Tour de France 2008

Anyway....

can whoever administers the LFGSS eurosport fantasy league please accept my team:
Twats allstars
into the league. ta.

I'm doing pretty well considering I didn't sign up till after stage 5 (330 points so far).

my favourite cavendish quote was when he was talking about his team-mates and goes "There's so much talent and no egos... actually wait, I've got an ego, i'd better say that or they'll laugh at me..."

that is funny shit.

Very glad Cav is doing well...he is the "hottest property in cycling" at the moment. I swear I heard him say that in an interview. good lad...

Ricardo Ricco fucking rules

Ricco... fark....

Wait until they test him.

it's a shame, but seeing ricco ride that easily uphill makes of think of drug use :-(

hee hee, great minds eh hippy?

i don't reckon he's on the gear, he's just come from nowhere cos he's young.

let's hope so. he's cyclocross stock. nails.

yeah, i can't believe anybody would be so stupid as to be doped up to ride so spectacularly. it would be pretty pointless as they would be bound to get caught.

i choose to believe he's a young talent coming through.

me too, he seems to be a natural a little nuts but natural none the less, pretty inspirational to watch.

it's a shame, but seeing ricco ride that easily uphill makes of think of drug use :-(

Yeah, anyone who can blast up a 10% climb in the big ring must be on drugs.

Where the fuck is my EPO then? My dealer is useless.

yeah, i can't believe anybody would be so stupid as to be doped up to ride so spectacularly. it would be pretty pointless as they would be bound to get caught.

i choose to believe he's a young talent coming through.

Thats exactly what Vino did last year one day he was on his arse the next he's winning the stage.

I like Ricco. I agree with you I like to think he's new school anti doping.

He is a good climber but I dont think he is G.C. contender not unless he does a massive attack on successive day's taking as much time as he can. The top boy's will realise his placing in G.C. now so they're teams will police him from now on.

Another anonymous day from Cadel Evans :(

Evans crashed today and looked quite beat up afterwards. It's the first time I've seen him since the time trial. I was beginning to wonder if he'd followed the wrong peleton.

he looked a bit fucked after the stage today (Cadel). Hope his injuries aren't too bad.

He wasn't a happy chappy..

you talk of drugs, but if evans gets back on in the morning, then wins a stage on tuesday then he's a druggy cunt and deserves to die.

personally, I reckon he'll be like soler and drop out if he's that badly beat up. he seemed pretty resigned today.

admire Ricco but diss Cav!!! Ricco is ten times more arrogant!

I don't get the Cav bashing, he's got the potential to be a character, where have they all gone?

I know.. Ricco's a cocky little fuck. I don't get the English fans some times. shakes head. Cav's great.

Cadel finished the stage. He's not that bad. He'll be pissed something went wrong and he'll be sore but he's still going to win yellow.

his little squeaky voice is quite endearing.

I doubt Cadel will retire.

no fucking chance cadel will retire. a bit of road rash is not a reason to abandon a tour that you're in the box seat of winning.

ricco can afford to blast a climb and win stages because he's not riding for GC. it doesn't matter if he backs up tomorrow or drops off the back - nobody expects him to be at the front every day. but cadel/valverde/menchov/sastre/other GC riders have to be up there every day, they can't afford to blast a stage and then be fucked the next day.

so i don't know if Ricco would look so much better up the hills if the other big guys actually gave a shit about chasing him down.

They wouldn't have caught him. Especially Evans. He's so fucking shit, even with his chain of bike shops.