Recent content by Big Gear

My outsider is Haussler. To outsprint Sagan :p

Yes, minus the "super". :) My point is I don't think he adds much to Saxo either as a dom for Alberto in the tour, or in bringing in wins as a team leader in smaller races.

Not sure if Roche was a good move for Saxo. Is going to be a climber-Dom for AC? Don't think so. Is he going to win anything as a team leader? Don't think so.

Agree, something is not right. Moser lost 30s on 1a this morning, Basso his teammate lost only 13s on 1a, yet after the TTT they have the same time? Has someone seen a official complete GC after 1b?

Astana A should win this. Unless Kessiakoff has hay fever...

Time for Kessiakoff! Looks to suit him with TTs and reasonable mountains.

IMO if they are all together at the beginning of the final climb, Sky will do their thing and there will only be small time gaps (but maybe Rodriguez can slip away a few seconds in last km). I think the other teams will have to do something to break the rythm of Sky and make them really work for...

Weather again? Snowman FTW :o Weather forecast looks ominous...

Why so few WT teams? This looks indeed like a great parcours. Shame not televised. Do you know why the interest from the top teams is so limited (beyond the Italians)? Is it because they are already spread thin with classics and eg Catalunya at the same time?

HH is not a GC man! I thought Lofkvist looked good today, lurking in the main group of contenders, putting in a couple of big pulls when needed and then when clear that the group he was in wouldn't lose many seconds falling back and letting eg BMC do the hard work. Tomorrow will be another...

Favourites? Hi all, I am new to this forum -great discussion here! Very much looking forward to this P-N. I think it is more open than in a long time, very interesting to see who will take the opportunity to do well on GC here given that all (almost) of the sport's biggest names are...