mcshroom
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Didn't Cav send his daughter off to nag Froome for one the other day? 
Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS
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400bhp
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Frooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooome.
All the booing was rubbish though
Not sure it was booing "frooooome" as you say
Berk on a Bike
Veteran
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Should've sent his wife. I'd give her one. A toy lion I mean.Didn't Cav send his daughter off to nag Froome for one the other day?
Strathlubnaig
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Yes. A crash is different. A minor mechanical, why hold up ? If this was the norm then Froom need only hold his hand up whenever he newds a wee rest and shout 'mechanical !' And everyone sits up, stupid. Race is on, sit up if leader crashes and wait if he recovers. Off yer high horse Froome.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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This story about a fight in the press room that people were talking about earlier on, does anybody have any of the background on it?
I had a brief chat with Mrs Cav at the London Stage of the 2013 ToB. Me and Mrs Dr Bollo had coughed for the hospitality area (the last year before Sweetspot upped the prices to corporate hangers on only) so mixed it with a few other notables.
Mrs Cav is genuinely very nice and down to earth (I'd expected her to be a bit up herself TBH) and little Ms Cav is a cutie, despite being the spitting image of her dad. Also, Lady Wiggins likes her mummy petrol.
That's the photo L'Equipe are using for Froome. Le Cad!
Sure he was mentioned in Tyler's book that I'm reading at the moment??
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
Don't think it was a fight, I think it was the spat between Froome and Nibali. Perhaps those who originally commented can confirm. Apparently Froome ripped into Nibali about his supposedly unsportsmanlike behaviour. Froome also had a go at Valverde out on the road, and appeared to be trying to hit him, or at least was gesticulating wildly at him - it was only caught briefly by the cameras.
Apollonius
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HF2300 That is good writing. I was at Rodez too, and her impressions are the same as mine. Thanks for that.
While I am here, let's not forget Pete Kennaugh. He worked so hard to get into the Tour team - after being very upset to miss out last year. Put in a huge shift (as they all did) and will not get to ride into Paris. One day, Pete, and it could be you in yellow.
While I am here, let's not forget Pete Kennaugh. He worked so hard to get into the Tour team - after being very upset to miss out last year. Put in a huge shift (as they all did) and will not get to ride into Paris. One day, Pete, and it could be you in yellow.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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Nice quote from G here...
Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), talks about Froome maintaining the yellow jersey after the final day in the Alps
"He did it, huh? Yeah? I didn’t know. Perfect. That’s great news. We worked hard for this. It’s been a real long three weeks. Hard fought for sure, and to finish it off is incredible.
"[Froome] was controlled yesterday, but today I think he just rode it. We knew he had that advantage and it was just a matter of not blowing up and not getting too carried away. We knew Quintana would attack because he’s strong. But, yeah, it worked out perfect.
"Just not go into the red, not panic. Ride the power that you know you can. The main thing was not blowing up if he does gain time slowly. We could hear on the radio, you now, 30 seconds, 40 seconds, but the kilometres were ticking down pretty quickly as well, so perfect.
"[Froome] is super confident and he has that belief. He knows his body really well and he knows how fast to push himself. Everyone knew we had to get over that first climb, and everyone dug deep to have four of us, yeah, it was four wasn’t it, including Chris. It was perfect. We just rode to the bottom of the climb and then it was over to Wout [Poels] and Richie [Porte]. Richie really came up well today. He’s had a few ups and downs this Tour, but when it really mattered he was there. I think we can all be proud. We all stuck in and really gave each other everything."
Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), talks about Froome maintaining the yellow jersey after the final day in the Alps
"He did it, huh? Yeah? I didn’t know. Perfect. That’s great news. We worked hard for this. It’s been a real long three weeks. Hard fought for sure, and to finish it off is incredible.
"[Froome] was controlled yesterday, but today I think he just rode it. We knew he had that advantage and it was just a matter of not blowing up and not getting too carried away. We knew Quintana would attack because he’s strong. But, yeah, it worked out perfect.
"Just not go into the red, not panic. Ride the power that you know you can. The main thing was not blowing up if he does gain time slowly. We could hear on the radio, you now, 30 seconds, 40 seconds, but the kilometres were ticking down pretty quickly as well, so perfect.
"[Froome] is super confident and he has that belief. He knows his body really well and he knows how fast to push himself. Everyone knew we had to get over that first climb, and everyone dug deep to have four of us, yeah, it was four wasn’t it, including Chris. It was perfect. We just rode to the bottom of the climb and then it was over to Wout [Poels] and Richie [Porte]. Richie really came up well today. He’s had a few ups and downs this Tour, but when it really mattered he was there. I think we can all be proud. We all stuck in and really gave each other everything."
Basil.B
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Police have fired on a car in Paris, just been mentioned on BBC News.
