TdF Stage 18 [Possible Spoiler Content]

Looks like they’ve dropped Alberto. Boo hoo

Contador gapped, but pulling it back… in fact pulled it back in time i typed this.

edit – yo-yoing and now gapped again properly

Alberto looks like he’s suffering

Bertie needs a burger and fast!

Booooooooooom

Bertie gone bang!!

So who else is busy checking how AS compares to TV at TTs?

Go Tommy, Go!

Is tommy going to hang on?

I think AS has blown!

I want to see Frank go all Dick Dastardly, start putting rocks in Cadels pockets 🙂

Voeckler to stay in yellow

AS slowed to a crawl over the line.

My stream just cut out!!!!

TV giving it everything. whole body pedalling

Great effort – lets see how many Schleckonds he has to spare now Voeckler has cranked it up

Chapeau, Tommy!

Confirmed. TV keeps yellow

What a Trojan

Hero of the republic

can Angry do it again tomorrow?? 😯

Tommy is the nutz

So pleased for him, great ride.

Now that was exciting !

So, little Bertie then. Is that the proof he was doping or is he just tired after the Giro?

I’d have liked to have seen Voeckler help Cadel out a bit whilst trying to keep hold of his jersey….

Brilliant stage.

Tommy V .. awesome ride for a non climber!!!

well done Angry going away like that..

Honestly I’m happy with Andy and Thomas dicing for it tomorrow. Should be exciting again

Classic stage, I’d say Thomas Voeckler’s drugs worked the best…

Great day, SO glad to see a) Tommy V keep yellow and b) Bertie go bang.

Tommy Voeckler is my hero!

Well it certainly doesn’t get any less exciting. On normal form, AS doesn’t have quite enough over CE for the final TT, and who knows what TV will do in that. He surely has to attack again tomorrow, but does he have anything left? I suppose we’re down from about 8 to only 4 real contenders now – and Frank has to go out on one tomorrow to give himself any chance.

Evans has tour sewn up now I think.

I’d have liked to have seen Voeckler help Cadel out a bit whilst trying to keep hold of his jersey…

I was hoping Tommy would go a bit too. He tried at the end, don’t think he could do much more. Cadel did a brilliant job.

Go Tommy Go

How to Voeckler and A.Schleck compare against the clock? How much time can Voeckler afford to lose tomorrow?

I’d have liked to have seen Voeckler help Cadel out a bit whilst trying to keep hold of his jersey….

When he tried at the end he didn’t last out the front for long – trying to go on the front sooner would have been suicide. I don’t think you can really criticise him for doing all he could.

I’ve been one of the harshest critics of schleck these last few days, but that is one incredible ride, brilliant! And chapeau to tommy and cadel too!

Evans has tour sewn up now I think.

Eh? Have you been watching today’s stage (or indeed the rest of the TdF)? Where exactly do you get that idea from?

I’ve been one of the harshest critics of schleck these last few days, but that is one incredible ride, brilliant! And chapeau to tommy and cadel too!

Agreed – don’t think I was giving Evans enough credit in my comments – superb rides from all 3 in their different ways.

because cadel is by far and away the best tt’er excluding contador…
id love to see conta ride to the win tomorow on the alpe…

Evans has tour sewn up now I think.

Eh? Have you been watching today’s stage (or indeed the rest of the TdF)? Where exactly do you get that idea from?

well evans can timetrial.. and the gap is only a minute? or so at the moment..

sewn up != stands a reasonable chance

Tomorrow finishes with a big climb AS or FS can take time on, and nothing to rule out AS/TV doing a cracking TT to hold on. Still CE’s to lose, but nothing I saw today suggests he’s any nearer having it wrapped up just yet.