I think Contadors going to hand the stage win to one of the Schlecks!!

quite an easy descent tho (in relative terms of course)

Nibali flying!

Wiggo's blown!

Great display from many today. Not least Nibali for doing on the dh what others wanted to do on the climbs.

I'm going to bet Frank over Andy? Any takers?

Fantastic – How strong is Armstrong?!!! Amazing display

Just when we thought a Brit could do something amazing….

Just when we thought a Brit could do something amazing….

Wait for tomorrow..

Now the big question!!! Who killed Kenny!?

wiggo @3.09

Brilliant!

what like win a stage and sit at 3rd

and be 6th in the tour!

how huge is Lance in comparison to nibali 😆

Oh Christ! De Gaul has turned up to the prize giving…

Dunno about you lot but Im shattered after todays stage!

GC – wiggins 6th 4:53

how huge is Lance in comparison to nibali
Yep, they looked like they'd been drawn to different scales 🙂

t'was ace.

By comparison to some years still pretty close at the top end. Still alot to play for but I still think it's Contador's to lose.

perfect timing too, our final presenter is wrapping up using the BC team as an example of success, and i'm about to start 'proper' work not involving sitting in front of the laptop

colnagokid – Member

Dunno about you lot but Im shattered after todays stage!

Indeed! So much for spoiling it for the highlights, I only started watching the last 20 mins and I'm bushed – fantastic stuff!

mrmichaelwright – Member

GC – wiggins 6th 4:53

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pjt201 – Member

at the moment brad could be in 5th by the end of the day – not so good. hopefully they'll regroup on the descent.
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Boom.

Wiggo will take more than 9 secs off Kloden in the TT and time off both Schleks, back up to 5th overall.
Amazing we're all disappointed The Wig is 6th overall!!! 😀

Don't be so downhearted, neither of the Schlecks are ace TTers (the younger on particularly bad) and it isn't liek Wiggo has announced that this is his last tour!

Wait for tomorrow..

He ain't gonna get close to repairing that! No way. Is there?

Awesome. Schleck bros destroyed the field!

I reckon Armstrong could have got back to them though, if he wasn't trying to stop wiggins getting back across. Lance looked strong at the top.

He ain't gonna get close to repairing that! No way. Is there?

Not sure, wait for tomorrow..

What happened to Thor today? He's marked down as 'delayed' on the Eurosport scroller thing!

had a look at the "prologue" Wiggins took a 40secs out of Andy, the TT is almost 3 times the length! with things so close..

So assuming Contador, Armstrong, Wiggins, and Kloden can all time trial better. still plenty of time for a reshuffle.

Then Ventoux to shuffle the pack again.

I doubt the other two stages will be much more than processions.

GC Now
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 72:27:09
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:26
3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:25
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0:03:55
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0:04:44
6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin – Slipstream 0:04:53
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0:05:09
8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Slipstream 0:08:08
9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:09:19

Probably too much to make up on Lance for Brad now looking at how he's going but with the TT, you'd expect him to make up a decent bit of time of the Schlecks tomorrow – probably 3+ minutes – so it'll all be about Ventoux!

yeah – he ain't gonna make it on Armstrong, who is a good TTer anyway. It's the brothers he might claw it back on…

Well, I 'disappeared' from my desk for a bit, caught the last 18km or so inc Contador's attack. Great stage. 🙂
Let's see what tomorrow's TT brings…

Really impressed with Andy Schleck today. I'm sorry Wiggins couldn't hold on, but watching the leaders climbing was fantastic.

Im getting way too into this race, I watched the whole five hours today 😳

Anyone know what happened with Thor – Wiggo's on Twitter mentioning it?!

bradwigginsThor Husovd, what can I say, after a certain persons comments today, Thor sticks two fingers up in a way that only Thor can. A true Gent11 minutes ago from mobile web

George Hincapie apparently crashed today and is having his collarbone checked out!

Personally, I can't wait for the Tour to end….I need my life back..

I'm, er, rather obsessed by the TdF at present.

Go Wiggo in the TT!! Put time into the Shlecks and then stick on their wheel on Ventoux

Think LA did his job today. Marked Wiggins out. Contador said he was nervous about Wiggins' TT ability

The TT will see a major reschuffle (except no.1)

Stage victory for LA on Ventoux part of the Astana 'deal'???

WIGGO WIGGO WIGGO oi oi oi …. whoop some butt in TT then hold fire on Ventoux .. wouldn't it be awesome for a podium finish from Wiggo. Oh well no one talking about Cav any more, shame!

WIGGO WIGGO WIGGO oi oi oi …. whoop some butt in TT then hold fire on Ventoux .. wouldn't it be awesome for a podium finish from Wiggo. Oh well no one talking about Cav any more, shame!