brajkovic

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

janez brakovic (tho i think i spelled that last one wrong)

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Shake weight!

It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics

by majope on Jul 3, 2010 1:14 PM EDT reply actions  

for men this time

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

I can look like that for $29.95?

Now that is a deal

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

millar eloquent as ever

fielding questions in english & french. says he thought the conditions weren’t that much different over the day, complimented the beauty of the course.

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:16 PM EDT reply actions  

A.Schleck slow at T1...+23

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Menchov's Vesus head shot

looks like Lloyd Christmas

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:18 PM EDT reply actions  

jani in at +25

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Tyler Furious is in 4th

I wonder if he hangs on to cop a maillot vert point or two.

http://www.bah.net/

by dees ees en drama on Jul 3, 2010 1:19 PM EDT reply actions  

Oui

pour le prologue et l’étape en contre la montre individuel (art. 22-coeff. 4) :
15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points aux 10 premiers coureurs classés ;

"Chloe (Hosking) had a great run on my wheel and flew around me right at the end, timed it perfectly. There’s a difference between losing and getting beat, and I got beat today, she had a great sprint." Brooke Miller.

by andrewp on Jul 3, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

Andy is going to be in a hole all ready...

unless he sped up along the second half

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:19 PM EDT reply actions  

over 11 mins already

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Andy will be fine

P&P are dogging him big time

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:20 PM EDT reply actions  

Andy worse than Frank.

It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics

by majope on Jul 3, 2010 1:20 PM EDT reply actions  

That is just horrible

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

103rd, 59 secs back for andy

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:20 PM EDT reply actions  

+100

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Jul 3, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

cunego setting himself up nicely for breakway. 30 secs down at the intermediate

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:21 PM EDT reply actions  

samu!!

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:21 PM EDT reply actions  

cance heading off to the start house

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Fabu off to the starthouse...

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:22 PM EDT reply actions  

bmc kit reminds me of spiderman

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:22 PM EDT reply actions  

It is very superheroish

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

thor!

hammer time

"Race radios in Cat 4?"

by gravel road on Jul 3, 2010 1:23 PM EDT reply actions  

amazing

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

samu 4th best at half distance, 9 secs back

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:24 PM EDT reply actions  

correct that to lulu at the intermediate

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

well, yes. but i key fast, ya know

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

samu in at +46

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:25 PM EDT reply actions  

well, at the moment, i've got places 2-5 of the prologue

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:25 PM EDT reply actions  

ah, lulu. no classy skinsuit for him.

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:26 PM EDT reply actions  

looks dry

but the road is still probably rather wet

"I would say my biggest flaw, my Achilles heel is my tireless work ethic"-Kenny Powers

by Wisco12 on Jul 3, 2010 1:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Sorta pulling for Basso

It would be sweet for someone to finally pull a Giro-Tour double. Unlikely, but one can hope. :-P

http://www.bah.net/

by dees ees en drama on Jul 3, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

He's shooting for a white jersey methinks

I think he’s gonna compete.

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

Could...

He has to beat Schleck, Kreuz, Gesink, et. al…Needs to show consistency

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

Good for him.

It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics

by majope on Jul 3, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

MOO!

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

good ride by gerdemann.

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:29 PM EDT reply actions  

flecha off

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:29 PM EDT reply actions  

armstrong

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:29 PM EDT reply actions  

Lance just started

so he won, i think.

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:30 PM EDT reply actions  

That wasn't Lance

That was Alphonse

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

NO

we’ll just miss Ullrich more than we already did.

Vlaanderens Mooiste

by Koppenberg on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

we miss ulrich?

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

A little bit...

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Jul 3, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes, we do.

Very much.

Klöden doesn’t make up for his absence.

Vlaanderens Mooiste

by Koppenberg on Jul 3, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

evans +30

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:30 PM EDT reply actions  

nice cadel.

13 secs off

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT reply actions  

eh, 30

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

Evans +30

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Is it just me or have the time trial helmets gotten shorter recently?

by profgubler on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT reply actions  

I noticed that too

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

they have

the point is good when you’tr in position but a huge drag if you look down as they often do

by thebongolian on Jul 3, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

fabu!!!

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT reply actions  

rogers, +25

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT reply actions  

well here we go

"I would say my biggest flaw, my Achilles heel is my tireless work ethic"-Kenny Powers

by Wisco12 on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM EDT reply actions  

And contador

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Lance is going well

from the look of it

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:34 PM EDT reply actions  

armstrong 3rd at intermediate, +5

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:35 PM EDT reply actions  

lance 3rd

p&p barely contain themselves

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:35 PM EDT reply actions  

found another stream for those of us blocked

http://www.atdhe.net/8300/watch-tour-de-france

"I would say my biggest flaw, my Achilles heel is my tireless work ethic"-Kenny Powers

by Wisco12 on Jul 3, 2010 1:35 PM EDT reply actions  

cance -6 at intermediate

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Fabian is owning it

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:36 PM EDT reply actions  

fabu had to slow on that corner

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:37 PM EDT reply actions  

conta thru at one second slower than armstrong

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:37 PM EDT reply actions  

a few of them out there

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

always does

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

new bike since the dauphine

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh my god! floyd landis runs out of the crowd and tackles lance off his bike!!!

"I would say my biggest flaw, my Achilles heel is my tireless work ethic"-Kenny Powers

by Wisco12 on Jul 3, 2010 1:38 PM EDT reply actions  

basso in at +45

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Basso

Comes in 45 seconds down

by BDBrian on Jul 3, 2010 1:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Basso coming in well down

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:39 PM EDT reply actions  

armstrong in at +12

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Lance is 3rd

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:40 PM EDT reply actions  

cance owns this

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions  

martin's face as cancellara hit that corner

priceless

"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar

by Ben Shave on Jul 3, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions  

FABIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions  

10.00

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Beautiful..

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Jul 3, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Cance is amazing.

It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics

by majope on Jul 3, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Fabian

10 seconds better than Martin! SPARTACUS!!!

by BDBrian on Jul 3, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Jesus Christ

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions  

CANCE!!!

"I would say my biggest flaw, my Achilles heel is my tireless work ethic"-Kenny Powers

by Wisco12 on Jul 3, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions  

If Conta is fragile

Lance will beat him with head games

by Yossarian12 on Jul 3, 2010 1:42 PM EDT reply actions  

He didn't last year..

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Jul 3, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Perhaps

but to win this race, you have to be the fastest on the road.

All else is just window dressing.

Vlaanderens Mooiste

by Koppenberg on Jul 3, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

conta is not fragile

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

I disagree

last year was different. Team squabble added to Conta’s motivation. I don’t think Conta has the confidence + motivation he has had in the past. Add in a questionable team, and probably an expectation that LA would come in weak…we’ll see

by Yossarian12 on Jul 3, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

conta in at 10.27

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Contador comes in now

+27 on Cancellara, 6th place, behind Lance

by BDBrian on Jul 3, 2010 1:42 PM EDT reply actions  

by 5 secs

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Lance is so gonna win this race

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Wouldn't go that far.

But it looks like we will have one hell of a competition.

by tamburlaine on Jul 3, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Phil and Paul

are ready to call the race for Lance

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:43 PM EDT reply actions  

already? they did that before the race started.

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

*is

this is easier than rbjhan i hope....

by JessicaH on Jul 3, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

in a prologue.

It’s all about who’s fastest over very short distances, as long as you’re not swiss or german, that is.

by Ed K on Jul 3, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

well fabian wins it,

see everybody tomorrow

"I would say my biggest flaw, my Achilles heel is my tireless work ethic"-Kenny Powers

by Wisco12 on Jul 3, 2010 1:43 PM EDT reply actions  

Lance beat Contador? That's huge.

It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics

by majope on Jul 3, 2010 1:43 PM EDT reply actions  

Very unexpected... by me at least..

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Jul 3, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

a fall would be huger

five seconds doesn’t seem terribly significant, but Lance making a small statement today.

He’s not dead.

Still not a favorite, in my eyes, but certainly not dead.

After all, winning is better than losing.

Vlaanderens Mooiste

by Koppenberg on Jul 3, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not huge at all

Totally what I expected

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

Does Contador have a history of doing well in flat TTs?

All the TTs I recall him doing well in (eg, Annecy) had some up & down in them. But then my memory isn’t the best.

Perhaps the final TT suits someone like Armstrong (or Levi) better than AC?

by Le Comte on Jul 3, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

yep

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think lance went alot harder than contador though

Contador seemed smooth, Lance went into beast mode. maybe thats psychological advantage Contador

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't think it's psychology

I seriously doubt that either rider will be psyched out.

It may be predictive of who has the better legs however.

http://www.bah.net/

by dees ees en drama on Jul 3, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Massive

Even bigger when one considers that Lance has 40-year-old twitch fibers.

http://www.bah.net/

by dees ees en drama on Jul 3, 2010 1:44 PM EDT reply actions  

Farrar in sixth...

Get 5 green jersey points by my count.

http://www.bah.net/

by dees ees en drama on Jul 3, 2010 1:45 PM EDT reply actions  

TdF tracker has him in 8th

I think he’s actually seventh…

Either way it couldn’t hurt.

http://www.bah.net/

by dees ees en drama on Jul 3, 2010 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Seventh, I think.

It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics

by majope on Jul 3, 2010 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Farrar is 7th btw

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

So glad Fabian set the world back to rights!

Cheers all – off to the beach! cya tomorrow for some dutch road furniture carnage…(hope not)

by JustJoshinYa on Jul 3, 2010 1:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Did you see Cadel there?

Among the windmills, tilting at them.

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...

by TheFigurehead on Jul 3, 2010 1:48 PM EDT reply actions  

White Jersey...

1. Tony Martin
2. Geraint Thomas +13
3. EBH +22

Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!

by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 3, 2010 1:50 PM EDT reply actions  

Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief

cance’s bike passed, no motor

"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"

by agl on Jul 3, 2010 1:50 PM EDT reply actions  

Well that was fun

Later, kids

"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom

by Jimbo... on Jul 3, 2010 1:50 PM EDT reply actions  

hey, versus online, couldn't we just have matt keenan the whole time?

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 3, 2010 1:53 PM EDT reply actions  

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