Tour de France - stage 20 - Cérilly Saint-Amand-Montrond 53 km Spoiler

Is that legal? I mean if so, what is to stop F Schleck from waiting for Sastre, then helping him?
no its not legal

no its not legal

Actually, it is LEGAL. It may be against the rules of a TT, but it is certainly legal. :thumb:

... Brad

Kohl just fell off the starters stand (pre-start). That can't be helpful to his cause.

Kohl just fell off the starters stand (pre-start). That can't be helpful to his cause.

That may mess with your rhythm. :lol:

... Brad

Sastre to my eye, does not look fast.

Sastre to my eye, does not look fast.

He's got a relatively slow cadence which always looks slow. However, he very well may be slow also. :)

... Brad

Sastre 13k in 15 min. flat

Sastre 13k in 15 min. flat

WOW ..... will Cadel come better later? If not ...... Sastre wins. :)

... Brad

evans doesn't look fast to me; he looks like he's struggling

So much for my eye. Paul says Sastre is riding the TT of his life.

Go Sastre!

Sorry, Cadel, no wheel sucking today.

I don't seem to get why the VS. commentators don't understand negative splitting in TT's. They make such a huge deal about the first time check, but have never mentioned that concept which is pretty big in the TT world from my understanding...

evans keeps getting out of the saddle to push, like he can't get the speed he wants

Sorry, Cadel, no wheel sucking today.

:rolleyes:

I think Kohl is on the needle. :innocent:

... Brad

Kohl is hanging tough despite the fall.

omg, Evans is hurting. This is going to be close.

CVDV is about to catch AVVD.

Sastre doing the ride of is life.

I like the way you think, Justin! I'm going to have all my fingers and toes crossed for him! I mean, stranger things have happened, right?



That would be totally sweet if he did!

Btw, cyclingfans.com has a start time list up. Depending on where you live, 10am might be too late.

Sally


VdV is currently 3:52 up on Schleck after timecheck 2.

proves how important a team is, without one evans cant win! csc killed him this year

Actually, it is LEGAL. It may be against the rules of a TT, but it is certainly legal. :thumb:

... Brad

call it what you want, you ride the wheel for too long you get disqualified

vdv looks so inspirational on the tt bike!

call it what you want, you ride the wheel for too long you get disqualified

He was just joking about actual legality (like, laws, courts, judges, that sort of thing) versus just breaking the rules of a race. Was just a little quip about using the word "legal" in a game context.

Er, you probably caught that, but just explaining if you didn't. :)

Oh, and go go Sastre!!

too bad for evans.

Sastre passes F. Schlek on the track.

CVV took back 50 seconds on Menchov, and a full minute on Cadel. Damn that crash on the Bonette.

Sastre is catching Schleck now acting as a carrot. I wonder if that was planned. I would not put it past them.

Sastre is catching Schleck now acting as a carrot. I wonder if that was planned. I would not put it past them.

It was not planned. Neither gained an advantage, so why????????

... Brad

Sastre is catching Schleck now acting as a carrot. I wonder if that was planned. I would not put it past them.

no

Great ride by Sastre.

Sastre wins the TDF.

proves how important a team is, without one evans cant win! csc killed him this year

shack

What a ride by Sastre and VDV.

What a ride by Sastre and VDV.

...and Kohl!

and its all over... though 2 2nd places in 2 years one after another is no easy feat. hopefully he is on form next year with a good strong team.

unbelieveable ride by Sastre and now the winne rof the TDF

Good for Sastre.

Glad Evans failed.

It was not planned. Neither gained an advantage, so why????????

... Brad


Usually the sight of a rider in front of you helps to motivate to catch them.

How many riders who won on Alp de Huez went on to win the tour?

Sastre is among vaulted company now.

And seriously, if Vande Velde had not crashed on Bonette.........

evans just never looked to me like he was comfortable. he always looked like he was struggling, never got into a groove.

Go Sastre!!

Am I the only person who immediately thinks "Conehead" whenever I see Schumacher?

http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/files/images/schu.jpg

He was just joking about actual legality (like, laws, courts, judges, that sort of thing) versus just breaking the rules of a race. Was just a little quip about using the word "legal" in a game context.

Er, you probably caught that, but just explaining if you didn't. :)

Oh, and go go Sastre!!

gotcha, schleck was busted shortly after my post, the should have thrown the cuffs on him and dragged him into the kangaroo court, i still want to see the results of that csc dope test conducted earlier this week, csc had a hell of a ride if they come up clean

And Evans is beaten by a Spanish climber for the 2nd year in a row. That must hurt.

Great time to be a Spaniard... Sastre, Nadal, and the Euro2008 squad.

Am I the only person who immediately thinks "Conehead" whenever I see Schumacher?

http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/files/images/schu.jpg

Yeah. Was his head always that way? They say GH can cause that.

BTW, I like your signature. I feel that way 00000010!!

The TdF is just great. To have a crack at winning you need to be a tasty time trialler, a strong climber, and be surrounded by a good team. (Much like that other great champion LA who apart from his own outstanding abilities had good lietenants around him in his teams)

Sastre and CSC rode well to their victory. Evans had no support from Silence-Lotto and the CSC foot soldiers worked him over. Tough for him, but classic winning tactics.

What it must be like to win the TdF and join those cycling greats in history forever.

I've loved this years' edition.

Woohoo!! Awesome race....:thumb:

Am I the only person who immediately thinks "Conehead" whenever I see Schumacher?

[I MG]http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/files/images/schu.jpg[/IMG]

I think his helmet makes it worse. Here's one without:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/botto/schumacher.jpg