Le Tour Stage 7 - **Spoiler**
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biking_fox
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Nocentini takes yellow by 6s from Bertie! And Lance only 2s behind.
Halfmanhalfbike
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Guess who's got Nocentini in their Fantasy team 
Skip Madness
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To anyone who is thinking the same thing I thought, you need to re-read this sentence - it's not what it looks like.yello said:
Bruyneel had a completely flat face. There were no individual plans he said, we wanted to work as a team and watch for the attacks he said. He wouldn't be drawn on the subject of Armstrong and/or Contador. Why did I get the impression he wasn't overly pleased with his team's position??
kevin_cambs_uk
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I am a big Lance fan, but Contador looked superb. I think Lance will be second at the end, he reminded me of Ulrich, sat on the big gear, but I could be wrong, but having him there is good enough for me .
I'm reserving judgement. Armstrong looked spent at the end there, he had nothing to answer Contador. It seemed to me that he spent a great deal of energy just staying in the right place, 4 Astana riders ahead of him, and then couldn't launch or answer from there. There are many more stages to go yet but I wouldn't be surprised to see Armstrong fade.
PpPete
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yello said:
He's got nothing to be pissed about, surely...4 riders in top 6 of the GC, and there's enough good domestiques to lead out & service them?
That said we'd all larf if Contador & Armstrong got into a private battle and let Wiggo through ...?
Skip Madness
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I don't understand why Armstrong should have been following Contador. When Bertie went it was other teams' responsibility to follow him, and when they did Armstrong latched on to them. If I was the DS that's what I would have been telling them to do.
Skip Madness said:
Because he wants to win?
Evans (as I recall) tried to follow Contador, albeit briefly. I just don't reckon anyone could have gone with him, it was pretty darned impressive acceleration.
In another team, SM, I reckon you'd be right and the DS would have just instructed Armstrong just to check anyone but we're talking about Astana and Armstrong!
stumpy
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Skip Madness said:
+1
Why would any DS want his 2 main riders attacking each other and wearing each other out in the 1st week of the tour??? there is plenty more racing to come but it's still a good marker of Contador's form
stumpy said:
The DS may not want it but, in his own words, there were no individual orders. And it could be argued that his 2 main riders are not even on the same team! But, yes, there's a lot more racing yet and Contador looks good.
But I don't think this saga has finished yet as I don't think it's all love & kisses and singing from the same hymn sheet at Astana. I think anyone that thinks otherwise is a tad naive!
