coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
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Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**
- Thread starter rich p
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
He has definitely fallen off at least once. Think he was involved in the Gerrans incident, and I don't think that was his first crash in this Tour.
Dave Davenport
Guru
- Location
- Hampshire
Didn't he crash on stage one, same time as Contador?
Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
Most interesting stage so far in many ways. Bravo Bardet, a worthy winner. Quintana in 3rd now, does not in any way deserve that, he just follows wheels and hardly willing to risk anything to gain time. Aru, Porte and Martin are at least giving it a go.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Bardet, he has the teeth for a start!!
Seriously though, with, I imagine French TV all over him, was it really beyond the wit of the itv muppets to get a quickly translated interview from him?
.... Or was he not 'British' enough?
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Probably couldn't get within ten feet of him.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Geraint Thomas interview
Geraint Thomas explained how he gave Froome his bike after the race leader crashed.
"I could see Froome on the front and he was saying chill on the radio but he doesn’t do chill, does he," Thomas said.
"All of a sudden he’s on the floor and going ‘I need a bike, I need a bike,’ so I gave him mine. Then I waited for the team car although they did drive past me."
"I wasn’t going to run to the finish but luckily they stopped a few hundred meters later and I got on this, and that was that."
Geraint Thomas explained how he gave Froome his bike after the race leader crashed.
"I could see Froome on the front and he was saying chill on the radio but he doesn’t do chill, does he," Thomas said.
"All of a sudden he’s on the floor and going ‘I need a bike, I need a bike,’ so I gave him mine. Then I waited for the team car although they did drive past me."
"I wasn’t going to run to the finish but luckily they stopped a few hundred meters later and I got on this, and that was that."
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
And Froome was further motivated by the dragon on the top tube of GT's bike. 
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
So, Bardet's deficit to Froome is 4.11. Of that, 3.31 was lost in the two time trials alone... ASO, you know what you need to do! 
Looking ahead to tomorrow, we know Quintana and Bardet can go downhill a bit sharpish, but what's Yates's descending like? The descent to Morzine could be a corker.
Looking ahead to tomorrow, we know Quintana and Bardet can go downhill a bit sharpish, but what's Yates's descending like? The descent to Morzine could be a corker.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I hope the descent will be on dry roads tomorrow.
