Roche v Casar in sprint?

Armstrong for the stage win.

woodey – Member

"Did you see the sparks coming off the bike in the slo-mo?"

I thought that was his specs

I'm just hoping it wasn't his teeth!

Did a 37 mile road downhill from a volcano summit in Maui a few years ago on old clunker with drum brakes. Big smiles all the way down, although we didn't take those sort of risks.

I'm 'waiting for the fireworks', not dark enough if you ask me!

1.18 to brad

10km to go, 1.15 to brad.

Roche 15 seconds down, if his group gets back on the leaders he could be in with a shout

Evans far enough back after today to be 'allowed' to go for break/stage win tomorrow?

8km to go, nearly a group of 8. David zabriske is leadin the wiggins group down. 1.03 behind.

Roche group 7 seconds down

Evans does a landis!

Evans does a landis!

Steady on!
🙂

All 8 together , just!
Attacks at the ready 2.5 to go.

looks like the lanky Basque has it

Astarloza looks like he's got it.

Was that brad coming in down on lance?

3.53 loss by Evans.

Good job there wasn't a group sprint with that s bend in the last km, Nearly lost a couple in the barriers.

Any news of Jens after that crash?

No news on jens just yet, looked like it hurt tho.

Just shown the crash again on italian TV, Davide Casani reckons he wasn't concentrating. Can't imagine he got up after that, however he is pretty tough so who knows

Impressive ride by Lance. Waited for the others to tire each other out and then powered back up to them.

I don't think he can beat Contador, but maybe a podium place is more secure than I thought?

That was quite a victory celebration…

Astarloza looks pretty dam happy. Good for him.

Good move by Astarloza in the final 1.5km. That crash looked nasty though, hope Jens is OK. Must have been doing about 40mph. 🙁

Wiggo leading them all down, go on son!

Looked more like Vandevelde to me, I think Wiggins was sitting mid-pack.

They don't look that tired on the podium.
Podium girls are looking very pretty!

But what I really want to know is who killed Kenny?!!

Kenny van Hummel – 'Oh brother where art thou?'

He's going to have a nasty case of road rash in the morning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V0VsKznyzA

Ouch!

He's now listed as withdrawn 😥

ooooyah, that crash was nasty

weird, too, it did seem to come from nothing much (which I suppose is where "not concentrating" came from)

Watching the highlights now! That was one hell of a gap jump by Lance – by George I think he's still got it!

News about Jens Voigt

'BOURG ST MAURICE, France (Reuters) – Germany's Jens Voigt was flown to hospital in Grenoble after a serious crash in the 16th stage of the Tour de France and will have a scan on Tuesday evening, organizers said.

"(Voigt) will undergo a full body scan in the evening," the Tour medical communique said.

"He regained consciousness in the minutes that followed the accident but he remains shocked," the communique added.

Voigt crashed heavily during the descent of the Col du Petit St Bernard on Tuesday and hit the tarmac. Doctors said the most serious injuries were to his face and right elbow.

(Editing by Ken Ferris)'

aye – what was armstrong thinking ? why not put that effort in from the chasing group and gap contador ?

and voight………..ouch ! fingers crossed he's going to recover…..

Watched the race from la Rosiere today. Will try to get some photos up shortly. Great day, brilliant atmosphere. Awesome fight-back by Lance, loved it! Looked for a minute like he was going to power right on by them.

I'm just hoping it wasn't his teeth!

I thought you were joking but it really it does look like it could have been. I really hope not. Errgh 😕

Ouch that is some crash/slide. Hope he's ok.

Nice to hear the commentary team singing the virtues of mountain biking this afternoon.

Got to say that was massive from Lance – very impressed. Tomorrow is another killer day, much worse than today actually. Still think Kloden will beat Lance though.

Weird crash for Voigt – that's the thing about the road; no time elapses between being upright and being on the deck. Nasty fall – unlucky to land so akward.

Some photos from today up here: TdF Photos

Contador:

Lance:

Stevo

Now officially very jealous!!

Are you just 'in town' or are you following the Tour?