deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
From what I saw of today's racing, Sky looked like a 2 man team. Where were the rest of them?
Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Froome was in yellow. Rowe and Thomas seemed to keep their ends up, with others making useful cameos.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I feel sorry for Pinot. He was very unlucky indeed and probably lost the Tour today as 6 minutes is too big a gap to recoup with the likes of Froome in top form , Quintana and Contador. At least, he is still very young and there is still next year.
Berk on a Bike
Veteran
- Location
- Yorkshire
Alex Dowsett suffered a nightmare. Crashed before the 2nd pave section and badly mashed up his elbow. He rode home on his own, only just making it under the time limit.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Always worry about Dowsett when he crashes, being a haemophiliac. Seems ok though!
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
He said it several times. Think we're probably doing OK if Liggett's only a year behind.
Berk on a Bike
Veteran
- Location
- Yorkshire
The post-stitches picture looks worse than the pre-stitches one. He should be on the start line tomorrow.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
When you've got Thomas on your side on a stage like this, you don't really need anyone else.
He is the superest of superdomestiques.
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
I thought a number of teams looked to be lacking in the personnel department. There seemed to be a few Movistars around, but none covering Quintana and Valverde was off on his own. Nibali looked decidedly lonely for quite a while, particularly considering they'd gone to the trouble of putting Westra up the road to start with and had 'classics specialist' Boom. Can't help feeling that hurt his chances of putting time into Froome, since every time they got onto the tarmac and into the wind he was doing all the work himself.
Not sure whether some of the leaders are going to find a bad lack of support when it counts, or whether it was just today's stage and the cobbles and I shouldn't read too much into it.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Maybe it's just that GT and CF seem to be the only ones in there at the death. Massive though GT is, I wouldn't want to see him burnt out.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
To be fair, telly doesn't show a lot of the work done early in the race by other riders.
Boom did quite a big turn on the front in the middle of the stage.
Big hat tip to Daniel Oss who rode like a machine today, despite his faceplant yesterday.
Thibaut Pinot will never win the TdF - he doesn't have the right temperament for top level bike racing.
Boom did quite a big turn on the front in the middle of the stage.
Big hat tip to Daniel Oss who rode like a machine today, despite his faceplant yesterday.
Thibaut Pinot will never win the TdF - he doesn't have the right temperament for top level bike racing.
Paul Sherwen becomes a master of paradox describing Tony Martin's breakaway
"Nine times out of ten this would be impossible!"
MisterStan
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- Location
- Out there somewhere
He was like a petulant child. He should have taken the bike offered to him instead of having a flounce.
