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

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wake me up when the final 10k starts.

 

[Parrot23]

BMC are practicing some team unity drills before the much loved Cance arrives at BMC so that he and Cadel can work together on some Swiss MOTO pacing

Gonna work practicing sellling off some of those $10K BMC bikes.

 

[auscyclefan94]

BMC are practicing some team unity drills before the much loved Cance arrives at BMC so that he and Cadel can work together on some Swiss MOTO pacing

Gonna work practicing sellling off some of those $10K BMC bikes.

OK then...

Selling off bikes is bruyneel not lelangue

 

[Beech Mtn]

Back on Eurosport, after Versus refused to interrupt a Lance interview to cover the crash with Mickael Delage. Crash was in a tiny box on the corner of the screen while LA interview took the large box and was not interrupted to cover the crash.

 

[theyoungest]

Split in peleton. Santambrogio and a few BMC boys have come to the front!

Liggett said earlier:
"These boys can go up these climbs at 100km/hr!"

Funny how lotto were all at the back of the peleton and they caught out! Coincidence?

Judging by where the split was, the crash didn't happen in the back of the peloton.

 

[old_bram]

Delage now out of the race according to letour.fr - missed the crash (if it was shown?) - just saw the bike wrapped around the barrier afterwards.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Burghardt has woken up, so ACF will wake up.
I'm more of the Dekker T mode, myself.
Le Tour de 40 Winks.

 

[Publicus]

Phil just included Bradley Wiggins in the list of GC candidates who are most at risk on tomorrow's stage. I swear Brad rode Paris-Roubaix last year, which is more than all of the other GC candidates have done.

 

[Beech Mtn]

Even in the rain, Jens' facial expression is like "I will conquer all." Meanwhile others look like, "why did I get out of bed this morning?"

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Lloyd doubling up with the KOM? I said he hadn't got a chance, and people were bigging up his chances nonetheless, but no, he's been dropped already.

Woo, Wegmann up near the front. Come on Fabian!

 

[Parrot23]

OK then...

Selling off bikes is bruyneel not lelangue

I'll take one for free if it's autographed by President Borat!

Vino says he wants to win this one for President Borat.

So we should see fireworks if that's the case....

NB: Correct on Brad (did ride Roubaix)

 

[Beech Mtn]

Wegmann looks like Vino.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Phil just include Bradley WIggins in the list of GC candidates who are most at risk on tomorrow's stage. I swear Brad rode Paris-Roubaix last year, which is more than all of the other GC candidates have done.

Yeah and finished pretty high up.
Phil is now totally senile, having sniffed too much chamois over the years.

Riders starting to exit via the back door.............

 

[Beech Mtn]

Gavazzi descends like Frank Schleck

 

[luckyboy]

Chavanel ftw

 

[Publicus]

Versus should save these puff pieces for the evening coverage. I've got eurosport streaming so I don't miss too much of the race.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Chavanel riding away........
Cav riding in the opposite direction.

 

[El Imbatido]

Cavendouch going backwards

 

[roundabout]

buh-bye, cav

 

[Francois the Postman]

Ah, I just figured out where they are, I cycled there. Yes, those roads were narrow, but at least no oncoming traffic for these riders. If you enjoy the scenery now, you should have seen it in the sunny weather I had. Great memories.

 

[Potomac]

The Shack Tracker!

That kind of innovation is usually found on Fox.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Amets Txurruka!

With Chavanel up the road, and Txurruka wasting energy in a chasse-patate, you can tell that things are good. The world is as it should be.

 

[Beech Mtn]

Hi, I'm Tyler Farrar, sprinter for Team Garmin-Transitions. I ride around in a gray sweatshirt every day when doing my training.

And the long version of nekkid Pippo

 

[auscyclefan94]

Come on Vino! Attack! Has not split up much on the stockeu!

 

[El Imbatido]

The Shack Tracker!

That kind of innovation is usually found on Fox.

What is this? Something on Versus would be my guess? Like that little Armstrong jersey they had at the bottom of the screen last year?