Dauphine Libere - Prologue - 6th June

[Moose McKnuckles]

Conty wins it. Great work by Tejay.

 

[metaCYCLE]

hehe Contador destroyed it once again...

 

[jaylew]

Contador the man as usual. Gotta love a GT guy who wins all year long.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Kirby ruins the Dauphine.
Must be as bad as some of these US boys.
Talking of which, isn't it time to start a "How Good is Tejay" thread?
Cos, the US lads never overrate their cyclists!

 

[Jamsque]

Gotta love a GT guy who wins all year long.

You do? Oh.

 

[Publicus]

He looks like he's (Contador) dropped some weight since L-B-L.

 

[Beech Mtn]

So Eurosport decided it was a good idea to go from Conta getting the yellow jersey straight to Planet Armstrong coverage of TdLux. LA looks massive and old and slow after having just seen Conta power through the prologue course in the Dauphine.

 

[Roland Rat]

Good ride by Geraint. Was disappointed at his Paris-Nice prologue but did well here. Hope it leads to a good Tour performance.

 

[sublimit]

I thought Contador would get it but well done Geraint Thomas. This guy has so much potential.

He's unstoppable on the track but this is a step up against far better riders so well done to him.

 

[joy118118]

Geraint Thomas is surely an Australian.

 

[ttrider]

Wow! ACs not on form either he really is ultra fast at the moment Van Gaerderen is a decent climber to i seem to remember from volta au algarve etc so he looks like he could be promising here as well as Brajkovic but AC is just a class above and so i think unless he really backs off he will win

 

[sublimit]

Van Garderen is a decent prologue rider. Probably won't win, but could finish top 5.

Well your pick almost got it. lost out by 2 seconds.

 

[Wheels Go Round and Round]

He looks like he's (Contador) dropped some weight since L-B-L.

probably backed down the roids and is more on HGH and EPO
jmho

 

[spanky wanderlust]

looks like that new tt position is working out nicely!

 

[midwest_roadie]

Ugh, how much longer will Contador continue to do that 'pistolero' salute? I'm so sick of that cocky gesture. Jeez.

 

[peacefultribe]

I'm not sure that it's meant to be a cocky gesture. It may be something that he did at one time, for somebody, and it stuck. It became something more after a certain someone started to publicly mock him.

 

[Potomac]

Ugh, how much longer will Contador continue to do that 'pistolero' salute? I'm so sick of that cocky gesture. Jeez.

I like Contador but I don't care for his gesture, or for that matter I don't like an signature gesture by any rider.

 

[Publicus]

Ugh, how much longer will Contador continue to do that 'pistolero' salute? I'm so sick of that cocky gesture. Jeez.

As long as he wants to. That's the prerogative of the winner. He gets to celebrate however he likes.

 

[Condorman]

As long as he wants to. That's the prerogative of the winner. He gets to celebrate however he likes.

Unless his name is Cavendish.

 

[Moondance]

Unless his name is Cavendish.

Cav flipped the cycling public off.... Slight difference to an acceptable, although annoying, pistol salute.

 

[bobs nob]

I like Contador but I don't care for his gesture, or for that matter I don't like an signature gesture by any rider.

Duly noted. Who really cares.

 

[bobs nob]

Ugh, how much longer will Contador continue to do that 'pistolero' salute? I'm so sick of that cocky gesture. Jeez.

Well if someone would just beat him, then your disgust with a meaningless gesture will be alleviated.

Maybe he could just stop short of the finish line in the future so that he won't win. Would you fell better then?

 

[Zoncolan]

Sammy Sanchez 35 secs down. Dissapointed.
I'm gonna tip Szmyd to win the overall ahead of Horner and Cataldo.

 

[Potomac]

Duly noted. Who really cares.

You seem to care, as you've made two posts on the subject.

 

[schnelelr]

EBH comments to Norwegian media for anyone interested:
- It was an OK workout. I pushed a little bit, but not maximum. I gave it what I felt comfortable with. My goal is to finish the race and no more than that. I did not feel the Achilles injury, but I'm not taking any chances.