Tour de France

[CzechMikey]

The Orica backstage pass vids are great, don't know why more teams do it.

Anyway, Froome should be able to wrap un the tour today in the mountain time trail. Yates will be looking to gain time on Mollema who looked vulnerable yesterday

 

[Spikey]

He sealed it yesterday. Frankly Quintana has looked a bit like Cadel Evans in the years prior to winning it, ie never really looking likely of gaining time

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Anyway, Froome should be able to wrap un the tour today in the mountain time trail.

The 2012 Tour de France?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

The Orica backstage pass vids are great, don't know why more teams do it.

Anyway, Froome should be able to wrap un the tour today in the mountain time trail. Yates will be looking to gain time on Mollema who looked vulnerable yesterday

Yates will have enough to work with keeping the other humans at bay to stay on the podium, I think.

Needs some Sky marginal gains to take the last step

 

[Spikey]

Yates really needed to gain time on Mollema in the TT. Alas he will probably slip out (although it helps that Quintana hasn't looked like putting time into anyone, Porte is the challenger )

still, what a massive success it's been for him

 

[Pothas]

Still think he has a decent chance of beating Mollema after what we saw on Wednesday. Porte could easily beat both of them of course, Bardet as well perhaps.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

**** the Tour, Dumoulin just fell out of the Rio ITT.

So that's *another* gold the Brits will sneak then.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

and there goes Porte (although reports are he's not injured)

22nd July really good for all of us

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Still think he has a decent chance of beating Mollema after what we saw on Wednesday. Porte could easily beat both of them of course, Bardet as well perhaps.

Superb call this

 

[Spikey]

yeah kudos Pothas. happy that Bardet got second. Feels weird for Quintana to get third given how little he did, but I guess that's way it goes. Would have been cool if Valverde somehow made up the time last night and got over to third.

I stayed up for almost every night of the tour (typically an 1am finish) but I crashed as soon as Geraint Thomas took over the pacemaking last night. i probably should have stayed on but whatever, as soon as that happened I figured nothing interesting would happen in the GC. For me, this was the most fun tour since Team Sky's dominance started, although that might just be because the amazing Paris Roubaix and Giro got me back into it.

 

[Spikey]

oh yeah and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpdku7cBbBA

 

[Magrat Garlick]

The last week was quite enjoyable, with the GC out of play we got some nice rides for the stage honours. Shame the weather didn't play ball yesterday, but Bardet as runner-up is fun.

 

[vogue]

Well done Froome.. 3 times winner.
And well done Yates too. First ever British winner of the white jersey .

 

[Magrat Garlick]

And well done Greipel, wins his 11th stage, in the 11th year in a row.

Clockwork Tour.

 

[Spikey]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...world-anti-doping-agency-hackers-russian-leak
Jaksche on Sky?s TUE controversy: ?We used the same excuse in my era.? | CyclingTips

Obviously it's not much of a shock that Sky's Holier-than-thou attitude has come crashing down, but it's still interesting

 

[Spikey]

the fun story running along with the Sky stuff is David Walsh going down with them

https://www.balls.ie/cycling/paul-kimmage-and-david-walsh/347242

 

[Burgey]

Can those who have some knowledge of cycling tell me where Richie Porte ranks among the current crop? Is he a chance at winning a grand tour, even the TDF, or is he not in that league?

 

[Pothas]

Could argue that he was the second strongest rider on the Tour last year, just had loads of bad luck so he could win one, but unlikely that he would beat Froome if the latter had no incidents though.

 

[Johnners]

Could definitely win a Grand Tour, but as Pothas said would need some good fortune to beat Froome. Biggest issue he's had in years past though is along with a bit of bad luck, he's tended to have one really poor day that puts him out of proper contention.

 

[Spikey]

Could argue that he was the second strongest rider on the Tour last year, just had loads of bad luck so he could win one, but unlikely that he would beat Froome if the latter had no incidents though.

I don't think there's any argument he was the second best tbh, although I suppose effectively being out of it so soon into it makes a comparison between him and Quintana a bit unfair