*Official* 2008 Tour de France Thread

[Craig]

Name: Chris Dwyer
E-mail: bobisback_diablo@hotmail.com
Country: Australia
Date: 20080706 06:44:58

1. C. Evans
2. A. Valverde
3. M. Soler
4. T. Hushovd
5. C. Vande Velde
6. R. McEwen
7. Y. Popovych
8. D. Menchov
9. G. Steegmans
10. F. Cancellara
11. A. Txurruka
12. O. Pereirro
13. G. Hincapie
14. M. Burghardt
15. T. Valjavec
16. M. Sprick
17. R. Di Gregorio
18. R. Bertogliati
19. D. de la Fuente
20. H. Duclos-Lassalle

Got bored after about the first one and just selected randoms.

Well he is already out. Abandoned last night with a broken wrist.

 

[Bobisback]

Well he is already out. Abandoned last night with a broken wrist.

cbf changing it.

 

[NUFAN]

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Name: Rob Bowen
E-mail: its_rob_bowen@hotmail.com
Country: Australia
Date: 20080706 12:45:27

1. C. Evans
2. R. Hunter.
3. T. Hushovd
4. A. Valverde
5. R. McEwen
6. O. Freire
7. M. Soler
8. K. Kirchen
9. O. Pereirro
10. Sy. Chavanel
11. C. Sastre
12. S. Schumacher
13. E. Zabel
14. D. Menchov
15. G. Hincapie
16. F. Schlek
17. S. Casar
18. T. Voeckler
19. F. Pozzato
20. B. Cooke

 

[Matteh]

cbf changing it.

Doesn't matter anyway, he's your last reserve, wouldn't have got in the team anyway.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Backing EPO for the title this year, although the romantic in me would like to see amphetamines get up, for old time's sake.

 

[Matteh]

ho ho

 

[Magrat Garlick]

ys-hofd

now back to tennis

 

[Neil Pickup]

In

 

[alternative]

How many do we have so far?

 

[Matteh]

I count 8.

 

[Johnners]

Name: Kingsley Clapham
E-mail: fairdinkum5 at hotmail dot com
Country: Australia
Date: 20080707 07:07:08


R. McEwan
T. Hushvod
G. Steegmans
E. Zabel
F. Cancellara
S. O'Grady
S. Gerrans
C. Evans
A. Valverde
M. Soler
D. Arroyo
F. Pozzato
I. Gutierrez
S. Goubert
A. Gerard

J. Cobo
M. Bono
A. Hansen
R. Perez
T. Voeckler

Like Dwyer, got so far, then just picked randoms.

 

[Craig]

1. Alejandro Valverde
2. Cadel Evans
3. Kim Kirchen
4. Fabian Cancellara
5. Stijn Devolder
6. Robbie McEwen
7. Thor Hushovd
8. Mark Cavendish
9. Frank Schlek
10. Denis Menchov
11. Riccardo Ricco
12. Samuel Sanchez
13. Carlos Sastre
14. Sylvain Chavanel
15. Jens Viogt
16. Maurico Soler
17. Oscar Periero
18. David Miller
19. Gert Steegmans
20. George Hincapie

Dropped Soler as I don't think he will last the race. Poor guy, has had the worst luck this year, would of carved up in the Giro in the mountains had he not had some terrible luck.

 

[Matteh]

After the first day of scoring.

neil pickup 58, 72
h%e5kon mørk 54, 105
greg thomas 51, 138
jamee gray 45, 206
kingsley clapham 41, 253
mat mitchell 33, 325
craig walsh 27, 363
chris dwyer 22, 387
manjunath reddlapalli 19, 404

Total points, Overall ranking.

Tomorrow's a time trial, so i see those positions getting heavily shaken up.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Pleased with that start... very nearly picked McEwen as well but decided I didn't fancy it after he pissed me off by being crap after week one last year... could have been up in the top 30... not likely to stick anywhere near here after tomorrow: no one in my top eight will be scoring!

1. K. Kirchen
2. T. Hushovd
3. E. Zabel
4. O. Freire
5. R. Hunter
6. R. Forster
7. M. Cavendish
8. A. Valverde
9. C. Evans
10. R. Ricco
11. F. Cancellara
12. D. Miller
13. S. Devolder
14. O. Pereiro
15. C. Sastre

 

[Matteh]

Changed my team fairly late on to include less sprinters and more GCs.

1. A. Valverde
2. F. Schleck
3. C. Evans
4. E. Zabel
5. R. Hunter
6. C. Sastre
7. T. Hushovd
8. K. Kirchen
9. M. Cavendish
10. H. Zubeldia
11. O. Freire
12. F. Cancellara
13. G. Hincapie
14. C. Moreau
15. D. Millar

Expect at the very least 3 of them to score points tomorrow.

 

[Burgey]

How'd Evans and McEwan go last night? Haven't heard a thing today.

 

[NUFAN]

After the first day of scoring.

neil pickup 58, 72
h%e5kon mørk 54, 105
greg thomas 51, 138
jamee gray 45, 206
kingsley clapham 41, 253
mat mitchell 33, 325
craig walsh 27, 363
chris dwyer 22, 387
manjunath reddlapalli 19, 404

Total points, Overall ranking.

Tomorrow's a time trial, so i see those positions getting heavily shaken up.

I'm on 39 points 274th.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

How'd Evans and McEwan go last night? Haven't heard a thing today.

McEwen fifth, won the bunch sprint but a break got away and Romain Feillu (France) took over the yellow jersey. Evans 39th, same time as everyone else.

 

[Craig]

Denis Menchov is probably out of it GC wise losing 38 seconds, and Riccardo Ricco's chances are gone, not that I would think he would last. Menchov is strong in the time trial, but he will have to pick up a lot of time tomorrow. I hope Romain Feuillu can hold on to the yellow jersey, he finally looks like a French rider who will actually do something.

Anyway I'm loving this year's racing, in years gone by, the sprinters team would place 6 or 7 goons on the front and bring back the break and it is a bunch sprint. Boring. Not this year, a lot of the time, teams are crucifying themselves on the front, as they would in the past, and still getting no where. More of this please.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Have just discovered we have another Kolpak Brit in Chris Froome who appears to be semi-competent (well, better than Geraint anyway...) and is going okay in today's ITT.

Thoughts on getting rid of the time bonuses?