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606: DEBATE
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1151:
tgsgirl on 606:
(see 1139) Dave (or Eddie, or both) Wiggins and Millar are much to close in the GC (plus they're too famous), there's no way Saxo are going to let them get away. And a breakaway needs the peloton's blessing to escape.
1148: A brief delay as the peloton is held up at a level crossing by a train. But the 179 riders are soon moving again and heading for the official start.
1145:
From Stellios in High Wycombe via text on 81111: "It's great to have 2 Brits up there where the jerseys matter. That mixed with the London start in 08 and British cycling dominating the track at the moment is something that should inspire the next generation.
1142:
Yep, let's not forget, Wiggo and Millar are sixth and 10th respectively going into stage five. The former is 38 seconds behind Cancellara with the latter a further 29 seconds back. Cav is 61st, some three and a bit minutes down while Charlie Wegelius is 161st and eight minutes back.
1139:
daveandeddie on 606:
I keep obsessing about getting a Brit in yellow this year and the chances are running out. However, I think there may be an opportunity today. With Millar and Wiggins within a shot at yellow it may be a good day for Garmin to put one in the break.
1133:
tom oo on 606:
I wonder how much Astana want to get Lance in yellow. With a windy run in to the finish, might they try and emulate what Columbia did 2 days ago and get the split? All Lance needs is a 1 second gap! I'm pretty sure Cancellara would be pretty alert to this though and will be marking Lance all the way today.
1130: And here's what Lance's race book will tell him. We've got three intermediate sprints and two category four climbs. The first sprint comes at 40km, the second just after 100km. Then there's a couple of slight inclines. The highest is the 250m Col du Feuilla which is followed a couple of kilo's later by the Cote du Treilles. A sharp descent leads towards a slightly downhill finish in Perpignan. Nothing to it then.
1126:
Lance has finished his tweeting for the morning though, as Levi Leipheimer reveals his Astana team-mate is "a good student, studying the race book".
1120:
Some great stuff on the Twitter feeds this morning. I'd expect the riders to have their heads buried in notes, studying the route and working out where best to put in that break for glory. Not Cavendish's Columbia team-mate Mick Rogers though.
Is that Kermit the frog?
1114: There's about 30 minutes before the riders depart Le Cap D'Adge on the Mediterranean coast, head inland through Beziers and past Narbonne before going back out to the sea front and down to Perpignan. So, in the meantime, get involved on
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or text on 81111. It's going to be a long day in the saddle and I could use your company.
1107: Welcome to stage five of Le Tour 2009 and the Manx Missile will fancy his chances as today's 196.5km ride is as flat as they come.
1100 BST: Morning all. The big question today - can anyone stop Mark Cavendish sprinting to a third stage win on this year's Tour?
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