Le Tour Stage 6 - **Spoiler**

[Flying_Monkey]

Cavendish is perfectly capable of finishing, but it depends on how much the mountains take out of him as to whether he can be as dominant in the flat stages in the week 2-3. I reckon Thor will have to start racing for the interim sprints if he's going to beat him though... no-one else has a prayer unless both drop out.

Wiggins is looking very strong, don't you think? Right there in the front group yesterday. He actually looks like be belongs at the front of the peloton now, and is becoming the complete package. He said before the Tour he is aiming for Top15 which I thought was going to be very tricky even given his recent improvement as a road rider - let's see how much his climbing has improved, but it he can sustain what he did in the first week of the Giro (when he was really just testing himself and not in such good shape)...

 

[Skip Madness]

Hushvod looked strong, I favour him for green over the whole tour, not convinced yet Cavendish will finish.

Anyone who doubts Cavendish's ability to finish the Tour should remember that he finished last year's Giro. Some of the stages in the final week included these:

If Cavendish was able to haul himself through that Plan de Corones mountain time trial within the time limit then finishing the Tour should be a cakewalk.

 

[Noodley]

And Cav and Hushovd are both proven 'classics' riders.

In fact looking at today's stage profile it was 'perfect' for Thor. But then again it was 'perfect' for a few others, and I thought LL Sanchez would take it.

 

[Noodley]

Was today's stage any good? I missed the highlights due to 'other stuff'.

I quite miss the ITV4 repeat highlights show which used to be on later/midnight as that suited me better than 7pm

 

[Speicher]

Can you get ITV4 plus 1, so the highlights are at 8pm.

 

[Noodley]

Can you get ITV4 plus 1, so the highlights are at 8pm.

I need ITV4 plus 3 or 4

It's not been to bad so far this year but Thursday evening is Athletics training for elder Noodlette so I missed today's highlights.

Glad to see Thor get the stage. I like Thor a lot.

 

[John the Monkey]

Glad to see Thor get the stage. I like Thor a lot.

+1

I thought his slip in Paris Roubaix was very bad luck indeed - odd to see it reversed on this stage with Boner taking the tumble and Thor the win.

As for Millar, that's the second time he's had me on my feet screaming at the telly this season. Fantastic ride.