I saw George had a flat. :(
Thank you for doing the thread, Freddy! Great job keeping it current and keeping us all attached to the daily commentary. I loved it!
I get the feeling that Petacchi, Thor, and Cav are going to eschew the intermediate sprints and go for all the marbles at the end.
Sure hope it doesn’t get wet before the end...
For anyone that didn’t catch the discussion at the end of the broadcast, Paul Sherwen said that Andy and Alberto are very close friends off their bikes. I didn’t know that.
Also, earlier, Phil Liggett said Andy popped his chain because of the sharp angle between front and rear tires and unfortunately hit a bump at the worst possible time. :pop:
So was it really “mechanical” failure? We’ll have to keep arguing I guess. =)
All in all, a very fun sprint at the end. Great tour. I thought Alberto’s comments were gracious from the podium. But I’m looking for you, next year, Andy Schleck!!