Tour de France 2011 Stage 7: Le Mans - Châteauroux 218 km

[sulgpallur]

bunch of **** for Brad there, was looking in such good form.

Has Horner got up? Im watching ITV so it is a bit brit-centric

horner 3min down by http://gaps.letour.fr/us.php

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Vino returns just in time! Good for him

 

[mr. tibbs]

Horner -5 minutes, I heard. Sky's man has to be EBH, now.

EDIT: Or maybe Horner's at -3 min.

 

[Winterfold]

He should have stayed in front. Lots to learn.

yah whatever - looks like every cyclist in the race needs to learn that

Boonen, Berty, Bottle, Horner, Gesink,etc etc

lot of old experienced (and young talented) guys there need to log onto cyclingnews forum and pick up some racing tips

cycling is cruel - have you learned that?

 

[patrick767]

Horner is up but how far back ?

edit 5 min done for the tour

sigh... so it's true. Wiggins is gone completely and Horner is out of contention. What a horrible first week for the GC.

 

[Frosty]

No sky in the peloton

Thomas is in the lead group

Sky and Astana about to join forces.

 

[Machu Picchu]

getting easier to name those that haven't crashed, for the GC's it's: Schlecks, Evans, Basso, Kloden, VDB?_?

 

[ferryman]

Sean Yates on race radio reckons it is a broken collarbone for Wiggins.

 

[mr. tibbs]

yah whatever - looks like every cyclist in the race needs to learn that

Boonen, Berty, Bottle, Horner, Gesink,etc etc

lot of old experienced (and young talented) guys there need to log onto cyclingnews forum and pick up some racing tips

cycling is cruel - have you learned that?

It was a joke, b/c if it happens to Contador every anglophone jumps his case. But everyone else gets a free pass, just attributed to bad luck.

 

[therhodeo]

This is why I hate flat stages in the Tour

Always falls, always half of the GC contenders eliminated.

And I believe caused by Sojasun. Now theres a group of gamechangers.

 

[funnytanlines]

skye has to get g thomas back up there. peloton may wait a bit though.

 

[Parrulo]

sucks for wiggins. i hate when a guy misses the goal of an entire season due to a crash or sickness or injury

Reckon they're going to go for Thomas in the mountains and focus more on Boasson Hagen now.

lol thomas for the mountains. whats next? cav for the mountains?

p.s. uran should be their guy for the mountains

 

[luckyboy]

Peloton are slowing up?

 

[Bavarianrider]

Again guys, falling is the one thing, it just happens. But if you are so supper skinny like Wiggins the danger of getting injured is simply a lot higher.

 

[Maxiton]

Horner is up but how far back ?

edit 5 min done for the tour

Too bad, I had Horner as coming in tenth on GC. Sucks.

 

[Carl0880]

Vino returns just in time! Good for him

I saw no sign of a crash on him so far, there was a couple of Astana riders that were just stopped and was standing in that pile up waiting for everyone to clear, so that may have been Vino, but it looked like his entire team was in that wreck, also evident by the fact he was chasing back alone.

His team had been up front all week, and they get caught in the back just once, and look what happen.

Thats why you want to stay upfront as much as you can, but sometimes it just comes right down to needing a little luck once and while.

 

[Frosty]

Chavanel and Coppel rejoining.

 

[mr. tibbs]

skye has to get g thomas back up there. peloton may wait a bit though.

I wouldn't hold my breath. The group's not in the habit of waiting much this year!

 

[GroupDK]

This is why I hate flat stages in the Tour

Always falls, always half of the GC contenders eliminated.

I second that

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

No sky in the peloton

ya, the whole team was holding up waiting for Wiggo, but now they've got the word and so are trying to reconnect with the main group

 

[Winterfold]

Good for Horner

Lots of old experienced guys going down this year, cant just be positioning

Dont tell me the likes of Horner, Levi, Vino dont know how to position themselves

 

[patrick767]

Not a fan of Wigans, but I never like to see a rider have to abandon because of injury.

Absolutely. Of course I'm more disappointed if it's a rider I really like, but I hate to see any of them crash out or lose so much time from a crash that they're out of contention. No one wants a race to be decided that way.

 

[just some guy]

Peloton are slowing up?

As soone as the int spin comes it will be on then cross winds - they ha better get back on before the sprint trains get going

 

[Frosty]

Hesjedal in one of the back groups as well.

 

[RdBiker]

Has it been this hectic every first week of the Tour? Is it just normal bad luck that so many top names have been held back / crashed / injured or is the route especially prone to crashes?

I've never before had the time to watch the stages of the first week so this has me wondering. I remember just a few top names having abandoned/lost time before the mountains when I've tuned in for the second week.