I was laughing.

On Jul 6, 3:23*pm, bar wrote:
On Jul 6, 3:37*pm, KG wrote:





On Jul 6, 11:12*am, Michael Press wrote:

That was a turn up for the books.
I followed stage 3 through the
live reports. By the time they
outlined the changes in the GC
standings I was laughing out loud.
A fun race, indeed; even if it
does not ultimately affect the
final GC standings.

Dumbass -

I love it when a team sticks it to everyone else in the crosswind.
Doesn't happen often in the TdF, although it does in the Vuelta.

Nice job Columbia. Can hardly wait to see the TV feed tonite.

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

Astana should not have worked with Columbia when the split happened
(with Contador behind). *the fact that they did shows you where
bruyneel's loyalties lie ... contador is on his own ...



Dumbass -

It was a good tactic because none of the other favorites were in the
front group.

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

"Jack Hollis" wrote in message
...

If Lance does win the Tour, it will be an epic achievement. It will
go down in history as one of the greatest achievements by any athlete
in any sport.

And if he were to do that I'd give him my complete and utter respect.

But I still think it's impossible. Which of course is the reason that such a
win would go down in history.

In article
,
bar wrote:

On Jul 6, 3:37Â*pm, KG wrote:
On Jul 6, 11:12Â*am, Michael Press wrote:

That was a turn up for the books.
I followed stage 3 through the
live reports. By the time they
outlined the changes in the GC
standings I was laughing out loud.
A fun race, indeed; even if it
does not ultimately affect the
final GC standings.

Dumbass -

I love it when a team sticks it to everyone else in the crosswind.
Doesn't happen often in the TdF, although it does in the Vuelta.

Nice job Columbia. Can hardly wait to see the TV feed tonite.

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

Astana should not have worked with Columbia when the split happened
(with Contador behind). the fact that they did shows you where
bruyneel's loyalties lie ... contador is on his own ...

Contador will do just fine when the road turns up.
What we have now is exactly what le Tour is supposed
to provide: bicycle racing. Today we had extra special
good bicycle racing.

--
Michael Press

In article ,
"Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote:

"Jack Hollis" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:23:44 -0700 (PDT), bar
wrote:

Astana should not have worked with Columbia when the split happened
(with Contador behind). the fact that they did shows you where
bruyneel's loyalties lie ... contador is on his own ...

You never know.

I assume that JB knows a lot more about the relative strength of LA
and AC than anyone outside the team. Perhaps he knows that Contador
will have no trouble taking the time back in the mountains and was
only looking to help Lance finish higher up and perhaps have two
Astana riders on the podium.

Perhaps JB knows that Lance is the strongest and the decision to help
Lance at Contador's expense was a no brainer. I think that by Sunday
night things will be clearer.

Jack, come on - what Astana needs is someone other than Contador to be the
target. Armstrong is what? 37? There's absolutely no way he can win the Tour
unless it's given to him on a platter.

So you put the focus on Lance until the stages in which Contador kills the
rest of the competition. With luck Lance can finish in the top 10. But
there's little chance that Lance could finish in front of Levi unless Levi
has some sort of trouble.

Agree, except Lance and Levi are the same age.
Straight up Lance can outrace Levi.

--
Michael Press

In article ,
Johnny Twelve-Point presented by JFT wrote:

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:37:18 -0700 (PDT), KG
wrote:

On Jul 6, 11:12Â*am, Michael Press wrote:
That was a turn up for the books.
I followed stage 3 through the
live reports. By the time they
outlined the changes in the GC
standings I was laughing out loud.
A fun race, indeed; even if it
does not ultimately affect the
final GC standings.




Dumbass -

I love it when a team sticks it to everyone else in the crosswind.
Doesn't happen often in the TdF, although it does in the Vuelta.

Nice job Columbia. Can hardly wait to see the TV feed tonite.


Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Columbia or LANCE but they showed how it's
done. So many teams screwed up. Esp Quickstep and Silence: WTF,
getting caught up in crosswinds? C'mon.

Skil-Shimano is hardcore for a little team - they had four guys in
that split.

Because they ride in cross winds their entire lives.
George H's interview after the stage was neat. Said
that Columbia was angry that no sprinter teams wanted
to chase, so Columbia dry-gulched them. He was still
steaming mad after the race was over.

--
Michael Press

In article
,
bar wrote:

On Jul 6, 3:37Â*pm, KG wrote:
On Jul 6, 11:12Â*am, Michael Press wrote:

That was a turn up for the books.
I followed stage 3 through the
live reports. By the time they
outlined the changes in the GC
standings I was laughing out loud.
A fun race, indeed; even if it
does not ultimately affect the
final GC standings.

Dumbass -

I love it when a team sticks it to everyone else in the crosswind.
Doesn't happen often in the TdF, although it does in the Vuelta.

Nice job Columbia. Can hardly wait to see the TV feed tonite.

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

Astana should not have worked with Columbia when the split happened
(with Contador behind). the fact that they did shows you where
bruyneel's loyalties lie ... contador is on his own ...

Contador will win the overall GC, but that is in
eighteen days or so. Enjoy the ride.

--
Michael Press

Johnny Twelve-Point presented by JFT wrote:
Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Columbia or LANCE but they showed how it's
done. So many teams screwed up. Esp Quickstep and Silence: WTF, getting
caught up in crosswinds? C'mon.

I'm surprised Boonen got caught out. He's normally good in those
conditions.

Tom Kunich wrote:


But I still think it's impossible. Which of course is the reason that
such a win would go down in history.




What you think has nothing to do with anything "going down" in history.




Thanks

Bill
--
William R. Mattil

http://www.celestial-images.com

On Jul 7, 8:51*am, "William R. Mattil" wrote:
Tom Kunich wrote:

But I still think it's impossible. Which of course is the reason that
such a win would go down in history.

What you think has nothing to do with anything "going down" in history.



Dumbass -

It's amazing how egocentric (and therefore flawed) his thinking is,
eh?

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:51:11 -0700, "Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com
wrote:

"Jack Hollis" wrote in message
.. .

If Lance does win the Tour, it will be an epic achievement. It will
go down in history as one of the greatest achievements by any athlete
in any sport.

And if he were to do that I'd give him my complete and utter respect.

But I still think it's impossible. Which of course is the reason that such a
win would go down in history.

So far, Astana has been tight lipped about who the team leader is, but
the BBC had a quote from Armstrong himself that might have given it
away.

"The American would have become the oldest man to wear the yellow
jersey if he had pipped Cancellara, but afterwards he suggested that
he may not be able to keep up his challenge.

"I wanted to be one of the strongest in the race," he said. "I think
that I am but I may not be the strongest to win. I think someone on
this team will win."