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The OFFICIAL Tour de France, thread.
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12.44pm: Sastre, if he catches the breakaway group, could be the virtual yellow jersey at some stage today. The super soaraway seven are nearly nine minutes clear of the peloton.
Tour de France 2010: Stage 17 - live! | Sport | guardian.co.uk
Pictures (graphical images) on the le Tour page.
Tour de France 2010: Stage 17 - live! | Sport | guardian.co.uk
Pictures (graphical images) on the le Tour page.
Samuel Sanchez to win
My tip is Samuel Sanchez to win, but by how much? Not enough for the yellow jersey, my guess.
My tip is Samuel Sanchez to win, but by how much? Not enough for the yellow jersey, my guess.
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SS had a big crash within the first 30mins, I don't know how serious, but is back in the peleton.
12.04pm: To everyone's huge relief Sanchez is back on his feet and, somehow, back on his bike. The Euskatel riders have all stopped to help him get back to the peloton and Contador, up at the front, has clearly heard the news and told everyone to slow down. All have, except Carlos Sastre who is riding away on his own.
12.03pm: We join today at a dramatic moment – Sammy Sanchez, third in the General Classification at the start of the today, has just been involved in a crash. I've not seen a replay of what happened, but he looks in a huge amount of pain, barely moving on the concrete.
This does somewhat put the kybosh on my forecast as I did not know this.
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1.27pm: Less than 100km to the finish now for the leaders. What a 100km they are though. The final 30km are all uphill and rise from the final sprint at Adast (470m above sea level) to the the top of the Tourmalet (2114m above sea level).
1.50pm: Sastre, by the way, is struggling to make that final leap and connect with the breakaway group. He's dropped back to almost four minutes behind.
1.48pm: Just 80km left now. The peloton are heading to the mid-stage refuelling point, where they'll pick up those little pouches of nourishment.
1.48pm: Just 80km left now. The peloton are heading to the mid-stage refuelling point, where they'll pick up those little pouches of nourishment.
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Its near the end and getting exciting. What has happened during the adverts? I hope it does not end in a damp squid. Kolobnev still leading at the beginning of the adverts.
Kolobnev has 1min 46 secs of lead and 11.1km to go. He will NOT make it!
Kolobnev has 1min 46 secs of lead and 11.1km to go. He will NOT make it!
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Well done Ryder, top way to celebrate your new contract.
Incredible stuff. Chapeau to Contador and Schleck. An amazing days racing. Looks like the Tour is Contador's now. Andy looks to have second tied up and Menchov will be third. This has been an incredible Tour so far and that stage topped it off.
Boo to ITV! They managed to miss the moment the break happened, again. Surely they could have no adverts for the duration of the last mountain. Fortunately I switched to Eurosport just in time.
Boo to ITV! They managed to miss the moment the break happened, again. Surely they could have no adverts for the duration of the last mountain. Fortunately I switched to Eurosport just in time.
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It's not been a good summer for ITV.
Although their coverage of Le Tour is very very good.
Bloody adverts
Although their coverage of Le Tour is very very good.
Bloody adverts
It is good coverage, but not for long enough each day. On a day like today they should have started earlier. Eurosport pile their adverts up at the start of the stage and rarely go to ads in the last hour so you don't miss any action, why can't ITV do the same?
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Well I won a bit of money from the each way bet on Rodriguez.$10 e/w and you get 1/4 of win price for finishing in top 3.
So was well chuffed when he came up flying up through the mist for 3rd.
Sanchez effort today is probably the best of any rider so far in the tour.
When I saw him on the road I thought he's gone. Not only did he come back from that but he also took more time off Menchov. Brilliant effort.
So was well chuffed when he came up flying up through the mist for 3rd.
Sanchez effort today is probably the best of any rider so far in the tour.
When I saw him on the road I thought he's gone. Not only did he come back from that but he also took more time off Menchov. Brilliant effort.
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Yeah that was what I was aiming for re viewing figures.
Hoping the massive up turn in cycling, a great tour, British interest, would equal big viewing figures and therefore more screen time.
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The bad and I guess good thing for Sky was their best sprint prospect beat their best GC rider up the mountain today by 3 minutes.