Tour de France 2008

Doh, too late, ended up following the feed!!! Gutting, that wasa great upto 4k when they cut the video feed! Better do some work!

woohoo!!!!

ETFU by only 1 second, but a yellow jersey is a yellow jersey.

thats being all banged up.

drugs cheat

Bumface in Yellow

grumpy old man

should be glad that a mtb world champion is beating the roadies ;)

it's never nice to see convicts triumph.

they should learn that crime doesn't pay

the bloke that won the stage had a MASSIVE head!

the eurosport feed makes everyone's faces look a bit funny

evans must be a cheat, it'll all come out in the wash

should be glad that a mtb world champion is beating the roadies ;)

steve peat and the athertons don't ride the tour...

yet.

wait till they do, as most mtb'ers say:

"it's easy and boring"

Mhy is there sod all MTB coverage, I love the tour, but wish there was more mud to see!

steve peat and the athertons don't ride the tour...

yet.

wait till they do, as most mtb'ers say:

"it's easy and boring"
as opposed to getting a chair lift up to the top of a descent and just rolling down the hill ;)

grumpy old man

should be glad that a mtb world champion is beating the roadies ;)

that rings a bell: Rasmussen

evans in yellow: awesome.

rest day tomorrow will help him recover from that crash. gold.

he may have a funny looking chin and a squeaky voice, but he's winning the Tour de France :)

bit boring in the end with most of the serious GC contenders holding hands up the hautacam. good on schleck for going for it with the two SD boys. looked like Cunego put in a bit of effort to claw back the losses from the Tourmalet. Valverde? well, looks like he might be out but i still think it is way too early to say that. depends on recovery and there is still a hell of long way to go ls and gs.

indeed.

may the best man win.

as long as he's a european!

Evans is going to have to gamble on losing the jersey this week - his team is too weak to defend it for more than a few days.

ls and gs.

lagers and guinnesses ?

like it rpm, but unfortunately it is just ladies and gentlemen. see you shortly dude

A day after crashing and thinking that his chance of winning the Tour might be over, Cadel Evans has taken the yellow jersey. He achieved this coup at the summit of Hautacam, and now leads Frank Schleck by just one second in the general classification.
“I’m only in the lead by a very small margin but, tactically every second counts. It’s a long way to the finish and our goal has always been to have the yellow jersey in Paris but as we saw yesterday, anything can happen in this race. One day ago I was counting every pedal stroke to the finish and today I was counting the seconds to try and calculate if I’d take the lead or not. That’s cycling; it can be cruel but sometimes it can be fair.
“I nearly got dropped on the first category-three climb today and then I just said to my team-mate, ‘Guys, stay calm, be cool and hopefully I’ll get better.’ Thankfully it all came together at the end. The main difficulty was accounting for the numbers that CSC and Saunier Duval had. In that situation I have to watch three guys and they all know that; so it’s very hard to control.
“I opted to keep an eye on Menchov, Sastre and Frank Schleck. I had to chose my guys and play my cards right. Finally Menchov saw the light and we worked together. That’s going to work to his advantage later on.
“I think they might have figured out that I was suffering after the crash in stage nine. From the amount of blood that they would have seen yesterday, they’d be stupid if they didn’t know I was in a little bit of pain.
“We may not be the strongest team but we’re trying to be the smartest team. We’re using our strengths as intelligently as possible and CSC still has a lot to gain. They’re only just out of the lead by one second and they’ve got the weight of numbers.
“Yesterday I was on the road honestly thinking that my Tour was over. I was scared to get up and move because I thought I’d broken a bone and to find myself in yellow now is just great. I don’t quite believe that I’ve got the yellow jersey yet. Maybe I’ll wake up tomorrow and realize what I’ve done. It’s a long way from being over but it’s a step towards where we want to be.”

thanks for that dogs, i was thirsting for some cycling cliches. sorted now.

sorry, i let the cat out of the bag!

try bending over, pulling your pants down, and sucking on a helium balloon before reading it - it'll be like cadel is in the room with you!

The Shleck's were magnificent today.

And I just can't get over the fact that Tubb's has not only left the village, she in the yellow jersey???

“We may not be the strongest team but we’re trying to be the ugliest team. We’re using our horrendous potato-shaped arsefaces as intelligently as possible and CSC still has a lot to gain. They’re only just out of a thorough beating from the ugly stick by one second and they’ve got the weight of numbers, with such mingers as Fabian Cancellara and the Schlecks"

“Yesterday I was on the road honestly thinking that my chance of finding a girlfriend that wasn't interested in my money was over. I was scared to get up and look in the mirror because I thought I’d broken my nose and to find myself all puffed-up and inbred-looking is just great. I don’t quite believe that I’m the product of an ill-advised tumble in the hay between siblings just yet. Maybe I’ll wake up tomorrow and realize I'm related to Joseph Merrick. It’s a long way from being good-looking but it’s a step towards where I want to be.”

Couldn't have said it better.