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I agree on the Saxo Tinky Winky Woo point. There were showing to be the strong team.

Bianchi will sue you if they see that. I'd delete it now.

That's just it. I think he has ridden with such confidence and with strong tactical awareness that I don't think Sky or Tinky Winky Saxo Bank would have stopped him. Alberto was already 2 mins 40 secs down when he went out and Sky's team post Froome haven't shown up at all. I think he deserves...

Haven't seen this stage yet, but based on Nibali's performance in this Tour from beginning to now, I feel that he would have had the measure of Froome and Contador even if they had stayed in the race. A worthy champion if all goes to plan.

True. And I agree with that. Perhaps the 'team' haven't bought into the idea of Porte being a credible Plan b. Although I think you're right - is there such a thing as a plan b in the TDF?

I'm getting the sense that the Sky team isn't very much of a team. Was that really the strongest 9 for the tour?

He doesn't look in trouble at all does he. If anything, he looked like he was on his Sunday social ride as he left Valverde and headed off to the finish line.

Oh, it's Nibali's race. Can't see him losing it, can anyone? Surely he's showing it is his year?

I think it was the weight of rain that suddenly came down and sat on the surface. It really did flood down and on saturated the tarmac leaving it very greasy. On the cobbles it was suicide and the field was so spread out even by the first sector. I'm not surprised spectators got caught out...

Just back from the pave. Will post again later, but for now, I can't express clearly enough have bad the conditions were on the cobbles. Like riding over blocks of ice. Immense riding from those that survived. Mrs H didn't take up the challenge of having a go, and I gave it a miss too. In the...

Sectors 5 and 7 abandoned due to weather. Peeing down here now. Sky arrived and will be happy. OPQS arrived insanely early.

You are right. Not going to the trench. Mons en Pevele will be the big one. I think that's the third set of pave.

Mrs Hamilton and I are in a Belgian bar right now watching the Germans destroy Brazil. Tomorrow Mrs H will destroy the cobbles. I may do Paris Roubaix again. Lille today was brilliant. We were at the 500m mark. Amazing.

Well played by all the GC guys there.

Less ads on Eurosport, but ITV have put on a good show.

I leave for 15 mins and suddenly it appears as if Nibili is in the mix. Where's Talinsky?

Top stuff Bold. V jealous.

Getting tasty now. Lots of movement and jostling. Why do I have a feeling it's going to be carnage in the last 200m?

I put those riders being in that split down to poor judgement as much as crowds. Wrong place wrong time and all that. I do hope the riders/teams don't start blaming the crowds for poor performance. That would be just wrong.

Nobody has really been dropped though have they. They look like real roads to be. Tarmac and stuff like that. :-)