Tour de France Stage 3 Wanze - Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, 207km

[Big GMaC]

You have to admit it was a heroic ride by Armstrong to get back to that group.

That is the ride of the day.

Lol.. Conta more impressive

 

[Anonymous]

The farking eurosport feed still shows "group Armstrong" 2 mins ahead of Contador.

 

[scribe]

Awesome Stage!!!!

 

[alberto.legstrong]

You have to admit it was a heroic ride by Armstrong to get back to that group.

That is the ride of the day.

I can hardly wait for Pill and Phaul to gush over that when I get home and watch the replay....

 

[Big GMaC]

alberto droped by vino

 

[balkou]

AC is left behind

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

lol Contador/Vino fail

 

[Francois the Postman]

Vino did it again! Dropped his team

 

[Moondance]

Vino drops Bertie!!!!!!

LOLOLOLL

Wiggins and Menchov laugh

 

[VeloCity]

That is the ride of the day.

Contador did the exact same thing, bridging on his own to the Armstrong group, but I don't suppose that qualifies as the ride of the day, eh?

Think ride of the day properly goes to Ryder Hesjedal.

 

[Epicycle]

After being frustrated yesterday, Thor winning is poetic justice.

 

[palmerq]

forgetting about wheter armstrong puncture is fair unfair or whatever...

hats off to contador i think he's done really well today especially when this stage doesnt suit him at all.. he was a bit back from quite a few riders and he caught up with them.. great work... andy schleck too.. vino did some great work as a team mate too... although he is causing him some problems now LS.......

 

[frizzlefry]

LOL the ever faithful Vino.

 

[scribe]

Vino is clueless!!!

 

[Big GMaC]

VINO, turn around!

 

[Mellow Velo]

WTF Vino? Get some glasses ffs!

 

[red_flanders]

Uh, hey. Vino. Turn around.

 

[Big GMaC]

Ah, conta flatted

 

[alberto.legstrong]

Cyclingnews live update says Armstrong with Contador but that's false, yes?

The live ticker time gaps has been .... ahem...less than accurate given the reportage I have seen here. This is more fun, but I keep refreshing both like a madman.

 

[balkou]

Kreuziger and leon sanchez

 

[Anonymous]

You have to admit it was a heroic ride by Armstrong to get back to that group.

That is the ride of the day.

Nope, not the ride of the day. Not even close. Only a homer or BPC would say such a stupid thing.

Uncool by Vino. Maybe we do have a controversy in Astana. AC mechanical. I was thinking maybe he was weak. Clearly no the case.

Ryder deserved to win that stage...oh well.

 

[Dominar]

Punctures happen on the cobbles. Nothing can be done about it.

Lance is losing time and possibly his podium shot (never really had a shot to win). Contador (and Menchov) have ridden much better then expected. But the time loss is not due to his own weakness... he was where he needed to be... but flats happen.

While I have no problem with this... it does bring into focus how stupid yesterday's soft-pedal was. Frank's crash caused issues (less so for Lance and more for the other contenders behind him). Why not wait for them?

Because Andy's up front this time, so Spartacus puts the pedal down.

Crap happens in a race. Lance deserves to lose the time he loses... but Andy should have lost 4 minutes more yesterday too.

There you go again ... please stop making so much sense.

 

[red_flanders]

Ah, conta flatted

It's not fair, it's not fair!

 

[Dutchsmurf]

Contador had a flat tire at the end, so nothing Vino could have done anyway.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Yes like crashing is part of the game. But it's not fair, obviously.

Wouldn't you rather Armsrtong is beaten fairly?

BPC - if you just want to talk about LA then go to the LA thread.