Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**

[Tin Pot]

Who is the guy in all light blue with the really funny face?

 

[HF2300]

Classy group on the front with Sagan, Kreuziger, Sagan, Alaphilippe, Pantano, Nibali, Izaguirre, Costa, Goujeard

 

[HF2300]

Who is the guy in all light blue with the really funny face?

Aru?

 

[coffeejo]

If the breakaway holds on to the finish, Kreuziger leapfrogs his way to the podium.

 

[smutchin]

I'm liking Sagan more and more. #teamplayer

 

[coffeejo]

Oops, Rolland suffered from slippery roads yesterday and slinging gels today.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Ned is useless, bring back Phil and Paul.

 

[Crackle]

propair weathair out there.

 

[HF2300]

I'm liking Sagan more and more. #teamplayer

I think Sagan's been outstanding this Tour in a whole number of ways.

 

[HF2300]

Ned is useless, bring back Phil and Paul.

Take that man outside and have him shot.

 

[coffeejo]

What on earth are Astana up to?

 

[Crackle]

Aru is poodling about behind Sky with all his Astana team Meerkating over their shoulders to see where he is

 

[coffeejo]

Just looking at the stage profile on the Tour Tracker app. This looks like it will hurt:

 

[Foghat]

Because it sounds clever. Still essentially nonsense though.

You're the one who brought up racehorses! So........sufficiently ripe for comparison for you to have made the connection - i.e. lurking in your head must have been the possibility that a Tour rider's fine-tuning, fussiness and vulnerability are not so exceptionally different to a racehorse's that the connection could not arise. Anyway, having brought up racehorses and now claimed there are no grounds for comparison other than trying to appear clever, you really ought to go on and clarify why making such comparisons is nonsense.

No one has said Millar was wrong, only that he was rather overstating the case.

But none of them appear to have a level of expertise anywhere near Millar's, and they seem to be founding their opinions on i) their belief that 'small' (to their uninformed mind) differences in bike positions and setups shouldn't affect a rider much and ii) difficulties in comprehending and thinking about what Millar is basing his comments on.

 

[smutchin]

tl;dr