LOOK486 your bike is a piece...of dung.

Most exciting first week of the TDF in a very long­ time! Never could figure that one out about how you­ can't make an educated assessment of the Tour and­ its riders without being a high level racer. The­ experts said that Cav was suppose to win that stage and­ not Millar. and Menchov was suppose to be near the top­ of the GC and not sitting almost 5 minutes off the­ pace. I bet that these experts had no idea that­ Armstrong would be sitting on the same time as the race­ leader in the first week of the Tour. Although they did­ cover themselves by expertly saying "You never­ know what will happen because it is Lance­ Armstrong" or something similar. Well just so that­ I don't get accused of not knowing anything about­ cycling because I'm not part of the 178 people who­ will be riding in the stage tomorrow, I'm going to­ go with what Lance himself said. Contrador is going to­ go off tomorrow and if he can't stay with him that­ he will sit back and wait for the other contenders to­ attack. .
Now for the uneducated, fat bottomed, non­ Tour riding scenario. Many attacks by the GC contenders­ who need to get back some time all covered by the­ Astana posse. Cancellara gets dropped. Near the top of­ the climb Contrador accelerates taking only Sastre with­ him. Armstrong maintains his position with the­ remaining leaders. Provided there is no danger of­ losing the stage to Sastre, the gap between Armstrong­ and Contrador is maintained at less than 19 seconds to­ put Armstrong in the yellow at the end of the stage.­ Contrador has showed that he is the stronger rider and­ has temporarily "gifted" the lead to­ Armstrong. The Tour de Astana rolls on.

yeah! the god of thunder strikes in the rain. Good ride­ from Cav to finish 16th on a day that was not suited to­ his strengths. He is now only one point ahead of Thor­ and i think he has realised by now the green jersey is­ not going to be a walk in the park. tommorrow should be­ a good day, just hope that the other riders throw in­ some good attacks and are not intimidated by the­ astana/disco train that we saw on every mountain stage­ for seven years.

nobody says nothing about menchov? and to be honest,i­ didn´t found the giro so great this year.what i saw was­ just a di luca with no sence how to race a race and­ menchov going on the wheel...and none of the others was­ in top form...only cunego saying he was giving­ 110%!(AHAHAH)...but this year tour is going to be­ great...i would like to se armstrong winning and he may­ surprise us...but i think will be contador,a.schleck an­ kloden on the podium...

Well since we're commenting on this article was it­ not great too see the smiles on our Thors face as he­ stood on the podium?

So Wiggo isnt signing to Sky then. What a surprise!

ryan d and worldwide,think what 3 pyramids was saying­ is right on , most of us are just onlookers , quick to­ judge and critisize, all think we're experts , but­ really , just looking from the outside in , some of you­ we're offened but his or hers remarks , you should­ really get a reality check, lighten up, or like he or­ she said get your fat arse up the hill. that was pretty­ good i thought , now come back with some whiny bla,­ bla,viva le tour...........

i hear cav and bob are still coming up with their­ excuse, it involves elvis, micheal jackson, a tunnel in­ paris and a mystery car

garmin not pleassed, riders got lost on way to sign-on,­ not good publicity

LIMSHARP, im from northern ireland which means i have­ duel nationality, british and irish. i no millar not­ english just as i no he hasnt won any grand tour stages­ since before his doping ban. i dont think it fair some­ riders are accused of doping and treated with distain­ yet former dopers are given a heros return

I usually try to avoid attacking a specific post­ but

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are you kidding me?! Saying Armstrong is­ going to beat Cancellara is just about the most obvious­ statement I have ever heard. But you go ahead and­ celebrate because in your ridiculous version of the­ Tour Lance will "crush" Cancellara, 5th­ (where Lance will finish this year) is better than 65th­ (where Cancellara finished last year). Meanwhile­ Contador, Evans, Schleck, Sastre, and maybe a few­ others will ride over Armstrong. But GO ASTANA! LOOK,­ it's the kING rising above the horizon!

Hey " 3 PYRAMIDS " i,m surprised you have­ time to write comments on here during your busy­ schedule in this years TDF...I mean you must be a­ professional rider to come across as so high and mighty­ on here and being childishly rude to people !!! Perhaps­ you should put the stabilisers back on your tricycle­ and keep practising !!!

And why on this forum is everyone so concerned about­ who has raced prior or not. I say whoever says­ something stupid like "I can tell you never­ raced" has a small penis.

I would hardly call Millar's escape nail biting. It­ was over from before it started and anyone who thought­ it did have any chance at all must really LOOOVE­ Millar. Hushovd's win on the other hand was great­ drama to watch and much more of a nail biter. Good on­ him. As far as tomorrow goes, Armstrong will go out the­ back at some point and if Evans does not attack his TDF­ is over for sure. I cannot wait to see if Sastre has­ another Vesuvius in waiting. And as always I will be­ looking for the dynamic uphill crash from Menchov.

Fair enough 3 Pyramids, I may not have ridden a bike at­ a high level, but I resent the insinuation that I have­ a fat arse!

valiant effort David, would have been nice , like to­ see Cadel do well tomorrow , but this just isn't­ going to be his year again, some of you guy's have­ no idea how stupid you sound , most of you have­ obviously never rode a bike at a high level , you think­ your experts , guess what , your not , or you'd be­ getting your sorry fat arses up the mountain tomorrow­ with the rest of the peloton.

Millar almost did it, so close, a brilliant, classy­ effort, would have been great to see him win today, on­ wet and dangerous roads. However the victory was also­ sweet for Hushovd, after so many days of trying!­ I'm sure we will see more of David and Thor later­ on in the TdF.

Columbia were handicapped today by that­ late crash. It seems now the team are both tired and­ alienated by Cav's remarks a few days ago (also a­ few hills!) Despite Cav's fantastic talent, he has­ a few lessons to learn about diplomacy. Now, no other­ team wants to help Cav and the team in their flat stage­ efforts. Don't call your rivals 'juniors'­ please, the other riders have long memories - you need­ friends in the peloton, it's called give and take,­ you never know when you may need them, when your own­ team implodes, on a bad day :)