Tour de France 2009
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| yep, Wonder how Lance will go in his come back
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| I imagine Lance Armstrong will at least do well. He is apparently capable of winning it again.
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| End of day 1...Top 32 riders results: 
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| That was an absolutely phenomenal performance by Cancellara. Completely destroyed the best field in the world. Wombler |
| Its lame, even in HD...........
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| It is hard to watch on TV; but so is Golf and Sail Boat racing; and Chess is in a class by itself.
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| A few years ago, when it was broadcast live...I used to cut work and hangout in nearby bars to watch this race...for hours. The beer was good too  Stage 2 results: Cancellara still holding the Yellow shirt. Armstrong in 5th.
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| The mountains are when life gets interesting. I wonder what instructions Armstrong's team are under? They have three riders that would be capable of leading the team and apparently there have been a lot of internal wrangles. Wombler |
| End of Stage 3 A fast 195 km with an exciting finish. The sprint was well managed by Cavendish again, but the critics may have to suck on their poison pens now...Armstrong called it well, and hung on to the leaders to score 3rd overall   Quote:
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That's one of the interesting things for me, to see how he plays it. There have been some fantastic battles on the mountain climbs in the past where he tests the other riders on multiple occasions before finally pulling away at the right moment. That's the sort of stuff I'm looking forward to seeing again this year and hopefully he's up for it. Wombler |
| Two days later, and still no big changes...but nail-biting finishes again Today´s results...1st 10 over the line * 1.HUSHOVD T CTT 4h 21' 33" * 2.FREIRE O. RAB 00' 00" * 3.ROJAS J. GCE 00' 00" * 4.CIOLEK G. MRM 00' 00" * 5.PELLIZOTTI F. LIQ 00' 00" * 6.POZZATO F. KAT 00' 00" * 7.BALLAN A. LAM 00' 00" * 8.NOCENTINI R. ALM 00' 00" * 9.EVANS C. SIL 00' 00" * 10.CANCELLARA F. SAX 00' 00" So, Cancellara keeps the Yellow, and Cavendish keeps the Green Current standings: 
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| Yeah a great finish. I felt sorry for David Millar though as that was a fantastic ride by him. He said the long wide straights coming into Barcelona did him out of it as it gave the peloton too much scope to catch up with him. Just unlucky though. Wombler |
| Huge ride today...224km, and it was the first real mountain stage...time to start sorting the men from the boys... and so it unfolded...with Contador showing his class and squeezing past Armstrong. Pundits and blood-thirsty media crying it´s over for Armstrong...that the 11 year younger man is the better rider... We will see...there´s a lot of racing, hills, and strategies to deal with yet Placings: [IMG]  [/IMG]
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| Just another day´s racing. A few dudes make a run for it...but the peloton doesn´t let them get too far ahead. Result: no changes at the top of the overall list, with Contador and Armstrong finishing today´s stage together...so still only 8 seconds between the first three riders after 1216km racing!
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| I rode with an Italian dude today...he was fast and strong....and FIFTY-EIGHT  Then he told me he was in the Italian National Team 30 years ago...and still trains 4 or 5 times a week...up to 250km in a day. I nearly puked trying to keep up with him Anyway...no big changes today. Contador and Armstrong just maintaining their positions...no doubt watching and waiting for a chance or a sign of weakness in the other... 
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| Armstrong admits to tension with Contador...not really a surprise eh Anyway...after a rest day they are back at it in a few hours. BTW...Armstrong was asked if this would be his last TdF: he said "Probably not. Probably not. Maybe one more Tour."
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| Sounds like a very modest and honestly phrased interview to me. Can't wait until stage 15 though.  Wombler |
| Not exactly an eventful race today...and no changes in the positions of the main protagonists. BTW...any Germans interested can see live video on zdf.de...although I think they don´t start at start time. I caught the last hour today anyway.
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| Wow just finished watching today's stage. What an incredible performance from Mark Cavendish! Genuinely the fastest sprinter in the world. There were some of the worlds fastest sprinters involved in that finish and not only could they not get past him he increased the gap all the way up to the line. The other guys will have to change their tactics as I don't think there's anyone else in the field that can beat this guy if they're together approaching the line. Amazing and very entertaining stuff! Wombler |
| I didn´t get to see any of today´s race cos work got in the way but the amazing Cavendish did it again. No change in overall placings...and Mr Cavendish is 134th...over one hour down on the race leaders
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