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It's usually the bosses that push 'alternative' ways of recovering

as Lance is the new one as such, I think he'll use this race as a warmer up and come back next year(if he's in the top 3/5)at finish

I don't know, when he retired none of these lads where in the top flight, it's going to be difficult to keep up with them, and they have youth on their side. No matter how good you are, the older you are the longer it takes to recover. Contador, Andy Schleck, Franck Schleck, even Bradley Wiggins are all over ten years younger

I agree, I don't think they'll put Lance over Contador anyway and to pull 1 minute up on him will be hard.
I also feel sorry for Cavendish, having those points etc knocked off

Serves him right if he was riding dangerously

he moved about in the final sprint and it looked like he forced him who has the green shirt towards the barriers and the following complaint was upheld

Although some are saying that Hushvod did it deliberatly to make it look like Cav wandered into his line

the "umpires" have made a couple of bad decisions this tour

Yeah, still it happens, did you see the crach on the decent of the Petit-Saint Bernard? apparently he's ok and Contador was given a St Bernard dog as a prize on Sunday

yeh and a cool prize eh

another went down/crashed on today's run Voight I think, anyway, it looked like the riders front wheel hit a small hole and off he went

I saw it, it looked nasty but according to reports all he's broken is his cheekbone

I didn't see/hear the report, but ouch! all the same. I think on the downhills,they are taking more risks than ever, as they attain greater speeds. It was saying that they have to be careful applying the brakes, as overheating the rims can cause tyre bursts

Yeah, I heard that too

another down on the white lines due to rain etc

as we have rain here againmakes a change, it's NOT rained for at least 3 hours

That was Denis Menchov, he has difficulty staying upright in dry weather

it said tonight, that tomorrow, they're expecting Lance and the teams boss, who's leaving at the end, to form they're own team for next year

Yeah, I've been hearing that for a while

I think they said he'd be naming the new team after his cancer charity he set up

More than likely

watching individual time trails