Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Did you get a reply...?

No, he must have been too weak to muster the energy to do so

 

[Dogtrousers]

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,

I thought Sky had given up on the motor home idea

 

[suzeworld]

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.
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In the interview on ITV4 yesteday Froome was feeling confident and pretty much saying he would sit tight and just chase things down .. but that could just be bluff! He certainly can afford to conserve his team and his own energy until there is a significant challenge to chase. On the other hand he likes to be explosive and he will surely want to win a stage in the mountains at some point.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

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.”

Bugaboos ? for a moment I thought Cavendish was going mountaineering.

 

[MisterStan]

The 'Fab Four' have now become the 'Big Five' according to the live tracker;

Chris Froome the best of the Big Five
Chris Froome (Team Sky) is in the yellow jersey after he retained the lead in the team time trial won by BMC by six tenth of a second over the British outfit. His rivals in the “Big Five” competition are Tejay van Garderen, 2nd at 12 seconds, Alberto Contador, 5th at 1.03, Nairo Quintana, 9th at 1.59 and Vincenzo Nibali, 13th at 2.22. The overall classification is expected to be reshuffled today.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

The 'Fab Four' have now become the 'Big Five' according to the live tracker;

Chris Froome the best of the Big Five
Chris Froome (Team Sky) is in the yellow jersey after he retained the lead in the team time trial won by BMC by six tenth of a second over the British outfit. His rivals in the “Big Five” competition are Tejay van Garderen, 2nd at 12 seconds, Alberto Contador, 5th at 1.03, Nairo Quintana, 9th at 1.59 and Vincenzo Nibali, 13th at 2.22. The overall classification is expected to be reshuffled today.

Famous Five, surely...

 

[Dogtrousers]

It's actually the Secret Seven, but I can't list them, for obvious reasons.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Pierrick Fedrigo of Bretagne-Seche (yes, him) is getting into the spirit of quatorzieme juillet and is a lone breakaway. Currently got nearly 7 minutes on the bunch. One pursuer in between. Go Pierrick!

 

[jarlrmai]

Nothing better than a doomed solo break

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Nothing better than a doomed solo break

A doomed duo bid? Van Bilsen now with him, peloton at 12 mins.

 

[smutchin]

Lead over the peloton up to 14:28 now. Still 90km to go. They're going to be cooked by the time they hit the climb.

 

[The Couch]

Crash by Barguil

He is back on the bike (and since there is many kilometres to go, he'll return), but he looks like he is quite hurt, so can't be good for today's finish and the next stages

 

[smutchin]

He does look a bit tender, doesn't he.

 

[The Couch]

He does look a bit tender, doesn't he.

Yeah, but still he was at the front during both the echelon stage as the cobble stone stage, so he rides sturdier than he looks

Unfortunately for the French he was basically their current best bet at a top (5?) placing and probably is out of it now (meaning the GC)

 

[The Couch]

Crash by Barguil

He is back on the bike (and since there is many kilometres to go, he'll return), but he looks like he is quite hurt, so can't be good for today's finish and the next stages

He is already back in the peloton, he made up 3m30 minutes on the peloton in about 10min.
(I guess the doctor car or the team car were helpful )