so the question is: how man aussies will vanish this forum when cadel cracks and loses all chances of winning the tour?
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Dekker_Tifosi said:GC riders
15 Hesjedal +1m13s
17 Danielson +1m48s
18 Van de Velde +1m48s
14:51:57 BST
Hushovd dragged them to the finish with Vande Velde and Danielson both with him.
Havetts said:Doubt he will, still has to recuperate a little from the Giro before real mountains start.
Franklin said:Did Danielson and VdV get dropped? I don't understand this gap.
Do you have amnesia?Franklin said:Did Danielson and VdV get dropped? I don't understand this gap.
Franklin said:Did Danielson and VdV get dropped? I don't understand this gap.
They were in the third group on the road after the crash in stage 1.Franklin said:Did Danielson and VdV get dropped? I don't understand this gap.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Do you have amnesia?
Already forgot about yesterday have we?
Bavarianrider said:Eisel you ****ing Austrian hillbilly :mad
Eyeballs Out said:I think some Stage 1 time gaps have been amended since yesterday. Looks like Hesdejal now given 1:20 rather than 1:55
Dekker_Tifosi said:I'm just copying from letour.fr
perico said:Hesjedal finished with Danielson yesterday. From an interview, it seemed like all 3 finished together, but originally they had Vande Velde listed at 3:41 back, but he apparently finished with Danielson and Hesjedal. So how would they retroactively give him 35 seconds when all three were in the same group?
Yesterday's stage was a massive clusterf..k.
perico said:Hesjedal finished with Danielson yesterday. From an interview, it seemed like all 3 finished together, but originally they had Vande Velde listed at 3:41 back, but he apparently finished with Danielson and Hesjedal. So how would they retroactively give him 35 seconds when all three were in the same group?
Yesterday's stage was a massive clusterf..k.
Eyeballs Out said:FWIW it looks like Casar and Feillu have also been re-assessed
Scansorial said:I think it makes sense for Contador to attack and gain a few seconds on stage 4 or 8. Show Schleck he means business, because the mental part of the game is Schleck's biggest weakness next to his time trialing.
auscyclefan94 said:Was anyone surprised that Contador was heavily booed?
valentius borealis said:With the changes in the way that the KOM competition is scored, Gilbert is the only rider to have scored a point so far, so I presume that the polka dot jersey would pass to the second rider on GC, who is David Millar.
Were you there checking passports to know that or simply not surprised because you were one of them.No_Balls said:Not really considering they are french.
Fair enough. I was thrown off by the fact that only 1 point was awarded on that particular hill.Armchair cyclist said:No: although he got no points for it, Evans came second on the only classified hill so far. Confirmed at letour.fr
I think that to be exiting each of the gc contenders should have a least one crash.. *** edited by mod ***rzombie1988 said:Good day for Evans, Radioshack and a great day for Leopard.
Andy needs about 30 more seconds to be in the safe zone, but so far he's in a great spot. I don't see Contador getting more than 90 seconds on him, so things are looking good.
Totally surprised, but Cadel is in a great position right now. I think he probably needs about 3 + minutes total to be sure of having a shot at Contador though, so he could use another lucky break. If he can hang on somehow in the mountains, he might have a shot. Him being able to do the TT really helps him.
Contador getting caught in the crash has really opened things up and made for an exciting race. If he gets involved in one again, this race is wide open.