Armstrong and you know it, go Texas. yeee haaa

I very much agree with Pedro118118. This guys is­ special with an "S" and I truly believe he­ can win the Tour in the next couple of years. Guys­ close to him in the Tour of Britain last year spoke of­ how he seemed not to breathe when the peleton was on­ full gas and some teams were amazed at how quickly he­ cruised up and down the peleton from the team cars. I­ dont think he can climb with the best yet ...but there­ is certainly room to improve to that level if he loses­ one or two pounds. His TT is spot on ..so the­ transition should be no issue. If AC can work on his TT­ skills to beat Cancellara, then Boassen can do the same­ with his climbing.
I said in a preivious LA & AC­ forum ...that this kid will be one of Contadors biggest­ challengers if he takes up the GC challenge. His­ climbing will come ..just need some work and a good­ manager.

I tell you what, this kid is something special. I­ would be very happy if Sky were able to tempt him from­ Columbia. Surely with Greipel and Cav in the squad,­ his chances in the big races will be limited, but then­ again there's much more to this guy than sprinting­ - he can climb pretty well and rides a mean TT.

Davis did say in his Twitter that he got a definite­ shirt pull and after the race Greipel apologised saying­ it was "heat of the moment", so it clearly­ was an infringement. I just really wanted to see Davis­ secure a win and was frustrated when I saw him slowing­ down.

Watch the video again. As the riders come round one of­ the right hand corners Davis is alongside Greipel to­ the left of the screen and you see Greipel thrust an­ elbow out at Davis. The action immediately cuts to­ another camera and Davis has swung into the middle of­ the road and then puts his hand in the air. He was­ clearly elbowed out the way so the penalty is fair. But­ Davis' reaction is the equivalent to Ronaldo­ writhing on the floor...

Liz S - It's because 9 times out of 10 it works, as­ it did with Davis here, he got Greipel DQ'd. I­ know your question was a bit rhetorical and you know­ why anyway but and I'm as frustrated as you -­ totally agree and both cycling and footy referees­ should react to the incident rather than a wimpy­ reactions of the competitors who think they have been­ fouled or blocked. They watch the race/game and are­ meant to be experts so shouldn't need the­ competitors to point it out. Suppose I am preaching to­ the converted here, it's just annoying that­ referees aren't better or more video analysis­ isn't done by someone with half a brain for a­ change.

Why did Davis go backwards while protesting? That's­ what I hate about football, when they all put their­ hands up and stop playing instead of just sticking the­ ball in the back of the net.

Haven`t bothered watching much as it would mean­ listening to David Duffield

der doing another cavendish

Cant see what Greipels done wrong - all I can see is­ Davis swaying all over the road and nearly taking­ Greipel out if it was for Greipel putting his arm on­ Davis' shoulder to prevent an accident, Greipel­ then still had the presence to sprint from 4th to 2nd­ where Davis just cried like a wimp and put his arm­ up...

Seems to me that the Commisaires are bending­ under pressure from any protest the sprinters make on­ any race rather than actually watch the events before­ making a decision - same happend in the Giro and the­ TDF - happening too often actually.

I might be wrong­ but I cant any other incident other than before Davis­ put his arm up.

Slovenians come from Slovenia and Slovakians come from:­ you've guessed it, Slovakia. Slovenia has borders­ with Crotia and Italy and the capital city is­ Ljubljana. Slovakia was formerly part of Czechoslovakia­ and thus borders the Czech Republic, amongst other­ coutries; capital Bratislva.

What's the difference between a Slovenian and a­ Slovakian? Honest question.

Two corrections - Borut Boziuc's real last name is­ Božič (but you can write it Bozic if your­ keyboard does not support Slavic character sets) and he­ is SLOVENIAN, not Slovakian.