Tour de France Stage 5: Carhaix - Cap Fréhel 164.5 km

[GroupDK]

Not much help Tom Boonen gets from teammates..

Hes a great rider and hopefully he can get his game in gear again.

Im not sure, that Riis and Saxo bank Sungard are intererested, but would be some mix.

Contador and Boonen.

http://blog.tv2.dk/anders.krog.soerensen.tv2/entry401560.html

i hope so



unfortunately boonen already renewed his contract with quick step iirc. a shame saxo would be the right team for him

jep, Boonen seems like desent fellow and to me, not to selfish like some..

it sounds like he is about 12.5 minutes from the peloton here at 10 km before finish.

 

[pedaling squares]

tommeke is a champion

Damn right, and he's going to lose a lot more time yet. I'll be pi$$ed off if he gets tossed from this after the effort he's putting in.

 

[Jamsque]

The road kicks up a little here. I do wonder if these slopes will be too much for Cav's legs.

 

[lejarreta]

As to TVE Iban Velasco is still riding

 

[Tuarts]

This incline might be interesting....

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Of course. But if a support rider refuses to give up a wheel for his leader? I mean, WTF? He'd be headed home that day on a proper team. IMO.

Yes. But giving him a rap across the knuckles is one thing, actually firing him another. Ag2r only have about five or six really good riders. Gadret is too important to them to dump just because he can't be relied on to work for/with anyone else. If he was less talented, he'd be out the door so quickly his feet wouldn't touch the ground, but you know, what a rider can get away with or demand is more related to talent than fairness.

 

[patrick767]

Where's Horner? He was apparently dropped after a crash and struggling to get back on amongst the team cars, but I haven't seen any updates on that in a long time.

 

[thirteen]

Damn right, and he's going to lose a lot more time yet. I'll be pi$$ed off if he gets tossed from this after the effort he's putting in.

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[The Sheep]

How much is the time cut?

They have to be under 17 minutes

 

[Highlander]

Damn right, and he's going to lose a lot more time yet. I'll be pi$$ed off if he gets tossed from this after the effort he's putting in.

If he somehow manages to avoid being eliminated by the time cut, Boonen will become a chief contender for the lantern rouge

 

[Benneth]

They can do this.

 

[Jamsque]

HTC have hit the front too early once again. They look like 2010 Sky.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Tommy looks back - pushes on - 3kms now the uphill!

 

[Parrulo]

htc doesn't want to start their train too soon

 

[Kwibus]

As to TVE Iban Velasco is still riding

Great. I hope he can recover.

 

[Benneth]

Maybe not.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Tommy V!!!

 

[pedaling squares]

You have to love Tommy V

 

[Highlander]

One last dig by Tommy V, at least he loves to make racing exciting

 

[therhodeo]

Go Tommy Go!

 

[thirteen]

Tommy sees, Tommy knows. and yet Tommy keeps on going

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Bravo tommy!!!!!!

 

[Parrulo]

cav struggles but keeps his position on the climb

 

[trevim]

Vacansoleil to try their 1-2 punch to disrupt the trains?

 

[max_powers]

go Roman ftw!