Yeah, this is my first year with HD and it's rad.
Wiggins & Vandevelde hah! not a chance they see the podium in paris.
Garmin & Astana still suck...I'm done with them. (I think Alberto is too after this year)
I'm all for the Schleck brothers sticking it to Astana, I don't think they can, but I'm all for it. I'm rooting for Andy all the way.
Doesn't the HD ROCK???? Seriously!
Wiggins is in 3rd - so right now he's on the podium - Vandevelde is 3'59" back - that isn't far when they're all climbers. I don't see them on the podium - I honestly hope Klöden is #3.
Did you watch the stage Saturday? Did you see whiny Alberto go back and have a tantrum at Bruyneel in the team car, and Bruyneel try to calm him down when they were letting Big G get his 3+ min lead? What a douche that kid is, even though he's a crazy good bike rider - he's super El Douché.
Here's my take on some of the machinations on the douchery that happened to Big G:
Interesting Factoids:
- Garmin were in talks to sign Contadouche when Astana had trouble getting funds right before the start of Le Tour.
- Lance & Bruyneel are in talks with Nike to start a Nike-Livestrong bike team in 2010. (Get Big G back!!!!)
Given those two things, I think Albetrodouche - who only has loyalty to himself (and that will one day bite him in the ass) - after taking his grievances to Bruyneel and not getting a satisfactory answer (most likely seeing Columbia being a huge threat with Big G in yellow, because Hincapie took that brilliant Tour stage win in 2005 at the top of Pla d'Adet, which also put him in Yellow. That was one of the biggest mountains that year, and George can climb and set a blistering pace.) Alberto probably went to someone on Team GARMIN and said - "shut this down and I sign at the end of the season."
There is no way Lance didn't want to see George in Yellow heading into the Alps. He was the happiest guy ever when George won Pla d'Adet - and then Lance was 5'3" back, tied with Ivan Basso for 6th. That was stage 15 - almost the same point we are at now.
EDIT: Oh, and I think Andy can totally make Contador's life a living hell.
Astana is back in the team lead now, btw.
EDIT:
L'Equipe thinks Wiggins has a chance to be on the podium in Paris.