deptfordmarmoset
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So it's Bastille Day for the French. Will Pinot try to redeem himself with an epic breakaway?
Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS
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No.
However there are 50 KOM points for the winner so someone will stake a big claim on the polka dot jersey...
HF2300
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Since he appears to think that a camera which is completely square, just lighter, is "more aero" then yes, it probably is.
http://gopro.com/news/how-i-gopro-shon-bollock
Apparently the other camera guy was called Kyle Camerer. Guess GoPro had to employ him...
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For real, he's on Twitter too... https://twitter.com/ShonBollock
smutchin
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It wouldn't be a rest day without a speculative doping story.
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Nice little interview with Cav on the Telegraph;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/acti...-you-didnt-know-about-the-Tour-de-France.html
"There was a time when guys around my age would talk about cars or women and now we are riding along talking about Bugaboos. Instead of talking about what engines are in certain cars, we now look if the car has got an Isofix (an attachment for a child safety seat). Things have changed a bit.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/acti...-you-didnt-know-about-the-Tour-de-France.html
"There was a time when guys around my age would talk about cars or women and now we are riding along talking about Bugaboos. Instead of talking about what engines are in certain cars, we now look if the car has got an Isofix (an attachment for a child safety seat). Things have changed a bit.”
Dogtrousers
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Sometimes sponsorship statements can be pretty funny.
Mark Cavendish is an ambassador for American Pistachio Growers. Cavendish has declared the American-grown pistachio nut as his official snack.
Mark Cavendish interview: 10 things you didn't know about the Tour de France.
Edit. Cross post with @MisterStan
Mark Cavendish is an ambassador for American Pistachio Growers. Cavendish has declared the American-grown pistachio nut as his official snack.
Mark Cavendish interview: 10 things you didn't know about the Tour de France.
Edit. Cross post with @MisterStan
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Speaking of which, Lars Boom is a DNS today
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Do we know why?
smutchin
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His main role in the team was to act as a minder for Nibali in the difficult first week, so whatever the reason for his low cortisol level, it seems sensible to withdraw him from the race for the sake of his health, now that he has done that job. He was never going to be much use to the team in the big mountain stages anyway.
It does suggest the team were being somewhat disingenuous when they said he was fit to race.
It does suggest the team were being somewhat disingenuous when they said he was fit to race.
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He was on twitter yesterday saying he was feeling sick - I suggested to him that low cortisol might have that effect despite his team thinking otherwise and claiming it had gone back to normal levels...
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Did you get a reply...?
Any of the GC boys attacking today? My guess is they'll be locked together for most parts of the climb but Froome may want to try and motor home at some point, letting his team work before, ensuring it's a tough race, trying to drive the finish out of the others. If he wants to win this stage, he'll do it, I'm fairly sure.
Pretty confident we see Rodriguez attacking too. But might be a tough ask to sustain an effort after last weeks heroics? I think the climb should suit Rolland down to the ground - he'll be aggressive on Bastille Day. I've a friendly little wager on him.... and on Arredondo. He's an outstanding climber on his day, hasn't been too bad on the Huy and Mur last week, so legs may well be there, and today is a good chance for him to attack. He's already so far down in the standings, he's no threat to the GC boys and they may let him go.
Pretty confident we see Rodriguez attacking too. But might be a tough ask to sustain an effort after last weeks heroics? I think the climb should suit Rolland down to the ground - he'll be aggressive on Bastille Day. I've a friendly little wager on him.... and on Arredondo. He's an outstanding climber on his day, hasn't been too bad on the Huy and Mur last week, so legs may well be there, and today is a good chance for him to attack. He's already so far down in the standings, he's no threat to the GC boys and they may let him go.
