Re: Cycling : Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:56 pm  

Armstrong's having a mare. He is due a bit of bad luck after all those years of avoiding trouble in all fairness.

Re: Cycling : Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:48 am  

Looks like Armstrong has thrown the towel in, could not get up those hills, will he finish the tour? what is his motivation to get up Alpe-d'huez? -

Schleck looks very strong he will take some beating if his team do the business in the team time trial.

Re: Cycling : Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:40 am  

Serge A. Storms wrote:

Looks like Armstrong has thrown the towel in, could not get up those hills, will he finish the tour? what is his motivation to get up Alpe-d'huez? -

Schleck looks very strong he will take some beating if his team do the business in the team time trial.

Alpe d'huez isn't in the tour this year, neither is the team time trial.

I think Armstrong will finish the tour, purely because it is his last one. Schleck looked superb yesterday, as did Sanchez in all fairness (where the hell did he come from, must have been some descent!), but then I would say that as I had money on at about 400 on Betfair with the intention of laying off later in the tour!

Re: Cycling : Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:01 pm  

It's between Schleck, Contador and Evans for me, rest fighting for top 5/10 finish. Not a good day for Wiggins but not disastrous, main test will be the Pyrenees and time trial, outside chance for podium if he can handle the Tourmalet. Many twists and turns to come yet though if the first week is anything to go by.

Re: Cycling : Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:42 pm  

Anyone wanting a good insight into what its like on the tour plus other good races have a look at Cervelo test teams subsite http://www.cervelo.com/en_us/testteam/video-documentary/ The beyond the peloton videos's are an insightful and honest look at how things are run within a pro race team. A must watch for any cycling enthusiast. Talking of which anyone fancy getting together for a rlfans ride out somewhere one day?

Anyone wanting a good insight into what its like on the tour plus other good races have a look at Cervelo test teams subsite http://www.cervelo.com/en_us/testteam/video-documentary/ The beyond the peloton videos's are an insightful and honest look at how things are run within a pro race team. A must watch for any cycling enthusiast. Talking of which anyone fancy getting together for a rlfans ride out somewhere one day?

[John_D]

Re: Cycling : Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:02 pm  

ParanoidAndroid wrote:

It's between Schleck, Contador and Evans for me

Reckon you can take Evans out of it after today. He looked shot to ribbons. Thought he was going to cough a lung up half way up Col de Madeleine.

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:33 am  

And a cracked elbow to boot now as well which may explain the blue tape he was wearing.

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:04 pm  

Looks a straight shoot out between Schleck and Contadour - Schleck needs to break him in the mountains or he is done

[John_D]

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:04 pm  

Serge A. Storms wrote:

Looks a straight shoot out between Schleck and Contadour - Schleck needs to break him in the mountains or he is done

Looks set to come down to the individual time trial.

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:11 pm  

John_D wrote:

Looks set to come down to the individual time trial.

He'll have to go some to drop Contador in the mountains. It got to a point yesterday where they agreed to work together I think. If he goes into the ITT with his current lead you'd have to think AS is screwed