Tour de France: Stage 15 Live Thread (Tuesday, July 18, 2006) L'Alpe d'Huez!

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[Ready4Freddy]

Hope Axel has enough left to help Landis...

[leilani]

Dessel (3rd on GC) is now also attacking the peloton...trying to save his podium spot He's riding his little heart out. Oh ye of little faith.

[green iguana]

Feh! Error! Landis isn't there yet...

[BaBaStooey]

The Maillot Jaune is on the move. There is a breakaway group now containing Periero, Rogers, Dessel, and Boogerd.

I'm not seeing Menchov anywhere

[Ready4Freddy]

Geez, leilani, y'all need to get a room! LOL!! ;>)

[af_vet_rr]

One of these days, some idiot fan will take out a contender right on international TV, and then they'll have to get serious about crowd control. You can't have these morons running into the road right in front of the riders.

Remember when Armstrong hooked somebody's purse and went down hard? That's just one of many. For better or for worse, they can't do much about the crowds over a 100+ mile corse. That's part of what makes the Tour, the Tour, but it's dangerous, no doubt about that.

There was an interview with Armstrong about his friendship with Bush and whether he was worried somebody might do something after the war with Iraq started, and Armstrong didn't want to talk about it. I think a lot of us were thinking somebody might do something since it's such a huge international event.

[Eurotwit]

Menchov was apparently right behind Landis.

He must have found a second wind.

[Eurotwit]

Except he has lost it again :-)

[BaBaStooey]

Looks like Axel and Levi are being left behind by Landis, Kloden, and Sastre.

De la Fuente and Zabriskie just fell off the face of the Earth. No worries for the KOTM, though, he will keep his lead.

[green iguana]

Landis and Kloden are flying up the hill - looks like they'll catch the leaders if they keep up this pace.

[green iguana]

16:40 CEST 185km/2km to go
Mazzoleni does his last turn, bringing Landis and Kloden to 54 seconds.

Schleck attacks and Cunego is broken!! The Luxembourger has 5 seconds, 6, 7...

16:41 CEST 185.5km/1.5km to go
Lobato and Garzelli are caught by the Landis group.

[BaBaStooey]

I can't keep up with all the changes.

[Eurotwit]

Looks like Schleck will take this.

A good day for CSC.

[Steve_Seattle]

Landis is now 1:35 ahead of Pereira.

[Ready4Freddy]

16:39 - Mazzoleni With Landis...

Mazzoleni has waited for the riders in fourth and fifth... he is now setting the tempo for Kloden and Landis. This trio is 54" behind Cunego who has just been attacked by Schleck.

[green iguana]

16:42 CEST 186km/1km to go
Mazzoleni, Kloden, Landis, Chavanel, Garzelli and Lobato are together, but fighting it out for third. Landis will be in yellow, as he has two minutes on Pereiro.

Schleck gets to 1 km to go, with Cunego doing his best to close the gap, but failing. Schleck will win.

[BaBaStooey]

Frankie Schleck has just become fricken famous!

Hats off to Team CSC who will continue to lead the team classification despite their depleted roster.

[Ready4Freddy]

I see ~1'38 lead for Landis over Pereiro Sio? Gona be close, no matter what!

[BaBaStooey]

A juicy 8 seconds on the finish line for whoever wins this bunch sprint.

[Eurotwit]

Landis in yellow!