Lance keeps it tactical

I was wrong. I really thought that lance was going to drop the hammer
on the last climb. Have to wonder if Hincappie being up the road might
have changed the plan.
Bill C

On 17 Jul 2005 08:31:17 -0700, Bill C wrote:
I was wrong. I really thought that lance was going to drop the hammer
on the last climb. Have to wonder if Hincappie being up the road might
have changed the plan.

No, he would never have caught him. I think he was happy staying with
Basso. Basso looked like he may have been the strongest today. If not,
Armstrong could maybe have set him back 20 seconds with a whole lot of
effort. Not necessary.

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Ewoud Dronkert wrote:

On 17 Jul 2005 08:31:17 -0700, Bill C wrote:
I was wrong. I really thought that lance was going to drop the hammer
on the last climb. Have to wonder if Hincappie being up the road might
have changed the plan.

No, he would never have caught him. I think he was happy staying with
Basso. Basso looked like he may have been the strongest today. If not,
Armstrong could maybe have set him back 20 seconds with a whole lot of
effort. Not necessary.

Exactly. GH and OP too far away for Lance to win. And there were no
other rivals left but Basso, who doesn't match up in the TT. Lance
should win #7 by 5 min over Basso.

gwhite wrote:
Ewoud Dronkert wrote:

On 17 Jul 2005 08:31:17 -0700, Bill C wrote:
I was wrong. I really thought that lance was going to drop the hammer
on the last climb. Have to wonder if Hincappie being up the road might
have changed the plan.

No, he would never have caught him. I think he was happy staying with
Basso. Basso looked like he may have been the strongest today. If not,
Armstrong could maybe have set him back 20 seconds with a whole lot of
effort. Not necessary.

Exactly. GH and OP too far away for Lance to win. And there were no
other rivals left but Basso, who doesn't match up in the TT. Lance
should win #7 by 5 min over Basso.
I'm not sure now that Jan can pull out 3 minutes from Rasmussen before
Paris either. I can't believe how hard he's hung in there.
Bill C

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gwhite wrote:
Ewoud Dronkert wrote:

On 17 Jul 2005 08:31:17 -0700, Bill C wrote:
I was wrong. I really thought that lance was going to drop the
hammer
on the last climb. Have to wonder if Hincappie being up the road
might
have changed the plan.

No, he would never have caught him. I think he was happy staying with
Basso. Basso looked like he may have been the strongest today. If not,
Armstrong could maybe have set him back 20 seconds with a whole lot of
effort. Not necessary.

Exactly. GH and OP too far away for Lance to win. And there were no
other rivals left but Basso, who doesn't match up in the TT. Lance
should win #7 by 5 min over Basso.
I'm not sure now that Jan can pull out 3 minutes from Rasmussen before
Paris either. I can't believe how hard he's hung in there.
Bill C


Be interesting to see how 3-6 end up. Ulrich might be able to take back the
2:49 in the last TT alone, assuming his first TT was a bad day. After all,
Rasmussen lost well over 3 minutes to Lance in only 19km in the first TT.
The other placing will be interesting to watch too, assuming the top guys
don't shuffle any more on GC before St. Etienne. Mancebo for example, lost
a bit over a minute and Rasmussen about two to Landis and Leipheimer in the
first TT. In a TT over twice as long, 20 days in.....

Chicken better be flapping his wings between now and then!

Bill C wrote:
I'm not sure now that Jan can pull out 3 minutes from Rasmussen before
Paris either. I can't believe how hard he's hung in there.

Jan? Chicken? g

Enjoy the coverage today, Bill? --TP

wrote:
Bill C wrote:
I'm not sure now that Jan can pull out 3 minutes from Rasmussen before
Paris either. I can't believe how hard he's hung in there.

Jan? Chicken? g

Enjoy the coverage today, Bill? --TP
Glad to see George finally have the chance, and get it done, but
watching Jan keep yo-yoing from Lance and Basso was murder, though I
think if he'd gotten back they would've gone again. Then to see
Rasmussen come back into the shot was brutal.
I think Jan's finally recovering from the crashes and should be at his
very best for the last TT since he now knows he's racing for 3rd unless
something really bad happens. It'll be interesting to see how Rabobank
play it. Tuesday could be brutal for T-Mobile, if Rabo decides to try
and get some more time for Rasmussen. They'd have to do most of the
work unless the gap really started to open up.
Of course nothing could happen too, and they all could just watch each
other and recover for the TT. Strategy is going to be really
interesting to watch play out. I'm betting on it being a defensive day
unless someone looks like they are in real trouble. I think we might
see Vino go in an early break Tuesday though. It's the only thing that
would make sense for him.
Gonna be fun.
Bill C

"Bill C" schreef:
Of course nothing could happen too, and they all could just watch each
other and recover for the TT. Strategy is going to be really
interesting to watch play out. I'm betting on it being a defensive day
unless someone looks like they are in real trouble. I think we might
see Vino go in an early break Tuesday though. It's the only thing that
would make sense for him.
Gonna be fun.
Bill C


Very impressive how many times Vino came back from the dead today.

Bill C wrote:
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Enjoy the coverage today, Bill?

(Bill C replied):

[yes]

I think Jan's finally recovering from the crashes and should be at his
very best for the last TT since he now knows he's racing for 3rd unless
something really bad happens.

Oh yeah, hell of a way to rehab but he is burning. Almost there today,
given a successful rest day regimen (there's a guesser) and some more
of that good mountainclimbing r'n'r, he could be flying.

Of course nothing could happen too, and they all could just watch each
other and recover for the TT. Strategy is going to be really
interesting to watch play out. I'm betting on it being a defensive day
unless someone looks like they are in real trouble. I think we might
see Vino go in an early break Tuesday though. It's the only thing that
would make sense for him.

No guts, no glory. Anybody else trying harder?

Gonna be fun.

By the expression on his face, Lance is getting pushed good and hard.
He's got to negotiate that rest day, too, for all his expertise (and
help) in these TdF things.

Bernucci. Weening. Totschnig. Hincapie. More to come. --TP

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Bernucci. Weening. Totschnig. Hincapie. More to come. --TP

Beautiful wins? Don´t forget Rasmussen´s big breakaway!