Tour de France Stage 2 Brussels - Spa, 192 km Monday, July 5 2010

[kjetilraknerud]

Chavanel should get yellow, and could keep it for a few days I guess.

 

[palmerq]

does anyone know a good radio station i could get on the internet to listen to the tour de france.. I am being conspired agaisnt so I am missing it... It is on tv but the house here does not pick up eurosport or itv 4 :S and my netbook is so old and rubbish it will not play any videos online... radio works though...

 

[Cerberus]

Did Cadel fall last year?

Cadel tried to do a long range attack in a group with among other Cancellara. They argued presumably about a GC contender being in a break. Apparently ACF94 think waiting for a GC contender who crashed is equivalent to helping pull a group with an attacking GC contender.

 

[Anonymous]

This should play into tomorrows stage hopefully. There will be some tired legs tomorrow. In a way, it kind of sucks that nobody raced on. I know the unwritten rule and all, but this stage was always ripe for something like that to happen, that is why they put it in. This stage was supposed to cause gaps. The whole race is about causing gaps and winning.

I am not saying I don't understand why they waited, but in some ways, this stage should have been more like a classic mentality. You drop, you drop regardless of reason.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Armstrong's shorts are wrecked.
Effectively, the peloton have neutralised the stage.

 

[Teddler]

Now that its back together I just want them to start riding again, pity that crash has ruined what could have been a great finish

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Pelotão compacto.

I think if it hadn't been Cancellara in yellow and the Schlecks in the back group, it would have been different, but the team came first.

The two jersey holders and José Iván Gutiérrez led the slowdown (we noticed Gutiérrez calling for it) for a while, and now the jersey holders are sitting on the front calling the pace.

 

[Frosty]

does anyone know a good radio station i could get on the internet to listen to the tour de france.. I am being conspired agaisnt so I am missing it... It is on tv but the house here does not pick up eurosport or itv 4 :S and my netbook is so old and rubbish it will not play any videos online... radio works though...

Radio 5?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8788532.stm

 

[Moondance]

Saxo are going to look the worst hypocrites tomorrow when Cancellara pulls the Schlecks to the finish line after the cobbles; where one or two or more other contenders will inevitably hit the deck.

 

[afpm90]

Cadel tried to do a long range attack in a group with among other Cancellara. They argued presumably about a GC contender being in a break. Apparently ACF94 think waiting for a GC contender who crashed is equivalent to helping pull a group with an attacking GC contender.

I remember the long range attack of Cadel, but I didn´t know of the discussion with Cancellara.

Thanks

 

[Cobblestones]

This should play into tomorrows stage hopefully. There will be some tired legs tomorrow. In a way, it kind of sucks that nobody raced on. I know the unwritten rule and all, but this stage was always ripe for something like that to happen, that is why they put it in. This stage was supposed to cause gaps. The whole race is about causing gaps and winning.

I am not saying I don't understand why they waited, but in some ways, this stage should have been more like a classic mentality. You drop, you drop regardless of reason.

I didn't see it, but read here that it was a moto which caused the crash. Also, I think, too many GC hopes came done.

 

[online-rider]

does anyone know a good radio station i could get on the internet to listen to the tour de france.. I am being conspired agaisnt so I am missing it... It is on tv but the house here does not pick up eurosport or itv 4 :S and my netbook is so old and rubbish it will not play any videos online... radio works though...

You could got to the old CN live report ticker. It's almost as exciting as Radio

 

[Beech Mtn]

This should play into tomorrows stage hopefully. There will be some tired legs tomorrow. In a way, it kind of sucks that nobody raced on. I know the unwritten rule and all, but this stage was always ripe for something like that to happen, that is why they put it in. This stage was supposed to cause gaps. The whole race is about causing gaps and winning.

I am not saying I don't understand why they waited, but in some ways, this stage should have been more like a classic mentality. You drop, you drop regardless of reason.

+1. Would have made for a more interesting race overall.
Shades of Tour 2009?

 

[Cerberus]

There's a Danish feed reporting that the Schlecks are back in the Peleton.

 

[Carl0880]

The big benefactor will be Quickstep, they had no leader with Tom Boonen out and after 3 days they will have the Mountain Jersey, Maybe the pts jersey (Dont know how the sprints broke down off the top of my head), the Combativity prize back to back day and 1 stage win plus being in Yellow on home territory.

This is already the best Tour they have had since Boonen wore green.

 

[lilyprotector]

radioshack wants schlecks in the race

i wouldn't have expected radioshack to want to put the schlecks out of it by driving the group once lance was back in. they need the schlecks to help attack contador and they want saxo bank to do the work. it's not in their interest at all for the schlecks to be out already.

 

[kjetilraknerud]

I didn't see it, but read here that it was a moto which caused the crash. Also, I think, too many GC hopes came done.

Looked to me like it was Gavazzi who crashed first, then the moto almost ran over him, then I guess the peloton had to break hard which caused the big crash.

 

[online-rider]

There's a Danish feed reporting that the Schlecks are back in the Peleton.

yep about 5 mins ago.

 

[Teddler]

+1. Would have made for a more interesting race overall.
Shades of Tour 2009?

Defiantely shades of last year, doesn't bode well for tomorrow imo.

Are saxo going to wait when its not the schlecks on the deck? will be interesting to watch.

 

[Anonymous]

I didn't see it, but read here that it was a moto which caused the crash. Also, I think, too many GC hopes came done.

It didn't look to me like the motorbike did anything but miss killing the Lampre rider who initially went down. Maybe they bunched up behind him or something, but the motorbike didn't cause anything. All the motorbike did was avoid a rider crashing in front of them.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

This should play into tomorrows stage hopefully. There will be some tired legs tomorrow. In a way, it kind of sucks that nobody raced on. I know the unwritten rule and all, but this stage was always ripe for something like that to happen, that is why they put it in. This stage was supposed to cause gaps. The whole race is about causing gaps and winning.

I am not saying I don't understand why they waited, but in some ways, this stage should have been more like a classic mentality. You drop, you drop regardless of reason.

I think common sence has prevailed - teams/riders that did not crash could have pushed on but also risk kissing the tarmac themselves.
This stages are not about winning the Tour - its about not loosing it.

Andy looks hurt and he has to be worried about tomorrow.

 

[Cerberus]

Saxo are going to look the worst hypocrites tomorrow when Cancellara pulls the Schlecks to the finish line after the cobbles; where one or two or more other contenders will inevitably hit the deck.

Wow, you have a crystal ball! Any chance you can let us know next weeks lotto numbers as well?

 

[Big GMaC]

Phil just said monfort was going to win the stage. Camera on Chav the whole time!

 

[kjetilraknerud]

So, who'll win the sprint for second? Hushovd is hungry for green, while Freire says he doesn't really care about the jersey? Cavendish is somewhere behind on Grabschs back, and Farrar crashed.

 

[Mellow Velo]

i wouldn't have expected radioshack to want to put the schlecks out of it by driving the group once lance was back in. they need the schlecks to help attack contador and they want saxo bank to do the work. it's not in their interest at all for the schlecks to be out already.

Apart from the fact that would confirm him as the biggest bastard in the peloton, he's clearly had a hefty fall, himself, judging from the state of both his jersey and shorts.

They have all decided to call it a day.

Expect a barrage of twitter tonight.