I watched portions of today's stage to Alpe d'Huez stage at work today. I tuned in briefly as they rode up the Galibier but knew nothing terribly exciting was going to happen that early in the stage. From that point on I watched the climbs and didn't bother watching the descents. Work was busy enough that I could not afford to be a total slug and watch constantly.
Since the completion of the stage, I haven't seen any news reports or reactions to today's events. Here are of my unfiltered reactions.
Since the completion of the stage, I haven't seen any news reports or reactions to today's events. Here are of my unfiltered reactions.
- Congratulations to Cadel Evans on winning the '08 Tour.
- Very nice ride by Sastre to win by 2 minutes.
- It would have been interesting to be able to read Frank Schleck's mind as Sastre rode away. There he sat, in the yellow jersey, and he could do nothing but be a faithful teammate and let his jersey, and the chance to win the Tour, be figuratively ripped from away him.
- Sastre, Evans and all the other contenders should be grateful that Andy Schleck had that bad day on Hautacam. If not, they all would have been chasing or working for Andy. He looked SO good in the Alps. It would have been fun to see him have free rein and not work for his teammates.
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Frank should have attacked Cadel early, n'est pas? If Cadel couldn't keep up, problem solved. If yes, then Carless Carlos could still have gone.
Now tommorow would be a great opportunity for something I've always want to see - a team breakaway! CSC forms a little train at the front, VAROOM puts in a little gap, and isolates Cadel who has no one to pull him along.
Rudy
I think Sastre's attack was the first of many, and it happened to stick...otherwise, Frank was going next. From what people have been saying, Frank ain't no TTer anyway, so him having the yellow today on even tie with Cadel wouldn't have made any diff in Paris.
What I found odd was that Andy chased Sanchez...that only caused people behind Andy to get excited which carried Cadel to the finish more quickly, thus reducing the gap from Sastre to Cadel.
I was surprised he chased Sanchez too, but they seemed to always want to have someone second wheel NOT pulling through, killing the tempo, just to demoralize the chase.
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