Official Thread: TdF Stage 9, Saint-Gaudens - Tarbes 160.5 km

[RigelKent]

On another site there was a recommendation that the crowd form a human chain across the summit to force a mountaintop finish.

 

[Publicus]

Kudos to AG2R. I didn't think they had it in them to defend.

 

[RigelKent]

Kudos to AG2R. I didn't think they had it in them to defend.

Agreed, but they are losing a bit of time on the climb.

 

[Cobber]

Good gawd. Is that BYU123?

I thought it was Russell Brand at first... but you may be right!

 

[RigelKent]

Phil and Paul just said the peloton has decided to not contest today. Expect attacks any time now.

 

[Cobber]

Kudos to AG2R. I didn't think they had it in them to defend.

Yeah... that is one thing I never thought I would see.... AG2R pacing the GC contenders up a HC climb.

 

[Publicus]

Phil and Paul just said the peloton has decided to not contest today. Expect attacks any time now.

Jens is looking human today.

 

[BroDeal]

Sherwin: Armstrong's face is the same as it was four years ago.

I don't know about anyone else, but Armstrong looks really old to me. Some moments he looks haggard.

 

[mambo#5]

this freaking tour is about one stage and one stage only. Mt. Ventoux. sucks!!

 

[Irish2009]

Great to see Roche on the front of the peloton on a HC climb, is Van den Broeck up there waiting for Evans?????

 

[RigelKent]

Sherwin: Armstrong's face is the same as it was four years ago.

I don't know about anyone else, but Armstrong looks really old to me. Some moments he looks haggard.

I wonder if that's because he's riding lighter than he used to. Even a couple pounds can make a face look drained.

 

[Publicus]

I guess I root for attacks on the descent while cursing the TDF route planners.

 

[Pezrider]

Anyone giving Moncoutie a chance at the stage from here? He doesn't look like he wants to go crazy as I have seen him in the past.

 

[Cobber]

I guess I root for attacks on the descent while cursing the TDF route planners.

Yeah.... what a disgrace of a stage. They should have skipped the Pyrenees altogether.

 

[BroDeal]

What happened to Silence-Lotto's big plan to attack?

 

[Publicus]

Yeah.... what a disgrace of a stage. They should have skipped the Pyrenees altogether.

The upside is that I'll be able to concentrate at work this week.

 

[mambo#5]

There is a man that knows the tour. go to the front and pick your own lines in the descent. Learn something AC.

 

[RigelKent]

The upside is that I'll be able to concentrate at work this week.

And that's an upside because ...

 

[BroDeal]

Oh, how I hate Paul Sherwin. Why can't he shut up about Armstrong?

 

[Irish2009]

Armstrong on the front of the peloton on the descent! Did AC puncture or something???

 

[mambo#5]

Oh, how I hate Paul Sherwin. Why can't he shut up about Armstrong?

'cause he is the man.

 

[Publicus]

And that's an upside because ...

Trying to be positive on a rather negative day.

 

[Publicus]

'cause he is the man.

Correction, was the man.

 

[RigelKent]

Ten Dam. Owie owie owie.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Jeez! L Ten Dam's in a bit of a mess. There is nothing as tedious as a huge climb, when you know nobody is going to attack.
100 riders in a bunch at the finish?