I agree with the 2nd part of that statementSky are a class act for this years tour. Wiggo will win to give the English their first Tour de France winner.
wirral said:The 20% of remaining riders rule will come in to play and people will be allowed to stay in.
Bavarianrider said:ASO has said before the Tour that they won't make any exceptions this year. Of course they won't keep their word.
Nastyy said:Pinot is from '90 and Van Garderen from '88. Pinot is in his first GT and already has a stage and is TOP 5 climber in the race. Also Pinot lost 2 minutes on stage 6 because of the crashes. Without that he would be in the lead.
Bavarianrider said:Why do they actually have a time limit if they don't use it anyway. This is a joke somewhat.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Autobus is in the time limit
33 minutes
Even Van Hummel made it
Kwibus said:All of this is quite interesting considering they were slower then the slowest predicted schedule.
Bavarianrider said:ASO has said before the Tour that they won't make any exceptions this year. Of course they won't keep their word.
Only if they continue to hold froome back.college said:Sky are a class act for this years tour. Wiggo will win to give the English their first Tour de France winner.
TRDean said:Pinot is 22 and Van Garderen is 23 right?? So no big age difference. This is cycling...Pinot is riding for himself...Van Garderen is riding for Cadel...Pinot can not time trial like Van Garderen...Pinot is 2 minutes down on Van Garderen who lost probably a minute helping Evans. So no...Pinot would not most likely be in the lead. Lastly, its not like Van Garderen has tons of GT experience...
patrick767 said:Yeah, I don't understand why so many riders lost huge time given the apparently slow pace of the stage.
Right you are...I stand corrected.The Sheep said:petacchi didn't make it
The Sheep said:petacchi didn't make it
roundabout said:The age difference is almost 2 years. 21.5 months.
Montanus said:Just can't comprehend it yet. Froome looked toasted, comes back and does a pull then goes back again. And then: Vroooooom, brings back Nibali et al. and boom vroom - an attack. Final kilometers, pure timetrialing and in the end a superstrong sprint.
I mean: WTF!
Frosty said:
175 started today, 167 finishers on the letour website. Can think of about 5 withdrawals so might be the odd other person out there?