Let the doping begin !

Bradley Wiggin tried to throw the whole team on his shoulders and pull them home--maybe a little less blood pudding for the mates would have been helpful.

Team Time Trials are dreary things with little drama. This Tour has had the sense to make it a short one so little free advantage can be had by any single rider.

Contador, in a gesture of pure altruism, if not mere sportsmanship, has given up eating meat so he doesn't accidentally gain any advantage over his competitors.

Last edited by Popeye Doyle (2011-07-03 21:01:03)

Ouch.  The boys couldn't stay up on their bikes today. I hope Boonen can ride tomorrow--always good to have him in the show. Radio Shack down one rider--anybody seen Lance?

<-----------  Special 2011 Tour de France Avatar while the Bishop is away for a few weeks seeking treatment. Some of you will remember the great Dane Rasmussen, a gritty climber who was so doped up that he fell off his bike four times during the time trial and was asked to leave the Tour. I'm dedicating this thread to him.

Last edited by Popeye Doyle (2011-07-06 18:31:16)

Today's stage seemed a little boring.  Thankfully the crashing has settled down a bit.  There like a group of weekend warriors out there.

"What?  I finished?  Where have I been?  What?  How long ago did that happen?  And I finished?"

The dreadfully concussed Horner, on his bike, crossing the finish line having ridden 24k after being found in a ditch.

Just put me back on my bike.

These fuckers are tough.

Last edited by Popeye Doyle (2011-07-09 19:17:26)

Poor Johnny Hoogerland and Juan Antonio Flecha just got taken out by a car. That doesn't seem very sporting.

But there was some crash excitement just off the summit of the Tourmelet. Voeckler went into a car, Kloden and a few others went down. Stay in the yellow, you French bastard.