Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**

[StuAff]

Froome's just tweeted that he's still in yellow.

 

[Crackle]

Froome has tweeted he's still in yellow

 

[StuAff]

Great minds thinking alike?

 

[Roadrider48]

From just tweeted ....still in yellow jersey

 

[albion]

Froome thinks so, so must be.

So much for the safety precautions of reducing the stage!

 

[mjr]

I think Cedric Vasseur(?) is explaining the jury decision but I'm not following him completely. Sounds like Froome and Porte may have been given Mollema's time?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Maybe Froome hasn't taken his jersey off from today yet

 

[Crackle]

Same time as Mollema, neutralised

 

[StuAff]

Yup. Froome still in yellow, Yates at 47 seconds back, Mollema 56.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

https://twitter.com/nedboulting/status/753618589031227392

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Time to take an extended ride home and watch the highlights

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Not in the slightest, its like you riding round in team kit, at the end of the day it hasn't been earned.

I don't*

It would not have been a "blight on his career", that's just nonsense. Hyberbole?

edit - *actually I do...but I doubt anyone thinks I rode for Wiels, Quick-Step, or Francaise des Jeux, nor that I was Swiss Champion in 1955.

 

[mjr]

Dave B (in French) saying I think the jury, everyone, the organisation prefers to see fair play. It's fair ... it's sensible. ... It's necessary to stay calm, not react emotionally, stay calm. It was an accident. ... He keeps the jersey. Next Monday, he'll be entering the Paris Marathon. ... I saw the TV pictures live everyone else. ... In this situation, calm is important, to reflect ... I think it's a good decision. It's like the 3km rule. It exists in our sport for exceptional situations. It's fair play. (I didn't catch it all. He talks fast, even in French.)

 

[mjr]

Tinkoff's bus is stuck in front of the podium!

 

[Roadrider48]

Yates never even had time to do the zip up.