Le Tour Stage 7 - **Spoiler**

[ComedyPilot]

Despite the clamouring hoardes ripping and snapping at his back wheel Cacellara holds onto the yellow jersey after a wet and crash-laden stage finishing above Barcelona (what a beautiful horizon...?)

La and Bertie are right there, Wiggy is still in with a GC shout. Millar as you know went from 10th in GC to Maillot Jeune on the road to 20th GC. Cav finished in the pack and the god of thunder Thor Hushovd (sp) proved the green giant jumper is not going to be forgotten about just yet.

So, onto Andorra tomorrow with a hilly finish (over 2200 metres high), whatdja reckon?

 

[Chuffy]

Bertie to kick arse I reckon. Although as it's only the first mountain day it probably won't be decisive. I'd love to see Cancellara hang on for a bit longer but I can't see it happening.

 

[Mayniac]

Do ya think Boonen will have any more problems with the white lines?

 

[Crackle]

No idea but I think we'll see the shape of the top ten. I expect Sastre to have a good go.

 

[Steve Austin]

Frank will win tomorrow

 

[ComedyPilot]

Do ya think Boonen will have any more problems with the white lines?

Sniff.......dunno

 

[Skip Madness]

A large-ish group of around 10 or 15 riders will make it to the finish together, although Bertie will probably attack out of it. I reckon Luis León Sánchez will be good for the stage win - Arcalís isn't tough enough to drop him.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Good call on Sanchez. I think I might go with him too. This is also where we see how serious Lance really is about Astana's '2 leaders' thing...

 

[maurice]

I think Contie will try to rip the race apart, with Armstrong doing his upmost to stay with him/limit the damage.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I think Contie will try to rip the race apart, with Armstrong doing his upmost to stay with him/limit the damage.

Maybe. There's many more climbing days to come though, and I am not sure if Contador will do more than mark whichever specialist climber mounts an attack tomorrow. Tomorrow is a bit too... obvious or it would be for me - let's just see!

 

[maurice]

I bet Contie is dying to assert his authority on the team though!

 

[Noodley]

What about Wiggins? He seems to think he can mix it up a bit.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

What about Wiggins? He seems to think he can mix it up a bit.

Judging by the Giro he will be up there, at least for a while. The question is whether his massively improved fitness has also translated into staying power over the whole Tour. He did startlingly well in the mountains in Italy in the first week but then gradually slipped back down the classification. However that was just a test for him, and he seems to think he can hit Top 15. I hope so.

 

[Noodley]

Judging by the Giro he will be up there, at least for a while. The question is whether his massively improved fitness has also translated into staying power over the whole Tour. He did startlingly well in the mountains in Italy in the first week but then gradually slipped back down the classification. However that was just a test for him, and he seems to think he can hit Top 15. I hope so.

I reckon he might put in 'a show' in at least one of the mountain stages, and might even try to 'up' his breakaway victory from a couple of years ago - maybe not on a real mountain stage but certainly on a stage with lumps.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I reckon he might put in 'a show' in at least one of the mountain stages, and might even try to 'up' his breakaway victory from a couple of years ago - maybe not on a real mountain stage but certainly on a stage with lumps.

I hope so. I think that, whatever his track acheivements, he feels he still has to prove himself as a road rider...