Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[coffeejo]

The TDF FB page has been updated with photos of some of the teams arriving in Paris:

 

[jarlrmai]

Judging by the TV pics of La Course it's gonna be pitch black by the time they are on the Champs-Elysees.

 

[coffeejo]

Chris Boardman is Tweeting that because of the oily wet cobbles in Paris, crossing over the line for the first time is classed as finishing.

Is this true? If it is I'm guessing Froome will be well relieved.

There was carnage in La Course. Looked like at least two were too injured to continue.

 

[Wafer]

Chris Boardman is Tweeting that because of the oily wet cobbles in Paris, crossing over the line for the first time is classed as finishing.

Is this true? If it is I'm guessing Froome will be well relieved.

Interesting was thinking it was far from a foregone conclusion watching la course.

 

[Andrew_P]

The TDF FB page has been updated with photos of some of the teams arriving in Paris:

This picture desperately needs the music form the opening titles in Reservoir Dogs

 

[coffeejo]

Boardman is now Tweeting that they have to finish but the GC time is taken from first passage round the Champs.

Ah, to avoid silly sprinting and so that journalists don't have to hastily rewrite their articles because all the jersey wearers were KOd and unable to finish.

 

[HF2300]

Boardman is now Tweeting that they have to finish but the GC time is taken from first passage round the Champs Elysees.


I'm not sure if I can fathom out how this works....

In other words, they have to finish to be classified, but they can cruise round and don't have to take silly risks just to maintain their GC time.

 

[HF2300]

Yes, I think so

 

[Dayvo]

In other words, they have to finish to be classified, but they can cruise round and don't have to take silly risks just to maintain their GC time.

The kind of cycling I like, with a bottle or so of Champers thrown in, too, of course!

 

[HF2300]

The kind of cycling I like, with a bottle or so of Champers thrown in, too, of course!

I'd like to be fast enough to cruise.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I'd like to be fast enough to cruise.

I reckon I could hold my own against one of those bateaux-mouches that cruise up and down the Seine.

 

[tug benson]

 

[smutchin]

Romain Bardet has been awarded the overall combativity prize. Yay!

 

[smutchin]

I guess it's like the 3km rule on the other stages.

Exactly!

 

[sleaver]

Even I reakon I could keep up with the peloton at the speed they are currently going