Armstrong trails by 10 minutes now

Golf Fan 3455

but it's only to the sprinters, by mid-way through the 2nd
mountain stage, he'll be back in the lead.

David Off

Golf Fan 3455 wrote:

> but it's only to the sprinters, by mid-way through the 2nd
> mountain stage, he'll be back in the lead.
>
>
they've come in 12m36 down

Chris

"Golf Fan 3455" <phil_da_thrill@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> but it's only to the sprinters, by mid-way through the 2nd
> mountain stage, he'll be back in the lead.

The really interesting question now is who of those
now ahead of Armstrong will try and succeed for a
temporary stint in yellow and how will it impact the
long term GC race?

You have O'Grady, who has been in yellow in the past and
road to keep it as long as possible before trading it in for
the chase for green. Jakob Piil has been super aggressinve
in this Tour as well as last year's and has every reason to
think he might outlast O'Grady when being chased down by the
long term contenders. Casar may have more motivation than
any of them but I don't think he will last long enough past
the current yellow jersey and O'Grady. ""Maggie" won't
either and won't even try.

How will this new yellow jersey chase effect the overall?
Normally it would not be allowed to but since most of the GC
opportunities are compressed in to a few days near the end
of the race, there could potentially be a younger less known
man that exploits a break and gets enough cushion to outlast
the big boys chasing him over those few days. This new
development and similar breaks could set up a wild card out
of the radar of the big boys that expect to control this
race (now down to USPS, T-Mobile and Phonak).

Bob

Voekler may have the yellow a few stages into the mountains.
He's shown his ability to stay with the climbers. In the
classique des alps he finished with Mayo. Gutsy ride by the
frenchman today. He didn't just settle for the yellow, he
tried to win the stage.

"Chris" <chrismcreynolds@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Golf Fan 3455" <phil_da_thrill@hotmail.com> wrote in
> message news:f8eHc.30863$Xq4.26650@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> > but it's only to the sprinters, by mid-way through the
> > 2nd mountain
stage,
> > he'll be back in the lead.
>
>
> The really interesting question now is who of those now
> ahead of Armstrong will try and succeed for a temporary
> stint in yellow and how will it
impact
> the long term GC race?
>
> You have O'Grady, who has been in yellow in the past and
> road to keep it
as
> long as possible before trading it in for the chase for
> green. Jakob Piil has been super aggressinve in this Tour
> as well as last year's and has
every
> reason to think he might outlast O'Grady when being chased
> down by the
long
> term contenders. Casar may have more motivation than any
> of them but I don't think he will last long enough past
> the current yellow jersey and O'Grady. ""Maggie" won't
> either and won't even try.
>
> How will this new yellow jersey chase effect the overall?
> Normally it
would
> not be allowed to but since most of the GC opportunities
> are compressed in to a few days near the end of the race,
> there could potentially be a
younger
> less known man that exploits a break and gets enough
> cushion to outlast
the
> big boys chasing him over those few days. This new
> development and similar breaks could set up a wild card
> out of the radar of the big boys that
expect
> to control this race (now down to USPS, T-Mobile and
> Phonak).
>