Stage 2: SPOILER

[Chuffy]

Thought I'd get it started early.


Nice snapshot here of a team talk inside the Garmin bus. "No Dave, that's tomorrow".

 

[raindog]

Tough stage today, and to top it all it's raining. Jalabert has just given his FP for today - Vino.

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just wrote that and there's a crash

 

[raindog]

Andy Schleck has crashed pretty heavily. Mental stage today.

 

[montage]

Andy Schleck has crashed pretty heavily. Mental stage today.

Shhhhhhhht just saw this. Not good at all.

 

[Crackle]

Amets unpronouncable is having a crack; good man.

 

[iAmiAdam]

Cavendish is still rubber down, and I think brad of wiggins is too. Not sure on him though.

God damn eurosport breaks.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Schleck is knackered. Almost 5 minutes down.

 

[accountantpete]

The main Peloton seems to be debating whether to wait for Schleck to come back up to them - curses ad break on itv4.

 

[iAmiAdam]

They shouldn't wait for schleck, they need to catch up with the front two.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Chavanel is going on his own now... I really thought Roelandts would come out on top of the two. It is chaos behind.

 

[accountantpete]

Peloton regrouping -which is going to hand the race to Chavenal if he can hammer the final cl;imb.

Big Jens is burying himself big-time to bring Schleck back

 

[Flying_Monkey]

They are back now... Cancellara controlling himself and the peloton instead of going for it today.

 

[raindog]

Fab will lose yellow but he's saved the brothers - way to go - it's a team thing. Innit.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Fab will lose yellow but he's saved the brothers - way to go - it's a team thing. Innit.

Considering that they have been secretly plotting to leave and undermine Saxo Bank, it's a lesson for them too...

 

[biking_fox]

Why haven't the other GC contenders taken the opportunity to put time into the Shclecks ?? - Wiggins at the very least needs every s he can claw, even in Contador is comfortable he'll win it in the mountains.