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Tour de France 07

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haha, ooops sorry Bruce :lol: :unsure:

I managed to leg it home from school in time to watch the last 20km. When I don't see any of it live I always tell myself not to look who's won before the highlights but I can never resist :lol:
 
Sorry about the delay :lol:

Here's a few of my snaps from Saturday. The first pic shows my favourite rider Robbie McEwen

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The quality from the upload isn't great but you get the feel for them
 
Kloden took a bad tumble too and whilst he didn't lose major time today the Astana guy said he might have cracked a vertibrae. Not looking good for those two at all. I've been impressed by David Millar thus far. Wiggins and Cavendish lost bucketloads of time today but he was still there fighting for the stage win at the end. Not bad for a guy traditionally associated with time trialling.
 

better none than those there under false pretences.

cheating undermines the sport fully, and the sooner wse castigate those 'in it not for the sport' the better.

millar can die for all i care. cheating [Poor language removed]!
 
I found this piece on the BBC website very apt in summing up just how tough these guys are (drugs or no drugs):

What really struck me on Thursday, though, was the incredible guts displayed by a man who crossed the line three quarters of an hour after the winner.

Geoffroy Lequatre, a 26 year old Frenchman with not a single career victory to his name since turning pro in 2004, was my rider of the day.

With around 70km to go, Lequatre came off heavily just after the feed zone. It looked like he?d got his musette (food bag) tangled up in his spokes.

Despite his obvious discomfort by the side of the road, we all managed to have a chuckle about poor old Geoffroy being brought down by his own sandwiches.

The cameras didn?t linger on him too long and we were quickly taken back to the action at the front of the race. The Cofidis rider was soon forgotten.

Having packed up our equipment at the end of our broadcast, we were just leaving when Graham pointed out that there was still a rider on the course.

The crowd had dwindled away and not many people were there to witness the single bravest moment of stage five, 44 minutes after stage winner Filippo Pozzato nosed across the line and 21 minutes after the penultimate finisher.

His face contorted with agony, shorts ripped to shreds, thigh looking like a side of meat, and fingertips all stripped of skin, Lequatre crossed the line and simply collapsed in tears.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A24731589

Tough, tough guys.
 
I also watched the grand depart down in London, Hyde Park was packed and you could hardly move but it was interesting and a different experience for myself because its not a sport or event i pay any particular interest into so not exactly something i would see again or at a later date.
 

A great stage today with crashes all over the place. Several big names crashed out and a couple more really struggled to keep the pace set by Rasmussen as he sped into yellow. If he can have few more good days in the mountains he could really spring a surprise come Paris. Kloden looks hamstrung by Vino and I'm not sure Moreau has the team to help him. Leiphiemer didn't look strong today either.
 
The last two stages have certainly been action packed. The Tour has come to life after a pretty dull first week. I wonder if Astana will make Klonden team leader now or whether politics will keep Vino in pole?
 

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