Lance is going to need as much time on AC as he can. Time to drop the hammer.

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LANCE DROPPED!

*edit-flat.

Carnage. He was right.

Lance has a different front wheel... must have flatted. The yellow jersey just flatted as well!

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Where is AC?

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Yeah Lance flatted.

~40 seconds behind Lance

chase group-about a minute up on Lance now it looks like.

He's ahead of Lance.

Cyclingnews said he was behind Lance.

On TV, Lance is losing the Tour. He flatted and has 1 teammate. Contador's chase group is working well and putting in time....

Lance is now pulling. He's in trouble. 1 minute down to Contador.

Damn Cancellara! He's gonna catch Ryder. Sorry, but I really want Ryder to get this one for Garmin....

Where is that powerhouse RS team that Lance built?

Yeah they just updated the feed with the official gaps. That sucks for Lance.

Wishing the bike race took place on paper.

Johan only had one big boy at the front when the started the cobbles what a complete F-up! Very sad because now the whole team is in tatters with Lance even losing time.

The Frank Schleck crash really hurt and then Lance flats right as Contador catches with quite a few riders. Doh!

+1

Ryder's just been caught, he deserved to get a win today. Got to admire Cancellara though, the man's a monster.

Wasn't this stage where RS was going to use their Jedi strategy to put time into AC?

I agree, to lose the Tour on a stage like this stinks. Will make for a very exciting race if Contador and Lance need to make up time on A. Schleck.

They must be feeling great that they waited for him yesterday, only to get caught behind Frank's crash today and get counter-attacked by Fabian and Andy.

Very surprised that all of the Shack wasn't on the front before the first cobbles like the old days of USPS. Very strange...seems like they are saving the team for later in the race but the gamble has failed as Lance had to expend lots of energy today.

It sounds like Lance is back with AC and they are only ~20 or so seconds down on Andy.

Wasnt A. Schleck like 40+ secs down on AC/Lance from the 1st time trial. So it seems like it'll be Andy Schleck will have 20ish secs on Contador with Lance 1+ min back now.

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Looks like Lance is back on. Gotta hand it to him, that was a gutsy effort.

It looks like Andy will be 30s or so ahead of Contador and maybe 2.5-3 minutes ahead of Lance.

What the hell is going on...my ticker is too slow.
First LA is up by 40, then he flats but is still ahead, then he's down a minute, now they are back together?


aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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