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There is also the fact that there is a co-sponsor of the team in Sungard. I think the combination of factors convinced Saxo to return - having a lesser monetary investment (in this day, that has to be at the top of all company's minds) and having Contador on board. Had the Schleck's still...

I always wondered if a company would offer a HUGE prize to the first rider to win a triple crown, sort of what exists with horse racing in the US. $10 million... $25 million... $100 million... *shrug*.

It's not about "fraud," but the government has been trying to nail Barry Bonds for how many years now for perjury in front of congress, and they have yet to pull it off. Not even put in front of a Grand Jury. It's VERY premature to be talking about this. I guess we could be talking as to...

ASO would want to do something to help the team that has Armstrong?? That really seems a bit crazy to me...

Sorry if I've missed this covered before, but the link on the home page for the live report currently defaults to stage 1, instead of the current stage. This is from the Santos Tour Down Under Race & Results. It shows "live report (stage 4)" currently, but clicking the link takes you to the...

Thanks for this info, good to know.

I disagree with both of these assessments partially. The Schlecks pace didn't drop Kloden, it was Contador's acceleration. Kloden could have made it to the top with the pace the Schleck's were setting. Keeping a consistent pace isn't too much to hope for, but the second that acceleration...

I think the organizers neutralized this stage by placing it at the end. Contador follows Andy Schleck, Lance follows Frank Schleck. Honestly, the only interesting thing to me today was Nibali bridging up to Andy and Alberto. They had a good 30 seconds at one point, but Contador didn't work...

Three leader in the Giro last year when he had no idea who would react best of Contador, Kloden and Leipheimer after the last minute invite. Became clear who would be the leader quite a bit earlier than in this race...

Liquigas announced two leaders at the start of the race, Nibali and Kreuzinger. They were also hedging on what Pellizotti would be able to do. In theory, they had 3 leaders. Pellizotti is busy winning the King of the Mountains jersey, has he helped Nibali much? I don't remember seeing...

I'm sorry, but all I can think about is the movie "Any Given Sunday..." Vino is Cameron Diaz, Bruyneel is Al Pacino, and Contador is Jamie Foxx. JB announces during his press conference to leave Astana that Contador will be following Bruyneel as he realizes that continues to be the best thing...

A bunch of the interviews stated that this was a very hard time trial, and that the climb in the middle was much harder than people were expecting. AC had the best time at the top of the climb, and lost all but 3 seconds of it to Cancellera (I think it was either 27 or 37 seconds). He was also...

I have to say, Armstrong was constantly at the front of the race over the previous 40km, so I find it hard to believe that there was some sort of agreement unless they told Lance that we're going to do it sometime in the next 50k. I was actually frustrated by Contador being so far back a number...

Actually 27 seconds over a pretty flat ~30km. He was 21 seconds down on the GC at that point. I know, technicality.

Just read Versus may be using their own information boxes and no feeds due to the HD nature of the broadcast. Sorry if my previous information was wrong... climbing back into my hole.