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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"this years TDF should be interesting....
I think this is the year Quintana finally wins the whole show.... especially after having the giro snatched away from him..."
I think Quibtana made a mistake going for the Giro, it's a huge ask to do both well in both |
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over a year ago
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Looking at the weather (I've only just turned the coverage on, I wouldn;t be surprised to see one of the big names crash and lose a big chunk of time today |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oh yes, but not keen on time trials so for me tomorrow is the real start. Also, being bit of a bluff old traditionalists, I feel that the TDF should be in France!  |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"Oh yes, but not keen on time trials so for me tomorrow is the real start. Also, being bit of a bluff old traditionalists, I feel that the TDF should be in France! "
it does start in france..... every other year!!! lol..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Super G had a blinder..... the annoying thing is that he was in brilliant shape for the giro when he had his crash...."
Particularly as it wasn't a racing crash, amazed to see how he;s kept that form for so long |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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'uneventful stage'! Lol till katusa guy slid out,thing is with domestique! Like kwiatkowski who would be leader on most other teams,n no need to panic for sky just get froome back easy looks bit ominous again,early days but think sky got strongest team ever this year,just hope they don't steamroller it |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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should be a good stage finish today.... this is a bit like a "classics" stage punched into a grand tour... so someone like a peter segan or greg van avermaet or a phillipe gilbert |
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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago
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Just to add a swinging theme to this thread... I'm sure I read that British Cycling ask there women athletes not to wax or shave six months prior to any competition as allegedly the natural oils from pubic hair increase vagina health and help prevent saddle sores during training...
Any truth in this.... ??
Hairy cyclists pussy anyone.... ??
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By (user no longer on site)
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"should be a good stage finish today.... this is a bit like a "classics" stage punched into a grand tour... so someone like a peter segan or greg van avermaet or a phillipe gilbert"
Good call again sir, Peter Sagan, on the line in style.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just to add a swinging theme to this thread... I'm sure I read that British Cycling ask there women athletes not to wax or shave six months prior to any competition as allegedly the natural oils from pubic hair increase vagina health and help prevent saddle sores during training...
Any truth in this.... ??
Hairy cyclists pussy anyone.... ??
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I can honestly say I've never heard that. And give that few if amy cyclists go 6 months between races it sounds totally implausible |
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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago
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"Just to add a swinging theme to this thread... I'm sure I read that British Cycling ask there women athletes not to wax or shave six months prior to any competition as allegedly the natural oils from pubic hair increase vagina health and help prevent saddle sores during training...
Any truth in this.... ??
Hairy cyclists pussy anyone.... ??
I can honestly say I've never heard that. And give that few if amy cyclists go 6 months between races it sounds totally implausible"
I may have got the six months confused with something else as I know there are races all the time ... As one who did the Dartmoor classic on Sunday and have got 8 events coming up over the next 3 months..
I think it was talking about the elite athletes... And the marginal gains program run by British Cycling & Sky and applying to both men an women in the lead up to Olympic, Commonwealth games, World Championships... I have read it somewhere recently.... Or was it on April 1st....
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"should be a good stage finish today.... this is a bit like a "classics" stage punched into a grand tour... so someone like a peter segan or greg van avermaet or a phillipe gilbert
Good call again sir, Peter Sagan, on the line in style.
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He is a funny fucker as well to quote
"maybe I on the purpose" very nice!
To unclip and still win.
Legend |
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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago
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"Just to add a swinging theme to this thread... I'm sure I read that British Cycling ask there women athletes not to wax or shave six months prior to any competition as allegedly the natural oils from pubic hair increase vagina health and help prevent saddle sores during training...
Any truth in this.... ??
Hairy cyclists pussy anyone.... ??
I can honestly say I've never heard that. And give that few if amy cyclists go 6 months between races it sounds totally implausible
I may have got the six months confused with something else as I know there are races all the time ... As one who did the Dartmoor classic on Sunday and have got 8 events coming up over the next 3 months..
I think it was talking about the elite athletes... And the marginal gains program run by British Cycling & Sky and applying to both men an women in the lead up to Olympic, Commonwealth games, World Championships... I have read it somewhere recently.... Or was it on April 1st....
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I knew I read it somewhere....
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/aug/15/team-gb-cycling-saddle-sore-medals
Don't ask what my google searches were tonight....
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"Just to add a swinging theme to this thread... I'm sure I read that British Cycling ask there women athletes not to wax or shave six months prior to any competition as allegedly the natural oils from pubic hair increase vagina health and help prevent saddle sores during training...
Any truth in this.... ??
Hairy cyclists pussy anyone.... ??
I can honestly say I've never heard that. And give that few if amy cyclists go 6 months between races it sounds totally implausible
I may have got the six months confused with something else as I know there are races all the time ... As one who did the Dartmoor classic on Sunday and have got 8 events coming up over the next 3 months..
I think it was talking about the elite athletes... And the marginal gains program run by British Cycling & Sky and applying to both men an women in the lead up to Olympic, Commonwealth games, World Championships... I have read it somewhere recently.... Or was it on April 1st....
I knew I read it somewhere....
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/aug/15/team-gb-cycling-saddle-sore-medals
Don't ask what my google searches were tonight....
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Start your own thread guy's this is about le tour |
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"OMG that was a painfull end to the Vittel stage for a few riders, Cav looks like he had the elbow from Segan smashed in the barrier and took 3 other riders out too  "
Sagan needs to be thrown out ..if it had been other way round Cav would be out straight away .Renshaw was disqualified few years back for using his head to barge someone in a sprint and nobody was injured .. |
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"OMG that was a painfull end to the Vittel stage for a few riders, Cav looks like he had the elbow from Segan smashed in the barrier and took 3 other riders out too
Sagan needs to be thrown out ..if it had been other way round Cav would be out straight away .Renshaw was disqualified few years back for using his head to barge someone in a sprint and nobody was injured .."
I doubt they will throw him off, like The Coach said it might be points deducted and a fine |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I haven't seen it yet but Sagan wasted no time in getting to Cav's team bus and apologising.
Suspect he'll jut get relegated to last place on the stage. Very rare for riders to be thrown off the race |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Don't think the elbow was deliberately done to knock Cav off and in slow month it looked like Cav was already going to hit the barrier, just a racing incident I think. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Well the latest news in Tour Tracker is that Segan has been disqualified "
Just seen that, on the BBC sport page
Officials have acted quick and decisively there. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"Well the latest news in Tour Tracker is that Segan has been disqualified
just the stage or the entire race?
The whole tour"
wow..... i thought he would have demoted to last place today.... but to kick him off the entire tour, thats a big call!
when you do look at the elbow though.... it really doesn't look good..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Well the latest news in Tour Tracker is that Segan has been disqualified
just the stage or the entire race?
The whole tour
wow..... i thought he would have demoted to last place today.... but to kick him off the entire tour, thats a big call!
when you do look at the elbow though.... it really doesn't look good....."
I've only seen overhead stills so far and that looks pretty damning. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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i saw it live... it was almost like watching a slow motion car crash you knew was about to happen.... the elbow was just the finishing piece of the puzzle....
i am just glad cav got up from it!!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"i saw it live... it was almost like watching a slow motion car crash you knew was about to happen.... the elbow was just the finishing piece of the puzzle....
i am just glad cav got up from it!!!! "
Having now seen the footage. The elbow doesn't look great and I suspect sealed Peters fate. It may be a touch harsh, I reckon the crash was happening regardless of the elbow. Plus, if the tour jury punishes Peter, then why not punish the other chap (don't recall the name) who swung violently across another rider and almost causing a pileup?
Overall, my main hope is that the fears for Cav's continuing participation aren't realised. On the highlight show, he was intimating that his shoulder may have taken a hit that will finish his Tour.  |
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Wow what a end.
Mixed emotions.
As I think Sagan is an awesome rider I don't think he was intending to hurt can but at those speeds the outcome wasn't going to be good.
Sadly looks like two big names have existed the tour today. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Big fan of Sagan but today was just reckless,he was having Demares wheel whatever,it did start earlier with a big slide by greipel but think the elbow,even tho Cav was on way down sealed it,feel sorry for degenkolb,ran over Cav n took a heavy faceplant n swift who came down too,should be good at finish on final climb tomorrow! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The while sprint is chaotic from the point Greipel also loses it (which starts the chain reaction) if not earlier, Demare is all over the place, Cav is going for a tiny gap and trying to get on Delmare's wheel which Sagan also wants. The elbow is to balance himself, Cav is already on his way down...
As a massive Cav fan who has never liked Sagan I still think that the initial punishment was harsh but a DQ is completely over the top and I;d be surprised if it's not overturned before tomorrow's stage.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"a very interesting breakaway group today before the big kicker finish.....
I do fancy this to be a richie porte day today....."
The first opportunity for the GC players to show where they're at.
Froome/Quintana/Porte battle royale going up the final climb? |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"a very interesting breakaway group today before the big kicker finish.....
I do fancy this to be a richie porte day today.....
The first opportunity for the GC players to show where they're at.
Froome/Quintana/Porte battle royale going up the final climb? "
i don't think its a froome type climb as the 1/2 k is steep a punchy climb as i think there has been, where as froome is almost better on the long gradual climbs as he can keep a steady pace......
quintana is not a bad shout, actually the ironic thing is it may have suited valverde more than quintana today..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"a very interesting breakaway group today before the big kicker finish.....
I do fancy this to be a richie porte day today.....
The first opportunity for the GC players to show where they're at.
Froome/Quintana/Porte battle royale going up the final climb?
i don't think its a froome type climb as the 1/2 k is steep a punchy climb as i think there has been, where as froome is almost better on the long gradual climbs as he can keep a steady pace......
quintana is not a bad shout, actually the ironic thing is it may have suited valverde more than quintana today....."
Yes if the climb is as you say it suits Quintana best if the HC riders but Dan Martin should never be discounted given how many ties he's finished 2nd to Valverde |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Breakaway certainly livened it up,thank goodness,instead of a 'parade' to final climb,BMC got to be asking questions though,sit on front most of the day n you expect result,quintana lost without valverde at the mo,early days but looks like sky race to loose |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Tomorrow's break will stay away. And possibly it wwll be like when Vockler and Chiapucci led the race, the sort of break that gets a big time gap that one of the riders defends well in to the 3rd week.
SKY won't chase because it;s a sprinters stage. Dimension Data and Bora obviously won't chase. Quickstep probably won;t chase because they have to consider Martin in the GC as well as Kittel for the green, Lotto won't chase because Greipel isn't close Green. FDJ won;t chase as a breakaway mopping up the points is far more like to keep Demare in green than his sprinting ability.
At least that's what I would love to see happen. SKY will ride tempo, yea,s will work in the ginal kilometres, but who will do the work to get the time down? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Crazy sprints continue,interesting announcement from Scottish climber from 80s n 90s today?Robert to Phillipa"
Yeah expelling Sagan to tell the sprinters to stop being dicks really didn't fet the message across did it? Although as Demare is a menace and also seemingly beyond reproach that is probably where the problem lies!
As for Phillips, this is brilliant news. She's an excellent writer and her articles offer an insight amd knowledge of the sport few can match so hearing her commentate should be interesting. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"have to say i am loving all the live coverage this year on both Eurosport and ITV4....
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yeah being spoiled this year,got Eurosport player so been watching all the one day n tours,hard to decide who has the better commentary lots slag off Carlton but I like his style n ',king'Kelly is a plus,despite not being keen on Millar his commentating does go well with boulting,lol can't wait for vuelta already! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"OMG Richie and Dan Martin, that looked so painful for Richie, neck brace being applied by medics "
That's a serious bump. Ouch, ouch, and more ouch.
Big mistake by Richie |
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"OMG Richie and Dan Martin, that looked so painful for Richie, neck brace being applied by medics
That's a serious bump. Ouch, ouch, and more ouch.
Big mistake by Richie"
Well they said it was going to be a tough one, I don't think they expected it to wipe a few of the top contenders off the tour though |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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porte has abandoned as well... which is a shame...
i feel so sorry for Dan Martin.... my good the man has so much talent, one of these days he will win a major tour stage or a classic that he so richly deserves..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"porte has abandoned as well... which is a shame...
i feel so sorry for Dan Martin.... my good the man has so much talent, one of these days he will win a major tour stage or a classic that he so richly deserves....."
He's won 2 monuments, I think he finishe's second so often people forget! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Mental stage, porte's crash was horrible and I've no idea why ITV4 felt the need to reply it quite so many times. He was very, very lucky ad if he'd flipped the other way it was a long and steep drop.
Totally at a loss as to why people worked with froome in the final kilometres when he was isolated, particularly Astana. Racing for the podium rather than the win |
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After the rest day it was a fairly dull stage.
Tbh things haven't really started to get really exciting yet.
Quintana hasn't really shown anything to indicate that he had the ability.
But froomes lead is a lot smaller than in previous years.
With the big mountain stages yet to come, it will be interesting to see how much froome will miss G.
I don't think Chris has even stretched himself yet. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"After the rest day it was a fairly dull stage.
Tbh things haven't really started to get really exciting yet.
Quintana hasn't really shown anything to indicate that he had the ability.
But froomes lead is a lot smaller than in previous years.
With the big mountain stages yet to come, it will be interesting to see how much froome will miss G.
I don't think Chris has even stretched himself yet. "
Sky still have the strongest outfit there I reckon. Astana don't seem to work well as a team which will leave Aru isolated. I fear Quintana has had his shot, and won't recover the time he needs to unless the big guns fail spectacularly. The race comes to life again when they hit the Pyrenees on Thursday.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Wow didn't expect that result today"
Same here, I thought Sky had it sewn up with the way they'd set up Chris for the finish. A rare show of weakness from the big fella. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lol sky bossed it.....apart from the last minute,and Nieve's short cut! Great ride by Cummings,Aru hasn't much of a team,should be a great stage tomorrow,short but action packed, |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Another fantastic day today's Tour, what a scary and daring finish, these guys have some balls going flat out to the finish.
Tomorrow is last stage of the mountain stages, Can see Bardot going for the win. |
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"Another fantastic day today's Tour, what a scary and daring finish, these guys have some balls going flat out to the finish.
Tomorrow is last stage of the mountain stages, Can see Bardot going for the win."
It's a shame Kittel left though but what a great fight for the finish like amongst the GC |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You've got to think that Chris should have this in the bag now. Stays upright tomorrow and within sight of his rivals, he's by far the better time trialler of the remaining GC contenders so I can only see extension of his advantage.
Team Sky have had a hugely impressive squad that have pummelled the opposition into exhaustion. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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For sure sky are strong but ag2r rode well to put them under pressure the other day but bardet never really profited from it,quick step haven't been much help to Dan Martin n Astana haven't done much for Aru,all easier said tho when sky's tempo means anyone trying to attack is straight in the red,quintana been big disappointment,least 'bertie had a go today,great ride by Roglic |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Blimey I am out of breath just watching that, Barguil sure can climb a mountain when he needs to and Froomy just can't be shaken out of that yellow jersey  "
I suspect he was a mountain goat in a former life. I feel he's only got to stay upright tomorrow, then trounce his rivals in the TT on Saturday. 3 in a row? Yes please. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It been a great Tour despite many top riders retired, I think Froome have it in the bag now as all the hard work is done now. A great champion.
These cyclists make the footballers looked daft when they go rolling over the floor from a light kick from others when the cyclists just get back on their bike after a crash and get on with it, kudos to all cyclists finish the Tour. |
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It's been really close and tough.
And theoretically froome could still lose it.
All he would need is a mechanical or an off in the TT.
But he is a very methodical rider and won't take chances unless he has a shocker and needs to make up time.
It's been good to see him pushed harder this year.
Not been massively impressed with this year's route.
Last 7day's have been ok.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Imho it's been quite a boring race,great riding by de gendt 1000km in breaks,race controlled by sky n froomey,well done to them,can't wait for vuelta reckon froome finally win it! |
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I think due to his quiet demeanour he doesn't get the publicity or recognition he deserves.
What froome and team sky have achieved has been amazing.
Going from pretty much zero British success baring the odd stage win, to five out of the last six is staggering.
The French will boo anyone who isn't French and it's mostly jealousy.
Its a shame that the British press and public in general don't embrace him as they should.
You only need to look at the way the race is these day's to work out that it's won cleanly, they are all on an even playing field in terms of physical ability. It mostly comes down to mental strength and self belief.
It's definitely been alot closer than in recent years and right upto the TT could have gone to 2nd or possibly 3Rd place.
Possibly one more year I think.
Allez Allez Allez |
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