Posted on 07/07/2007 3:15:46 AM PDT by Aeronaut
I don't believe I pinged you, sir.
Good to see you as well.
I had to run and get some beer... Critically important mission man... :-)
Landis?
I honestly have no idea?
Why would LeMond lie?
I don’t know.
I guess to me it is like a car crash. I just avert my eyes...
;-)
Good answer!
Rasmussen starts.
Everyone look out for the polka dot baby :-)
George is out of the gate & has to beat the leader Kloden (what did I tell yall?) who came in with 9’3.3”.
Wow George in second.
Nothing to sneeze at, way to go George!
Good showing George.
But, no yellow for you!
:-P
Millar going now. A home win for the English would be great.
I have read some of this.
What do you think of it?
The Norse Cycling God of Thunder seems to have lost his “bolts”.
Oops, I meant to post that on your thread! LOL! I am having a hard time keeping up. I don’t know how you do it!
Look at this...after all the drama of last years race, two urine samples of Landis’s come back positive. He militantly defends the charges and begins a movement to expose what happened. Months later the lab begins to backpedal saying the B sample was tainted and some stories of anti Americanism arise. Then LeMond testifies Landis offhandedly mentioned that he is guilty.
I’m mean what is going on???
And to top it off, look at this at 3:20. Is it me or does Armstrong look a little guilty here?
Euro, the CNC boss was right. Cancellara at 8’50”!
Thanks for the thread aeronaut! See ya tomorrow.
Listen, George got married to a Podium Girl; he was “awarded” the best trophy anyone can win at the Tour!
Good day for Discovery. Bye.
CSC team rider Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland cycles past the finish line to win
the prologue stage of the 94th Tour de France cycling race in central London, July 7, 2007.
REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
GLORY IN ENGLAND. What an incredible day of racing through the streets of London! Hundreds of thousands of Londoners turned out for the tour depart. The 8-kilometer Prologue of the Tour de France wound its way past such historic places as Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. London has never shined quite like this, nor has it been treated to such a spectacle--the world's best 189 cyclists going flat out through the old city to launch the 94th Tour de France.
WHY A PROLOGUE? The Prologue is a short time trial, each rider out on the road alone, competing against the clock. Its role in the Tour is to set the stage, giving an initial time and placement for each rider before the 20 stages begin. At 8 kilometers, today's course was short and fast--less than 10 minutes! Tomorrow's Stage 1 will be over 200 kilometers from London to Canterbury--a multi-hour ordeal. The Prologue rarely predicts the race winner, but few Tour de France winners ever finish outside of the top 15 of this first test.
HOW IT UNFOLDED. After two Russians--Vladimir Karpets and Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel)--laid down a challenging time for the top contenders, the fireworks started. German Andreas Kloden (Astana) set a new, seemingly unapproachable mark--12 seconds better than Gusev. American George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) rode well to finish third on the day, proving he's made his way back after a broken wrist in the Tour of California. All London cheered as its native son, Bradley Wiggins, crossed the finish line just hundredths of a second behind Hincapie's time. But the day's glory went to world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara. The CSC rider from Switzerlan blistered the course, finishing in 8 minutes, 50 seconds--13 seconds better than Kloden.
Stage and Overall Top 20:
1) Fabian Cancellara, Team CSC, Switzerland, 8:50.74
2) Andreas Klöden, Astana, Germany, 9:03.29
3) George Hincapie, Discovery Channel, USA, 9:13.75
4) Brad Wiggins, Cofidis, Great Britain, 9:13.92
5) Vladimir Gusev, Discovery Channel, Russia, 9:15.99
6) Vladimir Karpets, Caisse d'Epargne, Russia
7) Alexandre Vinokourov, Astana, Kazakhstan, 9:20
8) Thomas Dekker, Rabobank, Netherlands, 9:21
9) Manuel Quinziato, Liquigas, Italy, 9:23
10) Benoit Vaugrenard, Française des Jeux, France, 9:23
11) Dave Zabriskie, Team CSC, USA, 9:23
12) José Ivan Gutierrez, Caisse d'Epargne, Spain, 9:23
13) David Millar, Saunier Duval-Prodir, USA, 9:24
14) Mikel Astarloza, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Spain, 9:24
15) Alberto Contador, Discovery Channel, Spain, 9:25
16) Andrey Kaschechkin, Astana, Kazakhstan, 9:26
17) Cadel Evans, Predictor-Lotto, Australia, 9:26
18) William Bonnet, Credit Agricole, France, 9:26
19) Sylvain Chavanel, Cofidis, France, 9:27
20) Michael Rogers, T-Mobile, Australia, 9:28
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