Tour de France 2017 ***SPOILERS***
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roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
In Kendal at last years tour of Britain ,I chatted to dan martin for a few mins as he warmed down on the rollers at the side of the team bus , he really did seem to be a down to earth genuine nice chap.
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Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
ITV highlights were amusing. Not sure who the Astana rider was (Micheal Valgren I think), but they showed an interview with him at the end of yesterdays stage and he was not impressed with Aru and seemed pleased that he had lost yellow. Roll onto today and he was interviewed before the stage and had obviously had a right bollocking and was 100% behind Aru 
ITV highlights were amusing. Not sure who the Astana rider was (Micheal Valgren I think), but they showed an interview with him at the end of yesterdays stage and he was not impressed with Aru and seemed pleased that he had lost yellow. Roll onto today and he was interviewed before the stage and had obviously had a right bollocking and was 100% behind Aru
Yes, I thought that too ! They said he must have had the team hairdryer treatment ! Suddenly back on message
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Mollema isn't a bad time triallist, I think, so I suspect it would probably have wiped out the chance of whoever chased most... so how do you win from the second group then? Come to a so-called understanding with another rider?
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
What an arse, in both senses.
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Guru
You can't know much about the history of cycling if you think unsporting fans are not part of cycling
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Mollema isn't that good a time triallist - especially not compared to Roglic.
The other four should have been able to reel him in if they were working together properly but their failure was partly down to dicking about, partly down to being too cooked by that stage of the race. Ulissi should have been relatively fresh though, considering how little work he'd done in the break all day.
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You can't know much about the history of cycling if you think unsporting fans are not part of cycling
I'm aware of the history ta - doesn't stop me voicing my opinion that they are nobbers, regardless of which generation they belong to.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
You can't know much about the history of cycling if you think unsporting fans are not part of cycling
Indeed. Merkcx, Puy de Dome, 1975, lest we forget.
Being booed is the stuff of pantomimes, not worth taking too seriously.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
If they watch football, they'll have seen much worse.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Yeah a four rider chase might have caught him, but back in reality, in any group of four, you're likely to get one daffodil who soft pedals or misses turns due to hoping to be fresher for the finish, or one rider who is actually too cooked to contribute but it makes the others think they're trying to save themselves, so there's almost never a four rider chase from a four rider group, is there?
