Posted on 07/13/2006 11:37:15 PM PDT by nutmeg
'The Cannibal' said that!?!? ;>)
hmm.
Perhaps this break will make it.
It kinda looks like it at the moment.
Weird how Lotto lost all interest and Quickstep has shown none at all.
McEwen's primary leadout dude Steegmans was just recently dropped by the peloton and is riding along in a small group that's formed Casar, Celestino, Lopez Garcia, Ricco and Simoni.
Voeckler was also in that group (probably paying the price for his break yesterday) but fought his way back to the peloton.
LOL, thank you, BaBa!
THis is the Velonews post I refered too -- they seem to think Friere can grab the jersey.
:45 PM With 55km to go The four men are heading to the sprint at Mirepoix. Odds are good that Freire will grab that. If he wins that one and holds on to take the sprint at the finish, he'll move into the points jersey. With that in mind, the Davitamon team is beginning to lend a hand in the chase.
If they are wrong then I apologize for repeating it.
I did notice there were two sprints today. Friere won the second for 6 pts. Who won the first? If it was six pts also and Friere took that one it would put him 24 pts back with 25 available at the line.
Either way it is probably a moot point as McEwen will take at least some points most likely.
That is an amazing pace, esp w/ 3 climbs in the stage, albeit smaller ones.
Looks like Phonak has decided that Popo can have his 4 or 5 minutes. Break is still at 4:30 with 27Km to go. Looks like it will be up to McEwen and co to reel it in if they want to.
Bennati took the first sprint.
THanks. Maybe Velo is thinking today is a 35 pt day or something. OH well, good to know, and it explains why McEwen and co seem to be content to vie for 5th place instead of chasing.
Km : 76 - CAUMONT Points
1 083 BENNATI Daniele LAM ITA 6
2 022 GUERINI Giuseppe TMO ITA 4
3 003 HINCAPIE George DSC USA 2
Km : 162 - MIREPOIX (D.119a-D.119) Points
1 056 FREIRE Oscar RAB ESP 6
2 082 BALLAN Alessandro LAM ITA 4
3 119 LE MEVEL Christophe C.A FRA 2
Popo has been doing most of the work in the break (37%) and LeMevel has been doing the least (17%). Popo has the most to gain today on GC and LeMevel is looking for that big money rouge, blanc, et bleu victory on Fête nationale de la République Française!
Was just thinking, there's way too much at stake here for the escapees to allow Le Mavel that coveted stage win on Bastille Day. If he gets it, he will have earned it!
Because of this he is the hero of one of my sons!
I think everyone here knows my affinity for cute French girls in yellow dresses.
I'm thinking we're gonna see the peloton pick up the pace considerably hee, tho...
Vinokourov "rocked the baby" when he crossed the line for the stage win back in 2003. Not sure if he came up with that on his own or if he was emulating Stephens.
That was the famous stage where Beloki went down and Armstrong took a little ride across the field.
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