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Tour de France: Stage 17 Live Thread (Thursday, July 20, 2006) Col de Joux-Plane
VeloNews.com ^ | July 20, 2006 | VeloNews.com

Posted on 07/19/2006 9:15:41 PM PDT by nutmeg

Stage 17: St. Jean de Maurienne to Morzine-Avoriaz -200.5km

Course: This is almost identical to the stage in 2000 when Marco Pantani attacked on the first climb (the 15km, 6.4-percent Saisies) and forced Armstrong's U.S. Postal squad to chase for 100km over the Aravis, Colombière and Châtillon climbs to the foot of the day's main obstacle: the mighty Col de Joux-Plane (11.7km at 8.7 percent). It was partway up the Joux-Plane that Armstrong bonked and could only watch as Ullrich and others rode away from him, and he conceded almost two minutes by the finish in Morzine.

History: Morzine has seen 13 finishes of the Tour, including that one six years ago, which was the last time the ultra-steep Joux-Plane was climbed in the Tour. The only Tour winner to win a stage into Morzine was Pantani, who scored a solo victory here in 1997, the year before he won the Tour. Morzine's mountaintop neighbor, Avoriaz, has seen stage wins by two other Tour champions, Lucien Van Impe and Bernard Hinault.

Favorites: If riders are still battling for podium spots, then the Joux-Plane climb and descent suits Leipheimer and Landis. But it's more likely that a long-distance break will succeed, giving a rider like Michael Rasmussen a chance to win the stage and the King of the Mountains competition.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: cycling; greenmachine; miracle; tdf; tdfstagethread; tourdefrance
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To: commish

Sastre in at 5:41 (unofficial)


501 posted on 07/20/2006 8:17:36 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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To: commish

Wow! Perreio stays in yellow by 2 sec!


502 posted on 07/20/2006 8:17:39 AM PDT by luv2ski
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To: Ready4Freddy

37.15 kmh = 23.08 mph. That's cooking


503 posted on 07/20/2006 8:17:55 AM PDT by cyclotic (Support MS research-Sponsor my Ride-https://www.nationalmssociety.org//MIG/personal/default.asp?pa=4)
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To: gopwinsin04
What's the unofficial protocol on the last stage, no attacks on Yellow unless the lead is less than :60 seconds?

Yes, but like Ready4Freddy said, usually the leader at that point has a dominating lead so that it was useless anyways.

It's happened in the past when it's been close enough.
504 posted on 07/20/2006 8:18:23 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: commish

OLN / Phil

" Most exciting finish in years"


505 posted on 07/20/2006 8:18:41 AM PDT by bwteim (bwteim = Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: commish

Bob Roll better give Floyd his due, baby!


506 posted on 07/20/2006 8:19:04 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: gopwinsin04

There's a happy Amber! :-D


507 posted on 07/20/2006 8:19:47 AM PDT by luv2ski
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To: af_vet_rr

Bet it happens this year too. Top 3 will probably be w/in 60 sec going into Sunday. It may come down to strength of team after all... Maybe that's what Floyd has been saving them for. ;-)


508 posted on 07/20/2006 8:19:57 AM PDT by green iguana
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Phil

"A day of redemption (for Landis)
He's proved his point
He can still win the tour"


509 posted on 07/20/2006 8:20:09 AM PDT by bwteim (bwteim = Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: All

Any bets that Landis gets today's "combatitivity" award? :)


510 posted on 07/20/2006 8:20:20 AM PDT by kevkrom (Posting snarky comments so you don't have to)
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To: luv2ski
12', it looks like, with Landis in 3rd at 30" back!!!!!!!

Hooooolyyyyyyy Shiite!!!!!!!

511 posted on 07/20/2006 8:20:30 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Ever had Vuja de? That feeling that you've never ever been here before? :)
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To: gopwinsin04

Perriro in at 7:15 (unofficial)


512 posted on 07/20/2006 8:21:04 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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To: kevkrom
LOL, well it's gonna be close LOL!!
513 posted on 07/20/2006 8:21:12 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Ever had Vuja de? That feeling that you've never ever been here before? :)
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To: luv2ski

I was gonna tell the first person who said that (Pereiro in yellow) not to tell you, because it'd just give you ulcers, but you beat everybody else to it!


514 posted on 07/20/2006 8:21:19 AM PDT by leilani (Tu avais raison, Scarlett. Demain fut un autre jour!)
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To: kevkrom
1  	097  	PEREIRO SIO Oscar  	CEI  	ESP  	
2 	014 	SASTRE Carlos 	 	CSC 	ESP 	00' 12"
3 	071 	LANDIS Floyd 	 	PHO 	USA 	00' 30"
4 	021 	KLÖDEN Andréas 	 	TMO 	GER 	02' 29"
5 	061 	EVANS Cadel 	 	DVL 	AUS 	03' 08"

515 posted on 07/20/2006 8:21:35 AM PDT by kevkrom (Posting snarky comments so you don't have to)
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To: Ready4Freddy

The GC:

Pos. N° Name Surname Team Nat. Gaps
1 097 PEREIRO SIO Oscar CEI ESP
2 014 SASTRE Carlos CSC ESP 00' 12"
3 071 LANDIS Floyd PHO USA 00' 30"
4 021 KLÖDEN Andréas TMO GER 02' 29"
5 061 EVANS Cadel DVL AUS 03' 08"
6 051 MENCHOV Denis RAB RUS 04' 14"
7 035 DESSEL Cyril A2R FRA 04' 24"
8 031 MOREAU Christophe A2R FRA 05' 45"
9 129 ZUBELDIA Haimar EUS ESP 08' 16"


516 posted on 07/20/2006 8:21:35 AM PDT by green iguana
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To: Ready4Freddy
12", of course, sorry
517 posted on 07/20/2006 8:21:45 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Ever had Vuja de? That feeling that you've never ever been here before? :)
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To: kevkrom
Results Provisional

1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 5.23.36 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5.40 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 5.57 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.40 5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7.08 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 7.20

General classification after stage 17

1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.11 3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.31

518 posted on 07/20/2006 8:22:00 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: luv2ski

I think we may be racing to Paris this year unless Floyd blows away the TT!


519 posted on 07/20/2006 8:23:05 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: green iguana

UN-FRICKIN'BELIEVABLE!!!!!


520 posted on 07/20/2006 8:23:12 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Ever had Vuja de? That feeling that you've never ever been here before? :)
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