posted Jul 22, 2007

Rumours that maybe Soler helped Rasmussen to crack Evans today, if Evans loses any more time before we leave th mountains then no one will catch the Yellow Jersey leader.

By the way I aint up on all these things, why did Kloden leave T-Mobile for Astana??

I thought he would have been a great shout for Le Tour instead he chose to help Vino this year, had he not fell he may have won it.

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posted Jul 22, 2007

Contador is the man. Shame about the suspision hanging over Rasmussan (you fool!)- couldn't stand another Landis!

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posted Jul 23, 2007

Its got to be Contador for me. I hope he wins the GC although I wanted Leipheimer from the start. OK one of them then.

Realistically I think Rasmussen will keep the yellow jersey until Saturday and someone will catch him on the final time trial. Here's hoping for the Disco Two.

But you never know. Rasmussen is looking extrememly tired and might blow today. For me the guy is a fool anyway missing some of the tests. After all he is a sportsmen and its part of his job.

Fantastic yesterday. I wish I could watch it today. Its either the Yahoo website or waiting for the highlights at 9 on Eurosport (you get more riding on Eurosport than the informative ITV4 highlights

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posted Jul 23, 2007

A professional sportsman missing tests for both the UCI & DCU is extraordinary; cycling has had too many pharmaceutical & performance-related anomalies in the past and, judging from the last few days, it seems to continue.

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posted Jul 23, 2007

Rassmussen and contador should have struck up a deal. for the sake of 8 seconds. Rasumussen should have just said, right lets work together, get rid of evans even more, and i will let you (contador) win the stage. To bicker over 8 seconds was silly, as they could have gained even more.

boardman is so fuuny on ITV. He is so biased against both Rasmussen and Contador. He does not think Contador can win, every stage he says he will blow up on the next one, but on he goes.
What is this built in, Rasmussen cant time trial idea. did he not show that he can on Saturday. One day from winning the tour, do you not think he will bring out a performance. i reacon he is only going to take more time from evans, kloden etc on wed. His rival is going to be contador. If they can work together on wed, it will be between them in the time-trial.
Everydoy on thisa board said Rasmussen will lose 3-4-5 ins in the time trail, maybe not, he says he has been working on it, and he is proved right.

Bring it on, i have been saying Rasmussen and Contador since Tignes, and here we go. Most exiciting riders (plus Soler), i really hope they make it.

Evans is good, but not quite good enough. i really hope he does not win it, Indurain all over again. Leipheimer likewise.

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posted Jul 23, 2007

Regarding Leipheimer, im not very fond of him but i think he's in a strong position. I gleefully thought he'd lost it but now i think he can stick in the mountains (working together with Contador) and pull out a big time trial. He might just win it and will beat Evans to the podium for sure. That 'limpet' is goin to fall to pieces in the pyrenees. Totally overrated.

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posted Jul 23, 2007

Regarding Rasmussen, unless you have further information from what I last read about the situation, he didn't actually miss any drugs tests. He just failed to inform the Danish cycling Federation where he was on two dates.
Everyone also says he is a sportsman and it is his job. Have they never made a mistake at work? Also is their job as high profile and as pressurised as Rasmussens?

On another note, I think Rasmussen may well be wearing the yellow jersey in Paris.

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posted Jul 23, 2007

safetyaverse: I thought it had been concluded that Rasmussen had missed 4 tests in total: two tests by the UCI and two tests by the DCU. Rasmussen has done a very good job of emphasising the administrative error aspect; missing paper work etc. His whereabout was unknown when he was randomly selected for two tests on the 8 May and 28 June. It would appear though that a test carried out on the 29 June resolved all of this. This issue is also discussed on this thread: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A24975507

Importantly, his tests have been clean.

I think the Tour de France would come out of this year better, in terms of public perceptions etc, if Rasmussen were not to win GC Yellow. A win by say Contador might help shift views?

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posted Jul 24, 2007

Well I watched the highlights on ITV4 (sorry BBC but tough) and bits on Eurosport. Brilliant.

I thought Con was going to break Ras. In fact Ras was struggling but credit to him for sticking in. Big day on Wednesday. I am just thinking if I could take the afternoon off work.

The Ras situation smells a little bit doesn't it. It doesn't stink but smells. Lets wait on see what happens.

For me Wednesday will look like this. Con will break Ras and take about a minute from him. Then he will pip him in the time trial Saturday. Then Disco will take the team race as well. Here's hoping.

Why does Levi not impress people? Surely his name is impressive in itself. He has had a great tour and is still in contention if he has a good day tomorrow. ou never know? One good day could win it for him.

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