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

[TRDean]

Great ride RYDER!!!!!!!!!

How did he come in???

 

[auscyclefan94]

At least the tour was better than last years!

 

[indurain666]

Yes. Contador attacked once and could not shake off Andy either.

I watched the whole thing. When did he do this?

 

[AtletiSK]

very equal as I predicted, and a gesture from AC...
now it all comes down to ITT where Alberto is obviously the favourite

 

[reigarc]

AC has a lot to learn.
lance has to teach AS how to use THE LOOK

what a gay finish..

 

[turtlesoup]

How did he come in???

he came in 4th place

 

[TRDean]

Yes. Contador attacked once and could not shake off Andy either.

Well, there is nothing more he could have done I guess..

 

[FootonFan]

No Bonus Points....

Makes for boring racing! Compare...this finish with any mountaintop Giro finish.

 

[Fourier]

Roche suffers

 

[Anonymous]

I missed it...did Andy give it all he had and just couldn't drop Contador?

Nah, they both soft-pedalled in. Contador wasn't even trying. And after Andy won they hugged and kissed. I'm not making it up. Seriously. Wtf. Hugging and kissing after a stage.

 

[scribe]

OMG. Hug at the line.

the television FEARS Mooseknuckles!!

 

[schnebit]

Man, RS picked the wrong guy for GC...

 

[auscyclefan94]

How did he come in???

On a bike!

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

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.

Actually the Hog has always criticized Contador for attacking and being impetuous. If he had listened to the Hog, he may not have won the Tour last year.

 

[superconfex]

when was the last time we had a really exciting tdf...89??

 

[Wallace]

Compared to the Giro, this race has been a total snooze-fest.

 

[scribe]

very equal as I predicted, and a gesture from AC...
now it all comes down to ITT where Alberto is obviously the favourite

obviously.

::yawn::

 

[hoolaparara]

Schleck v Contador ended nil all after 5 rounds I make it.

 

[La Vie Claire]

Contador should have gone for the win. No gifts. Because he'll get bashed either way so why not get the W? Cance certainly won't gift AC the time trial.

 

[Ferminal]

Oh STFU Phil you twu389ah529

 

[lilyprotector]

Contador gave the stage to Andy Schleck. Great gesture that kind of makes up for the chain incident.

uh, you take the stage, and i'll take the tour, okay? let's call it even

 

[Big GMaC]

LOL, P&P saying Armstrong would have been on the podium!

 

[nia O'Malley]

Brilliant ride by Nicolas Roche.

Armstrong doddering home, not too bad, only 4 minutes. I'd forgotten about him

 

[Anonymous]

I watched the whole thing. When did he do this?

Contador launched a pretty vicious attack about 3 km away. But Andy (barely) managed to hang on.

 

[scribe]

Compared to the Giro, this race has been a total snooze-fest.

The giro was recontested here..... just a couple dozen minutes behind the strongest men in professional cycling.