Tour talk -- Spoiler alert

[kacie tri-ing]

Contador does annoy me too but I don't know why. I am far from a Lance fan, unless you count thinking it is cool he lets normal people race his personal mountain bike course. Didn't like that they charged $10 for parking, I am sure he could pay the small parking staff and never notice it happened.

Contador does give his rivals credit and is pretty professional about it. He did do some whining last year but he got to lead the team the year before then Lance decides he is tired of being retired and expects them to ride for him? I do think Contador needs to grow up and learn the team concept of cycling, he has tons of talent but I think when he gets older he might need a team. His pistol shooting is annoying, mainly because unlike Juan Antonio Flecha's arrow shooting it has nothing to do with his name. I guess Contador could pretend to 10-key instead.

I don't know who I want to win. I like Cadel for the win this year only because I love George Hincapie. Andy Schleck my by done for with his not so hot time trialing. He better get a hefty lead to hold off Contador on a long time trial. I want to see a Garmin guy in the top 10.

Not a big Levi fan, although his wife does some cool animal rescue, but he is American and seems like an alright guy. It would be good if he pulled himself on the podium, don't think he could win.

I can't stand that stupid gun thing he does. That is what annoys me!

[arielmoon]

What an exciting stage today. Andy and Alberto battling it out on the climb then working together to catch the break away. Bummer about Cadel. Levi moves up to 6th but looses more time to the leaders. Wow.

[ny biker]

Jens Voight eats nails for breakfast. Just sayin'.

[berkeley]

Jens Voight eats nails for breakfast. Just sayin'.

No kiddin'!!

[Thorn]

Jens Voight eats nails for breakfast. Just sayin'.

+1

Did you catch the point when Schleck and Contador dropped him? He was trying so hard to stay with them so he could help Schleck on the descent, but then he cracked. Went from 60 to 0 in 0.01 seconds. The man is amazing. He really gave it his all.

[arielmoon]

The man put everything into helping Andy and had nothing left. A true team player!

[jobob]

Jens is fabulous.

[ivorygorgon]

My heart really went out to Cadel! I love that Andy took the yellow.

[ny biker]

+1

Did you catch the point when Schleck and Contador dropped him? He was trying so hard to stay with them so he could help Schleck on the descent, but then he cracked. Went from 60 to 0 in 0.01 seconds. The man is amazing. He really gave it his all.

I was yelling at the TV: SOMEBODY HELP HIM!!!

[Dogmama]

Although I didn't want to see Lance go out of contention - primarily because I think the casual cycling audience will now stop watching...

I think it's great that people are paying attention to the other cyclists. Would Jens get this attention if Lance had been in contention? And Cadel's broken elbow - I can't imagine staying in with that kind of injury.

So, even though it's sad that Lance had a run of bad luck, it's good for the other cyclists. Other than Contador, I'd be happy seeing any of the top 10 win.

[Aggie_Ama]

I think it's great that people are paying attention to the other cyclists. Would Jens get this attention if Lance had been in contention? And Cadel's broken elbow - I can't imagine staying in with that kind of injury.

Poor Cadel, I hairline fractured my elbow when I was 13 talk about pain! He is full of guts to say he won't abandon unless they think he will cause permanent damage.

Jens always looks like he will rip his handlebars off, I love him!

I like Bob, too bad you have to get Craig to see his show. We just fast forward to Ask Bobke. Phil and Paul are way more interesting to me anyway, even if Phil seems scatter brained this year.

[berkeley]

Just saw that Cadel had a broken arm. I guess that would explain the day.

What a stage. So happy for Andy and Levi.