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al415 said:
It's a shame we can't ask Laurent Fignon anymore.
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Respect for the dead, yo! Laurent was a great racer (and a head case too) who recieved the beat down from a man possessed from years of getting 2nd billing (oh yeah and getting shot). I can remember watching that live... I felt like I was pedalling that 55x12 myself.

Voekler, farewell my friend. Tomorrow will be your last day in yellow.
 
graveyardman67 said:
Respect for the dead, yo! Laurent was a great racer (and a head case too) who recieved the beat down from a man possessed from years of getting 2nd billing (oh yeah and getting shot). I can remember watching that live... I felt like I was pedalling that 55x12 myself.

Voekler, farewell my friend. Tomorrow will be your last day in yellow.
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What an incredible race that was. I'd race home from school to catch Phil Ligget on Chanel Four (UK) every day. Some serious edge of the seat stuff. Sean Kelly won the points classification, and stage wins for Robert Millar and Martin Early made it even better.
 
Views today are absolutely stunning. Is contador bluffing that he went back to the medi car already today?
 
Team tactics are interesting. Leopard sent 2 riders up and BMC countered with 1 and another in a chase group. No one from Saxo-Bank. I think BMC is watching Saxo setup Leopard.
 
Personally I think they're all throwing shit on the wall in the hopes that something works. I'd be surprised if Contador doesn't try to bring the pain today. If it is a bluff I'm sure nobody is buying it.

I think Voekler loses more time but keeps yellow one more day.
 
Dumb luck that nobody ended up wrapped around that railing yesterday. Voekler did a nice job avoiding it.
 
I have 2 meetings coming up - predictions: Andy flys off the road trying to keep his gap. Evans and Contador (with Voekler) bomb the decent and make up most of the time. 15k to go it all blows up.
 
graveyardman67 said:
I have 2 meetings coming up - predictions: Andy flys off the road trying to keep his gap. Evans and Contador (with Voekler) bomb the decent and make up most of the time. 15k to go it all blows up.
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This gap is huge. I have to imagine they'll reel him in a bit on the other side but will they wipe the gap? I dunno about that.
 
UtahJoe said:
Dumb luck that nobody ended up wrapped around that railing yesterday. Voekler did a nice job avoiding it.
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Someone did that same move about 3-4 minutes before. pretty scary.

EuroSport Announcers > Versus Announcers
 
pearl said:
EuroSport Announcers > Versus Announcers
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David Duffield and Sean Kelly are a blast to listen to. After a while, you will find that they too have their own quirks and famous quotes. Sean Kelly was a big deal when he raced. His insight regarding strategy is always spot on.

I suspect that if you watched/listened to Eurosport for years, you would find that listening to Liggett/Sherwin to be a nice change of pace.
 
When I watched that last night I couldn't believe that 2 different guys probably had their lives or limbs saved by the owner of that guy's house leaving the gate open like that. Both those riders should be sending that guy a nice gift if you ask me.

Shame that Voeckler didn't just hang with the shlecks instead of taking all those risky descent moves cause that was crazy how they just appeared behind Contador right at the end and all his work was for poop. He had to be thinking that Contador was about to gain serious time there. Obviously that will not be the last time we see that super dooper hard effort from Contador though. It almost seems as if he can leave andy if he really wants to, I hope andy can hang with him tho.
 
Whoa!

Andy is proving his metal right now!!! Cadel is badass too!!! Contador as a GC contender sitting on wheels on this entire climb=bs.
Go Andy, Go Frank, Go Voeckler, Go Cadel!!!!
Badass stage!!!!!
 
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