Official thread TdF Stage 15 Pontarlier - Verbier - 207.5 km

[luckyboy]

Absolutely and on the Grand Bernand stage.
David Harmon to Sean Kelly: "Sean, who now can't win the Tour?".....pause..
....."er....Lance..."

I'm glad I recorded Eurosport with Sky+

 

[Mellow Velo]

I think everyone already knows that you can't be objective.

Surely, TTF has been proven to be correct?
It is those who confidently predicted Lance would win an 8th Tour, who have been shown to be subjective.

Bobby Drivel, Jack, Juan, BYU etc, will all be out, sky diving this afternoon..... Parachutes not required!

 

[Anonymous]

Armstrong did not climb as well as I thought he would. I felt sure he would be jacked to the moon like before, and thus climb close to how he used to (minus the sharp acceleration.)

In all honesty, I thought he would be better. I thought he could stay with people like Sastre and Wiggins. I guess we now know why he is saying he will ride next year. He knows Contador is better now, and that next year they will be on different teams, and also that another year of training will redeem him.

 

[klodifan]

Phil described it best. "Andreas is looking after Lance, dragging him to the top." And that may just cost him a podium spot.

 

[frizzlefry]

bobby drivel, jack, juan, byu etc, will all be out, sky diving this afternoon..... Parachutes not required!

lol,........

 

[rhubroma]

Armstrong did not climb as well as I thought he would. I felt sure he would be jacked to the moon like before, and thus climb close to how he used to (minus the sharp acceleration.)

Actually I expected as much. He's old. The Giro, at his age, was too much. You attempt that when you're 29 not 38. See what happens when you're too arrogant? Hinault is the real expert. Don't mess with the Badger!

 

[Mellow Velo]

What is Wiggins on?

A Felt, not a Trek.

 

[ingsve]

The fight for white will be really interesting. Schleck took the jersey ahead of Nibali and Martin and that's the order of how good they climb too. However if we look at TT it's the opposite with Martin ahead of Nibali and Schleck. Looks like a setup for a close and exciting battle.

 

[Publicus]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of fanboys cried out in terror.

+1Billion. Great line.

 

[frizzlefry]

A Felt, not a Trek.

A Felt with a luggage rack?

 

[Eva Maria]

Nice to see Astana wasted two weeks protecting a rider who should have been going back and fetching bottles for the real GC riders.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Phil described it best. "Andreas is looking after Lance, dragging him to the top." And that may just cost him a podium spot.

as soon as kloden gets close to yellow they will dig up the whole 2006-freiburg fiasco and they probably don't want that.

 

[SpeedWay]

Armstrong did not climb as well as I thought he would. I felt sure he would be jacked to the moon like before, and thus climb close to how he used to (minus the sharp acceleration.)

I'm quite sure Armstrong has never done anything good enough or well enough to suit you. Unfortunately for you and your kind, Astana delivered big today.

 

[Anonymous]

I am impressed with Wiggins. Great interview he just gave. Taking it day by day and not talking any shit unlike other riders who have shown much less class. Then again, I am sure there are legions waiting on the less classy rider's first tweet after the stage.

 

[BroDeal]

Actually I expected as much. He's old. The Giro, at his age, was too much. You attempt that when you're 29 not 38. See what happens when you're too arrogant? Hinault is the real expert. Don't mess with the Bagger!

Yeah, maybe not enough in the tank to do two GTs in a year.

If this year's Tour route had been a usual route then Armstrong would be far down the leader board right now.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

You didn't expect Contador destroying the field?
Wiggins has made the podium fight really interesting!!

I'm hoping schleck can reduce his loss in the ITT, make it really interesting between himself LA and Wiggo.

I didn't expect the stage to get this interesting.

We'll see in what way Klöden will happen to the other GC guys in the TT.
If he doesn't have to help Armstrong all to much he might just get onto second place.

I don't see the old man doing anything great in the TT.

 

[Cobber]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of fanboys cried out in terror.

I'm quite sure Armstrong has never done anything good enough or well enough to suit you. Unfortunately for you and your kind, Astana delivered big today.

A survivor!

 

[luckyboy]

I'm quite sure Armstrong has never done anything good enough or well enough to suit you. Unfortunately for you and your kind, Astana delivered big today.

You mean Contador right?

 

[ak-zaaf]

Unfortunately for you and your kind, Astana delivered big today.

the two biggest rivals are in that team and the ds is armstrongs groupie. so contador won on his own. astana didn't deliver anything.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Im thinking Sky really want wiggo now
GO WIGGO GO!!

 

[sometriguy]

Anybody feel that Lance could have chanced down Contador today, but he just wanted to be a good team mate ?

 

[RigelKent]

Anybody feel that Lance could have chanced down Contador today, but he just wanted to be a good team mate ?

Yeaaaaah! That's the ticket!

 

[Anonymous]

I'm quite sure Armstrong has never done anything good enough or well enough to suit you. Unfortunately for you and your kind, Astana delivered big today.

But Armstrong didn't, and the egg is on the face of every chamois sniffing, 3 week posting, fanboy. You all just gushed at his return and how he would do. You were reserved after Stage 1, more bold after Stage 3, indignant about stage 7, and last weekend all jumped on the "He can win it" bandwagon. Well, you were all wrong in your assessment. Tough to swallow, huh?

 

[BroDeal]

I'm quite sure Armstrong has never done anything good enough or well enough to suit you. Unfortunately for you and your kind, Astana delivered big today.

Nope, I like Contador. He rides with style. It won't be that long before he will be considered this era's greatest GT rider.

Too bad your idol got steamrolled on a minor climb in a Tour route for grannies.

 

[B.Rasmussen]

that was fun to watch. The young riders really did well today.