Stage 3: SPOILER

[zimzum42]

He has. It has been a champion's performance from Armstrong today.

He didn't catch Contador though, did he?

 

[marinyork]

Woah vino took more time than I thoght, he's 9s ahead of contador, didn't look like 20 seconds!

 

[zimzum42]

Looks like Wiggo got some time back too!

Or did he??? Difficult to tell what is happening...

 

[marinyork]

Or did he??? Difficult to tell what is happening...

Yes, he'll have got 20 seconds or there abouts out of contador. Outside the top ten in the GC so not immediately visible.

 

[dan_bo]

Thomas 2nd on GC! Brilliant.

 

[chfp77]

He has. It has been a champion's performance from Armstrong today.

Tremendous riding.

 

[marinyork]

Millar finished in the second chasing group. Not too shabby. Wiggins in the first chasing group and Thomas 2nd for the stage/GC .

 

[zimzum42]

From BBC

Contador was dropped in the last few hundred metres by the, er, Contador group (that included Wiggins) but he finishes well ahead of Armstrong.

SO Lance didn't catch him at all...

Still a brave ride though

 

[marinyork]

anyone got a new GC listing?

yeah they've added it very quickly to the official site today.

1. CANCELLARA Fabian TEAM SAXO BANK 14h 54' 00"
2. THOMAS Geraint SKY + 00' 23"
3. EVANS Cadel BMC RACING TEAM + 00' 39"
4. HESJEDAL Ryder GARMIN + 00' 46"
5. CHAVANEL Sylvain QUICK STEP + 01' 01"
6. SCHLECK Andy SAXO BANK + 01' 09"
7. HUSHOVD Thor CERVELO + 01' 19"
8. VINOKOUROV Alexandre ASTANA + 01' 31"
9. CONTADOR Alberto ASTANA + 01' 40"
10. VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen LOTTO + 01' 42"
11. ROCHE Nicolas AG2R + 01' 42"
12. VAN SUMMEREN Johan 58 GARMIN + 01' 47"
13. MENCHOV Denis RABOBANK + 01' 49"
14. WIGGINS Bradley SKY + 01' 49"
15. MILLAR David

 

[dan_bo]

Wiggo 9" off Contador. Not bad at all after that prologue.

 

[NickM]

do you live on coronation street?

No, the cobbles are in Burgess Park - and I survived them, and nobody on a bike passed me, and there was nobody in front of me when I arrived at my road... so I won today's stage of the Tour d'Imagination

 

[zimzum42]

http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/300/classement/index.html

1. CANCELLARA Fabian 13 TEAM SAXO BANK 14h 54' 00"
2. THOMAS Geraint 39 SKY PRO CYCLING 14h 54' 23" + 00' 23"
3. EVANS Cadel 121 BMC RACING TEAM 14h 54' 39" + 00' 39"
4. HESJEDAL Ryder 54 GARMIN - TRANSITIONS 14h 54' 46" + 00' 46"
5. CHAVANEL Sylvain 131 QUICK STEP 14h 55' 01" + 01' 01"
6. SCHLECK Andy 11 TEAM SAXO BANK 14h 55' 09" + 01' 09"
7. HUSHOVD Thor 95 CERVELO TEST TEAM 14h 55' 19" + 01' 19"
8. VINOKOUROV Alexandre 9 ASTANA 14h 55' 31" + 01' 31"
9. CONTADOR Alberto 1 ASTANA 14h 55' 40" + 01' 40"
10. VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 101 OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO 14h 55' 42" + 01' 42"
11. ROCHE Nicolas 81 AG2R LA MONDIALE 14h 55' 42" + 01' 42"
12. VAN SUMMEREN Johan 58 GARMIN - TRANSITIONS 14h 55' 47" + 01' 47"
13. MENCHOV Denis 191 RABOBANK 14h 55' 49" + 01' 49"
14. WIGGINS Bradley 31 SKY PRO CYCLING 14h 55' 49" + 01' 49"
15. MILLAR David 57 GARMIN - TRANSITIONS 14h 56' 06" + 02' 06"
16. KREUZIGER Roman 44 LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 14h 56' 24" + 02' 24"
17. SANCHEZ Luis-Leon 161 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 14h 56' 25" + 02' 25"
18. ARMSTRONG Lance 21 TEAM RADIOSHACK 14h 56' 30" + 02' 30"
19. LÖVKVIST Thomas 37 SKY PRO CYCLING 14h 56' 34" + 02' 34"
20. ROJAS Jose Joaquin 169 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 14h 56' 35" + 02' 35"
21. MARTIN Tony 115 TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA 14h 56' 35" + 02' 35"
22. DURAN AROCA Arkaitz 214 FOOTON-SERVETTO 14h 56' 49" + 02' 49"
23. MC EWEN Robbie 75 KATUSHA TEAM 14h 56' 52" + 02' 52"
24. LEIPHEIMER Levi 25 TEAM RADIOSHACK 14h 56' 53" + 02' 53"
25. MAASKANT Martijn 56 GARMIN - TRANSITIONS 14h 56' 57" + 02' 57"

 

[Crankarm]

So AC is 50 seconds in front of LA. If LA is going to have any hope of getting on the podium he will have to have a couple of very good days in the mountains or ride a time trial of his life. Maybe a bridge too far.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Cracking stage, and an awesome performace by Thomas, Wiggins too. I did not realise Brad was in the Contador group till the last kilo, thanks to the Lance Lance Lance Lance Lance Laaaaaaaaance obssession with his fanboys in the ITV commentary box. They hardly mentioned Wiggins and I kept looking at the groups further back for him.

Even Duffers was better than these two, at least he had Kelly beside him to point out the bleedin obvious.

 

[dan_bo]

No, the cobbles are in Burgess Park - and I survived them, and nobody on a bike passed me, and there was nobody in front of me when I arrived at my road... so I won today's stage of the Tour d'Imagination

I know that place- I've a punter in the Maudsley which entails me staying in the pascha hotel nearby.

Do you ever drink in the Carib bar?