Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Hmm. Froome visits Astana bus. Nibali: "we've cleared things up". Anyone know what that's all about?

It appears Nibali chucked a water bottle at him and then realised it was "mistaken identity"...so they have patched things up. Bless.

 

[philk56]

Earlier in today's stage

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Yes but this ones a proper black one ....

Dear Tweedlepaul and Tweedlephil, how many BLACK riders have worn a leader's jersey?

 

[Saluki]

Tony Martin confirms his collar bone is broken, and considering options

According to twitter, the option he is taking is going home to heal. Froome in Yellow tomorrow.

 

[tug benson]

Yes but this ones a proper black one ....

 

[Berk on a Bike]

I'm seeing tweets saying (according to the race director) Froome doesn't have to race in yellow tomorrow if he doesn't want to.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

I'm seeing tweets saying (according to the race director) Froome doesn't have to race in yellow tomorrow if he doesn't want to.

Traditionally Yellow not worn if lost by misfortune

 

[themosquitoking]

Traditionally Yellow not worn if lost by misfortune

He caused the crash though.

 

[Dogtrousers]

A litte research:
On the evening before stage 13, [of the 1980 Tour] which included mountains of the highest category, Hinault decided to withdraw. Zoetemelk, until that moment second in the general classification, became the new leader, but refused to wear the yellow jersey, in the tradition of Eddy Merckx who refused to don the yellow jersey in the 1971 Tour de France after Luis Ocañaleft the race as leader

Source Wikipedia 1980 Tour de France

 

[Strathlubnaig]

A litte research:
On the evening before stage 13, [of the 1980 Tour] which included mountains of the highest category, Hinault decided to withdraw. Zoetemelk, until that moment second in the general classification, became the new leader, but refused to wear the yellow jersey, in the tradition of Eddy Merckx who refused to don the yellow jersey in the 1971 Tour de France after Luis Ocañaleft the race as leader

Source Wikipedia 1980 Tour de France

well if Froome does wear yellow then it proves he is a nobber

 

[Berk on a Bike]

That injury.

 

[Incontinentia Buttocks]

Oh bugger, that's awful.

 

[jarlrmai]

Poor Etixx

 

[rich p]

They keep banging on about 'the first African to wear a leaders jersey in the TdF'. Errr... Daryl Impey.

True but he's a doper!

 

[MisterStan]

I'm seeing tweets saying (according to the race director) Froome doesn't have to race in yellow tomorrow if he doesn't want to.

That's interesting. When Armitstead crashed at the Women's ToB, Lisa Brennauer stated she didn't want to wear the yellow but was told she had to....