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Cavendish is the greatest sprinter

Are you sure ?
I think Greipel is quite good too as a sprinter, isn't he ?
He beat him yesterday

TRue at least for the last 2 days

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Who will win? First British winner ever???

Sure thing, it'll be Keith, of course, who else?

Go, Keith, go ...

LA is chasing the dope pouch in Keith's pockets.

Poor lance

Oh man, what a stage today. What a terrible crash in the last 25 km. So many riders that lost many minutes.

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Saturday July 7



Stage 7 - Tomblaine / La Planche des Belles Filles 199.0 KM



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Quite some serious climbing at the end

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The climbing begins (thank god), but all the falling and crashing has taken away a lot of fun from the Tour.

Great stage today. But kleermaker is right. Without the falling and crashing, especially yesterday, it would look totally different now. But then again, the falling and crashing has always been part of the Tour.

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Great stage today. But kleermaker is right. Without the falling and crashing, especially yesterday, it would look totally different now. But then again, the falling and crashing has always been part of the Tour.

You're partly right. But the last Tours, and especially this one, falling and crashing dominate the first five or six days. That's not the essence of the Tour. And it are always the Dutch who belong to the victims. By big numbers. Do you have an explanation for that, Hansie? If we have a Tour 'favorite' (and we almost never have a serious one), you can bet that his chance will be reduced to zero because of falling in one of those crashes.



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No, I don't have an axplanation. At least no other than the ones you constantly see and hear on TV and radio.

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Lack of focus, just like the soccerplayers.

Hello,

Just watched the highlights from today: that was painful to look at, never mind cycle! Immense effort by a load of guys out there today.

I dunno how he did it but Froome made the final dreadful 500m look almost straightforward. Frightening!

Congratulations to Bradley on taking yellow: you could see how much it means to him...good for you!

Cheers,

Simon.

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Stage 8. Sunday, July 8th. Belfort - Porrentruy. 157 Km.







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Amazing final hill, talk about burning legs

Good to see a French man win a race

Pinot deserved it

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Monday, july 9th - Stage 9. 41.5km Arc-et-Senans / Besançon.
Race against the clock.





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Wiggins is on fire

and Froome too !

Great race. Well done Wiggins

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So, done deal?

you mean for the winner of the Tour ?
no I don't think so. Cadel Evans is waiting in the corner

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Great race. Well done Wiggins

indeed !
and he speaks quite a good french but not as charming as Mick's one.

Wiggins made a very strong impression. Great contre le montre-style.

The alps will be fun

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done deal?

Absolutely not. The Tour is still wide open. Looking forward to the upcoming mountain stages

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Yes, the Tour is wide open but Team Sky are looking incredibly strong. Barring a major crash, Wiggo is on pace to win.

Several riders have commented on how 'solid' his form is. Plus, he's got a much better team to support him (in my opinion).

That said, I'm still pulling for Cadel! (or Vincenzo Nibali)

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done deal?

Absolutely not. The Tour is still wide open. Looking forward to the upcoming mountain stages

Wide open is perhaps a bit too much, but it is still open indeed until the finish in Paris. That said, Wiggins is my favourite now. He seems a special character too, and Tour winners have to be real personalities.

Hello,

Just watched the highlights from today's ITT and am gob-smacked! Amazing ride from Spartacus initially, only to be bested by Mr. Froome and then Wiggo...astonishing performances.

Cadel will never, ever give up- this race is a way off being a done deal. Good job too, as much as I want Wiggo to win!

I am in awe of these guys.

Cheers,

Simon.