Stage 15: Gap - L’Alpe d’Huez, 187km.
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Also, I suppose you forgot that Landis did the majority of the work on the Puerto de Beret last week, when he had Kloden in trouble:whiteboytrash said:
From the letour.com dispatches:
As for today, Landis took his chances:
From the letour.com recap:
Take your T-mobile bias and choke on it.
You have found a new target to attack! Congrats!whiteboytrash said:
Oh, by the way...
16:17 CEST 178km/9km to go
Leipheimer's group passes Menchov, who has blown.
Then Landis attacks the Klöden/Evans group. Klöden marks him. Evans doesn't.
16:25 CEST
Landis, Klöden, Leipheimer and Sastre are now together, coming up to Merckx. But Landis attacks up to his teammate!!
Although I don't agree with WBT on Landis' riding you shouldn't comment when you haven't seen the stage. Because with the exception of two 10 sec attacks he wheelsucked all the way up. He called it defending, it's wheelsucking but he is entitled to do it as he is in the race to win it not pull Kloeden up the mountain.JRMDC said:
I completely agree. Even if there were not cash bonuses involved, it's about racing, isn't it? If a rider wants to finish 3rd instead of 4th, he should be able to go for it. If a GC contender needs the bonus, then he ought to go get it.Dead Star said:
I'm rooting for Landis partially because he's a fellow countryman, but I cannot abide Roll's commentary because it's always filtered through the enjoyment he gets out of being an ugly American. As such, it's often weird or outright inaccurate. If the tables were turned and Landis was a second-tier rider sprinting for third, Roll would declare it a brave effort and then move on to the bathroom to change his underwear.
Landis looks very content to just ride wheels until the time-trial, and since he has the lead, that is all that is necessary from him. If Honchar can come up with another TT in the last one like he did in the first one, then Landis can be the first Winner to not win a stage since Lemond.DV1976 said:
The other interesting development was the disappearance of Rabobank. You can't tell me that Rasmussen, Boogerd, and Menchov all had bad days. This tell me that Rabobank ill-prepared on the rest day. We all know people react funny to a mountain stage after an off day, but like I said I find it to be more in training related when all 3 was not good.
How so? We are refuting WBT's bitter Landis bashing by posting the observations of those who are paid to report the stage developments.Dead Star said:***********, so now we're analysing stages by copying and pasting excerpts from text updates of what people wrote about the stage? That's rather low to say that least
"Low" is bashing a competitor who put in a great effort simply because he isn't wearing pink. *********** indeed.
I think tomorrow is the key stage for Landis. If he can withstand the attacks then he will most likely win. The problem is that his team can't help him. TAking that into consideration he rode very shrewdly today as he knew he would have two more hard days in the mountains to face essentially alone.cPritch67 said:
cPritch67 said:Missison accomplished for today.......as for tomorrow, I think we will see more of the same.
The waking up at 4am to watch this live (US - west coast) is starting to take it's toll.
Move this way, we have the same coverage late and less earth movement.
This driives me insane... I like Landis but I WATCHED THE RACE LIVE SO DON'T QUOTE ME FROM THE TEXT UPDATES ! Geezzz !
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