Tour de France 2011

Originally posted by rob39
Forget Wiggo, he's just crashed, potential broken collar bone. Race over for him

sad, as he couldv'e made this more than a two horse race Contador or either of the schlecks ( as they will obviously decide between themselves who is in better form)

Its a pity Wiggens is out just before the mountain stages , and ive done my money lol

I'm rootin for cadel evans then frank or andy. I don't think ac is in his 2009 form since he did the giro too this yr...go thor!

Originally posted by dustycat
I'm rootin for cadel evans then frank or andy. I don't think ac is in his 2009 form since he did the giro too this yr...go thor!

It would be great to see Evans win - but his team just doesnt seem to have the strength of Schlecks etc. and l fear he will get isolated and shredded like 2 years ago. But!, l will be staying up late to watch.

Great to see Cavendish take the green with a brilliant sprint to win the stage a few minutes ago...after the disappointment for him yesterday, the best sprinter in the world is now in green, they both complement each other nicely 🙂
Amazed that he lost his footing on the peddle with only 500 to go yet still wins, Renshaw is just a class lead out man...

Originally posted by Lundos
So another year and another Contador vs Schleck battle. Is Andy ready for the throne and is Contador too tired after the Giro? Or will it be business as usual for the Spanish cycling machine?

At least there are a few things different this year. Both Andy and Contador changed teams. Andy now rides for the new Leopold Trek team and will fight against his old ...[text shortened]... tegy give an extra edge?

And who will win the green, mountain and youth jerseys this year?

who's tested positive so far?

Originally posted by uzless
who's tested positive so far?

Just the one guy...Russian national champion and Olympic bronze medallist Alexandar Kolobnev, forced to retire by his team Katusha.. testing positive for a diuretic, he has the right to race on and wait for the B sample but his team gave him the heave ho....
Remember that you'd get a ban for taking many over the counter preparations, so the tour and UCI and taking no shyte !!

Great year for the Belgians so far. Gilbert in the opening stage and today Vanendert in probably the toughest mountain stage of this tour. Of course we all know he'd never have been allowed to drive off like that if he was anywhere near the top of the standings, but still a very strong performance, could he even bring the climbers jersey home to the low countries ?

Too bad Van den Broeck went down in one of the early crashes so we've got no chance for a top-5 finish, but we can't complain.

FANTASTIC race to the Alpe D'Huez today, it killed me just watching the finish at the summit of the Col du Galibier..the gutsy Voeckler lost his jersey but Rolland made up for it pinching the victory from Contador, Contador was brilliant.. Evans, the Schlecks...too many to mention, this years Tour is the best for 20yrs, easy !! STILL waiting to hear if Cav' will be allowed to stay in tomorrow given he was 30secs outside the timelimit, then again his nearest rival Rojas was in the same group...
Chapeau, Le Tour !!

Originally posted by Lundos
So another year and another Contador vs Schleck battle. Is Andy ready for the throne and is Contador too tired after the Giro? Or will it be business as usual for the Spanish cycling machine?

At least there are a few things different this year. Both Andy and Contador changed teams. Andy now rides for the new Leopold Trek team and will fight against his old ...[text shortened]... tegy give an extra edge?

And who will win the green, mountain and youth jerseys this year?

As long as has nothing to do with Lance Armstrong, I'm a happy camper.

Cadel !!

Awesome tour.