Paris-Nice *SPOILER*

[Flying_Monkey]

Today's stage is a really tough bastard with lots of climbs... a really well-organised team mountain-oriented team could break Contador if they really went for it. I don't think it will happen though

 

[yello]

a really well-organised team mountain-oriented team could break Contador if they really went for it

A team of dope testers perhaps

 

[Flying_Monkey]

A team of dope testers perhaps

Witchhunters-Highground?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

It's all gone a bit mental at the front but we seem to have a seriously elite group coming together - Contador, Sanchez, Colom, Voigt, Chavanel, Schleck.

Contador is covering everything at the moment - and there are a lot of attacks - but I fancy Voigt for the stage...

 

[yello]

If there's dope in those veins then it doesn't bother me who discovers it; have they axes to grind or otherwise.

Nah, fair's fair. The guy has trained hard. Maybe he's clean and focused. Maybe he's out to show Astana who's boss. Maybe. Let's see how he performs today.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

But Sanchez has now gone ahead and opened up a gap. It might be enough... especially as no-one seems too keen to help Contador.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

This could be serious as Sanchez is only 73 seconds behind in the overall. He's got 40 seconds and rising on Contador now...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

This is turning into a real classic, edge-of-your-seat stage. It is going to come down to seconds... and Sanchez is still getting those seconds at the moment.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

People are going past Contador - Schleck, Chavanel - is he broken?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Sanchez is in virtual yellow (if you include the winner's 10-second bonus)...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Contador has gone!

Caught and dropped by Evans' group too!

He is human after all.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Sanchez takes it! Awesome win. Now how much by?...

 

[yello]

Blimey! He's cooked!! They're passing him at will!

 

[oxbob]

The bonk man!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

He's lost 2.52 on Sanchez today.

Contador had better learn from that or it will be no TdF for him this year! He was on his own, no team to speak of, bad feeding strategy...