Recent content by Kittel

Don't write of Garmin. I'd say Wiggins has a better chance than Fabs to be the man in yellow after the TTT. Contador being favourite number 1.

Don't forget he won last year's Tour because he was 'allowed' to jump away on the final climb, because he was furthest back of the favorites (same thing with Valverde in the dauphine this year, if I'm correct). Not sure whether he'll be able to do the same thing this year though. Probably he wel...

Kloden or Cancellara seem to fit your profile...

Lance's secret FACT: If you take the order of his kids together with the first letters of their names you get 1LD 2IR 3GE 4M which of course stands for: I, Lance, doped too, infusing roughly 3 gallons every 4 months. Sounds kind of risky to me, but that's probably why no-one else has won 7...

More conspiracy theories... FACT: LA moved to and trained in Aspen, which is short for Always Scrutinizing Performance Enhancing Novelties FACT: LA has 4 kids named Luke David, Isabelle Rose, Grace Elizabeth and Max. If you take the alphabetical-order-numbers corresponding to the first...

I doubt whether the absence of radio will prevent a mass sprint in stage 10... So it would have to be Feillu then??

Fishing for names Would evaluating suspicious DNS's in Romandie and Suisse give any extra insight in the possible names? And were there any? Frank Schleck pops to mind, but I really hope it's not a big fish this time (with the exception of Kloden ;))

That probably has more to do with the amount of curves than the elevation profile. Agree?

Interesting point, never thought about it like that... Let's assume that what you are saying is correct. We then should be able to make a shortlist of riders likely to be caught in the upcoming 3 weeks, based on the 'solid' facts we know right now (so without speculation on the new revelations...

Can't google myself clear maps of the arrivals of the 'sprint' stages. Are there any stages with sharp turns close to the finish? Does anybody have a good link? Much appreciate it!

Expensive in Euros yes, but also expensive in terms of possible wasting of important samples. Apperantly they can now detect (the use of) a certain substance which they couldn't find 2 years ago. What will be possible in 2 years from now? Nothing, if there aren't any samples left... So I'd say...