TDF Stage 17 - Thursday, July 22 2010, Pau - Col du Tourmalet, 174 km

[mikkemus23]

Dont think C will atack now, the stage is andys, but the tour is ACs

 

[Cerberus]

really is a shame AS can't TT better - they're so evenly matched in the mountains but AC will always have that 2-3 minutes in his pocket from the various TT's.

Perhaps, but they weren't evenly matched in the mountains last year, last year Contador was stronger in the TTs and the mountains, this year they're even in the mountain but Contador still has the edge in TTs. Next year? Obviously smart money still says Contador, but the gap between them has grown smaller so perhaps.

 

[schnebit]

He rode as hard as he could, and he just isn't strong enough to drop him. Nothing more that he could do.

What I meant was, there was no way he was ever going to ride AC off his wheel like this. He needed to attack, not just set a high tempo.

 

[Francois the Postman]

"Now or never" has had "never" set in concrete quite a while back.

 

[indurain666]

I am wondering if Alberto is going to sprint to the line. Funny, but if he sprints and gets it then all the fanboys are going to complain about his lack of "fair-play" for not giving away the stage. If he doesn't sprint, fanboys would go on forever about how Alberto humiliated Andy by not sprinting.

 

[luckyboy]

Looks like the fire in Schleck's belly was indigestion.

 

[Ferminal]

Listen to the roar!

 

[Publicus]

So does AC give him the victory?


Edit: he gave it to him.

 

[Francois the Postman]

Contador making up to Schleck by not attacking?

 

[Ten Percent Grade]

Come on Alberto, take it on the line. No gifts.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Contador doing a magnificent Levi impersonation.

 

[schnebit]

So does AC give him the victory?

No way... AC hasn't won a stage yet.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

PFFFFFFFFF

 

[The Hitch]

So contador lets him have it.

 

[schnebit]

Contador doing a magnificent Levi impersonation.

Yeah... good point. Only difference is, he's not getting dropped.

 

[Ferminal]

Riveting....

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Pretty classy for Contador not to attack him at the line.

 

[superconfex]

anti climax

 

[Anonymous]

So does AC give him the victory?


Edit: he gave it to him.

Yea, nice gesture.

 

[El Pistolero]

Contador gave Andy this stage.

Oh well, he won the Tour =]

 

[bjaelkesex]

49min 30sec to climb Tourmalet

 

[Ten Percent Grade]

I hate these two. Bring on the Vuelta.

 

[lilyprotector]

schleck should have won the stage since ac wheelsucked all the way up.

 

[kurtinsc]

Contador doing a magnificent Levi impersonation.

He did ride for Bruyneel for several years. Won a Giro by following Ricco's wheel.

While he can attack... he's not as agressive as people think... he's got the Hog influence.

 

[hoolaparara]

Good grief. They even take the anticlimax to the line.