Looks like it will be an interesting race…and hopefully the fairest…last years was a bit of a joke with someone winning a stage/leading one minute, and being kicked off the tour the next.
I’m hoping Cadel takes it this year.
I saw him win his first ever mountainbike world cup race in 1997 in Wellington, NZ when he was a mountainbiker. Incidentally…the same course (or very similar) that would be used for the MUni at UNICON XV (shameless plug).
Sure, me too! Yeah, I take my dose of the tour everyday @ http://www.cyclingnews.com/ Reading it live is super exciting - best when it’s LIVE COVERAGE ON NOW but sometimes I take it ‘as LIVE’ in the evening. Started reading it when Lance was at his 5th. Now, I tend to scan the bulk of these flat stages and then read carefully the last 50 k or so. When they’re in the mts. I read all.
I’ve rebounded from the horror of the Floyd affair. It was a struggle though.
We just go back from Belgium, found out stage 2 of last year’s race went right by my wife’s uncle’s place just North or Ieper. Should have been there last year! Looking at the map we actualy drove about 1/3 of the route in our travels.
Now back to watching the end of each stage live on TV in the morning.
What is with the French breaks? every day I hear about how 3 or 4 frenchmen are in a break away…
Sanchez also had a great day today too, first he attacked and went with the break. then the got caught, but attacked again and won the day! But does he need to wear yellow shoes? (or is that something to do with being the spanish time trial champ?)
I want CSC to win… my favourite is Kurt Asle Arvesen… simply because i cant stand all the attention Tor Hushovd gets, and in reality he doesn’t do a shit, he just gets 5 people to help him to the end and then do a sprint… he has won one track this year, that has Kurt Asle also and he’s a helper…
(shameless plug).
