All set for a grand stage indeedy tonight! Could it really happen? I'm talking Klodi win on a mountain top? Asking all Klodists out there, has this ever happened? To my knowledge no, though he has won MTT's (2000 P-N and Basque Country).
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wwabbit said:Excellent ride by Kloden today. He's moved up 5 places in the GC to 11th.
Top 10 is surely within his grasp with a good ITT performance.
gregrowlerson said:I just read this on the Radioshack website:
However, half of the field did abandon on today’s stage, unwilling and/or unable to continue in the miserable conditions. One abandon for RADIOSHACK LEOPARD TREK came after 20km from Andreas Klöden, who crashed yesterday on the second-to-last climb. “I had to do the first climb with one leg. The left leg hurts too much. It was impossible to go on with nine climbs still to go.”
It gives some explanation. Kloden was horrible on stage 4 because he crashed. Hopefully it is not a serious injury and he can return to racing shortly. Perhaps for Romandie?