Tour de France 2011 talk

[out_spokin']

OK, now I've GOT to figure out how to watch today's stage. Missed the live feed on Eurovision...no TV...but such excitement!

Get to watch it live tomorrow w/ Ron Keifel and a big bike shop full of fans though!

[pll]

The very end was also exciting... seeing the tweets about the grupetto, were Cavendish was. Here's a sample of the longest 20 seconds, from @inrng:

Tick tock. Riders coming to the finish line know are hors délais. The gruppetto is two hairpin bends from the finish.
59 minutes ago

But the autobus is following a strict timetable, they're close as cloud starts to cover the finish line. 20 seconds to the cut off!
1 hour ago

[ny biker]

According to Robbie McEwen's tweets, the whole grupetto missed the cutoff but were not dropped from the race. However they were penalized with the loss of 20 green jersey points. Cavendish was in that group, but Rojas finished before the cutoff.

[blue_angel]

I never thought I could love a Frenchman as much as I love Voeckler. I loved that he yanked his earpiece out and decided to ride his own stage.

[pll]

According to Robbie McEwen's tweets, the whole grupetto missed the cutoff but were not dropped from the race. However they were penalized with the loss of 20 green jersey points. Cavendish was in that group, but Rojas finished before the cutoff.

Indeed. Only 79 riders finished before the cutoff, so it would have been mass disqualification. The race for the green jersey gets interesting -- Rojas is within 15 points.

[ny biker]

McEwen's tweets were fun to follow this morning:

On rollers now, How much can Andy defend of the ~4min? GC guys won't work together. Could be a tdf winning move. #gutsyride

You do it. No, you do it. Are u going to ride? No, not up to me?

All those blokes but only a couple of sets of balls as far as i can tell

Forgot hashtag #eunuchsOnTour

Using helpers to chase a tdf favourite on final climb when has 4 mins #pissingagainstthewind

They have figured it out but will it be too little too late?

Btw, Cadel is one of the blokes with a set

watch Cadels rivals hit him as he tires

Blokes will start having trouble with the altitude from here on as well. Tough ride by cadel but needs a response when they attack him

Well well well. AC gone

Voeckler stays in yellow, who woulda thunk it?

What a stage, Alpe d'huez will decide it. If cadel can follow A&F tmoro he'll win the tour. Awesome ride by Andy, heriocs from Cadel. #puff

podium prediction. Evans Andy Voeckler #justMyOpinionMan

Frank attacks on AdH, Cadel must counter, Andy counters Cadel needing bigger buffer. Ready for tmoro as a bike fan. #CadelinaFrandySandwich

Still on the rollers in solidarity with the grupetto #NotForgotten

Grupetto with Cav out of time limit, been kept in race but 20pts penalty in green comp. Rojas in time & @ 15pts. Cav has Paris stg in hand

Grupetto outside time limit @ ONLY 35 mins! Ridiculously short limit in a stage over 200km w/ 3 HC mtns after 3 wks racing. #sprinterRacism

[nscrbug]

Loved seeing Andy pull off the stage win. Pretty funny that the announcers had Andy a bit "prematurely" in the yellow jersey...right before Evans kicked into high gear and keeping Voeckler in yellow for another day.

[ny biker]

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