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Superb stage, edge of your seat racing...
I have been blown away by Lances performance to this point, seven times tour winner, four years off and his is still competing with the best the world has to offer, remarkable. AC was always going to win, and lets face it, he is a class apart from the field, I'd love to have seen 27 year old lance against Contador.
We should take a step back and appreciate the performance Armstrong is putting in, he has put his reputation on the line and put aside retiring at the top, to ride for what? himself no doubt, but also his charity. Hats off to the man.
evans is grumpy about everything and he's got a short neck
Also very scary
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Thank the powers for a decent stage! I think LA has done superbly well - as has been said after four years off and 3 years shy of his 40th he is doing superbly well. To a total competitor like himself he'll probably be disappointed but out here in teh real world he is doing fantastically. What is really gratifying about this year's tdf is that there have been no big drugs scandals - maybe the biggest Lance effect has been the knowledge that the testing was always going to go into overdrive with him around - the French cycling authorities and press have never seemed to like or trust him.
What I'm really looking forward to is next year: Wiggins now knows he can compete and will probably "train his arse off" with GC as number one priority and Andy Schleck is coming on in leaps and bounds. Acers!
Lance and les boys have been tested 'again' this from twitter 19mins ago
'lancearmstrongGood morning. Antidoping control to wake up to. Alberto, Andreas, and myself.'
I'm out of count as to how many times he's been tested - I think this makes at least five times!
It was a great stage yesterday (thank goodness).
Contador was in a league of his own
Wiggo was awesome. He may make the podium though will be close
LA was not where he needed to be physically. Though staggering performance given the circumstances. Thought he was pretty magnanimous in his post stage interviews
Think the TT at Anncey will be the next key stage. Lets Hope BW puts some time on his key podium rivals!
[i]Thought he was pretty magnanimous in his post stage interviews[/i]
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