Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[Bollo]

Just seen the interview with Nibali, after his chat with Froome, and he seemed to be pretty angry still. Comes across as a bit of a nobber, tbh.

All Froome did, as far as I can see, is swerve round Nibali to avoid the crash himself. It meant there was no room for Nibali to escape Barguil falling on him but that's hardly Froome's fault. And does he expect us to believe he would have done anything different in Froome's position? Twit.

Let's hope Nibbles doesn't have a pet rabbit.

 

[AndyRM]

The ITV highlights really hacked me off tonight. Claimed they didn't have time to show Teklehaimanot's interview then buggered about with a minute and a half of condensed highlights and a map of tomorrow's stage, directing viewers to watch him on the website.

 

[smutchin]

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

It'll be up to the race organisers whether he has to wear it or not. I suspect he would prefer not to, so if he does wear it today, it probably won't be through choice.

 

[coffeejo]

The ITV highlights really hacked me off tonight. Claimed they didn't have time to show Teklehaimanot's interview then buggered about with a minute and a half of condensed highlights and a map of tomorrow's stage, directing viewers to watch him on the website.

Pissed me off too. Who cares about Nibali getting his shorts in a twist over nothing? It's not every day you get to watch history in the making but apparently that's not a priority.

Really must investigate Eurosport instead.

 

[Crackle]

Here's the interview. I think he was happy to be on the podium.

http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance

 

[MisterStan]

Chris Froome ‏@chrisfroome 36m36 minutes ago
For those asking, I won’t be wearing yellow today! All the best to @tonymartin85 with his op & recovery #MaillotJaune #TDF2015

 

[coffeejo]

 

[jarlrmai]

Tekkers should go for that early hill today to maintain the KOM jersey.

 

[coffeejo]

Bah. TMN to @MisterStan

 

[MisterStan]

Cross posted @coffeejo no TMN awarded

 

[coffeejo]

Cross posted @coffeejo no TMN awarded

 

[coffeejo]

Pointless question. If the crash hadn't happened, would Cav have made it to the line?

 

[Aperitif]

Pointless question. If the crash hadn't happened, would Cav have made it to the line?

Eventually, yes.

 

[Mugshot]

True that. Loved the way they had to take three guesses before working out which Etixx rider won the stage. It clearly wasn't Cav, even I could see that.

On Eurosport they were screaming and shouting about who was going to win the stage from the group of riders sprinting for the line, meanwhile Stybar is quietly cruising to the finish line, I'm honestly not sure they even saw him until he was just about to cross.

 

[Dogtrousers]

On Eurosport they were screaming and shouting about who was going to win the stage from the group of riders sprinting for the line, meanwhile Stybar is quietly cruising to the finish line, I'm honestly not sure they even saw him until he was just about to cross.

It was weird. I was trying to reconcile what I could see with what they were saying. I was wondering whether I'd got the perspective mixed up and maybe the EQS rider was obviously doomed to be caught, although he looked well clear. I was also trying to work out who it was. Cav? No. Kwiat? No, wrong jersey. Martin? No, wrong jersey and too mobile. The TV didn't help by focusing on the crash.