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    So what happens if Contador wins by 39 seconds or less?

    If Contador had waited for Andy, he wouldn't have lost that 39 seconds ... If Andy has waited for Contador when he got stuck behind Frank's crash on Stage 3, Contador wouldn't have lost 1:13 ... If Contador hadn't waited for Andy when he crashed on Stage 2, he would have lost many minutes ...
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    The official debate: Should Contador have waited for Schleck?

    I'm kind of new to this and trying to figure out what the traditions and ethics of bike racing are. From this thread I gather that if a rider who has never won so much as a tour stage, but is considered a serious contender, crashes on the 2nd Stage, the entire stage must be neutralized in order...
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    Race result numbering

    Well they're not discriminating against XP with IE7, anyway. Things are just as messed up on my Mac running Safari. In fact, they actually managed to crash Safari - which is a very rare event, in my experience anyway. You have to look long and hard for a website with code botched enough to do...
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    New site design

    Just one more vote for getting rid of the spoilers. If I can't visit the CN homepage without having the races I haven't watched yet spoiled for me, then I'm not going to visit it. And, while they usually do of course, the sad fact is that it sometimes happens that my friends don't finish in...
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    New site design

    I've been a daily reader of this site since it was Bill's Cycling News (and that's quite some time ago!). To get easy access to race reports from events all over the world and COMPLETE results, I'm willing to put up with a lot. I was even willing to put up with Bill's ravings about obscure...