Wow, that deflated quickly. No chance of stopping.
Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**
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Mo1959
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Anyone else think Nibali looked slightly porky round the midriff?
Looking forward to watching this afternoon.
400bhp
Guru
he always looks like that
Not as beefy as Bertie.
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
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The video has been removed. Why? How far ahead of the peloton was Yates at the time?
Oh, and by the way, Cummings is not even in the 25 oldest riders.
Oh, and by the way, Cummings is not even in the 25 oldest riders.
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brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
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Crikey! If he had been there 1 second earlier he would have missed it.
Flying_Monkey
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It was inflatable markers yesterday but the riders might have to deal with something ever stranger today: roving llamas.
This was a picture taken at the top of the Col du Tourmalet earlier:
Apparently, a local farmer owns them and lets them roam in the summer. They've taken to sitting on the road in the mornings...
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/7/8/12131638/tour-de-france-llamas
This was a picture taken at the top of the Col du Tourmalet earlier:
Apparently, a local farmer owns them and lets them roam in the summer. They've taken to sitting on the road in the mornings...
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/7/8/12131638/tour-de-france-llamas
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brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
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I'm looking forward to this stage - probably more so than even Cav, Kittel, Greipel and co. 
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
I think it's easy to see bias. Sometimes it's really there, sometimes not. All I'm saying is where a team is being chosen for a particular aim, there are other considerations than individual stage winning form.
5 riders for the Olympic road race. Course loops round the road TT course, back along the coast, then 4 loops over the 'mountain' section (around 8.5km at 6%, so not that mountainous) before a fairly flat last 15 km or so to Copacabana, and apparently there are some cobbles as well, so it sounds like a classics rider's course.
I think with a limit of 5 riders they might feel having a wild card was a luxury they can't afford, so if they took Cummings he'd have to domestique for Froome. Current picks are Froome, Thomas, Stannard, Kennaugh, Yates (A).
Yates is now second overall and will wear the white jersey.
You seemed to be suggesting earlier that the collapse of the flamme rouge was Yates' fault, which was why I queried it. Apparently once they'd got everything sorted out they credited him with 7 seconds.
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
TV broadcast wonderfully timed so we miss most, if not all, of the Tourmalet. Seems a bit odd, but I wonder if there will be a GC shake up today anyway or whether they'll save it for tomorrow.
Pinot and Majka 20 seconds ahead of Jeannesson and Tony Martin with 10km to go to the top.
Pinot and Majka 20 seconds ahead of Jeannesson and Tony Martin with 10km to go to the top.
Eurosport are just going live
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
Yes particularly given his M.O. is known. I'm not sure whether he targets stages and goes for it regardless, or whether there's an element of how he feels on the day making the final decision.
Absolutely. Right selection or not, it takes nothing away from what he's done and his recent form. It's as if he's suddenly realised 'actually, I can keep with these guys' and it's given him a new confidence to try things.
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
Yes, I've got it on a dodgy internet feed!
