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Tour de France: Stage 17 Live Thread (Thursday, July 20, 2006) Col de Joux-Plane
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Posted on 07/19/2006 9:15:41 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: kevkrom
Probably not even that much.
He is already now only two minutes behind Kloden.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:09:23 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: Eurotwit
Probably not even that much. He is already now only two minutes behind Kloden. Well, the 3' 45" gap is certainly helping. :)
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:13:06 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(Posting snarky comments so you don't have to)
To: Eurotwit
A couple of observations.
(1) Phonak was not built to win the Tour, despite having a leader with the potential. The perfect team for Floyd would be himself and eight Axels. Unfortunately, he only has one. The team actually consists of Floyd, Axel, and seven stiffs. The other 7 Phonak guys have been completely invisible for the entire Tour.
(2) Floyd cannot simply make up time on Pereiro. It is very easy to lose time in le Tour but it is tough to gain it. Floyd has to gain on the maillot jaune AND all of the other riders ahead of him.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:16:37 AM PDT
by
BaBaStooey
(I heart Emma Caulfield.)
To: Eurotwit
THis is very reminiscente of Marco Panini's breakaway. The key for floyd now is can he keep the gap at 3 min all the way to Colde Joux-Plane, and then how much will he have left for that final climb.
No matter what, you have to admire his guts for trying this, he is showing everyone that he does not know the meaning of the word quit.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:16:56 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
To: BaBaStooey
(2) Floyd cannot simply make up time on Pereiro. It is very easy to lose time in le Tour but it is tough to gain it. Floyd has to gain on the maillot jaune AND all of the other riders ahead of him. Right now, that's exactly what he's doing. All of the other leaders are sitting about 3 and a half minutes back of Landis.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:18:39 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(Posting snarky comments so you don't have to)
To: kevkrom
Wow, the asphalt seems slippery. Landis going hard on the downhill.
46
posted on
07/20/2006 5:18:48 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: Eurotwit
Only 1'45" behind the breakawy now... it'd probably be better to pass them on a climb than a descent, I would imagine.
47
posted on
07/20/2006 5:19:57 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(Posting snarky comments so you don't have to)
To: BaBaStooey
Well it sure is an interesting start to the todays stage.
It even looks like Landis gained some time on the descent :-)
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:22:32 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: kevkrom
I am not so sure Floyd is even worrying about the breakaway group. I think he is just busting his ass today no matter what happens.
But, if he cuts into them bigtime, he will probably make the catch/pass on Col de Aravis.
But, something tells me even if he does, that he will not wait for them. This almost has the feel of a TT for Floyd right now.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:23:40 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
To: commish
Reports now that Landis is only 50 seconds behind the leaders.
50
posted on
07/20/2006 5:25:07 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: commish
THe Yellow Jersey Group is getting serious -- they have upped the pass furiously. Now 2:55 back of Floyd.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:25:36 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
To: Eurotwit
And Floyd 4 minutes ahead of Sastre and Co. :-)
52
posted on
07/20/2006 5:25:44 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: commish
hmm?
Norwegian TV reporting the opposite.
53
posted on
07/20/2006 5:26:15 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: Eurotwit
Yep.. Le tour had it wrong. They posted 2:55 and now have changed it to 3:55.
54
posted on
07/20/2006 5:26:59 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
To: Eurotwit
Landis cathing the leaders now :-)
55
posted on
07/20/2006 5:26:59 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: Eurotwit
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:27:28 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: commish
5 minutes 30 sekunds now :-)
57
posted on
07/20/2006 5:28:08 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: Eurotwit
"Virtual GC:"
Pos. N° Name Surname Team Nat. Gaps
1 097 PEREIRO SIO Oscar CEI ESP
2 014 SASTRE Carlos CSC ESP 01' 50"
3 021 KLÖDEN Andréas TMO GER 02' 29"
4 035 DESSEL Cyril A2R FRA 02' 43"
5 061 EVANS Cadel DVL AUS 02' 56"
6 071 LANDIS Floyd PHO USA 04' 13"
7 026 ROGERS Michael TMO AUS 06' 47"
8 041 LEIPHEIMER Levi GST USA 07' 46"
9 129 ZUBELDIA Haimar EUS ESP 08' 06"
These two aren't in the yellow jersey's group:
051 MENCHOV Denis RAB RUS 03' 58"
031 MOREAU Christophe A2R FRA 07' 03"
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:28:13 AM PDT
by
BaBaStooey
(I heart Emma Caulfield.)
To: Vision
Vision, what did he say happened? If he didn't truly bonk out there yesterday, that was one heck of an impression of a guy running on empty.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:29:28 AM PDT
by
leilani
(Je vais y réfléchir demain. Après tout, demain est un autre jour !- Autant en emporte le vent)
To: BaBaStooey
Wow. Floyd now has 5:30 on the Yellow Jersey. There is no way this can hold. Is there?
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:29:32 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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