Dissension within TMobile?

Another odd thing is the time stamps, they are out of sequence. Anyways, that is the way that the report came across and is still posted on their site.

Was just curious if anyone else heard anything about this?

cPritch67 said:

This was taken from CN.com's live report

16:30 CEST
Gonchar is now being dropped by the Kessler-led group. Ok, I guess he's not their GC guy...

16:32 CEST
Laura Weislo has sent us her idea of how things might be, in a parallel universe. We'd certainly like to see this race : )

16:08 CEST 143.5km/47km to go - So far, T-Mobile have been doing all of the
work. Simoni has just punctured but got a new back wheel from one of his
team-mates. He's chasing now and has a team-mate waiting for him. At the front
Mick Rogers does a hard turn and Gonchar grabs his jersey and the two exchange
heated words! Meanwhile Hincapie tries a dig at the front.

16:22 CEST 153.5km/42km to go - The issue between Gonchar and Rogers has
grown to a full on slapping fight on the bike. Gonchar swings like a girl while
the Aussie lands blow after telling blow. Meanwhile Landis has attacked.

Anyone know about the validity of this? There was no reference of it on the Eurosport audio - haven't been able to see the OLN stage coverage yet......

Surely the explanation is in this line:
16:32 CEST
Laura Weislo has sent us her idea of how things might be, in a parallel universe. We'd certainly like to see this race : )

Tonto said:

Surely the explanation is in this line:
16:32 CEST
Laura Weislo has sent us her idea of how things might be, in a parallel universe. We'd certainly like to see this race : )

Oh, I gather the video coverage wasn't too good on todays stage. My feel from the audio feed was that there was a lot more focus on the breakaway (inc French guy).

16:24 CEST 152.6km/41km to go - Rogers and Gonchar have settled their differences. It seems that Rogers simply would not stop calling his teamate "Honchar." Meanwhile, Simoni zipped by, caught Landis, and the two have quicky got a good 4 minutes on what's left of the peloton.

16:27 CEST 151.6km/39km to go - Simoni and Landis are having some sort of exchange of words on the descent. Landis is shaking his head. Our lip-readers are examining the video...

Durangodave said:

16:24 CEST 152.6km/41km to go - Rogers and Gonchar have settled their differences. It seems that Rogers simply would not stop calling his teamate "Honchar." Meanwhile, Simoni zipped by, caught Landis, and the two have quicky got a good 4 minutes on what's left of the peloton.

Funny, well done (both posts), but don't you have this reversed? Isn't it correctly spelled Gonchar but pronounced Honchar, so you should have written "Gonchar" in the above?

JRMDC said:

Funny, well done (both posts), but don't you have this reversed? Isn't it correctly spelled Gonchar but pronounced Honchar, so you should have written "Gonchar" in the above?

Quite right. I've watched the name flip around for a couple years, and I can't keep it straight.

Durangodave said:

Quite right. I've watched the name flip around for a couple years, and I can't keep it straight.

I saw this in Velonews:

[font=Verdana]But Gontchar did use his press conference for one thing: to set the record straight on one issue that has perplexed the media - the spelling and pronunciation of his surname. He declared that his name should be pronounced with a "G" as in Gontchar."[/font]

[font=Verdana]The problem, he admitted, has been partly his own doing. Several years ago when Gontchar renewed his passport, it came back to him spelt with "Honchar" instead of "Gontchar."[/font]

[font=Verdana]"It caused problems at the customs all the time. So I changed all my documentation to ‘Honchar.' But it is pronounced ‘Gontchar.' So please call me Gontchar," he said.[/font]

Then why is it spelled "Gonchar" (as opposed to Gontchar)?