[leilani]

What a burst of speed.

On the replay with the overhead shot, it looked like Thor was standing completely still while everybody else took off. I wonder what happened?

[luv2ski]

On the replay with the overhead shot, it looked like Thor was standing completely still while everybody else took off. I wonder what happened?

More dirty Tour tactics: a fan dressed in a HTC t-shirt was seen holding up a photo of you. When Thor saw it he was momentarily transported and lost all sight of the sprint.

[Ready4Freddy]

It was really an amazing finish, Coupla lead-out trains clogging things up, tons of riders up front, and I wondered if the main players were going to make it to the front in time.

Cav used everyone’s wheels to climb up to the front after Eisel(sp??) dropped off, truly an amazing performance. Then he drafted on Petacchi, lol.

I think that Thor just got stuck in the crowd for a bit too long, then when it was time to break free he just didn't have the juice to match Cav and the others.

I don't think of Thor as a pure sprinter like Cav and Petacchi, that's all those guys can do. Thor can hang in the mountains to some extent, while the ‘pure’ sprinters are dropping off the back on the first big climb.

Thor just doesn't have the blinding acceleration that Cav has. ‘course, who does?