Tour De France

[jetje]

Anyone who's interested in this race...?

Will Armstrong get his 5th in a row?
Will Petachi be unbeatable in the sprint?
Will Samuel Sanchez become the new king of the mountains and gain the white jearsy to?

These are my favorites for the different categories... 3 weeks of excitement will follow. It will be probably one of the hardest Tour de France there ever been.
After one week they will head for the mountains already...

Well can't wait..!

Official website for the tour de france (http://www.letour.fr/)

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[Guillaume]

Yes, Armstrong will get his 5th "maillot jaune"...
We all know it, so why don't they just give it to him and avoid hijacking my TV for the next three weeks? :(

[Nimdock]

As I am colombian, I will be following Santiago Botero, I'm hoping he will do good :unsure:

Edit: Typo

[-Archwolf-]

Armstrong will win

[bluedevil]

armstrong is winning this 1 ;)

[Nimdock]

Yes I agree with you... but I will be pushing for my guy :D

[jetje]

To bad Botero has been sick in the weeks before the tour started, well maybe he is able to win some time trials! I doubt if he can compete in the high mountains with the best. There are more colombians competing this years tour...

Well the prologue just started... i bet m money today on Bradley McGee! :rolleyes:

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Lance Armstrong will win again....You'll see :)

BOT

[zacspeed]

I haven't watched the tour for a few years now, I have very happy memories of Greg leMond & Bernard Hinault @ L'Alpe Duez. Christ! What year was that! :o

[jetje]

well 1st etape i was right, today a sprint will probably decide...

1 Allesandro Petacchi
2 Robbie McEwen
3 olaf Pollack

well more riders are capable of winning but this is my top3 for today...!
30 km to drive atm....

[Celerystalksme]

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi :P

[Nimdock]

Two Colombians in the top ten... I'm happy...

Victor Hugo Peña (5th Place yesterday):
http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/IMAGEN/IMAGEN-1163540-1.jpeg

[jetje]

Wel penã will be competitive in the mountains to my gues...
will see that next weekend!

[jetje]

well 2 winners in a row, damn i shoulda bet.. :lol:

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Lance ARMSTRONG (VS/US POSTAL)
Jan ULLRICH (Dui/TEAM BIANCHI)

[jetje]

Well today another sprinters festival?

Top3

1 Pettachi (again)
2 McEwen
3 Oscar Freire

the big shute yesterday was pretty catastrofal for some riders.
Two outsiders for the overall win, have to quit the race after the 1st day.
the americans Levi Leipheimer and Tyler hamilton both suffered fractures.. and are out!
Also Lance Armstrong was involved but it seems he was pretty much undamaged.

Well let's see what this new day brings! B)

[iamtheoneandonlyone]

Go Lance Armstrong! What a remarkable story this guy is.

[Nimdock]

Victor Hugo Peña... New Yellow Shirt today :)

I'm happy!!!

Que Viva Colombia!!!

[Nimdock]

http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/IMAGEN/IMAGEN-1170402-1.jpg

[jetje]

yes 1st yellow shirt to a columbian ever.... well i think the other pená will have a chance of winning a stage in the mountains, so Colmbians will probably have more to party on this Tour! :)

[Nimdock]

Yep, Botero still can do good, however he lost too much time today...

I know VHP is just a secondary runner on the US Postal team and that this is only transitory...

But Still....... I'M HAPPY!!!!!

[jetje]

And there is still #106 Ivan Parra (Col) from Kelme... i think he will do good in the mountains to. Can't wait till this weekend, will be a thrill... :rolleyes:

[Nimdock]

Yes, he'll definitely will battle in the mountains... no question about that...

So, it'll be interesting...