Tour De France

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SPR™ Jul 2009 11:28am, 27 Jul 2009 6,166 posts	0 SPR™ Pjs, cool. Thanks.
hammerite Jul 2009 5:24pm, 27 Jul 2009 6,168 posts	0 hammerite Managed to catch most of the important bits on hols as I found Eurosport, just with no sound! Not a bad final week after the middle week. And what's up next....... yes the Vuelta (although it is a tad boring compared to the Giro and Tour), and at the same time there's the Tour of Ireland - cut to 3 days this year due to finance issues. There's also the Tour of Britain - which was great last year, televised on ITV4 - or you could get out to watch it live - Columbia are down to ride, although Cav went to Missouri instead last year as are Astana who should have LA riding.
purephase Jul 2009 6:14pm, 27 Jul 2009 182 posts	0 purephase Iv loved watching the tour every day on itv 4, havent watched a full tour for years. I used to cycle a lot when I was in school many years ago but I havent owned a cycle for years. Would love to get myself a reasonable road bike and combine cycling with running. Cant wait for next years tour to begin now, Wiggins should be even stronger and Cavendish may be unbeatable for the green jersey with another years experience behind him.
Hendo Jul 2009 12:04am, 28 Jul 2009 25,701 posts	0 Hendo From LA's Twitter: "Seeing these comments from AC. If I were him I'd drop this drivel and start thanking his team. w/o them, he doesn't win." Oooh! What's all that about then?
Ha! Ha! Jul 2009 1:19am, 28 Jul 2009 1,003 posts	0 Ha! Ha! its called being a team player..
SPR™ Jul 2009 6:53am, 28 Jul 2009 6,173 posts	0 SPR™ news.bbc.co.uk Seems pretty tame to me. Lol @ LA trying to take the high ground after his comments during the tour. There was a story in the spanish press (translated on another forum) that LA redirected the car that was supposed to pick up Contador for the TT, Contador would have been out the tour if he had missed his start time but was able to get his brother to pick him up.
Gobi Jul 2009 7:55am, 28 Jul 2009 30,157 posts	0 Gobi SPR - a little bit of pot and kettle but at the end of the day AC did get help from the team. Next year will be pretty special I think. GO Brad ?? :¬)
SPR™ Jul 2009 8:31am, 28 Jul 2009 6,175 posts	0 SPR™ Gobi - Maybe, but Contador never criticized the team, in fact all he basically said is Armstrong isn't a nice person, and AFAIK, this is the first time he has commented negatively about Armstrong. Rumours that Garmin are trying to sign Contador so Wiggins might end up as a super domestique unless he signs with Sky.
Top Duffer Jul 2009 10:22am, 28 Jul 2009 394 posts	0 Top Duffer Spanish press have a lot of history of blowing things out of proportion. Look at all the Lewis Hamilton / Alonso stuff. The idea that Lance would or could redirect a car is just ridiculous. Bring on next year. Brad with another years dedicated road training under his belt.....exciting prospect!
monki Jul 2009 10:34am, 28 Jul 2009 485 posts	0 monki According to the Spanish press (which I sadly read most days, so know just how ridiculous things get), Alonso may start/buy a team, with El Pistolero as the main man.