Tour De France 2011

Meanwhile, this analysis is interesting; a comparison of the ascent times of Luz Ardiden in 2003 and yesterday.
brilliant stuff. how more obvious could it be??

Thanks for the link - great analysis. And good news on Kloden dropping out.

humm has ITV site died? cant for the life of me get it up on screen - 2pm afternoon sorted ( I thought), unless IT have finally got fecked off with me streaming TdeF and blocked it..still can watch crap on youtube though.

Kloden's abandoned.

A bit like death by a thousand cuts--how often did he crash? Four or five times?

itv4 stream is up

musette in the wheel!

Drinking cans of cocacola. So that's their secret! stashes a few cans for the dd

product placement

Cav got dropped.

cav_stropped

only 17 point separate cav and rojas... could easily go either way

Now that is a bold attack...

He's either hella clever or hella dumb.

Is Hushovd attacking on a climb!?

He's the world champion, why shouldn't he? :)

I'm watching the end of this stage at the C&H if anyone fancies it...

who are the best riders on descents?

what's the decisive factor weight/technique/guts?

Combination of technique and guts.

ITV4 just now:

"Team Europecar have a masseur just for Thomas Voeckler, because he likes special massages, and gets one every night between an hour and an hour and a half"

I'm watching the end of this stage at the C&H if anyone fancies it...

have you got a tankard with your name on it there yet?

itv4 just now:

"team europecar have a masseur just for thomas voeckler, because he likes special massages, and gets one every night for between three and five minutes"

ftfy

another fab descent.. enjoy

have you got a tankard with your name on it there yet?

I'm on tour for the, er, tour... hic

@andyp, you beat me to it ( tweet about Jens ) :)

Thor. And his mighty hammer?

can't believe i droppped hushovd from my fantasy cycling team yesterday.. doh