You weren't wearing a Phonak hat today were you?![]()
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Floyd! Ya broke me heart boy!
You weren't wearing a Phonak hat today were you?![]()
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Floyd! Ya broke me heart boy!
Super sad day!!! I mean, I am always happy for people like Sastre, who's sort of an unsung hero, but for the Floyd to just lose it like that was so sad. And I half hoped that Levi would brighten our spirits by doing something more special than what he did.
Just sad.
So who's going to win??
Sarah
When it's easy, ride hard; when it's hard, ride easy.
2011 Volagi Liscio
2010 Pegoretti Love #3 "Manovelo"
2011 Mercian Vincitore Special
2003 Eddy Merckx Team SC - stolen
2001 Colnago Ovalmaster Stars and Stripes
Floyd broke my heart, too. It is a good thing they gave him that pretty yellow bike the first day in yellow instead of the run into Paris.
I don't know whom to root for anymore: George, cracked days ago, Levi, just showed up, and Floyd well Floyd's day was a disaster.
Jones
From Pez:
Looking closer at the TT results from Stage 7, we see that Sastre and Pereiro aren't quite as piss poor as previously thought:
Pereiro (23rd) lost only 1:40 to Landis in the TT. Sastre? He rode a respectable time and finishing only 1:10 adrift of Landis. Menchov, Kloeden, and Evans were all within six seconds of each other, less than 50 seconds behind Floyd. None of the contenders managed to take more than 1 minute out of Pereiro.
Sarah
When it's easy, ride hard; when it's hard, ride easy.
2011 Volagi Liscio
2010 Pegoretti Love #3 "Manovelo"
2011 Mercian Vincitore Special
2003 Eddy Merckx Team SC - stolen
2001 Colnago Ovalmaster Stars and Stripes
You saying the "jobob kiss of death" was at work?
Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
I'm not a huge Floyd fan, but I was almost in tears watching him fall apart. I started to get nervous when he was hanging at the end of the group, but I never dreamed he would lose so much time.
Last edited by dobielover1; 07-19-2006 at 01:50 PM.
Yea, I was kinda glad I could only get the printed commentary on the computer screen. I snorted, though, when the audio feed had those guys saying that he'd been "bluffing" the previous days ... yea, bluff for how many hundred miles????
Basso is my man, but since he was out I was reluctantly rooting for Floyd. He had a great shot at it. It's always hard to see someone implode like that. He was growing on me too, with the interviews I'd read and such. I'm always a fan of a smart ***
This has been a great Tour.
"Only the meek get pinched, the bold survive"
I haven't watched but I read the news. Ugh first George broke my heart in the Pyrennes, now Floyd. Actually this can go back to the TT by Levi. Who knows what will happen tomorrow? This tour has been crazy!
Amanda
2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
2007 Cannondale Synapse Carbon Road | Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow | "Miranda"
You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great. -Lee J. Colan
Nope, I'm not rooting for anyone right now, I'm trying to keep the KoD safely under wraps and not be held responsible for anyone else's demise.
My CSC cap is still laying on the floor in the corner of the living room*gathering dust bunnies, where I flung it right after I watched Bobby crash.
*which is probably why Jens, Frank and Carlos are doing so well.![]()
Don't own a Phonak cap.
2009 Lynskey R230 Houseblend - Brooks Team Pro
2007 Rivendell Bleriot - Rivet Pearl
You have to give Floyd a lot of credit in the aftermath of today's performance. He doesn't make any excuses or lay any blame on anyone else:
Bicycling.com: Collapse in Yellow
Bicycling.com: Perspective
He really does seem to have his head together. No matter how this Tour ends, Floyd is an athlete to admire.
Sorry to break up the sniffle-fest...
Rasmussen rode brilliantly . Led virtually the whole way and a large part all by himself on his ownsome.
Both those things are what the Tour is all about.
Great Tour all round
All you need is love...la-dee-da-dee-da...all you need is love!
To feed the Floyd sniffle-fest and give Rasmussen his due (it definitely was an amazing, powerful ride), Velonews has good video interviews with both riders:
Velonews.com: Latest Video