Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**
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Supersuperleeds
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Froome was doing his best to hide his glee when ITV were interviewing him and talking about the shortened stage
400bhp
Guru
It may actually mix things up. No one could have predicted it, even Sky.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Impressed with Froome's game changes. He can hack it. Today also says why Sagan is in Green. Much that I love Cav, Sagan can hold it with the best. I think he will be a good challenger with the overall stage win leadership tally in the future. Cav is an all out sprinter, Saan can get over the hills, pop a wheely and still win.
smutchin
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- The Red Enclave
Sorry to piss on your bonfire but credit where it's due, please! - it was Tinkoff who cranked up the pace with about 16km to go and ripped the peloton apart, then Sagan who attacked.
Sky were for once the team to profit from another team's strength.
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EnPassant
Remember Remember some date in November Member
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I'm normally a diehard home team supporter (hardly unusual), and as such I support Cav massively in straight out sprints, always have done. However where I used to grumble and groan about Sagan taking the green via this despicable business of stealing 'sprinters' points from Cav at daft mid stage points where it's always going to be a breakaway in which no sprinter in his right mind wants to be*, the mans sheer hard work and irresistible joie de vivre interview style have 'turned' me and I now love to see him do well.
If Cav can't have green because of the way the points currently work, I'm more than happy for Mr Sagan to do so.
*please bear in mind as stated earlier, I'm no aficionado and this is just my half educated view.
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Alternatively, confusion between 'being an exciting, attacking rider' and 'being french'?
Noooooooo!
Smarty pants!
and looks like was wrong about Quintana not making the same mistake twice!
Without the last few km on Ventoux there is little hope for him now, I fear ....
400bhp
Guru
Smarty pants!
and looks like was wrong about Quintana not making the same mistake twice!
Without the last few km on Ventoux there is little hope for him now, I fear ....
Oh, there's loads to play for yet. The shortened ventoux could actually really shake things up. Hard from the bottom which you never see.
I've done it myself! Was there when Lance and Wiggo were both riding it ... cant recall the year ... we got almost to Chalet Reynard before we pitched up -- great day, but the top was chaotic then, they were turning spectators back cos of the wind .. but the race went through ..Oh, there's loads to play for yet. The shortened ventoux could actually really shake things up. Hard from the bottom which you never see.
Got all of tomorrow's stage set tor ecord cos I am out all day and have to see it all, I have cycled the roads so many times on tomorrow's route .. see my icon is Le Geant in the background!
Shadow
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Please elucidate. I do not see how this does anything but help the Dawg and his team. Much easier to control just going to Reynard.
Do we know which direction the wind is forecast to be blowing tomorrow? Have to say am a little disappointed about the truncated route.
Crandoggler
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I think Froome will absolutely beast up it and try to gain more time. I hope he does, anyway.
philk56
Guru
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Gotta love Peter Sagan 
https://twitter.com/CyclingHubTV/status/753329635413336064
https://twitter.com/CyclingHubTV/status/753329635413336064Hats off to Froome, he was attentive when he needed to be and Quintana took his eye off the ball despite he'd been tagging along in the right place all day - when it really mattered he missed the vital move. Strategically Froome played an ace today. And so did Sagan. Really happy for him, great image on the finish line ...
