Tour de France quotes

A running compendium of quotes from the newsflashes for the tdf:

9 July-- "God of thunder strikes in Barcelona".

15 July -- Kinda funny, kinda long --

12:46:08 - Prize Classifications Review: Part 01 – Yellow Jersey

There was a split in the finale of the 10th stage that saw 106 riders lose 15 seconds to the front group of 52. Two of the riders in the second peloton were Bradley Wiggins (GRM) and Levi Leipheimer (AST). The delay caused a reshuffle of the top 10 in the general classification. Wiggins dropped down from fifth overall to seventh (1’01” behind Nocentini); Leipheimer was fourth but is now fifth (at 54”).

Andreas Kloden (AST) moved up from sixth to fourth overall and is now on the same time as his team-mate Leipheimer.

Nocentini (ALM) is in the yellow jersey for the fifth successive day. He has a lead of six seconds on Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong (AST).

12:46:49 - New Rankings Just Announced

Moments after the review of the general classification was posted, Radio Tour announced that the jury has decided that the 15" that separated the first 52 riders from the second peloton will be void. This means that the top order of the general classification remains the same as it was before the 10th stage.

The alterations announced in the previous newsflash are thus incorrect.

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"Obviously it's never comfortable if you hit the deck while riding at 45km/h but he seems okay"

July 16

"The name of title of the town hosting the start (Tonnerre) translates to "thunder" but the conditions are anything but stormy."

July 17

"15:26:15 - Jesus Led Over Platzerwasel In 1967

The Platzerwasel ascent has only been a feature of the Tour on one occasion before today. That was in the eighth stage of the 1967 edition. The first at the summit was Jesus Aranzabal."