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Just watched highlights of the last 2 days. slightly drunk but just realized at the start of this race I thought Wiggo was an idiot to think he could get top 20 and now I'm disappointed he's in forth. So can I please apologies to him now but intercourse it, all or nothing attack attack attack !!!! see you on Sunday!
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Friday and another win for Cavendish,
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Lets hope he makes it six on Sunday. Traditionally there will be a lot of small groups trying to get away on the circuits of Champs Elyesse but if his team can pull it together on the final lap I can't see anyone beating him at the minute.
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Respect to all the riders today, That was a big hill, Wiggins stays in 4th, well done Bradley, Last stage tomorrow in Paris, Come on Mark Cavendish make it 6 stage wins.
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Well, that's the GC settled then. Well done to Contador, always likely to win but I didn't expect it to be so emphatic. It was his time trial win on Thursday that impressed me the most - we all knew he could climb but I didn't realise how much he had improved against the clock. Andy Schleck gave it a good go, especially today, but he was never going to drop Contador and will always lose time in the time trials, a worthy second place though. Respect to Lance Armstrong for finishing third, as I said at the outset he is a phenomenal athlete. Biggest respect to Bradley Wiggins though - fourth place, the best ever finish (I think) by an Englishman and joint best by a Brit. Nobody predicted that!
Hopefully the traditional bunch sprint to finish it all off tomorrow - this is the one they all want to win and whilst it should go to Cav there's always a risk of something going wrong - anyone remember Abdoujaparov 1991? [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nt4x3nuzfQ[/url]
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Well, that's the GC settled then. Well done to Contador, always likely to win but I didn't expect it to be so emphatic. It was his time trial win on Thursday that impressed me the most - we all knew he could climb but I didn't realise how much he had improved against the clock. Andy Schleck gave it a good go, especially today, but he was never going to drop Contador and will always lose time in the time trials, a worthy second place though. Respect to Lance Armstrong for finishing third, as I said at the outset he is a phenomenal athlete. Biggest respect to Bradley Wiggins though - fourth place, the best ever finish (I think) by an Englishman and joint best by a Brit. Nobody predicted that!
Hopefully the traditional bunch sprint to finish it all off tomorrow - this is the one they all want to win and whilst it should go to Cav there's always a risk of something going wrong - anyone remember Abdoujaparov 1991? [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nt4x3nuzfQ[/url]
Yes I remember that crash, There's been a few over the years, Lets hope nothing happens tomorrow, I said at the start of the race that Armstrong would not win, well hats off to him he did a lot lot better than I thought.
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Jesus Renshaw had killed the field off even before the sprint
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Well thats it for another year,
Another stage win for Mark Cavendish, thats 6 and 10 in 2 years,
Wiggins finishes 4th overall, fantastic !
Can't wait for next years race , with a british team entered,
Well done to all the riders who finished.
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Jesus Renshaw had killed the field off even before the sprint
I think all the other teams thought, We can not beat Cavendish so why bother.
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That made it an a win by a country mile.
Have you had a good weekend? Where did you get to?
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