Stage 6 - Friday, July 9 2010, Montargis - Gueugnon

ednwireland

Today could be the escapees' day

The second longest stage. With four 4th-category climbs and plenty of riding on the open plains of Burgundy, it offers arguably the best chance so far for breakaway specialists.

With the first medium mountain to follow the next day, it might even be a breakaway rider who takes the yellow jersey if the overall contenders decide to hold back for stage seven and the sprinters’ teams have lost the will or energy to chase. Letting a less fancied rider and team take yellow on this stage could be a smart move as they’d do all they can to keep the race together in the days that follow.

ednwireland

eveyone waiting for the mountains tomorrow then

IM0

Its a pure sprinters stage

only reason Im watching today [and yesterday] is that the scenery is cracking and it helps me re-live my past cycle tours through those regions and inspires some future ones :pac:

after the stage ends there might be a bit of traffic to the thread

ednwireland

just messin' only watch the last 10k myself

heading to champagne in august (but no bike)

looking forward to a rainy afternoon tomorrow and sit in front of the tour

k_d

sitting back at the desk in work, sound down(noit that i can understand much anyway!!), tg4 on, papers scattered infront of me...i actually look like i am doing something, type a few words here, look at papers,some might even thuink im working!! ...all the time its on in the bottom corner..why cant every friday evening be like this!!!

ednwireland

10% extra off team htc kit for all the cav wannabees
http://www.probikekit.com/advsearch.php?AQUERY=columbia&INSTOCK=No&START=0&LIMIT=15

still too expensive imo

IM0

ednwireland wrote: »

10% extra off team htc kit for all the cav wannabees
http://www.probikekit.com/advsearch.php?AQUERY=columbia&INSTOCK=No&START=0&LIMIT=15

still too expensive imo

Hijacking your own thread..nice

nitrogen

"So Sean, what do you think about that?"
"Sorry, I wasn't listening to you. I was watching the news and reading the paper."

Classic Kelly on Eurosport.

manafana

so stage prediciotions , everyone?

I reckon boassan hagen top 3, and maybe a surpirse from rojas gil today

Dodge

Ciolek and Freire may have targetted this stage but I'll go with Cav

Any eurosport links about?

corkandproud

Finally its started, the 5 man HTC train is starting

Murph100

YYYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!

Heisenberg.

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ednwireland

i hope htc are paying renshaw a lot of money !!!!!!!!!!!!!


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bbosco

manafana wrote: »

so stage prediciotions , everyone?

I reckon boassan hagen top 3, and maybe a surpirse from rojas gil today

Decent call....6th and 8th.

fran oconnor

Any word one where roche finished

Dodge

Scien wrote: »

Cavendish again... Why was he 1000/1 on pp at the start of the tour?

Because they couldn't give odds any higher. wont finish in the top 80

Murph100

Heh, dead right, it isn't everyday you see a lead out man getting as much recognition as the sprinter, but so deserved.

ednwireland wrote: »

i hope htc are paying renshaw a lot of money !!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Inquitus

Scien wrote: »

Cavendish again... Why was he 1000/1 on pp at the start of the tour?

Cos he can't climb for ****, only way he'd win the tour is if 200 or so others dropped out !

ednwireland

Murph100 wrote: »

Heh, dead right, it isn't everyday you see a lead out man getting as much recognition as the sprinter, but so deserved.

didnt gert steegmans leadout boonen one year but he dropped boonen in the sprint that was sfunny

Dodge

Murph100 wrote: »

Heh, dead right, it isn't everyday you see a lead out man getting as much recognition as the sprinter, but so deserved.

In fairness Cav has always claimed Renshaw is the second fastest man in the peleton...

The Big Easy

Yeah fantastic once again from Renshaw delivering it on a plate for Cav. Now for some sustained excitement in the Alps for a couple of days thankfully.

Dodge

BTW there seems to have ben a slight split in the peleton. Some being given as 3 seconds down.

We'll haev to wait to see if it effects anyone (Roche could move into top 10)

EDIT; Roche stays in 11th. It seems they've given them all the same time now

dastardly00

Roche finished 42nd. He lost 3 seconds but all the top GC guys did as well so no big deal.

boccy23

Lance Armstrong tweeted that 2 riders had a bit of fisticuffs after the line. Didn't say who though.

Dodge

Barredo and Costa according to other tweets

ColSheehan

Dodge wrote: »

Barredo and Costa according to other tweets

Yep it was the two of them
Heres the video of it -> http://nos.nl/video/170885-tour-vechtpartij-na-de-finish.html

kenmc

now thats something you don't see every day! WTF?

Moflojo

That sickens me! The wheel he's using as a weapon is probably worth more than my entire bike! These prima donnas don't realise how good they have it!

ColSheehan

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/07/news/carlos-barredo-rui-costa-trade-punches-at-finish-line_127610

Both fined 400 Swiss Francs but not expelled from the race..

jwshooter

must say i really like cancellara ,he is a class act .i hope he does well on the lumpy stuff .cav has started to engage the brain when he is giving interviews the guy is coming of age .