Andy definitely rider of the day, but Cadel freakin' destroyed everyone but Frank in the last 10km... very, very impressive by him.

voecklers got a hunnered matches! he has 90 matches left!

where you watching the race we were - Cadel had 3 other riders still with him at the end, he had a big group still with him with 4 to go.

He certainly rode well, but he just hasn't got the ability to destroy people.

I hope he wins. I think he's one of the few clean riders of the last decade.

~70 riders came in 2 minutes after the cut-off. Cav was in there. The Commisaires/Jury are considering the conditions and deliberating... looks like Cav could be buying drinkgs for the grupetto tonight.

And they're safe!

where you watching the race we were - Cadel had 3 other riders still with him at the end, he had a big group still with him with 4 to go.

He certainly rode well, but he just hasn't got the ability to destroy people.

I hope he wins. I think he's one of the few clean riders of the last decade.

Taking a group of ~20-30 down to 4 and riding AC off his wheel = destruction.

Tomorrow is going to be huge - Schlecky's still need to attack to get more time, TV needs to hold on and Cuddles knows he has to respond to every move as there will be nobody to help him chase later. Maybe AC will have a steak dinner tonight and go for broke tomorrow if he can get 2-3mins back he might be in for a shot again with the TT. If I was Cuddles I would take a page out of Macca's book and try to form an alliance with the other teams against the Schlecky's for tomorrow. He burnt alot of matches today he's going to need all the help he can get!

Taking a group of ~20-30 down to 4 and riding AC off his wheel = destruction.

because it's a time gap, not a distance gap.

I want to try explaining that but figured it would go about as well as explaining gear ratios

I bet he is but if my job entailed racing up and down mountains in Europe, i think i'd work pretty hard to learn the skills I need to maximize my chances in a situation like that. Not like it's a suprise.

Andy: "Jeeezus, look at the angle on this descent"

Frank: "Where the hell did this come from"

Andy: "They know we're not from around here right"

Frank: "Holy crap, it looks like a tur..."

Andy: "Arrrghhhhhhhh"

Monfort: "Kim, I can't see Andy or Frank at all. I did hear two little girls scream. Maybe they stopped to help"

Kim: "They're stopped all right. Leave them Maxime, go chase Iglinskiy"

I don't understand why everybody seems to be dismissing TV for the overall. He's in the shape of his life (for whatever reason..), he has outclimbed Contador ans stayed with Evans. If he does the same thing tomorrow, he has a great chance of staying within 1'12'' of Evans saturday. I don't care how bad the old TV used to be at time trialing, the new TV has nothing to do with the old one (kind of like Lance pre and post cancer).

Awesome ride by Andy but seriously, TV outclimbing Contador in the Alps ?????? Nobody would have taken a 100 to 1 bet on this one.

Francois in Montreal

Ok here is how tomorow goes down:

Contador will try to pull a Flandis but it won't work as team leopard is too strong and motivated.

Leopard goes all out with the team as long as they can and Frank attacks. Maybe on the 2nd to last climb, maybe the last.

Cadel has to chase again. Voeckler stays in yellow.