Le Tour - Stage 4 - ***SPOILER***

[ComedyPilot]

Well?

Astana, Garmin, Cervelo, Columbia....?

 

[Landslide]

Garmin.

Astana will roll over the line in two separate groups - The Lancers vs Berty's Allsorts!

 

[rich p]

Garmin.

Astana will roll over the line in two separate groups - The Lancers vs Berty's Allsorts!

Yeah but 5 and 4 works, 4 and 5 doesn't!

 

[Landslide]

Who's 5 and who's 4 should show the camp's true colours!

 

[kennykool]

I think Columbia will take it today. They have been so strong in the first couple of days.

 

[rich p]

I think Columbia will take it today. They have been so strong in the first couple of days.

Kenny, Kenny - Lance is in Astana not Colombia

 

[ComedyPilot]

Bertie's in a no-win situation, he's got to pull to further his own cause, but to do so puts Lance in a dominant position, and if he doesn't.......?

 

[kennykool]

Nice one Rich

Lance has more important things on his mind at the moment tho - like how he will get Berty Boy to sleep in for the start of the first Mountain stage

Some Night Nurse should do the trick or if all the stroies were to be believed I'm sure Dr Michele Ferrari can help him out

Is he still in the free world actually???

 

[zimzum42]

I think everyone seems to be forgetting that it's very likely that Contador will leave Lance for dead on the mountains. He did just that in the giro and was riding totally within himself...

 

[kennykool]

Yeah agree ZimZum - thats why Lance has to hope he'll sleep in for the one of the mounatin stages

What a great start to the Tour!!!!

 

[rich p]

I think everyone seems to be forgetting that it's very likely that Contador will leave Lance for dead on the mountains. He did just that in the giro and was riding totally within himself...

True but LA will be stronger than he was when recovering on the Giro. I still think Bertie will do it but a nice tangle awaits.

 

[ComedyPilot]

LA is no slouch in the mountains, and rode the Giro with a recently broken collarbone. Has Bertie peaked too soon in the season?

 

[garrilla]

DO you think that Astana will put on a show of unity of today, false or otherwise? Bertie will come into his own on Fri with a 2km climb up to Andorra and then the race within a race will really start.

Columbia or Cervelo for the TTT today.

 

[Skip Madness]

Has Bertie peaked too soon in the season?

I don't think so. There was the danger of it, and it certainly happened to Leipheimer, who eventually ran to empty in the Giro. Contador took an important break and rode the Dauphiné very conservatively by his standards. Without knowing for certain, I reckon he has judged his preparation pretty much perfectly.

 

[Skip Madness]

Oh yeah, better make a prediction for the stage, too.

Not sure about time gaps (they will most likely be fairly small among these teams), but I reckon the finishing order will be:

(1) Columbia
(2) Garmin
(3) Astana
(4) Saxo Bank
(5) RaboBank