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Tour de France 2017

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  • Indianaaddick
    Indianaaddick Posts: 2,965
    Will phones hold on?.
  • Indianaaddick
    Indianaaddick Posts: 2,965
    Phinney
  • Indianaaddick
    Indianaaddick Posts: 2,965
    Where the hell did phones come from?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    Indianaaddick said:

    Will phones hold on?.

    Not now they wont
  • Indianaaddick
    Indianaaddick Posts: 2,965
    They are reeling him in Drat!!
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    Cav up there but not quite enough.
  • Indianaaddick
    Indianaaddick Posts: 2,965
    Kittle outsprints them all
  • Indianaaddick
    Indianaaddick Posts: 2,965
    Phinney still overall leader
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    They do not want to be pleased with themselves!!... How the hell did Cav get 4th yet still not quite there???

    Had he got Kittel's wheel like last year I reckon he'd have won!!
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    ForeverAddickted said:

    They do not want to be pleased with themselves!!... How the hell did Cav get 4th yet still not quite there???

    Had he got Kittel's wheel like last year I reckon he'd have won!!

    Cav has proved he can still do it, very impressive after his illness.
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  • Indianaaddick
    Indianaaddick Posts: 2,965
    Not a lot of mountains this year the race is going to favor the top sprinters
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    stonemuse said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    They do not want to be pleased with themselves!!... How the hell did Cav get 4th yet still not quite there???

    Had he got Kittel's wheel like last year I reckon he'd have won!!

    Cav has proved he can still do it, very impressive after his illness.
    For me the questions were.

    (1) Was he allowed to go 100% for that Sprint
    (2) Can he get through the mountains!!
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Just amazes me the impeccable English that most Europeans generally have.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    If only the English could speak English like them.
  • SomervilleAddick
    SomervilleAddick Posts: 3,575
    Weegie Addick said:

    So pleased for Geraint. He clearly learnt how to go fast in the rain at the Commonwealth Games Road Race in Glasgow in 2014.

    I think he learnt how to go fast in the rain in Wales. Wet and miserable is their natural climate.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,435
    Cav did really well today. It's not quite there but for him to be in one ruin is nothing short of miraculous. My guess is he'll make the first mountain stage, then will drop out before the one after. Great sprint from Kittel today. He weaves around for quite a while there waiting for a gap then absolutely Monstered it through. If the best six sprinters in the world line up side by side with everything being equal with 300m to go, Kittel will win every time. He's just got too much raw power.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    Leroy Ambrose said:

    Cav did really well today. It's not quite there but for him to be in one ruin is nothing short of miraculous. My guess is he'll make the first mountain stage, then will drop out before the one after. Great sprint from Kittel today. He weaves around for quite a while there waiting for a gap then absolutely Monstered it through. If the best six sprinters in the world line up side by side with everything being equal with 300m to go, Kittel will win every time. He's just got too much raw power.

    Who would you pick in their prime? Cav or Kittel?

    What surprises me is the fact that Kittel is probably just as fast as Cav but after his fifth tour he only has 10-Stages which shows that Kittel doesnt really have the consistency whereas for Cav it shows how well he's done just to reach 30-Stage wins
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    Very strange scenes today with part of the Stage using Spa-Francorchamps
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    Peter Sagan (of course) wins Stage Three...
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    Sagan ... what a star.
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    Froome has moved into second place in the overall standings
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    To unclip your pedal, slow down, reclip, then still win the sprint. Sagan is an animal
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    Rothko said:

    To unclip your pedal, slow down, reclip, then still win the sprint. Sagan is an animal

    Just mad, you have to love a rider like that.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    So what's the chance in Paris, podium of Froome, Thomas, Yates?

    Would be stunning and yet it's not impossible.

    I don't expect to see it but the fact it can even be considered just shows the level that British cycling has now reached.
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    My money on Richie Porte, mainly cos he was born only 30 miles up the road from me.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Saw two guys together holding up protest banners, one saying " Wenger Out" and the other saying "Roland Out", whilst they were on the Belgian/French border.

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    stonemuse said:

    So what's the chance in Paris, podium of Froome, Thomas, Yates?

    Would be stunning and yet it's not impossible.

    I don't expect to see it but the fact it can even be considered just shows the level that British cycling has now reached.

    Dont see Thomas being in the top three...

    Dont forget as well its not the same Yates who won the Young Riders Jersey last year yet instead is his Brother.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,693
    such a shame Valverde is out as I used to love him attacking on the mountain stages.

    still so far so good for the Brits. glad Thomas is in yellow. hard not to like the bloke.

    Great interview with Phinney the artist. possible questions on any substance abuse...

    http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/stage-2-reaction-taylor-phinney-chats-about-taking-the-polka-dot-jersey
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    Into the last 5km of todays Stage... Sole breakaway rider (went out with 190km to go) was caught a little while ago - Cavendish didnt really contest the Intermediate points sprint so hopefully is saving himself
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    edited July 2017
    Team Dimension Data look to be the guys on the front...

    Edit... Kittel caught in a crash - CMON CAV!!!

    Edit... Balls Cav also went down!!

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