It's Rasmussen, Contador and Leipheimer leading Stage 16 of the 2007 Tour de France.
Cadel Evans is killing himself to bridge the gap. He's back about 11 seconds. He can see the riders ahead of him.
4.4KM left to go.
**Sastre is 00:01:08 back of the three leaders.
Leipheimer is setting the pace and Rasmussen made a signal with his hands of throwing in the towel. Odd. We shall see what happens in the next 20 minutes. 4KM to go. Cadel has almost caught them.
Rasmussen patted Leipheimer on the back.
Showing posts with label mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mountains. Show all posts
25 July 2007
19 July 2007
38KM to go in Stage 11
With 38KM left in today's stage, Rasmussen and the Yellow Jersey have caught all escapees and dashed any hopes people had of taking the jersey away today.
All that will likely change in the next couple of days with a time trial and a mountain stage on the horizon.
All that will likely change in the next couple of days with a time trial and a mountain stage on the horizon.
15 July 2007
Attrition
In a stage like this, you're going to see a lot of sprinters and other non-climbers drop off the back and sometimes even drop out of the race.
In no other sport do you have teams that lose players and are unable to add them back. If you lose a soccer player to injury, you can add one in his stead. If you have to pull out a fielder in baseball, you can substitute another player.
But in cycling, the teams are whittled down from a start count of nine riders. It's pretty severe.
By the way, at today's start of Stage 8, no team had lost more than one rider. When we see the figures later tonight and tomorrow morning, this WILL NOT be the case. Team CSC has had some bad luck as have a few other teams.
I would guess that many teams are down to 7 riders after all the dust settles.
In no other sport do you have teams that lose players and are unable to add them back. If you lose a soccer player to injury, you can add one in his stead. If you have to pull out a fielder in baseball, you can substitute another player.
But in cycling, the teams are whittled down from a start count of nine riders. It's pretty severe.
By the way, at today's start of Stage 8, no team had lost more than one rider. When we see the figures later tonight and tomorrow morning, this WILL NOT be the case. Team CSC has had some bad luck as have a few other teams.
I would guess that many teams are down to 7 riders after all the dust settles.
An amazing stage
I'm still watching the broadcast of Stage 8 and they've got about 37KM to go and it's a ride that's being controlled by Rasmussen. One large climb left - Montee d'Haughterville - and Rasmussen is 00:04:16 ahead.
Sorry for today's delay in posting - got caught up in packing and finishing work for Grampys while watching the greatest show on two wheels.
Rest day tomorrow. Hooray - we can recap on all our info and see what the next 10 days will bring before we get toward the final few stages of the Tour de France.
Sorry for today's delay in posting - got caught up in packing and finishing work for Grampys while watching the greatest show on two wheels.
Rest day tomorrow. Hooray - we can recap on all our info and see what the next 10 days will bring before we get toward the final few stages of the Tour de France.
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