Comments on: Tour de France ‘07 - Casar Wins, The Fans’ Blind Eye

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:44:14 +0000

Bravo well said!!

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:01:01 +0000

According to Walsh, Contidor is suspect because of the speed with which he climbed. If memory serves me correctly, Lemond continues to hld the fastest TT time in the TdF. By Walsh’s logic, that ‘proves’ Lemond a cheat and doper. I don’t think Walsh’s logic holds.

By: cosmo

cosmo — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:38:51 +0000

Lemond held the record through 2005, when Dave Z took it. I think Zabriskie still has it, but I might be wrong there.

To be fair, Lemond’s ‘89 TT was only 24k and downhill into Paris, so it’s understandable that he’d go faster.

BTW more rumors of another positive. I hope it’s not Soler; the world needs more goofy bike riders.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:07:06 +0000

Not looking good for Soler according to the incoming news.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:20:53 +0000

Dingers! Dingers!

But seriously, HLN.be, tour.tv2.dk and uk.eurosport.yahoo.com have all posted that it’s Soler. Or ‘allegedly’ Soler. Maybe. But it’s not proven yet.

By: colin

colin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:46:12 +0000

Great post.

You had to appreciate Casar’s win, although it’s unfortunate it came at the expense of Boogerd … did you see him get taken out by that dog? Maybe I just hate dogs in front of my bike more than I hate Rasmussen.

By: elvisgoat

elvisgoat — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:08:50 +0000

Lemond…”Methinks thou doth protest too much”

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:05:21 +0000

Glad to hear the Soler rumours were just that–rumours.

By: jonshea

jonshea — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:11:12 +0000

Casar’s move was, hands down, the best break of the Tour this year. From behind, he jumps to the inside of a road divider as everyone else goes outside. He had 40 meters by the time the road merged again. The others actually closed the whole gap to him with 500 m to go, and still he just rides away from them hard enough for a time split. Awesome finish.

I feel bad for Boogerd (who, along with Popovich, is my pick for MVP of the Tour). Axel deserves some sympathy too. He’s retiring too, so yesterday was his last chance ever to get a stage win. Paul or Phil said, “If Axel wins it would make it 35 for the Merckx family.” He was on the verge of tears in an interview after the race. I think he really wanted to make it on the board with his dad.

By: rachel

rachel — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:14:12 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly about Boogerd–I was desperately hoping for him to win. but Casar’s move was pretty genius…