Boonen or bummin, off the coke, no results.

As long as Cav still has the train- which he will­ because he will continue to deliver the goods- he will­ be very difficult to beat. Brilliant to see Farrar­ doing so well though!

The Columbia train won at least 4 of the stages for­ Cav, especially the last one. Farrar is proving­ he's one of the top guys. It will be interesting to­ see if Cav still has the train next year and how much­ stronger guys like TF will become. Sprinting needed a­ new generation. The guys at the top had been getting a­ bit older.

Boonen is set to become the 'new' Peter van­ Petergem - as long as he wins either Roubaix or­ Flanders, his season is a success. His days as a­ top-level sprinter are long gone...........along with­ his reputation.

Difficult to tell weather he's getting faster, or­ weather the opposition is not top level. There's­ some decent guys there (Brown, Boasson-Haggen, Forster­ etc), but none of the top boys - Cavendish, Hushovd,­ Freire, Bennatti, Ciolek etc. Boonen is dross at the­ moment and his season starts and finishes in April.

Just in case people haven't read the full report,­ Boonen punctured with about 7k to go and had to chase­ back on (with the help of cars and some team-mates),­ which could have taken a bit of sting out of his legs.­ Farrar is fast though - that's for sure.

The only reason Farrar is winning is there is no other­ competition.

itstoleyour is cavs boyfriend. another fast yank, the­ last thing you europeans want.

good rider...i expect him to fight for the points­ jersey in the next big tours

Watch it Cav. Farrar is getting faster and faster.

Agree. That crash at the end was a disgrace - the rider­ responsible should be disciplined. The commentators on­ cycling.tv suggested that it wasn't the first time­ he's done something like that.

Not seen any of his 'tweets', but given his­ past form, doesn't surprise me. Don't get me­ wrong, 4th is not a bad result, but expectations are­ now sky high and he does need to get some wins on his­ road palmares.

I agree partly Pedro - but after reading Wiggin's­ tweats, it seems like he's done nothing but eat,­ drink and be merry since the tour :) So I think this­ performance was pretty good! Garmin are definitely in a­ good position going into the next few days - I assume­ there are time bonuses on sprint finishes?

Wiggins close again, but no cigar. So frustrating! ­ Consistent placings in TTs this year and rode great­ overall in the TdF, but still seems to suffer from­ Garminitis...........good, but not quite good enough to­ win (Tyler Farrar's recent success at the­ Vattenfalls against second-tier opposition aside). ­ Let's see what he can do overall, surely he has to­ be one of the favourites, now. And with that comes a­ whole new pressure...