Stage 9 - Tuesday, July 13 2010, Morzine-Avoriaz - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

joker77

Evans out the back

Vino has let Astana catch up - that could be their move

ednwireland

cadel gone 8km from the top
contador schleck a nd navaroo dropped everyone else

navarro gone now

2 left

kennyb3

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Come on Alberto!

+1

thereturn

Didn't see Roche getting dropped.Bad way when he went?

DirkVoodoo

Wow, Cadel went "bang" big time, really struggling to keep it turning.

Here we go, vamos Astana!

kennyb3

What a stage today!!

SomeFool

Andy Schlek makes a move,
great stuff today

joker77

Contador is toying with him now though

ednwireland

contador wont work !

schleck has to drop him

(i guess contador thinks he can do him i the time trial)

caisse d'erpange rider gives contador a bottle shock

NickDrake

Lance riding twice as good as Sunday. Amazing.

Evans is serious trouble

Raedwald

I think Contador is trying to save himself for whats to come, believing he can beat Andy in the Time trial.

Armstrong going very well. Wiggins is goosed, gonna struggle to make top 30 i'd say at the rate he is dropping back. Basso looking strong for the stage.

Schlek has the advantage at the mo, with voigt up front with him.

joker77

If the 2 of these stick at it, will it be a 2 horse race after today?

Raedwald

joker77 wrote: »

If the 2 of these stick at it, will it be a 2 horse race after today?

It already is in truth man. Evans is going back at a rate of knots. Nobody can stick with Contador and Schlek.

NickDrake

Raedwald wrote: »

I think Contador is trying to save himself for whats to come, believing he can beat Andy in the Time trial.

Armstrong going very well. Wiggins is goosed, gonna struggle to make top 30 i'd say at the rate he is dropping back. Basso looking strong for the stage.

Schlek has the advantage at the mo, with voigt up front with him.

Ya amazing how he can turn it round after a disaster on Sunday and riding a huge Col yesterday on the rest day. Really is amazing

kennyb3

How far to the top?

kennyb3

NickDrake wrote: »

Ya amazing how he can turn it round after a disaster on Sunday and riding a huge Col yesterday on the rest day. Really is amazing

As much as i dont like armstrong, give it a rest for 5 mins so the rest of us can enjoy the race

Guybrush T

Raedwald wrote: »

I think Contador is trying to save himself for whats to come, believing he can beat Andy in the Time trial.

Armstrong going very well. Wiggins is goosed, gonna struggle to make top 30 i'd say at the rate he is dropping back. Basso looking strong for the stage.

Schlek has the advantage at the mo, with voigt up front with him.

There's also a few hard days in the Pyrenees to go as well, there's no point in Berto trying to drop Andy, his best option is to sit there and make Schleck do all the work

Caroline_ie

I am sure Tom's mancrush for Jens is getting deeper and deeper ...
GO JENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dodge

Wow! Evans is completely bust

It just the value of a team as BMC clearly aren't up to the job. He's donw 4 minutes on Schleck and Contador already.

Could get hairy on the decent if people like Menchov or Basso try and get back some time. Both could easily flip over the edge

kennyb3

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I am sure Tom's mancrush for Jens is getting deeper and deeper ...
GO JENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

savage effort. he is a legend

Great tour this year, best for a few years

kennyb3

Dodge wrote: »

Wow! Evans is completely bust

The signs were definitely there at the end of the previous stage.

Raedwald

kennyb3 wrote: »

How far to the top?

lead group just over the top, Berto Andy and Voigt two mins down on them

petethedrummer

joker77 wrote: »

This not work for you pete - http://www.fromsport.com/v-0/0/148/v-14923.html ?

Cheers but I'm in work with an easily visible screen.

ednwireland

jens blown

leaders over the top

joker77

Just use it for the commentary, hide the video behind another panel?

So who's going to win out of the 4?

TinyExplosions

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I am sure Tom's mancrush for Jens is getting deeper and deeper ...
GO JENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My man crush has grown, I know that (and my OH's crush will grow after the highlights tonight I'm sure... she Jens)

NickDrake

Casar has it in the bag

Luis21

Wheres Roche ?

Raedwald

Contador making sure voigt cant join them on the descend.

I think Sandy cassare might nab the stage.

NickDrake

Wiggins has a total disaster. English hyping his up to win it and he will be lucky to make the top 10. Why do the hype their sports people up SO much.

hilarious really

Raedwald

Luis21 wrote: »

Wheres Roche ?

Eurosport havent a clue about where anybody is apart from the four main groups.

Maybe in between the armstrong and evans groups.

Dodge

Roche was dropped before Evans but hopefully he's riding it at his own pace and can pass some of those who've blown

barrabus

DDC1990 wrote: »

Cá bhfuil Niclás De Róiste? Im Watching TG4 so im going to use the bit of Gaeilge.

Wheres Nicholas Roche? just in case :P

..

ednwireland

NickDrake wrote: »

Wiggins has a total disaster. English hyping his up to win it and he will be lucky to make the top 10. Why do the hype their sports people up SO much.

so they can knock them down !
acttually the press has bigged upthe wigg but most polls put him top 20 looks like uk cycling fans know more than the press

anyway cadel 9'35 down at the top !

kennyb3

Andy has certainly improved his descending!!

DirkVoodoo

Blame Sky Sports and their frivolous use of the term "world class" in describing their sports stars. I have no sympathy for the footballers but the likes of Andy Murray having their confidence smashed by idiot media is pretty sad to see. He's either going to win wimbledon or never win a major, there is no middle ground with them.

This has been a great tour so far, making up for a truly dismal world cup. If only more people knew they were missing out on such top sports drama!

What do Schleck and Contador do after the descent?

Raedwald

ednwireland wrote: »

so they can knock them down !
acttually the press has bigged upthe wigg but most polls put him top 20 looks like uk cycling fans know more than the press

anyway cadel 9'35 down at the top !

I think Wigg made a balls of his chances this year. Last year with garmin he really gave all different types of races ago. This year with Sky he has fallen into the pattern of the big guns of only focusing on TdF, as he is team leader. Rode the Giro well and relaxed in the last week when he was in 7th GC. He also had Van Den Velde helping him in the mountains.

ednwireland

kennyb3 wrote: »

Andy has certainly improved his descending!!

not according to sean kelly

kennyb3

Andy grabbing a sly feel of conti's bum!

Dodge

Of the 4 leaders I'll go with Cunega for the win. Luis Leon Sanchez beat Sandy Casar in a similar sprint last year

Don't know anything about the bBox rider but he's in polka dot now

kennyb3

ednwireland wrote: »

not according to sean kelly

he easily stuck with contador there who is half decent and had him under pressure at times. dont mind kelly what does he know;)

nerraw1111

Wiggins problem is that he joined Team Sky which meant quite a lot of coverage from Sky News et al who bigged up his chances way beyond the expectations of most observers.

I thought Shleck's descent was terrible. Either that or Sean Kelly is doing some kind of mind control on me.

barrabus

Nico is in Virtual 21st 12m 1s from the virtual yellow Schleck

Luis21

barrabus wrote: »

Nico is in Virtual 21st 11m 48s from the virtual yellow Schleck

I had such high hopes for him, ah well.

doccy

Contadors on the limit today.

thereturn

barrabus wrote: »

Nico is in Virtual 21st 11m 48s from the virtual yellow Schleck

Thanks for the info.Bit disappointed with that.Where you get that information from as a matter of interest?

Dodge

barrabus wrote: »

Nico is in Virtual 21st 12m 1s from the virtual yellow Schleck

Be careful with that. Thats based on the official site times and they often don't have correct times for anyone outside the top 12 on the road

We'll know at the end

barrabus

see picin my last post from - letour.fr live pop up window, virtual yellow tab

thereturn

barrabus wrote: »

see picin my last post from - letour.fr live pop up window, virtual yellow tab

Thanks

Aoibheann

Amazing finish! Casar gets his revenge on Sanchez.. :pac:

(One year and two days after being beaten into second.. Madness!)