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

[Fourier]

someone please hand Barredo a spare wheel.

 

[Francois the Postman]

OK, that was the Tour that I had higher hopes for.

No matter how juicy it gets dished up, or how attractive the hosiery potentially is, somehow it always ends up as satisfying as having 3 weeks to look forward to a night with a saucy blind date and ending up with

(And today they even threw in the sheep for free too).

 

[Mellow Velo]

Leecheimer in at 9 minutes. He lost suction with Andy's surprise early dig.

 

[lilyprotector]

Oh man, AS and AC hug. Ugh.

it's the tour de broMance. did you see ac putting his hand on the side of schleck's face, smiling and clearly saying some kind words. would be funny if someone dubbed him saying (ala conan or jon stewart) "you're my ***** now, andy" maybe versus should do that. would make for a more interesting show rather than listening to phil.

 

[TRDean]

4th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy smokes!!! Great for him!!! Wiggins who???

 

[michaeld]

A gift. Andy did all the work. Contador tried once but couldn't get away. Game over.

Amazing ride by Hesjedal! Respect.

When is the giro again?

Hesjedal can TT, if he isn't too wrecked after today.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I guess It's done

Now for some proper racing.

Sure Phil, but for Armstrong's crashes he could have challenged for the overall. Sure.

NO!

 

[CatsNK]

Vino knocked out of the top 10. Too bad.

 

[schnebit]

A gift. Andy did all the work. Contador tried once but couldn't get away. Game over.

Amazing ride by Hesjedal! Respect.

When is the giro again?

I'm actually really impressed by Ryder... glad to see him riding so well. I remember watching him and Roland Green duke it out at Mount Snow many years ago. The two of them dominated that sport, good to see him riding strong on the road, too!

 

[nvpacchi]

Levi out of top 10

 

[indurain666]

Well Contador better win that ITT by more than 35 seconds!

Try 90 seconds

 

[TRDean]

2007 tdf, Schlecks celebrations are really ****. He looks like a complte ****!

This from the guy who chalkes his pool cue every time Evans is on the screen?

 

[superconfex]

2007 tdf, Schlecks celebrations are really ****. He looks like a complte ****!

2007 was awful.....half the peleton got thrown off

 

[crispy]

Leecheimer in at 9 minutes. He lost suction with Andy's surprise early dig.

Bummer for him but now Horner is in the top 10. Wtf is up with that?

 

[AtletiSK]

no French Grand Tour contender for ages.... Sarkozy must be burning

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink is mad, he says Sanchez and Menchov fell still when Hesjedal and Rodriguez went. Gesink wanted to go past, but the public was in the way.
Gesink wanted to reply to the attack but couldn't because there was no room to pass

 

[Ten Percent Grade]

Try 90 seconds

He's making the point that if he doesn't win by more than 35 seconds then the tour was decided by a dropped chain...

 

[BroDeal]

Hesjedal 4th, what the hell has happened

Where is Leipheimer? Looks like he has blown the big one

It was the typical Tour by Leipheimer where he blows chunks on one stage.

Too bad Horner lost time hauling escorting Armstrong and chasing the team classification. He would have done well if he had been able to ride for himself.

 

[theyoungest]

Gesink is mad, he says Sanchez and Menchov fell still when Hesjedal and Rodriguez went. Gesink wanted to go past, but the public was in the way.
Gesink wanted to reply to the attack but couldn't because there was no room to pass

He could have taken some time on Van den Broeck for a possible 5th spot. Ridiculous.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Typical Tour stuff: all temptation and no delivery.

It feels like a real anti climax.

 

[lilyprotector]

Bummer for him but now Horner is in the top 10. Wtf is up with that?

wow, good for him. he's looked good all tour. would have been interesting to see how he would have done had rs rode for him.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Gesink is mad, he says Sanchez and Menchov fell still when Hesjedal and Rodriguez went. Gesink wanted to go past, but the public was in the way.
Gesink wanted to reply to the attack but couldn't because there was no room to pass

The public was there. Be at the front or attack first.

 

[Anonymous]

This from the guy who chalkes his pool cue every time Evans is on the screen?

Yea, and he didn't have to chalk it all day today...

 

[Roland Rat]

Leipheimer had A Bad Day In The Mountains (Tm)

 

[Francois the Postman]

Samu has 21 seconds on Menchov.

Can he hold it?

If I had to read Menchov's mind by the way he rode, no. He chose to just cover.