Liège

The favorite tomorrow will be Fabian Cancellara, who won the last
time the Tour held a prologue in Liège. That was 2004, where as a
23 year old prodigy he came in 0.02 seconds faster than defending
champion Lance Armstrong.

In 1995 the stage finish in Liège was followed by a time trial and
then the first Alpine stage. Everyone was bracing for those two
difficult days where they hoped to minimize their losses to Indurain.
Liège was supposed to be a chance for a lesser rider to grab a stage
win. But instead Indurain attacked. Only Johan Bruyneel is able to
stay with him. He sits in for miles before taking the win. The pace
is so high that at one point Dutch rider Jeroen Blijlevens drops back
to swap his wheel for one with an 11 cog.

The Tour first came to Liège in 1948, where Italian legend Gino
Bartali took the win. He was 34 and on his way to the win that year.
He would be was the only post-war rider to win at such an advanced
age until Cadel Evans did it last year.

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On 30/06/2012 02:13, Fred Flintstein wrote:
The favorite tomorrow will be Fabian Cancellara,

Looks like he's back to full fitness. Shame Tony Martin had the mechanical, he
was looking really fast too.


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On Jun 30, 4:28*pm, atriage wrote:
On 30/06/2012 02:13, Fred Flintstein wrote:

The favorite tomorrow will be Fabian Cancellara,

Looks like he's back to full fitness. Shame Tony Martin had the mechanical, he
was looking really fast too.

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Looked like Wiggo was at capacity in the second half, the movement in
his flanks reminded me of a champion racehorse. His face didn't look
his best at the start but at least he didn't look like hed been
sucking on summat, unlike the Ozzie. Is Wiggo scant on body mass
already? Was navy beans sucking on an oxygen mask?