Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[raindog]

WTF happened to Pinot today - really poor.

As Jalabert said, wasn't really his kind of stage, but still disappointing wasn't it?

 

[Apollonius]

I don't think many teams were ready for the flat-out racing from the off. Lose a few metres and you lose touch. Most Tours have a cagey start with no risks taken. It just hasn't been like that, and Froome's attack today is strong evidence.

 

[raindog]

It was carnage for Orica today


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pMcCvvgMvg

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Teamwork to help get Laurens Ten Dam his supper

 

[Crackle]

Laurens, just pop it back in, Ten Dam.

Apparently they had to get his bike back down off the car where they'd put it after seeing his injury.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Teamwork to help get Laurens Ten Dam his supper

 

[HF2300]

If Froome stays upright until the weekend he's won this. No-one is close to him, bar Uran. I really can't see one of the big 3 gaining a minute up.

As we've seen before, it takes nothing to lose a minute - a bad day, a little incident. Froome won't be counting his chickens yet.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Movement for Not really Credible Cycling temporarily suspends doping team and they will no longer be subject to the control tests they ignore anyway...
http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/07/news/mpcc-temporarily-suspends-astana_376862

 

[400bhp]

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Is the still in the race then? Eurosport flashed up he had abandoned.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Is the still in the race then? Eurosport flashed up he had abandoned.

I saw somewhere (on this thread?) his mechanics put his bike on the car and had to take it off again.

 

[Stephen C]

I saw somewhere (on this thread?) his mechanics put his bike on the car and had to take it off again.

They had put his bike on the car, but then he relocated his dislocated shoulder during the neutralisation and carried on apparently!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

So I won a couple of pints on Rodríguez today. I just thought he was perfect to pick out with that last climb. Although Froomes performance was immense too.

So with a pound or two of my winnings I'm going to try & pick out our stage 4 winner. I'm looking at the course now trying to see who it could suit the most but it's not as easy as guessing todays winner.

Perhaps Alexander Kristoff?

What are your thoughts?

This is what we have the Tour de France thread for...

[Mod Edit for context]

 

[raindog]

fantastic docu on FR3 last night about Poulidor
http://pluzz.francetv.fr/videos/poulidor_premier_,124883841.html

and a similar programme on Bernard Thevenet
http://pluzz.francetv.fr/videos/bernard_thevenet_le_tombeur_du_cannibale_,124886148.html

might not work outside France though

 

[suzeworld]

Telegraph cycling podcast which I always think is a great listen .

Could you be so good as to post a link to that? I am crap at finding things! TA

 

[suzeworld]

As it is easy to get to as I live in the South East, I've been thinking about going to watch the final stage in Paris and making a bit of a weekend of it. Maybe go early Saturday and then come back home after the stage finish. So while it would be a weekend away, it would be a weekend away due to going to watch the finish if that makes sense.

So apart from the cost, do you think it would be a viable thing to do. Obviously getting there and back for a weekend is, so I mean from the point of being able to watch the end of the stage in a way that would be worthwhile?

If you want to be at the front of the ten deep crowds on the Champs Elysee you need to get there before the riders even set off from the Depart. Maybe even the night before? I dunno cos we didn't even entertain the idea!

However, we had a great time, just wandering around looking at the crowds / soaking up the amazing atmosphere and watching it all sat on some grass looking at the big screen near the finish line. We also heard Wiggo's success speech, even tho we could not see him .. my advice .. just do it!
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