Le Tour de France 2011 STAGE 8 - Aigurande-Super-Besse Sancy 189 km

[Potomac]

Why help BMC if they were doing all the work anyway. And why were they doing all the work?

 

[rides like a girl]

the gap is steadily going down with Astana on the front, down almost a minute to 4'19" to the break.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

contador is a liar and a cheat.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Love the Skoda commercials. My uncle had one back in the early 80s. They've come a long way.

 

[Gloin22]

Why help BMC if they were doing all the work anyway. And why were they doing all the work?

BMC was doing nothing. The gap was steady. Astana came up and the gap is coming down.

 

[ggusta]

JB on the radio about maintaining good positioning at bottom of climb. They are so lucky to have him. He is so much smarter than all the other DS'es. Oh no, wait --

 

[mulletCobra]

Luis-Leon Sanchez rides for Euskaltel-Euskadi

I have been learned

 

[spalco]

Just turned it on - what happened with Sanchez? Is he ahead or behind of the peloton?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

not that he'll have any trouble getting back, but some riders should help samu no.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Luis-Leon Sanchez rides for Euskaltel-Euskadi

I have been learned

LMAO. So does Sebastian Chavanel. Or something like that.

 

[just some guy]

Just turned it on - what happened with Sanchez? Is he ahead or behind of the peloton?

Behind getting some chain oiled not stress and good

 

[thehog]

Phil goes along with the AC bashing because it's the company line but you can tell he is a bit disgusted by it. Paul and Bob do it because they truly despise him. Phil will occasionally rebut the idiocy and will sometimes greet the idiocy with silence. He knows what reality (and integrity) is.

Wrong thread I know but it's a servere conflict of interest. Both Phil & Paul are on Armstrong's payroll and they don't declare it - it's a media marketing arrangment. Their hate for Alberto is the protection of the Armstrong image in the US. Contador is about to become the greatest rider of all time & that grates them.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Just turned it on - what happened with Sanchez? Is he ahead or behind of the peloton?

He's 100 meters behind, just in the convoy. No danger.

 

[Rooboy]

Just turned it on - what happened with Sanchez? Is he ahead or behind of the peloton?

minor mechanical

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Holy crap. Arroyo carrying like 10 bottles.

Kiryenka missed the time cut the other day. Bummer.

 

[Potomac]

Contador will clear his good name in a few moments on Versus

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

hopefully they will put a good forcing on the climb with tiralongo and di gregorio

 

[just some guy]

Those cows were clean

 

[ggusta]

Wrong thread I know but it's a servere conflict of interest. Both Phil & Paul are on Armstrong's payroll and they don't declare it - it's a media marketing arrangment. Their hate for Alberto is the protection of the Armstrong image in the US. Contador is about to become the greatest rider of all time & that grates them.

And as we go to commercial we here an interpreter speaking for Contador about Chaingate. Excuse me, but AC has to wait for the guy behind him to learn how to operate the equipment that he gets paid millions of $$$ to ride AFTER he has attacked??? And for the millionth time, this (the chain coming off AFTER the attack) is ignored by VERSUS. I know off topic, sorry, but it was part of the broadcast.

VS can't figure out that their viewers are generally savvy enough to know cycling. It isn't like they are drawing a 4 share in the ratings. More like 0.2.

 

[Maxiton]

Wrong thread I know but it's a servere conflict of interest. Both Phil & Paul are on Armstrong's payroll and they don't declare it - it's a media marketing arrangment. Their hate for Alberto is the protection of the Armstrong image in the US. Contador is about to become the greatest rider of all time & that grates them.

I'm convinced of this. But do you have documentation of it?

 

[Maxiton]

Those cows were clean

I was waiting for that .

 

[just some guy]

Game on ... 10 km till the climb starts

 

[goggalor]

I'm convinced of this. But do you have documentation of it?

Either way his Tour success has been their bread and butter since 99. They're struggling now that he's retired (and with the both of them going senile and all).

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink on Dutch tv, still feels like crap and hopes not to lose time.

Meh, I'm glad when the rest day is there

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Gesink on Dutch tv, still feels like crap and hopes not to lose time.

Meh, I'm glad when the rest day is there

awesome.

did he mention an improvements?

Indeed, the rest day cannot come quick enough.