Tour de London

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

King of the mountain top 10:

 

1 058 Michael RASMUSSEN RAB 142

2 219 Juan Mauricio SOLER HERNANDEZ BAR 140

3 118 Yaroslav POPOVYCH DSC 104

4 112 Alberto CONTADOR DSC 85

5 125 Laurent LEFEVRE BTL 78

6 174 Juan Manuel GARATE QSI 77

7 041 Cadel EVANS PRL 64

8 205 David DE LA FUENTE SDV 54

9 012 David ARROYO GCE 52

10 204 Juan Jose COBO ACEBO SDV 52

 

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

Young rider top 10 (and already the possible winner):

 

1 112 Alberto CONTADOR DSC 69h54'37.000'' 00.000''

2 219 Juan Mauricio SOLER HERNANDEZ BAR 70h07'14.000'' 12'37.000''

3 218 Kanstantsin SIUTSOU BAR 70h25'12.000'' 30'35.000''

4 078 Amets TXURRUKA EUS 70h30'31.000'' 35'54.000''

5 054 Thomas DEKKER RAB 70h53'54.000'' 59'17.000''

6 025 Linus GERDEMANN TMO 70h54'35.000'' 59'58.000''

7 095 Bernhard KOHL GST 70h57'51.000'' 1h03'14.000''

8 113 Vladimir GUSEV DSC 71h01'38.000'' 1h07'01.000''

9 184 Andriy GRIVKO MRM 71h52'20.000'' 1h57'43.000''

10 168 Thomas LÖVKVIST FDJ 71h53'22.000'' 1h58'45.000''

 

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

Top 10 team standings (No surprises here):

 

1 AST ASTANA 209h52'24.000'' 00.000''

2 DSC DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 209h55'17.000'' 2'53.000''

3 CSC TEAM CSC 210h07'25.000'' 15'01.000''

4 GCE CAISSE DEPARGNE 210h07'46.000'' 15'22.000''

5 RAB RABOBANK 210h10'27.000'' 18'03.000''

6 EUS EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 210h19'16.000'' 26'52.000''

7 PRL PREDICTOR - LOTTO 211h08'42.000'' 1h16'18.000''

8 A2R AG2R PREVOYANCE 211h21'11.000'' 1h28'47.000''

9 SDV SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 211h21'25.000'' 1h29'01.000''

10 C.A CREDIT AGRICOLE 211h26'04.000'' 1h33'40.000''

 

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

Now I have you all excited I feel I must say that today is a rest day, so no racing until tomorrow!!!!

[Greg_Dyke]

Vinikourov...out

 

 

 

drugs cheat...booooo

 

 

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/24072007/58/tour-de-france-cycling-rocked-new-drugs-shame.html

 

Alexandre Vinokourov has tested positive for illegal doping, and his Astana team have withdrawn from the Tour de France.

 

Astana revealed that their Kazakh leader failed a test after winning Saturday's time trial in Albi.

 

Vinokourov's blood sample was analysed at Châtenay-Malabry and reportedly showed two different types of red blood cells, showing the rider had received a transfusion shortly before the start of the stage.

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

Yes, it's big news, although there are conflicting stories..... Shame as Vino had my cash on his wheels and was the earlt favourite.

 

Absolutly gutted...

 

I'm thinking of withdrawing from the commentaty position also!

[Greg_Dyke]

I THINK YOU SHOULD GET A REFUND, or a CREDIT note, on your bet

 

 

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

It's already been refunded, therefore he must have withdrawn last night.

 

The bloody idiot!

[Greg_Dyke]

His team withdrew him.........

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

No, his team withdrew.... but to have my cash back in my hills account today, he must have resigned from the race yesterday.

 

I'll think you'll find that if a team withdraws from the tour the riders can still race..... it's up to the individual to resign. Hence why some are still classified at today's start.

[Greg_Dyke]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i2fMfdHmfk

 

dangerous decents, a stunning vid !

[Greg_Dyke]

 

The lead group is four men:

Sastre

Verdugo

Soler and

Mayo.

 

They are 25km from the end of the 16th stage and 1 min in the lead....

 

Rasmussen's team are dominant...

[Greg_Dyke]

Westy seems to have given up, which is ironic as the tour had its biggest shock yesterday...

 

RASMUSSEN OUT !

He lied to his team about whgere he has be jetting off to and they dropped him

 

CONFIDIS TEAM OUT !

Cristian Moreni failed a test and they pulled their whole team, inc. Bradley Wiggins....

 

bad bad times for Le tour, but it's good in a way that teams are acting like this....showing up the selfish drug cheats and making them responsible for their whole team....

 

Stage 17 today (4 to go, one of which is a time trial)

 

Leaders...

 

1. CONTADOR Alberto 2 mins clear of

2. EVANS Cadel 1 min clear of

3. LEIPHEIMER Levi 4 mins clear of

4. SASTRE Carlos then

5. ZUBELDIA Haimar

6. VALVERDE Alejandro 4 mins behind Zubeldia

 

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

It's a farce.... although Evans is a good time trialist, so should take some beating.... unless he's on the substance of course!!!!

[Greg_Dyke]

He's on cake....

[cantos]

After posting an unusual 950+ posts in the month,i do believe that Westie has failed a forum drug test.

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

The riders are underway on the artificial start to the race with a huge cloud hanging over the peloton after the news that Michael Rasmussen has been thrown out of the Rabobank team and the race.

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

12:00 - There is no yellow jersey in the peloton today, though Alberto Contador is now at the head of the general classification, 1'53" ahead of Predictor-Lotto's Cadel Evans.

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

12:00 - The official start for the stage is given at 12:00 BST. 142 riders are still in the race. The seven remaining members of the Cofidis team (Bradley Wiggins, Staf Schierlinkx, Sylvain Chavanel, Stephane Augé, Cristian Moreni, Nick Nuyens and Rik Verbrugghe) are not at the start, nor is Michael Rasmussen.

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

188km - Xavier Florencio attacks immediately following the start of the stage, and is folowed by Mickaël Delage (FdJ)...though the peloton reels them back in immediately.