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Post by kulot_salot on Jul 16, 2006 16:17:57 GMT 8
So? What's with Rammstein? just an add by the column writer in MBACTION... his opinion... here's rammstein...
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Post by qt_kat on Jul 16, 2006 23:01:36 GMT 8
Add'l Schedule for TDF on ESPN
Date Time(Local) 16-Jul-06 00:00 Stage #12(R) 16-Jul-06 11:00 Stage #12(R) 16-Jul-06 17:30 Stage #13(S)
17-Jul-06 00:00 Stage #13(R) 17-Jul-06 08:00 Stage #13(R) 17-Jul-06 17:00 Stage #14(S)
18-Jul-06 01:30 Stage #14(R)
18-Jul-06 06:30 Stage #15(R) 18-Jul-06 15:30 Rest Day(S)
19-Jul-06 01:30 Rest Day(R)
19-Jul-06 06:30 Rest Day(R)
19-Jul-06 15:30 Stage #15(S) 20-Jul-06 01:30 Stage #15(R)
20-Jul-06 06:30 Stage #15(R)
21-Jul-06 06:00 Stage #16(T)
21-Jul-06 12:00 Stage #16(R)
22-Jul-06 03:30 Stage #17(S)
23-Jul-06 03:30 Stage #18(T)
24-Jul-06 07:30 Stage #19(T) 25-Jul-06 01:30 Stage #20(T)
25-Jul-06 06:30 Stage #20(R)
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 17, 2006 0:00:55 GMT 8
Thanks mam kat for the infos. Push, push, push ! ! ! ;D Add'l Schedule for TDF on ESPN Date Time(Local) 16-Jul-06 00:00 Stage #12(R) 16-Jul-06 11:00 Stage #12(R) 16-Jul-06 17:30 Stage #13(S) 17-Jul-06 00:00 Stage #13(R) 17-Jul-06 08:00 Stage #13(R) 17-Jul-06 17:00 Stage #14(S) 18-Jul-06 01:30 Stage #14(R) 18-Jul-06 06:30 Stage #15(R) 18-Jul-06 15:30 Rest Day(S) 19-Jul-06 01:30 Rest Day(R) 19-Jul-06 06:30 Rest Day(R) 19-Jul-06 15:30 Stage #15(S) 20-Jul-06 01:30 Stage #15(R) 20-Jul-06 06:30 Stage #15(R) 21-Jul-06 06:00 Stage #16(T) 21-Jul-06 12:00 Stage #16(R) 22-Jul-06 03:30 Stage #17(S) 23-Jul-06 03:30 Stage #18(T) 24-Jul-06 07:30 Stage #19(T) 25-Jul-06 01:30 Stage #20(T) 25-Jul-06 06:30 Stage #20(R)
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 17, 2006 0:05:08 GMT 8
Fedrigo Earns First Stage Win For Bouygues TelecomBouyges Telecom's Pierrick Fedrigo survived a long and hazardous breakaway, then outsprinted Salvatore Commesso and a charging Christian Vande Velde to give France its 3rd stage win of the 2006 Tour. Rik Verbrugghe and David Canada were taken to a local hospital after crashing in a right-hand corner. Verbrugghe went over a guardrail, while Canada slid into it. T-Mobile's Matthias Kessler, who was trailing Canada, also went over the guardrail, but got back into the pack and finished the day's stage. The Col de la Sentinelle was an anvil pounding the chasing peloton into a small thin pack of 34 that included all the Tour's contenders. In the final kilometer, CSC's Christian Vande Velde tried to launch across for the stage victory, but couldn't quite reel in Fedrigo and Commesso, finishing third on the day 3 seconds back. Caisse d'Epargne holds the yellow jersey. There's very little change in the leaderboard, but there are lots of changes farther down, as almost 120 riders lost significant time over the final col. Top 10:1) Pierrick Fedrigo, Bouyges Telecom, France, in 4:14:23 2) Salvatore Commesso, Lampre, Italy, same time 3) Christian Vande Velde, CSC, USA, at :03 4) Christophe Moreau, AG2R, France, at :07 5) Georg Totschnig, Gerolsteiner, German, same time 6) Stefano Garzelli, Liquigas, Italy, s.t. 7) Cristian Moreni, Cofidis, Italy, s.t. 8) George Hincapie, Discovery Channel, USA, s.t. 9) Cadel Evans, Davitamon-Lotto, Australia, s.t. 10) Alexandre Botcharov, Credit Agricole, Russia, s.t. Overall:1) Oscar Pereiro, Caisse d'Epargne, Spain, in 64:05:04 2) Floyd Landis, Phonak, USA, at 1:29 3) Cyril Dessel, AG2R, France, at 1:37 4) Denis Menchov, Rabobank, Russia, at 2:30 5) Cadel Evans, Davitamon-Lotto, Australia, at 2:46 6) Carlos Sastre, CSC, Spain, at 3:21 7) Andreas Klöden, T-Mobile, Germany, at 3:58 8) Michael Rogers, T-Mobile, Australia, at 4:51 9) Juan Miguel Mercado, Agritubel, Spain, at 5:02 10) Christophe Moreau, AG2R, France, at 5:13 PEREIRO SIO Oscar (ESP) DE LA FUENTE David (ESP) MC EWEN Robbie (AUS) FOTHEN Marcus (GER)Tuesday's 15th stage a 187km will be at Gap to L'Alpe d'Huez.
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Post by Ben Dover on Jul 17, 2006 12:37:16 GMT 8
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 17, 2006 14:08:59 GMT 8
sir tolits, whew!!! that hurts ! ! !...hope that will not happen to all of us !!! Ride safe PMTBer's. Thanks for sharing!!! Push, push, push...keep pushing ! ! ! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Onie on Jul 18, 2006 12:29:52 GMT 8
Yes, a very devastating news for: David Canada, Matthias Kessler, Rik Verbugghe crash during Stage 14 of TDF!
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 18, 2006 23:23:29 GMT 8
Schleck takes stage, Landis leads CSC's Amstel Gold winner Frank Schleck rode away from 2004 Giro champion Damiano Cunego near the top of the legendary Alpe d'Huez to take his first Tour de France stage win. The 26-year-old Schleck got into a big break with teammates Jens Voigt and David Zabriskie, and each helped thin the herd by setting a wicked pace on the early slopes of the climb. Voigt chased back onto the break after a late crash, went right to the front, and still had the power to pace Sastre back into contention, cracking Cadel Evans, later on the climb. Meanwhile, a few minutes behind them, the longed-for battle for the yellow jersey commenced, with Floyd Landis and Andreas Klöden riding more than a minute ahead of Denis Menchov, Cadel Evans, and reigning race leader Oscar Pereiro, and putting a few seconds into CSC's Carlos Sastre and Gerolsteiner's Levi Leipheimer. Klöden and Landis each matched the other's moves, slowly whittling their group down, until they were the only GC contenders left, riding with three survivors of the early break. Each was helped by a teammate who got up the road in the break; Landis by Merckx, who paced the small group for more than a kilometer, and Klöden by Mazzoleni, who did likewise near the top of the mountain. When OLN's team questioned Phonak's performance, saying Landis was alone on the mountain, they apparently blotted Merckx completely out, despite a very strong performance by Merckx, who recently extended his contract through next year. Wednesday's 16th stage a 182km will be at Bourg d'Oisans to La Toussuire.Result of stage 15:1. Frank Schleck (Lux/Team CSC) 4 hours 52 mins 22 secs 2. Damiano Cunego (Ita/Lampre) +11 secs 3. Stefano Garzelli (Ita/Liquigas) +1:10 4. Floyd Landis (USA/Phonak) +1:105. Andreas Kloden (Ger/T-Mobile) +1:106. Ruben Lobato (Spa/Saunier Duval) +1:14 7. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra/Cofidis) +1:18 8. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita/T-Mobile) +1:289. Carlos Sastre (Spa/Team CSC) +1:35 10. Levi Leipheimer (USA/Gerolsteiner ) +1:49" General classification:1. Floyd Landis (US/Phonak) 69 hours 00 mins 05 secs2. Oscar Pereiro (Spa/Caisse d'Epargne) +10secs 3. Cyril Dessel (Fra/AG2R) +2:02 4. Denis Menchov (Rus/Rabobank) +2:12 5. Carlos Sastre (Spa/Team CSC) +2:17 6. Andreas Kloeden (Ger/T-Mobile) +2:297. Cadel Evans (Aus/Davitamon-Lotto) +2:56 8. Michael Rogers (Aus/T-Mobile) +5:019. Levi Leipheimer (US/Gerolsteiner) +6:18 10. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa/Euskaltel) +6:20 LANDIS Floyd (USA) DE LA FUENTE David (ESP) MC EWEN Robbie (AUS) FOTHEN Marcus (GER)NO LONGER RIDINGStage 15: 184 GRIVKO Andriy (UKR) TEAM MILRAM 101 BOONEN Tom (BEL) QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 53 DE GROOT Bram (NED) RABOBANK 49 ZBERG Beat (SUI) GEROLSTEINER
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Post by PasawayL on Jul 19, 2006 22:35:00 GMT 8
The pack rides in the mountain during the 182 km sixteenth stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race from Bourg d'Oisans to La Toussuire, 19 July 2006. (Parang Maarat lang) Same as Maarat uphill ;D
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 19, 2006 22:40:16 GMT 8
sir pasawayL watta worderful pic.......marvelous!!! wow!!! sana meron sa pinas nyan. whew!!! salamat sa pag post..... ;D
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Post by PasawayL on Jul 19, 2006 22:44:34 GMT 8
The now retired seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong sits next to his former Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel (R-hidden) in a car during the 182 km sixteenth stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race from Bourg d'Oisans to La Toussuire
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Post by PasawayL on Jul 19, 2006 22:49:04 GMT 8
A supporter runs by USA's George Hincapie (Discovery Channel/USA) during the 187 km fifteenth stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race from Gap to L'Alpe d'Huez ( all Photo from AFP/PASCAL GUYOT)
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 20, 2006 0:59:24 GMT 8
Rasmussen celebrates as he crosses the finish line Rabobank's monster climber Michael Rasmussen went on a day-long breakaway, reminiscent of his Stage 9 breakaway last year. He led the field over four climbs, to take a commanding lead in the King of the Mountains competition, which he won last year. Yellow jersey Floyd Landis had a nightmare day, when he couldn't match an attack by Carlos Sastre on the day's last climb, and just went backward out of the race lead. Meanwhile, Oscar Pereiro dropped Denis Menchov and Cyril Dessel, finishing with Andreas Klöden and Cadel Evans to retake the overall race lead. Thursday's 17th stage a 200.5km will be at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Morzine.Result of stage 15:1. Michael Rasmussen (Den/Rabobank) 5 hours 36 mins 04 secs 2. Carlos Sastre (Spa/Team CSC) +1:41 3. Oscar Pereiro (Spa/Caisse d'Epargne) +1:54 4. Cadel Evans (Aus/Dav-Lotto)+1:56 5. Andreas Kloden (Ger/T-Mobile) +1:566. Christophe Moreau (Fra/AG2R)) +2:37 7. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita/C.A) +2:37 8. Cyril Dessel (Fra/AG2R) +2:37 9. Levi Leipheimer (USA/Gerolsteiner ) +3:24 10. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa/Euskaltel) +3:42 11. Denis Menchov (Rus/Rabobank) +3:42 12. Michael Rogers (Aus/T-Mobile) +3:42 13. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita/T-Mobile) +3:42 General classification:1. Oscar Pereiro (Spa/Caisse d'Epargne) 74 hours, 38 mins, 05 secs 2. Carlos Sastre (Spa/Team CSC) +1:50 3. Andreas Kloeden (Ger/T-Mobile) +2:294. Cyril Dessel (Fra/AG2R) +2:43 5. Cadel Evans (Aus/Davitamon-Lotto) +2:56 6. Denis Menchov (Rus/Rabobank) +3:58 7. Michael Rogers (Aus/T-Mobile) +6:478. Christophe Moreau (Fra/AG2R)) +7:03 9. Levi Leipheimer (USA/Gerolsteiner ) +7:46 10. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa/Euskaltel) +8:06 11. Floyd Landis (USA/Phonak) +8:0812. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita/C.A) +13:27 PEREIRO SIO Oscar (ESP) RASMUSSEN Mickael (DEN) MC EWEN Robbie (AUS) FOTHEN Marcus (GER)NO LONGER RIDINGStage 16:185 IGLINSKIY Maxim (KAZ) TEAM MILRAM 155 JOLY Sébastien (FRA) FRANCAISE DES JEUX 103 DE JONGH Steven (NED) QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 83 BENNATI Daniele (ITA) LAMPRE-FONDITAL 43 KOPP David (GER) GEROLSTEINER
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Post by Onie on Jul 20, 2006 6:38:22 GMT 8
brad,
Magnificent pix! The sceneries! Wow! Seems you're at the scene of the action!!!
Thanks for sharing! More, please?
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Post by Onie on Jul 20, 2006 7:16:06 GMT 8
Who0ophs! Forgot! My bad! ;D Here's the STAGE Profile Yellow jersey is with Oscar PEREIRO now...
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Post by janix on Jul 20, 2006 7:52:28 GMT 8
hmm... wonder if Rasmussen will be the king of the mountains this tour.
nice pics!
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Post by kulot_salot on Jul 20, 2006 8:30:46 GMT 8
... well he should be, 'cause he's also an ex-mountain biker.... & also floyd landis or cadel evans.... get it... hehehe.... king of the mountain.... mountain biker... hehehe.... hrrermppp... moving on.... hehehe....
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 21, 2006 11:22:20 GMT 8
Landis roars back with epic win Today was the most amazing day of an amazing Tour de France. Floyd Landis splintered the field on the day's first climb. Phonak went to the front and pushed the pace, and then Landis attacked. The GC riders initially countered, but Landis lifted the pace and rode away, with about 160 kilometers and five climbs to go. Landis hunted down an 11-man break then time-trialed alone to the finish line, holding a punishing pace to his first career Tour stage win. Oscar Pereiro's Caisse d'Epargne team couldn't bring the gap down, and finally, as it reached more than 9 minutes, dropped back, and CSC took over. The gap was slowly reduced until on the day's last and hardest climb, CSC's Carlos Sastre launched a withering assault on the remnants of the peloton. It was too late to catch Landis, but Sastre hoped to stay ahead of Landis on GC, and to crack Pereiro and possibly take the race lead. Pereiro kept his head, and limited his losses enough to maintain his yellow jersey. For now. Despite huge gaps between riders on the road, the Tour only gets closer: Pereiro now leads Sastre by 12 seconds, Landis by 30 seconds, and Klöden by 2:29. Landis is the best time trialist of the group, and Saturday's time trial looks decisive. Landis is the 9th American to win a Tour stage: Landis, Hincapie, Armstrong, Zabriskie, Hamilton, Lemond, Hampsten, Phinney, Pierce. Results of stage 17: 1. Floyd Landis (US / Phonak ) 5 hours 23 minutes 36 seconds 2. Carlos Sastre (Spain / Team CSC ) +5:42 3. Christophe Moreau (France / AG2R ) +5:58 4. Damiano Cunego (Italy / Lampre ) +6:40 5. Michael Boogerd (Netherlands / Rabobank ) +7:08 6. Fraenk Schleck (Luxembourg / Team CSC ) 7. Oscar Pereiro (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne ) 8. Andreas Kloeden (Germany / T-Mobile ) 9. Haimar Zubeldia (Spain / Euskaltel ) 10. Cadel Evans (Australia / Davitamon - Lotto ) +7:20 11. Michael Rasmussen (Denmark / Rabobank ) +7:24 12. Denis Menchov (Russia / Rabobank ) 13. Patrik Sinkewitz (Germany / T-Mobile ) 14. Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia / Lampre ) +8:37 15. Giuseppe Guerini (Italy / T-Mobile ) 16. Cyril Dessel (France / AG2R ) +8:49 17. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spain / AG2R ) +9:27 18. Markus Fothen (Germany / Gerolsteiner ) 19. Eddy Mazzoleni (Italy / T-Mobile ) 20. Marzio Bruseghin (Italy / Lampre ) General classification: 1. Oscar Pereiro (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne ) 80 hours 8 minutes 49 seconds 2. Carlos Sastre (Spain / Team CSC ) +0.12 minutes 3. Floyd Landis (US / Phonak ) +0.30 4. Andreas Kloeden (Germany / T-Mobile ) +2:29 5. Cadel Evans (Australia / Davitamon - Lotto ) +3:08 6. Denis Menchov (Russia / Rabobank ) +4:14 7. Cyril Dessel (France / AG2R ) +4:24 8. Christophe Moreau (France / AG2R ) +5:45 9. Haimar Zubeldia (Spain / Euskaltel ) +8:16 10. Michael Rogers (Australia / T-Mobile ) +12:13 PEREIRO SIO Oscar (ESP) RASMUSSEN Mickael (DEN) MC EWEN Robbie (AUS) CUNEGO Damiano (ITA)NO LONGER RIDINGStage 17:191 MERCADO Juan Miguel (ESP) AGRITUBEL 144 GOMEZ MARCHANTE Jose Angel (ESP) SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 106 RUJANO José (VEN) QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 75 MARTIN PERDIGUERO M.Angel (ESP) PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS
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Post by jedn on Jul 21, 2006 15:51:18 GMT 8
GO LANDIS !
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Post by nhan on Jul 21, 2006 17:06:43 GMT 8
landis is very impressive.... to win the stage in one of the alpine climbs of the tour after a dissapointing stage 16 that falls him back behind 8 mins of the tour leader is very impressive.... but to win it in with a big lead over the second place rider that brings him back to contention is even more impressive...
I thinks he's very determined to retain the title to US just like what armstrong wants....
but still 3 stage to go and still everybody's ballgame...
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Post by arcireyes on Jul 21, 2006 19:35:40 GMT 8
experts predict that landis will win the upcoming TT and shave off some time from pereiro.
it seems that another american is set to take the TDF title home again.
and as sir jaymz mentioned floyd landis, rasmussen (who have an insurmountable lead in the KOM title) and cadel evans are all ex-MTB'ers
vive 'le mtbikers!!!
vive 'le tour!!!!!
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Post by byteblues on Jul 21, 2006 20:22:41 GMT 8
i was expecting Kloden to be wearing the maillot jaune by this time after the Alps ... he was very impressive during the 2004 TdF (actually the first time i ever watch the TdF and actually traded my MtB with a road bike...wrong move!!!)... he even passed Basso on their way to Paris....Landis and Hincapie were Armstrong's deputies...i think he's more impressive back in 2004 and the same as today even if compared with the Ullrich...an may have the commercial backing but Andreas definitely deserve to be the leader of T-mobile......
....even to my surprise...Carlos Sastre...he might even win the Vuelta de Espana this september...he's a good replacement for the ill-fated Basso
...but i guess my bet will be on Flandis...he's definitely superior...traversing the Pyrenees and the Alps while nurturing a collapsing hipbone...he will overtake Oscar during the TT...stage 18 will be for the sprinters....not a factor. then again, if and only if everything will be alright...
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 21, 2006 21:06:09 GMT 8
Pereiro and Landis. The trailing pack. Nice view. Whoa!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by kulot_salot on Jul 22, 2006 8:19:05 GMT 8
go mountain bikers!!!! eat the tru-blue roadies!!!! hehehe....
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 22, 2006 13:05:55 GMT 8
Tosatto claims maiden stage win A lot of firsts in today's stage: it was Matteo Tosatto's first-ever Tour stage win, the first win of the Tour for an Italian, and the first win for QuickStep, which brought world champion Tom Boonen to the Tour to win some stages and compete for the green jersey. Instead, it was Boonen's lead-out who finally brought the team a stage victory. Tosatto was part of a 15-man breakaway that included Levi Leipheimer, Dave Zabriskie, and Sylvain Calzati, and which saw its lead on a quiet peloton extend to 8:00 at the finish line. Gerolsteiner's Ronny Scholz and Cofidis's Cristian Moreni escaped to form a trio to the last kilometer. Scholz had nothing left in the finishing sprint, and Tosatto had to attack from the front, but still he held off Moreni to the line. The stage had very little impact on the yellow jersey race; Leipheimer moves up from 18th to 13th, but still sits 15:01 back of Oscar Pereiro. Result of stage 18:1. Matteo Tosatto (Italy / Quick-Step) 4 hours 16 minutes 15 seconds 2. Cristian Moreni (Italy / Cofidis) ST 3. Ronny Scholz (Germany / Gerolsteiner) +2" 4. Manuel Quinziato (Italy / Liquigas ) +47" 5. Sebastien Hinault (France / Credit Agricole) +1:03" 6. Jerome Pineau (France / Bouygues Telecom) 7. Sylvain Calzati (France / AG2R) 8. Benoit Vaugrenard (France / Francaise des Jeux) 9. Inaki Isasi (Spain / Euskaltel) 10. Egoi Martinez (Spain / Discovery Channel) 11. Mario Aerts (Belgium / Davitamon - Lotto) 12. Patrik Sinkewitz (Germany / T-Mobile) 13. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spain / Rabobank) 14. Levi Leipheimer (U.S. / Gerolsteiner) +1:06" 15. David Zabriskie (U.S. / Team CSC) +2:25" General classification:1. Oscar Pereiro (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne) 84:33:04" 2. Carlos Sastre (Spain / Team CSC) +12" 3. Floyd Landis (U.S. / Phonak +30"4. Andreas Kloeden (Germany / T-Mobile) +2:32"5. Cadel Evans (Australia / Davitamon - Lotto) +3:11" 6. Denis Menchov (Russia / Rabobank) +4:17" 7. Cyril Dessel (France / AG2R) +4:27" 8. Christophe Moreau (France / AG2R) +5:48" 9. Haimar Zubeldia (Spain / Euskaltel) +8:19" 10. Michael Rogers (Australia / T-Mobile) +12:16" PEREIRO SIO Oscar (ESP) RASMUSSEN Mickael (DEN) MC EWEN Robbie (AUS) CUNEGO Damiano (ITA)NO LONGER RIDINGStage 18:127 LOPEZ GARCIA David (ESP) EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 56 FREIRE Oscar (ESP) RABOBANK
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Post by janix on Jul 24, 2006 8:40:24 GMT 8
and so it's Floyd... i wonder how both (Preiro and Landis) felt while they were battling for the yellow. hehehe and some guys can't show decency. as to what sir tolits says "mahalay"
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 24, 2006 12:52:22 GMT 8
Honchar takes ITT, Landis takes the Tour I'm hesitant to predict anything in this unpredictable Tour, but Floyd Landis will win the 2006 Tour de France. Ukraine's Sergei Honchar took his 2nd time trial stage win of the Tour, ahead of teammate Andreas Klöden, while overnight 2nd-place rider Carlos Sastre couldn't hang, and dropped to 4th overall. Overnight yellow jersey Oscar Pereiro did the fleece proud, finishing 4th on the day, ahead of scads of time-trial specialists, to keep 2nd place, only 59 seconds behind Landis, and 30 seconds ahead of Klöden. But the big story was Landis, who rode his own race, setting the fastest time at the first time check and taking 3rd on the day. He'll be the 3rd American to win the Tour, following 3 by Greg Lemond, and the last 7 by Lance Armstrong. Damiano Cunego solidified his hold on the white jersey, now 36 seconds ahead of Gerolsteiner's Marcus Fothen, with a 10th-place finish on the day. T-Mobile, with the top 2 finishers and world time trial champion Michael Rogers in 19th, moves 17:20 ahead of CSC in the team competition, which they'll most likely win for the 3rd straight year. Top 10:1) Sergei Honchar, T-Mobile, Ukraine, in 1:07:45 2) Andreas Klödën, T-Mobile, Germany, at :41 3) Floyd Landis, Phonak, USA, at 1:11 4) Oscar Pereiro, Caisse d'Epargne, at 2:40 5) Sebastian Lang, Gerolsteiner, Germany, at 3:18 6) David Zabriskie, CSC, USA, at 3:35 7) Viatcheslav Ekimov, Discovery Channel, Russia, at 3:41 8) Cadel Evans, Davitamon-Lotto, Australia, at 3:41 9) Bert Grabsch, Phonak, Germany, at 3:43 10) Damiano Cunego, Lampre, Italy, at 3:44 Overall:1) Floyd Landis, Phonak, USA, in 85:42:30 2) Oscar Pereiro, Caisse d'Epargne, Spain, at :59 3) Andreas Klöden, T-Mobile, Germany, at 1:29 4) Carlos Sastre, CSC, Spain, at 3:13 5) Cadel Evans, Davitamon-Lotto, at 5:08 6) Denis Menchov, Rabobank, Russia, at 7:06 7) Cyril Dessel, AG2R, France, at 8:41 8) Christophe Moreau, AG2R, France, at 9:37 9) Haimar Zubeldia, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Spain, at 12:05 10) Michael Rogers, T-Mobile, Australia, at 15:07
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jul 24, 2006 13:04:18 GMT 8
Hushovd adds Paris to Strasbourg; Landis triumphs A late escape attempt by Discovery Channel may have overcooked Robbie McEwen, as Credit Agricole's Thor Hushovd easily outsprinted Davitamon-Lotto's sprint king to take the final stage of the 2006 Tour de France. CSC's Stuart O'Grady, recovering from a fractured spine suffered early in the race, took 3rd on the day. Hushovd completed an unusual set of bookends, winning the Prologue time trial 3 weeks ago yesterday and now taking the final stage into Paris. Floyd Landis stayed near the front early and stayed out of the dicey sprint at the end to nail down his first-ever Tour de France victory, finishing 69th on the day, 8 seconds behind Hushovd. It's the 8th straight US win of the race, after Lance Armstrong's 7 consecutive wins. McEwen can take some solace from his 3rd green jersey win, resulting from his 3 stage wins. Michael Rasmussen's tremendous breakaway win to La Toussuire, overshadowed by Landis's attack the following day, shot him to the lead, and the overall win, in the climber's polka-dot jersey competition. Damiano Cunego, already a winner of the Giro d'Italia, takes the best young rider's white jersey, just 38 seconds ahead of Marcus Fothen of Gerolsteiner. The pair were about 90 minutes ahead of the next competitor in the under-25 competition. Saunier Duval's David de la Fuente, the climbing jersey leader until Rasmussen's big day out front, takes the overall “most combative rider” prize. Landis took his final yellow jersey of the Tour with his daughter Ryan on the podium. Post-race interview with Frankie Andreu: Landis says, “Right now, I have no intention of switching teams.” Leaves a little wiggle room, but sounds like the iShares team (as Phonak will be called next year) has its Tour captain for 2007. Top 10:1) Thor Hushovd, Credit Agricole, Norway, in 3:56:52 2) Robbie McEwen, Davitamon-Lotto, Australia, same time 3) Stuart O'Grady, CSC, Australia, s.t. 4) Erik Zabel, Milram, Germany, s.t. 5) Luca Paolini, Liquigas, Italy, s.t. 6) Samuel Dumoulin, AG2R, France, s.t. 7) Bernhard Eisel, Française des Jeux, Austria, s.t. 8) Anthony Geslin, Bouyges Telecom, France, s.t. 9) Alessandro Ballan, Lampre, Italy, s.t. 10) Peter Wrolich, Gerolsteiner, Austria, s.t. Overall:1) Floyd Landis, Phonak, USA, in 89:39:30 2) Oscar Pereiro, Caisse d'Epargne, Spain, at :57 3) Andreas Klöden, T-Mobile, Germany, at 1:29 4) Carlos Sastre, CSC, Spain, at 3:13 5) Cadel Evans, Davitamon-Lotto, Australia, at 5:08 6) Denis Menchov, Rabobank, Russia, at 7:06 7) Cyril Dessel, AG2R, France, at 8:41 8) Christophe Moreau, AG2R, France, at 9:37 9) Haimar Zubeldia, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Spain, at 12:05 10) Michael Rogers, T-Mobile, Australia, at 15:07 DAVITAMON - LOTTO 65 - MC EWEN Robbie (AUS)Born in 24/06/1972 PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS 71 - LANDIS Floyd (USA)Born in 14/10/1975 à Lancaster (USA) Height : 1.78 m Weight : 68 kg RABOBANK 58 - RASMUSSEN Mickael (DEN)Born in 01/06/1974 LAMPRE-FONDITAL 81 - CUNEGO Damiano (ITA)Born in 19/09/1981 à Verone (ITA) Height : 1.8 m Weight : 65 kg Team : T-MOBILE TEAMTeam abbreviations : TMO Sporting Manager : PIVA Valerio PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS71 - LANDIS Floyd (USA)Born in 14/10/1975 à Lancaster (USA) Height : 1.78 m Weight : 68 kg SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 143 - DE LA FUENTE David (ESP)Born in 04/05/1981 à Reinosa (Espagne) (ESP) Height : 1.74 m Weight : 65 kg NO LONGER RIDING: Stage 2093 BRARD Florent (FRA) CAISSE D’EPARGNE-ILLES BALEARS
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Post by arcireyes on Jul 24, 2006 13:10:21 GMT 8
brad. solo,
i predicted george hincapie (an american) to win the tdf. floyd landis (an american) won in a fashion that will be told and re-told for so many years.
i predicted partly right.....because of the nationality...hehehe.
vive le tour!!!
OT: ronald is waiting for your in his sierra-sampalok push....push....push..... si fafarock, humbie at roadieprojek ay in na. out-of-saddle ako till mid august, next time na ako sasama sa inyong mga rides.will surely miss the group.
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