Tour de France

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  1. Milanos

    Milanos Level IV

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    Did anyone see today's stage? Amazing how team Columbia got away from the bunch. And I love how Armstrong was with them. I think that after tomorrows TTT, Armstrong will be in yellow.

    Anyway, anyone else following the Tour? And if so, who do you think will win?
     
    #1 Milanos, Jul 6, 2009
  2. linkin45

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    im personally a big fan of the tour. I'm quite sure Astana's gonna get the team award, and i'm going for either Contador or Armstrong. i think Contador has a better shot at the win, though
     
    #2 linkin45, Jul 8, 2009
  3. Zer0

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    lol, Armstrong is still going at it? What a monster.
    I haven't been following cycling lately as you can tell :p
     
    #3 Zer0, Jul 8, 2009
  4. Milanos

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    Armstrong quit for 3.5 years and now he's back :p And in the General Classification he and Cancellara now virtually share first place, even though the French say Cancellara was 0.138 something seconds faster >.>
     
    #4 Milanos, Jul 9, 2009
  5. linkin45

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    anyone feel that armstrong is holding back? he totally coulda pwned everyone in the mountain stages, but he stayed with the pack instead. Some people feel its because of his age and long break from cycling, but I think otherwise.
     
    #5 linkin45, Jul 14, 2009
  6. Milanos

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    Linkin, I'm actually thinking the same ;) I hope they'll both go for it on Verbier.
     
    #6 Milanos, Jul 14, 2009
  7. novastar

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    We'll just have to watch Lance Armstrong in Stage 15. He hasn't reached his favourite parts of the race yet:) And I'm secretly hoping he'd win hehe.
     
    #7 novastar, Jul 18, 2009
  8. Freja

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    TOUR DE FRANCE SHOULD BE BANNED.
    Omg, how I hate turning on the tv, and all I see is these guys on their bicycles

    :|
     
    #8 Freja, Jul 18, 2009
  9. PrinceErik

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    i do feel that Armstrong is just waiting to attack. With the Alps just about to start, i feel he will stay with contador until he wants to punish him for taking off on the earlier stage
     
    #9 PrinceErik, Jul 19, 2009
  10. Milanos

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    Well after today, I'm not that sure if Armstrong can win :(
     
    #10 Milanos, Jul 19, 2009
  11. linkin45

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    yea, it looks like Contador's gonna win it. He didn't even look tired after he finished the race yesterday.
     
    #11 linkin45, Jul 21, 2009
  12. Resu

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    Almost certain that A. Schleck will attack again but he'll lose it in the time trial anyways.

    Also, Wiggins must be the biggest surprise of this year's Tour de France. If he continues like this he has a good chance on reaching the podium.
     
    #12 Resu, Jul 21, 2009
  13. CrC

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    I do not want to see armstrong win this... He seems pretty arrogant and just looks evil... The tour de france should not be banned... You need to grow some culture. It has been around for almost 100 years.
     
    #13 CrC, Jul 22, 2009
  14. novastar

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    Pretty sure most of you already know, but Contador won. Well, he was pretty much the strongest rider in the history of the tour, so hats off to him:)
     
    #14 novastar, Aug 2, 2009