Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)

[Noodley]

Anyway, live coverage about to start...I must away and give my full attention to picking up Liggett and Sherwen for talking bollocks.

 

[yello]

btw, that really was an uninteresting fact Noodley.... I've forgotten it already!

 

[Noodley]

btw, that really was an uninteresting fact Noodley.... I've forgotten it already!

Excellent, I must be getting better at this! It won't be long before you forget I am posting not-very-interesting facts every day....

 

[Noodley]

I would also just like to state that Sagan is my new 2nd favourite rider.

 

[Buddfox]

Am only following on text as am in work... did Cav contest the intermediate sprint? I saw Sagan picked up 8 points - if not, does that suggest he's given up on Green and will just look for some stage wins?

 

[yello]

He was half hearted then gave up.

He's now riding as a domestique, fetching bidons!

 

[Buddfox]

Hard to blame him for knocking it on the head, if he has. I reckon he started with an ambition to give it a shot, but he needed a lot of things to go his way for it to work. In the end, he's probably had worse luck. I know he's competitive, but not to be blamed for sitting down now, starting to focus on the Olympics, get through the mountains unscathed, and do his bit to help Wiggo. If Wiggo does get yellow, they'll give him the full lead out train on the Champs Elysee, which would be prize enough this year. [Edit: to be fair, even if Wiggo doesn't get yellow, they'll probably still do this. Would just look cooler if Wiggo was wearing yellow!]

 

[smutchin]

Hmmm. Wiggo has form for going missing on the Champs-Élysées when expected to do lead-out duties. And he didn't even have the excuse of being in yellow...

d.

 

[yello]

Interesting. A mini interview with Cancellara. Asked "yellow jersey or olympic gold?", he replied "olympic gold".

 

[zimzum42]

Interesting. A mini interview with Cancellara. Asked "yellow jersey or olympic gold?", he replied "olympic gold".

Probably because he knows he'll never wear yellow in Paris...

 

[Buddfox]

But he really only has a shot at winning one of them, to be fair...

 

[Buddfox]

From the BBC website:

A total of 13 riders have abandoned since the crash on Friday. Here's a full run-down.
AG2R - Hubert Dupont (Fra) - sprained ankle, vertebrae and radius
Euskaltel - Mikel Astarloza (Spa) - elbow; Amets Txurruka (Spa) - right collarbone fracture
Garmin - Tom Danielson (US) - shoulder; Robert Hunter (SA) - vertebrae; Ryder Hesjedal (Can) - hematoma hip, left knee
Katusha - Oscar Freire (Spa) - broken rib
Lampre - Davide Vigano (Ita) - broken collarbone
Movistar - Imanol Erviti (Spa) - right leg; Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) - right knee
Rabobank - Maarten Wynants (Bel) - broken ribs, perforated lung
Saur-Sojasun - Anthony Delaplace (Fra) - broken wrist
Vacansoleil - Wouter Poels (Ned) - broken ribs, injured spleen

Ouch...!!

 

[yello]

Sky picking up the pace of the peloton, I thought the presence of Sanchez in the breakaway might make things a bit interesting, then darn me if Sean Yates doesn't confirm it!

 

[Chuffy]

He was half hearted then gave up.

He's now riding as a domestique, fetching bidons!

That might shut a few people up.

 

[raindog]

Sanchez just gave a perfect straight right to the gob of a spectator.