TDF Stage 15 - Monday, July 19 2010, Pamiers - Bagnères-de-Luchon, 187 km

[khodder]

Jesus christ Phil and Paul are terrible.

Contador never really set the pace...He was leading them up the climb as soon as Andy dropped back...

 

[salixcycling]

It is not bad luck if you knock the chain off yourself.

Eurosport just replayed it. It looked like the chain, not Andy. But he had only just attacked AC, so he hadn't broken him by any means.

 

[VeloCity]

BS. No one had to wait on stage 2. They just did...Their bad. It is completely something else to attack a guy who is smoking you when he has a mechanical.

Pathetic move by Contadoosh!

Did AS wait for AC on stage 3 after AC got stuck behind the crash? er, no, he had Canc put the motor down to try and gain as much time as possible.

Karma, turnabout, whatever you want to call it.

 

[BroDeal]

The Tour would not be as good without charges of treachery.

 

[Big GMaC]

Big moment from Tommy V!

 

[lilyprotector]

omg, you know people are going to be running to la for commentary on contador's acitons today. let's take bets...last year his favorite comment was "i'm going to bite my tongue on that one." this year, he might have a lot more to say.

 

[RdBiker]

dropping your chain is generally your own damn fault

As is getting a puncture, eh? "He didn't need to ride in to that piece of glass..."

 

[luckyboy]

AC had already started his attack by the time Schleck stopped, didn't he?

It's not as if anyone else waited either.

 

[Publicus]

Jesus christ Phil and Paul are terrible.

Contador never really set the pace...He was leading them up the climb as soon as Andy dropped back...

He meant when Andy was attacking.

 

[khodder]

Did AS wait for AC on stage 3 after AC got stuck behind the crash? er, no, he had Canc put the motor down to try and gain as much time as possible.

Karma, turnabout, whatever you want to call it.

Was AC the Maillot Jaune?? No.

 

[scribe]

Jesus christ Phil and Paul are terrible.

Contador never really set the pace...He was leading them up the climb as soon as Andy dropped back...

He was out of his saddle, kicking the **** out of the pace. Nonsense!!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Both Menchov and Sanchez are hammering along.

 

[Biological Entity]

If you look at how much time Schleck made up on the climb, despite Contador attacking, I think Schleck would have dropped AC without the chain going. No doubt about it.

 

[ericthesportsman6]

If Conta had the yellow, of course Andy would have waited. It's Le Tour de France!

Just saw Andy's chain trouble in repeat. Contador was nowhere to be seen at the time. Just Andy and Vino.

First off, Andy wouldn't have waited. Second, he kicked his own chain off. Third, AC was responding as Schleck's chain went down, so it wouldn't have mattered. Finally, it's a sport, if there's not a rule against it, deal with it.

 

[marinoni]

It is not bad luck if you knock the chain off yourself.

Do you know he knocked it off? No you don't. So how about you just drop it?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

vino wheelsucking!

 

[Ferminal]

it shows how desperate Contador is...............
he will lose a lot of respect within the Peloton.....just wait for the post stage reactions.
Riis will probably throw some verbal punches!

Just like Moreau, F. Schleck, Kasheckin and Evans?

 

[khodder]

He meant when Andy was attacking.

Not when he mentioned specifically that he was always following Menchov and Sanchez, both of whom were behind him when Andy was attacking.

 

[Moondance]

Wow... Gesink caught Leipheimer and Hesj in the descent... Impressive. And he's only 40 seconds behind apparantly.

 

[Bala Verde]

Bottle Brown Bag is Wheelsucking Gesink in the descent

Why not just tie a parachute to your rear wheel.

 

[Anonymous]

If Conta had the yellow, of course Andy would have waited. It's Le Tour de France!

Just saw Andy's chain trouble in repeat. Contador was nowhere to be seen at the time. Just Andy and Vino.

He was close to catching. Watch 1 second later when Contador goes by on Andy's left.

 

[Anonymous]

The convention on the cobbles is not to wait. That's why cobbled stages should not be in the tour.

But if there is a mountain stage like this and you see someone's chain has fallen off, you don't go straight to the front and attack.

You make that "rule" up this morning did you?

 

[ericthesportsman6]

If you look at how much time Schleck made up on the climb, despite Contador attacking, I think Schleck would have dropped AC without the chain going. No doubt about it.

Have to disagree, AC was responding, and I don't think he went full speed up the rest of the climb considering how much he was looking back.

 

[BroDeal]

Eurosport just replayed it. It looked like the chain, not Andy. But he had only just attacked AC, so he hadn't broken him by any means.

I don't know that he kicked it off, but it is likely.. He should have already been in the small chain ring, and if the delimiter screws were messed up then the chain would have gone into the spokes as he shifted.

 

[franciep10]

why wait for andy everybody waited for him on stage 2, he didn't wait for anybody when the crash on stage 3 held everybody up, andy didn't drop contador even vino bridged to andy, Contador was actually countering Andy attack instead of capitalizing on a mechanical. Anyway this is racing it happens if the roles were reversed I'm sure andy would've taken whatever advantage to win the tour.