Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**

[fimm]

Is Alaphilppe still a danger to Yates for the white jersey?

Edit: No. He's 59' 55" down.
The only man close is Louis Meintjes at 3'03" (on Yates) - next is Warren Barguil at 16'20".

 

[jarlrmai]

Alaphilippe is just still pissed off after yesterday.

You'd think BMC might be keen today.

 

[mjr]

Direct energy are leading the chase. That'll work(!)

The German version of the Alpecin shower advert has Degenkolb coming in and Geschke in the shower and the slogan "simply better than hair falling out" which seems a rather low standard for a shampoo but maybe I don't care about baldness as much as many. Who's in the shower in the Dumoulin version?

 

[jarlrmai]

The Alpecin advertising campaign seems to be based around occasionally subtly hinting that it cures baldness.

 

[Crackle]

Are all French cyclists trained to thump the handlebars from school age?

 

[brommers]

Looking at their team photos it looks like Roy Curvers with Dumoulin

 

[brommers]

Roy Curvers

 

[mjr]

Switched over to France3 for HD. The France 3 logo has a black armband on

 

[mjr]

BMC take up the chase. France TV talk to the director in the car (if you've not seen it: their reporter on a moto drives up alongside the team car!) Who says that they think they've got the people who can win today and it'd be good to have a Swiss-linked win and so on.

 

[mjr]

Jasper Stuyven gets a green hat stuck in his rear mech. It's that exciting just now.

 

[jarlrmai]

Greipel sucks at picking up water bottles.

 

[Crackle]

Greipel sucks at picking up water bottles.

He's got no teeth, he has to suck.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I started watching with Ned and Dave wittering on about the capital of Switzerland and asking what the capital of Canada was.

Jeezo, I knew what it was and never once have I ever thought it was Montreal!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

A BLS* EMU in the background there....



Brig Löschberg Simplon, innit!

 

[coffeejo]

Interesting interview with (didn't get his name) from Dimension Data.