STAGE 17 **SPOILER**

[Young Un]

Armstrong has gone!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

uh, no - he knows exactly what he's doing.

 

[Will1985]

Currently only 8" between Kloden and Armstrong in the virtual GC - methinks an Astana 1-2-3 is on the cards.

The front riders have been talking - hopefully they'll have decided who gets the win...if Andy Schleck and Contador have jerseys, maybe Franck should get the win.

 

[biking_fox]

methinks an Astana 1-2-3 is on the cards.

You mean a 1, 4,5 or are you talking about after the TT?

 

[Kirstie]

BAH! **** you Armstrong!! Making wiggo do all the work on the climb and then attacking like that.

BAH!!!!!!!!!

 

[Will1985]

You mean a 1, 4,5 or are you talking about after the TT?

Obviously not today - Paris of course.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I love the commentary kissing Lance's ar$e about how good he is at descending... and then Nibali just breezes up and past him.

 

[Will1985]

My prediction was right. Virtual GC on Tour site has Wiggins back up to 5th.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

which is?

He was making sure Wiggins stayed put, and then when he knew nothing was doing and the gap was big enough, he then went for it. Teamwork.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I think the best that Wiggins can hope for after tomorrow is 2nd, but more likely 4th or 5th. He'll lose that again on Ventoux, of course. It's still amazing.

 

[dan_bo]

especially considering he's riding on his tod in the hills.

 

[Skip Madness]

I expect Wiggins to overhaul Klöden and Fränk Schleck tomorrow. My guess at how the GC will look post-TT:

1. Alberto Contador
2. Lance Armstrong
3. Andy Schleck
4. Bradley Wiggins
5. Andreas Klöden
6. Frank Schleck
7. Vincenzo Nibali
8. Christian Vande Velde

 

[Pottsy]

IT'll be interesting to see how tired Wiggins will be after today (and the last 3 weeks) and how that might affect his TT tomorrow.

 

[Dave Elcome]

Well we are really lucky. As I type this I can look out of my hotel window at tomorrow's Time trial course. Hopefully the weather will be better, as there was a huge storm here in Annecy this morning.

We will be screaming our hearts out for Bradley as he passes us.

 

[Aperitif]

Well we are really lucky. As I type this I can look out of my hotel window at tomorrow's Time trial course. Hopefully the weather will be better, as there was a huge storm here in Annecy this morning.

We will be screaming our hearts out for Bradley as he passes us.

Have fun - we're not envious, oh no!