Tour de France

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Insane climbs in todays stage with 4 1st category climbs including the last one to the finish line. Riders dropping like flies including Frome with broken wrist/hand and Contador with a broken leg. Also a few crashes which do not look good. Rest day tomorrow and then 2 more mountain stages Friday and Saturday and 3 more mountain stages next week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday then back to the pretty boys with a flatlander stage and an individual time trial.

All tremendous athletes.

 

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How about Talansky today? Proud to be an American today!

Here's what happened to him just a few days ago. Check out at 40 seconds of the attached video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eijFG1ba-x4

 

[Scott]

I've had enough time in the saddle to understand how grueling the TDF would be. Oh man it would be crazy

 

[go high fast]

Tomorrow we begin to separate the men from the boys. Big opportunity for van garderen. 6th place now and only 3:56 back. Kid grew up in Bozeman!

 

[Scott]

Yeah, I wondered if he'd recover after his spill...but he's chewed into that lead a little.

 

[go high fast]

Van Garderen up 1 spot into 5th place is the good news. Bad news is his gap to the leader grew to +5:19.

Another major mountain stage tomorrow. Getting exciting now!!

 

[go high fast]

So here's what it has come down to. Beginning tomorrow morning we have 3 punishing mountain stages back to back to back followed by a time trial on Friday.

Leader Nibali has looked strong in the mountains with no apparent chink in his armor but has a history of horrible performances in time trials.

GO TEJAY!!

Live coverage on MSNBC beginning at 6:00 a.m. each morning. Tejay currently in 5th place 5:49 behind leader Nibali.

Oh I forgot.......tomorrows stage.......148 miles.

 

[milehighassassin]

Go Lance!!!

 

[05900]

Go frenchie

 

[Scott]

Lmfao

 

[chopper]

the tour is nothing without L.A.......