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Team Postal looks downright intimidating. Wednesday's team time trial is their opportunity to show what they've got. 40 miles of rolling country side, the first stage of this Tour to be run entirely on French soil. Wind and rain in the forecast, the first teams off may have an advantage before the storms roll in. Postal, setting off last, will have the advantage of knowing how their time checks compare to the other teams.

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[Drammach]

Marco Velo looked to be in really bad shape..
His entire left shoulder was absolutely covered in blood as the medics sat him up in the ditch..
I am somewhat surprised it was only the collarbone.. It must have broken / ripped right through the skin to cause that much bleeding...
But that is still better than a badly injured and bleeding shoulder.. that would have put Velo out for good, this year and maybe next..

I feel sorry for these guys that get badly hurt.. all the work they put in, shot down the tubes by an unlucky spill..

[TomB]

It's been an ugly race so far this year (leaving out obligatory Sheryl Crow OLN interview reference here). I hope things calm down some. I'd hate to see any of the contenders out early.

Note to race organizers, we already have a race over cobblestones. Let's leave it out of the Tour from now on.

If team Postal dominates the trial today and only picks up the "allowed" 2:30, I scream like a banshee if I were Lance. What a pile of crap.

[PGalt]

Thanks for the post, pictures. Lance Armstrong is truly one the greatest athletes of all time.

[nutmeg]

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