Tour de France: Stage 8 Live Thread (Sunday, July 9, 2006)

1 posted on 07/08/2006 10:00:08 PM PDT by nutmeg

2 posted on 07/08/2006 10:05:52 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("What time is it? You mean now?")

Stage 7 results, stats, injury reports, etc:

Medical report

Bobby Julich crashed 1.5km into the race, suffering deep cuts to his right wrist, reportedly down to his bone and tendons, other cuts and abrasions to his hips and elbow. Transported to hospital in Rennes, early X-rays reveal no broken bones, but surgery likely to clean wound and assess any possible further injuries, will be kept overnight for observation.

CyclingNews.com

3 posted on 07/08/2006 10:10:14 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

4 posted on 07/08/2006 10:16:58 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

What a heartbreaker for Bobby!

5 posted on 07/08/2006 10:29:44 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("What time is it? You mean now?")

LOL, the mystery is solved! I noticed that several commentators' reports spelled the current leader's name Gontchar, while all official reports had him down as Hontchar:

Race leader

Gontchar, 1,309.6km in 30h23:20, 43.095kph - Gontchar becomes Ukraine's first rider to wear the yellow jersey, taking a 1 minute lead on Landis. Gontchar - who insists his name is misspelled on his passport and in Tour result sheets as Honchar - has only finished one Tour in two starts, arriving in Paris 64th in 2002. Overnight Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic), who held the race leader's jersey for four days, slipped to 21st overall at 3:15 back.

6 posted on 07/08/2006 10:36:26 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("What time is it? You mean now?")

Floyd Landis of the US crosses the finish to place second of the 7th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, a 52-kilometer (32.3-mile) individual time trial between Saint-Gregoire and Rennes, western France, Saturday, July 8, 2006. Sergiy Gonchar of Ukraine won the stage and takes the overall lead of the race, Landis took second place of the stage, and places second in the overall standings. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann)

George Hincapie of the US speeds in the last meters of the 7th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, a 52-kilometer (32.3-mile) individual time trial between Saint-Gregoire and Rennes, western France, Saturday, July 8, 2006. (AP Photo / Christian Hartmann)

Serhiy Honchar of Ukraine speeds in the last meters to win the 7th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, a 52-kilometer (32.3-mile) individual time trial between Saint-Gregoire and Rennes, western France, Saturday, July 8, 2006. Honchar takes the overall lead of the race. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann)

Serhiy Honchar of Ukraine jumps as he reacts on the podium after winning the 7th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, a 52-kilometer (32.3-mile) individual time trial between Saint-Gregoire and Rennes, western France, Saturday, July 8, 2006. Honchar takes the overall lead of the race. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

New overall leader Sergiy Honchar of Ukraine reacts on the podium after winning the 7th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, a 52-kilometer (32.3-mile) individual time trial between Saint-Gregoire and Rennes, western France, Saturday, July 8, 2006. Honchar takes the overall lead of the race. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann)

New overall leader Sergiy Honchar of Ukraine puts on the yellow jersey on the podium after winning the 7th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, a 52-kilometer (32.3-mile) individual time trial between Saint-Gregoire and Rennes, western France, Saturday, July 8, 2006. Honchar takes the overall lead of the race. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann)

7 posted on 07/08/2006 10:37:02 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

I couldn't resist posting a couple of extra pics of Serhiy Honchar... he looked like he was having such a great time up there on the podium! LOL

8 posted on 07/08/2006 10:38:06 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

To: whattajoke; CyberCowboy777; Aeronaut; jern; concentric circles; Petronski; Voss; stylin_geek; ...

Tour de France ping!

OLN's US coverage starts Sunday at 8:30am ET/ 5:30am PT

Reports: Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen and Bob Roll

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my Tour de France 2006 list.

9 posted on 07/08/2006 10:48:10 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

To: Ready4Freddy

Thanks for posting that extra map in #2, Freddy! :o)

10 posted on 07/08/2006 10:49:17 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

To: Ready4Freddy

Yes, I'm even more sad about Bobby's crash after reading his ESPN article in #4... what a shame.

11 posted on 07/08/2006 10:52:39 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

Landis only American left standing after shocking stage (ITT Stage 7)

RENNES, France -- On a day when pundits predicted an all-American sweep of Saturday's time trial stage at the Tour de France, an aging, cold warrior upset the favorites to win and slip on the race leader's yellow jersey.

Only Floyd Landis could stand tall against surprise victor Serhiy Honchar, a Ukrainian on the T-Mobile team who relegated favored Dave Zabriskie to 13th and former Lance Armstrong helper George Hincapie to 24th.

(Excerpt) Read more here: ESPN.com

12 posted on 07/08/2006 11:00:46 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

Thanks for the ping and on board for today's race.

I don't think Serhiy "relegated" those two to their positions of 13th and 24th.

He rode a darn good time trial while they seem to have been off their game somewhat.

Everybody got what they earned. Serhiy did look real happy up there.

13 posted on 07/09/2006 3:38:11 AM PDT by PeteB570 (Weapons are not toys to play with, they are tools to be used.)

Man, yesterday was tough.

14 posted on 07/09/2006 5:20:47 AM PDT by Vision ("...cause those liberal freaks go to farrrrrr")

Looks like Floyd is the Real deal. He just has to stay with the mountain goats to take it all.

15 posted on 07/09/2006 5:26:31 AM PDT by razzle

I heard Lance say his dream team includes no sprinters, he only wants mountain men. So yesterday doesn't surprise me, although what happened to Levi Leipheimer? He lost like 3 minutes.

Gonna turn OLN on now.

16 posted on 07/09/2006 5:30:37 AM PDT by Vision ("...cause those liberal freaks go to farrrrrr")

This is probably gonna be another bad day for us.

17 posted on 07/09/2006 5:31:35 AM PDT by Vision ("...cause those liberal freaks go to farrrrrr")

Landis gave a great show yesterday.

18 posted on 07/09/2006 5:34:56 AM PDT by Vision ("...cause those liberal freaks go to farrrrrr")

Looks like Zabriskie is in a break. I expect George to come back in the mountains, Gonchar to drop quickly, and Floyd to be in Yellow soon. Too bad for Levi, he messed up last year with the crazy Kazakh (Vino) passing him at the end. The pressure at the Tour is too much for some people.

19 posted on 07/09/2006 5:55:13 AM PDT by razzle

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