Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)

[smutchin]

Apart from last year's Vuelta...

I was thinking of the overall reckoning Froome won't beat Wiggo by enough to overhaul him in GC - but very good point, that had slipped my mind.

Or if he falls off his bike or punctures or Froome's girlfriend assaults Wiggo with a yellow flare...

d.

 

[lejogger]

Bouet, Dumoulin, Engoulvent, Ladagnous and Pineau in the break but not the Frenchman I plumped for... Pah!

I fancied FdJ for today, so I'll switch my allegiance to Ladagnous, though Dumoulin or Pineau probably favourite if the break stays away...

d.

Roy has been quiet after his heroics last year... probably my favourite rider of TDF 2011 but barely a sniff at anything this time around.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I'm struggling to see the Wiggins vs Froome thing as a real issue.

It's not. It's only the media who want it to be more 'exciting', and a few fans who don't get how teams work these days - Sean Yates was entirely right about this, and he might not always be the most smoothly articulate guy, but he was telling it exactly how it is. Froome will undoubtedly be the leader in a GT before long, but not this one. The only circumstance under which this would happen in the Tour this year is if Wiggins crashes out or cracks so badly that he has no realistic chance of winning. End of conversation.

 

[smutchin]

Roy has been quiet after his heroics last year... probably my favourite rider of TDF 2011 but barely a sniff at anything this time around.

Yeah, that's partly why I thought he might fancy it today. Oh well. He'll be back next year.

Looks like the break is going to get caught anyway. So, Sagan it is, then...

d.

 

[Chuffy]

Hmmmm. French bloke (Kern) drafts behind the referee's car after a mechanical and all is good. Sagan drafts behind his team car after a mechanical and the same referee gives the Liquigas driver an almighty bollocking. No favouritism there, oh no....

 

[Steve H]

Hmmmm. French bloke (Kern) drafts behind the referee's car after a mechanical and all is good. Sagan drafts behind his team car after a mechanical and the same referee gives the Liquigas driver an almighty bollocking. No favouritism there, oh no....

Sagan was drafting his team car that was overtaking lots of other cars.

 

[Chuffy]

Sagan was drafting his team car that was overtaking lots of other cars.

Just a driving sanction then? Fair enough.

 

[raindog]

Hope everyone's watching. I know every village and every bump in the road here.
Watch out - Séte coming up..........

 

[Chuffy]

Bloody hell, how steep is this climb?

 

[raindog]

Bloody hell, how steep is this climb?

I tried to tell everyone but did you listen? Did you listen?

 

[Steve H]

Could someone ask them to wait up a bit. Cav got dropped on that climb and he needs a chance to catch up. ;-)

 

[yello]

cripes, that was some climb

 

[thom]

There's a cheeky 20% section at Mt St Clair, 20km from the end to liven things up - Chavanel, Gilbert or Sagan ?

Looks like Sky are trying to slow it up now but my money's on Sagan if Cav doesn't get back on.
I think the average was about 10.6 %.

 

[raindog]

Vino's going to win in the nudist colony
Come on Vino!!

 

[Chuffy]

Urgh. Not Vino. Come on Lotto!