This is interesting as well because MVH mentioned yesterday that he would try his hardest not to let armstrong drop him... he "came here to hurt"... i'm sure he's getting that right now.

   you're right, especially now that they're hitting the women's more often. even had a camera stay with Raelert so we saw exactly what happened, kicking himself frustration and all!

which is what i thought, and why i'm wondering why he didn't make his move in the 1st half.

31 mph. Wow

Probably in a headwind if you are significantly stronger than your comp...LAs pre-race interview made it sound like he planned on pushing the head and cross winds...

props to chris lieto... never knew about his speech woes but his commentary was spot on and much better than his brother..

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Raelert is definitely still in this thing.

Well, it's also harder to gain time when your competition is fresher.

So, you surge, put them in the hurt box, and then surge again later and they can't respond....text book bike racing...not seen that often in tri

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he's smokin it. I wonder how long he can hold that speed.

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The commentator said that he started to hammer again when he got a headwind. Does anyone understand the strategy there?

I'm not sure we heard that, say again for the 50th time what cadence Lance is running at? Jeez

You can get more of a gap against the wind (in a draft free race) if you're a really strong rider.

On a side note, Raelert is 2min back...MVH is 1min back...even if the gap doubles before the finish of the
bike, the race is far from over. Especially if Raelert pulls off a 1.09 run as he has done once or twice.

Crush it when the conditions are toughest.

more time gaps in both men's and women's races would be nice

I agree. You shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition.

Odd to see Lance out of the saddle on the flats for so long.

before/after he was going through the aid station?

It depends on the wind. You wouldn't want to do that against a headwind, but if the wind is behind you it's OK.

he's got the run coming up, probably just trying to keep the legs loose

Great, now I have a craving for chocolate milk.

foreigners watching this must be having a chuckle seeing all the houses on stilts hehe

Chocolate milk? Really?

Nice

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what the f**cks with the chololate milk? all that does for me is making me fart - big time!!!

nothing against "choccy milk" but it wreaks of seat shifter and uni disk fad. weird pimping something that is everyday food to... "eat the new, Bread!, scientifically proven to assist recovery" duh?! really??

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