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Tour de France update thread...

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Props to Kloden for today's race. He took a nasty fall early and was well back in the pack, but make it all up. Tomorrow should be an incredible day.

Also, I heard the quote of the tour so far on the OLN post race show. They were interviewing Robin Williams and asked him what attracted him to Bicycle racing.

"It's a need. The whole bicsexual thing."
 
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Excellent discussion folks. I'm a cycling newbie, but have followed the Tour and this thread with facination. Greating reading (Thread) and a great story (Tour). I was wondering how "big" was it that Lance regained the Yellow Jersey before the time trial? I'm under the impression that lets him decide in what position he'll ride the time trial from. Obviously he'll go last to know what time he needs to beat. At this point in the Tour, and with the main players in the time positions they are in, is it a big deal?
 
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3yardsandacloud said:
At this point in the Tour, and with the main players in the time positions they are in, is it a big deal?
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It would have been a big deal if he would taken the yellow jersey from one of his rivals because it's always an advantage to ride after your rivals in time trials. The times of Voekler (the only person that would have ridden after him) however, wouldn't have been of much interest to Lance. Lance has huge respect for not only the Tour but also for L'Alpe d'Huez so I think he wanted to ride this stage in Yellow for what might be the last time (who knows).

One good example of the advantage of going last comes from last year. Going into the last time trial Armstrong had a one minute and some advangtage on Ulrich and had already lost about that amount of time on Ulrich in the first time trial. Both were expected to ride like animals and blow away the rest of the pack and both had by far the fastest times at the early check points. Then Lance learned that Jan had fallen hard (major rainstorm) so he let off and finished "safely" in third place behind David Millar (not in this years Tour because of positve EPO test) and Tyler Hamilton.
 
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Again, Lance proved to be too strong. At the end, he blew everybody away. Basso looks strong though, and Ullrich still has some gas left in his tank, for the moment. L'Alpe D'Huez, as usual, will be the deciding climb, I just wished it were the culminating point of a 185 KM stage instead of the 15.5 KM for the time trial.

Buckem is right, as usual. Going last is a great advantage for Lance, as he would be able to monitor the performances of the guys ahead of him.
 
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L'Alpe D'Huez, as usual, will be the deciding climb, I just wished it were the culminating point of a 185 KM stage instead of the 15.5 KM for the time trial.
I know that you are not a big fan of this stage but I think it is going to be a fantastistic stage. It's just man vs mountain, no teams, no where to hide if your hurting, and no one to get you to the top but yourself.
 
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there have been a number of great posts from bp'ers that have come to be true during this tour....

frankly the info on this thread is substantially better than any other news outlet has produced.....great stuff guys...

credit to aka for being the first to see the emergence of basso....
 
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Couple of tidbits on today's stage from the local paper.

Since losing this specific climb to Mayo last year not only has Armstong focused on it in his training, he has ridden it more than 10 times. Add that to his last place start and reports he will receive at every checkpoint on where he is relative to other riders at that same checkpoint and he has a huge edge going in.

They also expect a MILLION people to line the route.
 
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To add to that:

The police have estimated the crowds on the mountain today to be at around one million people. There were some fans who told journalists last night that they arrived at L'Alpe d'Huez on the 6th of July to ensure they had the best position possible for today's time trial. .
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L'Alpe D'Huez puncuated who the best man in the Tour de France is, as if we ever had any doubt.

Lance, you are the gratest EVER. Thank you.

PS: Greg Lemond, do us a favor and show the class a rider like you should exhibit. Keep your fucking mouth shut!
 
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Lance was the only one to finish the trial today in under 40 minutes plus he widened his lead on Basso to over 3 1/2 minutes. I love watching him dominate...
 
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Great ride by Lance. Look for Basso to make a move tommorow otherwise he will likely lose his second place and possibly his podium to the likes of Kloden and Ullrich who are likely to take significant time from him in the last time trial. Also did anybody see the sprinter Robbie McEwan (who is a former BMX rider) ride a wheely at the finish line today. I thought is was funny.
 
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