Stage 5 - Spoiler

[Tetedelacourse]

I've already got bored with Cav, I don't think Evans needs a win, he's pretty secure already. And, Schumacher.. isn't he German TT champion anyway? So it shouldn't be too surprising, just Cancellara had an off-day.

Cancellara, and Millar, and Evans, and Kirchen, and Vandevelde. Lots of off days coincided then

 

[kennykool]

Mmmmm - what are you hinting at Tetedelacourse????? I sense you are leaning towards what that ITV interviewer was getting at last night?????

Do you commute to Edinburgh to work Tete?

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

Lots of folks with a funny attitude towards Cavendish especially on the Mark Cavendish thread

Don't recall him saying he'd win 5 stages.......2 maybe

I take it back. Sort of. He is 'targetting' 4-5 stages. The overall tone of the piece sticks in my craw though. But then it is the Sun so he probably said nothing of the sort.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/article1383205.ece

 

[kennykool]

Nice bit of research Disgruntled Goat

I never saw that arcticle...suppose thats cos I don't read the Sun ha ha

 

[mondobongo]

Comes to something when Cycling hits the back page of the s*n.

 

[Keith Oates]

Back to the drawing board - the race is on and there is a break with about 6 mins in hand but also a crash and Valverde is involved and at the doctors car. Let's hope it not serious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Haitch]

Just seen that Soler stepped off his bike after 40 minutes.

 

[Keith Oates]

He's not had the best of luck with the crashes lately, hope it changes for him later in the season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Mmmmm - what are you hinting at Tetedelacourse????? I sense you are leaning towards what that ITV interviewer was getting at last night?????

Do you commute to Edinburgh to work Tete?

Oui. Rosyth - South Gyle, more days than not. Are you on the roads at all?

I'm on a spesh allez, no helmetto. That should identify me! Say g'day if you see me.

Regarding Schumacher, eh, aye there's more than a snifter of suspicion for me. His form + his palmaires + the performance of the others + his background:

suspicious minds

and specifically:

In 2004 he tested positive for the amphetamine cathine - an appetite suppressant (if only Jan Ullrich had been au fait) - but was let off after explaining it had been prescribed to him (by his mother, a doctor) as a treatment to asthma.

and

Victory in the Tour of Poland, two stages and two pink jerseys in the Giro, and the Benelux incident all followed before Schumi, in 2007, stormed to victory in the Amstel Gold. Tests, however, showed the rider to have "irregular blood levels" but this too was waived as a result of chronic diarrhoea.

Just my opinion though!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Down to less than 3 minutes with over 60 km to go - this break is not going to last... a day for the sprinters after all.

 

[Moonlight]

Yeah, or maybe another break away. Hope not though, looking forward to a mass sprint...

 

[Noodley]

Just seen that Soler stepped off his bike after 40 minutes.

That's the Welsh for you. No stamina

 

[Tetedelacourse]

I find it hard to see past McEwen for today's stage. The man's so good he had a (bad) lager named after him.

 

[kennykool]

Oui. Rosyth - South Gyle, more days than not. Are you on the roads at all?


I park N Ride at Queensferry. Desperate to park and bike in but now showers in my office in the centre of town - and being a Financial Adviser cannot be sweaty. Wish I could bike it in tho!!!!

Mass Sprint finish today - no questions

McEwan, Cavendish, Hushovd or Zabel????????

 

[Moonlight]

Haha Tete. Likewise, a friend of mine got very up himself when he discovered the existance of Toby beer . McEwen definitly seems like a bit of a favourite for today. They've nearly caught the escapees! That'll teach them!