Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**
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Beebo
Firm and Fruity
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- Hexleybeef
sagan must hold the unenviable record for most second places in tdf.
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
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- Clacton-on-Sea
I liked the fake lunge from the Trek boys as the peloton rolled across the line. First time I ever seen a giggle on a 'sprint' finish.
philk56
Guru
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- WAy down under
That was inevitable in the end but would like to have seen Sagan get it after all that work.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
They'll more likely cut the points for the intermediate sprints. It used to be 6, 4 and 2, then ASO bumped it up to 20 for first (and more scoring places) to end something like twenty years of finish-line sprinters winning it and give all-rounders a chance. It seems to have gone a bit too far the other way now.
http://www.infostradasports.com/wp-...ing-Tour-de-France-Stage-16-20-July-20151.pdf was the situation after stage 16 last year where he took his sixteenth second place. This is his first second place since then, so he still needs another five to become the second Second Erik Zabel.
I think Sagan did another good ride. It would have required 3 Etixx riders in the break instead of Ulrika Bike Edge(copyright Ned) for anyone else to win today. 3 v 1. Sagans main problem is the appalling lack of team support in nearly every race for Tinkoff. If he had a domestique to drive the break and fetch his bidons etc he would win more.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sagan
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sagan
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Sagan on Twitter:
Peter Sagan @petosagan 57m57 minutes ago
It was worth the energy today..Im wearing #greenjersey
again and enjoying my well-known 2nd place. @tinkoff_team
Peter Sagan @petosagan 57m57 minutes ago
It was worth the energy today..Im wearing #greenjersey
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Guru
I note that crosswinds are being mentioned in twitterland for today's stage. I do hope so, I like a good echelon.
what makes you say that?
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
http://www.infostradasports.com/wp-...ing-Tour-de-France-Stage-16-20-July-20151.pdf was the situation after stage 16 last year where he took his sixteenth second place. This is his first second place since then, so he still needs another five to become the second Second Erik Zabel.
A bit before all of this, but were does 'The eternal second' Raymond Poulidor fit into this?
That said, he was at one of this year's presentation events, so still relevant.... Sort of.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Poulidor was a GC rider, not a stage hunter. He finished the Tour as runner-up three times, but also in third place five times. His career was overshadowed first by Anquetil, then by Merckx.
400bhp
Guru
It's a flair pundit. Just in case they do it I can look like I know what I'm talking about.
