Tour de France: Prologue - Rotterdam - 8.9km

[Anonymous]

3 Footon guys in the bottom 4

they are the minardi of cycling.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Can't say I'm overly impressed with Brad's time. Wonder what DB's spin will be on that?

Martin in yellow will be good for a lot of other teams though

Exactly right! Frank and Cardoso both went down!

 

[sometriguy]

Let the Floyd flogging begin!

That was hard to watch, completely expected, but hard to watch.

They don't even consider that there is even a chance that maybe lance ever did anything wrong at all

 

[search]

That's surely outside of the time limit?

there is no time limit today

 

[El Imbatido]

they are the minardi of cycling.

Or Lotus

 

[Publicus]

That was hard to watch, completely expected, but hard to watch.

They don't even consider that there is even a chance that maybe lance ever did anything wrong at all

Not at all. Just that it's either sour grapes, greed, conspiracy or a combination of all three. Oh and it will fuel Armstrong to the overall victory.

 

[Anonymous]

Let the Floyd flogging begin!

Yea, they are sucking at the teat of Mr Armstrong like good little douchebags. I have to say that they were a bit more restrained than I would have expected. I heard that Landis has no credibility, but nobody said that the revelations were absolutely not true. In fact, Paul even said that it would be decided by the Feds, and left out any commentary regarding the revelations. Funny, I think maybe they don't want to look like complete fools when this is hashed out and their patron is proven to have doped. In reality, it is too late for that. They are married to Armstrong, and have no credibility at this point anyway.

 

[Anonymous]

@5livecycling
Just to prove how dangerous the conditions are here,
Mathias Frank of BMC appears to have had a stack. Face covered in blood

 

[Anonymous]

Geraint 3rd at the first intermediate.. come on G, chance of the white jersey if he can put in a ride.

 

[auscyclefan94]

@5livecycling
Just to prove how dangerous the conditions are here,
Mathias Frank of BMC appears to have had a stack. Face covered in blood

Scheisse!

 

[SaftyCyclist]

Either Wiggins is ill, something went wrong with the bike or he's offloaded the last of that track muscle bulk, he may have lost top end power but could help his climbing, we'll find out soon enough.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Geraint 3rd at the first intermediate.. come on G, chance of the white jersey if he can put in a ride.

Why do people call him G?

 

[ingsve]

Either Wiggins is ill, something went wrong with the bike or he's offloaded the last of that track muscle bulk, he may have lost top end power but could help his climbing, we'll find out soon enough.

He rode in the heaviest rain and simply took no chances.

 

[hfer07]

any "working" link at all?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Good ride by Malori, 16 seconds off.

 

[Pharazon]

Thomas into 2nd - 13 seconds off

 

[Mellow Velo]

Sky now flying high, while Phonak are crashing.
It's a 3 week race, after all.

 

[Publicus]

I see G heard you TSF

 

[Winterfold]

Either Wiggins is ill, something went wrong with the bike or he's offloaded the last of that track muscle bulk, he may have lost top end power but could help his climbing, we'll find out soon enough.

or he rode like a girl rather than crash. He wasn't short of power in the Giro, his times relative to Farrar's give a benchmark

 

[superconfex]

Great ride Thomas

 

[Anonymous]

Geraint 2nd and provisionally in white. Could have pushed martin closer if the roads hadnt been wet, he must be gutted, this was a big target for g. good ride though.

 

[Sneekes]

IF he stayed in second would G wear white or green tomorrow?

 

[superconfex]

Eurosport live on HD

 

[kjetilraknerud]

When Farrar did so well, Hushovd shouldn't be underestimated today.

 

[Ferminal]

K, about to tune in to P&P (I'm going to give them a run for their money before I get sick in a few days and hit the Eurosport streams).