Stage 17! Cavendish talks smack in the press, Armstrong concedes in the press, the GC favorites and 5 climbs (spoiler)

Spoiler!

Can you believe Thor??? Awesome.

Also, what’s this about Armstrong saying he’s done for the tour as far as first is concerned, even if he felt he could go? He’s saying he’s going to be a good teammate.

Yeah what’s awesome is he could probably drop us on that climb. Just amazing how fast these guys go uphill.

It’s weird Saxo is on the front so early and wasting riders.

Is Thor proving a point to advance his Green Jersey points to exceed the penalty on Cav.?

I haven’t seen it, but the guys on the TV coverage are saying that Cavendish sent an open letter to Thor to some newspaper saying how the Green Jersey will have a stain on it because the only way Thor could have won it was by complaining and getting that penalty called on Cav.

I think Thor is mad, and also knows who the better cyclist is, and is proving a point by winning some climbing points and both sprints on the toughest stage of the tour.

Hey Cav, Suck it!!!

probably?

He’s putting the green jersey out of reach of Cavendish even if Mark wins the last stage and Thor gets dead last. You get 35 for the win and he gets the two sprint points he’d be 30 points up and basically almost put it out of reach for Cavendish.

amazing roads on this decent… serpentine.

Thor crosses the line and pops his green jersey to the cameras and shouts out something along the lines of All You Haters Suck My Balls.

Cav is pissed because he knows he is the real reason that George lost the Yellow Jersey Saturday, and then further screwed up by getting relugated to the rear of the Peloton.

there’s nothing for the cameras to do but focus on Thor on his Cervelo riding next to the Cervelo team car with a bunch of Cervelo bikes on top and the Cervelo logo on the Green Jersey of Thor, who by the way is riding a custom Cervelo S3.

All the watchers are wondering who makes these bikes and where can I get one? If a 180lb sprinter can win mountain climbs on an S3, I need to get one too.

more evidence that Cervelo made the right decision?

Cav is the stain
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Yikes! Nice save Thor! Good thing he lined it out before hitting that barrier.

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That was amazing! They would be pulling pieces of me out of the woods if that were me…

Did Thor get the points on todays sprint? I had to head to work

Nuts! Same corner, another crash. Cheruka (sp) isn’t moving very fast. Hope he’s back on the bike.

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Did Thor get the points on todays sprint? I had to head to work

Thor is off the front!

Another crash–white lines are like ice. Menchov for the second time.

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Rock the fuck on Thor!

Did Thor get the points on todays sprint? I had to head to work

he got the first one and hes going to get the 2nd one as well

looks like he’s going to win the “brown jersey” after that scare
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Not the Brown Jersey but rather “the brown shorts” to go along with his green jersey and AGGRESIVE RIDER Jerz.

THOR has cemented himself as a GOD!!! Dude that save was AWESOME. And then he waves off the car with a flick of the wrist as if to say… “ah… i’m fine. dat wuz nothin’”