best / worst moments of the 2009 TDF

[the truth.]

Best was George H last K of the last stage , attacking the Garmin leadout train,
Took control of the arrow and won Cav the stage!

Worst was the second week- ALL of it.

yours?

 

[Jonathan]

My favorite moment was when Brice Feillu won on Arcalis, worst was when Armstrong accused Contador of 'not sticking to the plan', which was kind of exemplary for their relation.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

My favorite moment was when Brice Feillu won on Arcalis.

for me (although i enjoyed felliu's win) this stage on a whole, along with the TTT was the most dissapointing, it was like a slap to the face, we already knew the winner at this point.

 

[TRDean]

My favorite moment was when Astroloza won his stage!! Can you say excited!! I hope I spelled his name correctly.

My worst moment was when Kenny van Hummel crashed and was out of the race!! I hope to see him next year!!!!

 

[Henrik]

Hushovd going on a solo attack in the alps

 

[anubisza]

Favourite: LA missing out on yellow by such a small margin.

 

[TRDean]

Favourite: LA missing out on yellow by such a small margin.

Yea...that was good too!

 

[frizzlefry]

LiquiGas they had a good tour.

 

[Rex789]

Favorite moment had to be when the Schlecks were attacking Alberto non stop on the climb. Was just good racing!

Worse moment when they announced Lance was going to race and supposedly going to be a team rider!

 

[poupou]

Yea...that was good too!

It's much more better now ! Really he didn't deserved it.

 

[Gavia Pass]

Best Moment: The final podium. Spain, Luxembourg, USA. Another non-French podium.....

Worst Moment: Garmin chasing down Hincapie.

 

[Boleyn]

Best moment - Tommy Voeckler winning his stage.

Worst moment - Jens planting his face.

 

[B.Rasmussen]

Best (tied): Verbier. Armstrong getting interviewed with red eyes after he had clearly been crying like a little schoolgirl. That image will keep me warm when I ride my bike in december.

Best (tied): nicki Sørensen winning a stage.

Worst: Jens! crashing. That was just hideous and I feared the worst.

 

[Publicus]

Best (tied): Verbier. Armstrong getting interviewed with red eyes after he had clearly been crying like a little schoolgirl. That image will keep me warm when I ride my bike in december.

Best (tied): nicki Sørensen winning a stage.

Worst: Jens! crashing. That was just hideous and I feared the worst.

I have to say Verbier, partly for the reason noted above, but also for how effortlessly Contador rode away from the group. It's the only clip I have from the Tour saved on my DVR.

Worst: Watching Jens crash. That was just terrible.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Best: Kloden holding the lead (briefly) in the prologue/TT thing -OR- Watching Andy and Contador accelerate in the mountains.

Worst: Def Jens's crash. He's gotta be the nicest guy in the peloton.

 

[scribe]

Best Moment: Phil Liggit saying "Look. He is talking on the telephone."
Worst: Contador with his mind-numbingly dumb pistol jesters, and 2 finger champ salute with matching hat. He is probably working on marketing the crap now.

 

[croix_de_fer]

Favourite: LA missing out on yellow by such a small margin.

That was good.

 

[badboyberty]

Best: Pellizotti finally showing how the King of the Mountains should be won.

Worst: Jens's face-plant to intensive care manoeuvre.

 

[Izoard]

Worst - all the drama in Astana!

Best - the tour is over, on to other races

 

[Izoard]

Oh, and Jens' crash was so bad it was off the charts. Glad to see he is recovering.

 

[mutschi]

Sorry, can't bring it down to just one

Best:
Finish of last stage when Hincapie made the Garmin boys look really really stupid
LA missing yellow after TTT - I would have hated it
Stage to "Le Grand Bonard" with the Schlecks attacking

Worst

Jens Voigts crash
Armstrong's stupid comments about "not sticking to the plan"

 

[wheels55]

Best - Thor Hushovd attacking on Stage 18 - that was a class ride. He even gave Sastre a little shovve off the front when they hit the next climb.

Worst - Jens Voight's nasty crash...

 

[elapid]

Best (tied): Thor's mountain antics and Astroloza's stage win (although also enjoyed Voekler, Filieu and Haussler's wins, and Contador-Andy Schleck duel)

Worst (tied): Astana public infighting, TdF course, TTT effect on the overall, Jens's crash, and Kenny van Hummel crashing out of the TdF.

 

[Kimono]

Best Honorable Mention - any appearance by the Podium girls. Paricularly the ones in the black cocktail dresses

Worst - LA and AC sniping at each other. Twitters etc. ughhh too much like reality TV

 

[palmerq]

This tour had quite a few good moments in it,, although one I liked a lot was contadors attack in andorra, there was a good video shot of it and his acceleration was very impressive and he goes flying past the guy on the front, and he looks like he had no idea what happened, I think this was a clever move from alberto too.

Worst thing was the other sprinters(not cavendish and Thor), they would have lost anyway but it was like they had surrendered before it started, boonen especially was terrible, it is a shame.