Tour de France 2017 ***SPOILERS***

[Viking]

So, Dave Bruyneel or an attempt to avoid more questions about whether Landa/Froome is this year's Froome/Wiggins?

Or neither (and I'm not a SDB fan). Cyclingnews's standard of journalism is crap and they are forever going for click bait headlines that can't / aren't backed up by the story

That twat who does the ITV4 side stories and some of the post race interviews is no better. He has tried to trap Dan Martin a couple of times through mis-quotes and assertions. Dan deserves better than to have to endure that prat's attempts at generating headlines.

 

[brommers]

you could add another dimension to pro tour punditry, bonus points for whos Wildman pick decks the most spectators

Bouhanni would only need a little bit of re-training for this and I'm sure the rest of the peloton would be happy

 

[suzeworld]

I thought Pippa York was really good yesterday - much more relaxed. Her response to the "What was your favourite col" question showed excellent taste.

What did she say?

 

[roadrash]

Bouhanni would only need a little bit of re-training for this and I'm sure the rest of the peloton would be happy

I would be happy if the rest of the peleton turned on boohoohani I really don't like the nobber

 

[smutchin]

Lovely Dr Hutch interview with Steve Cummings posted on twitter a few days ago, though presumably recorded ahead of this year's Tour starting:

View: https://twitter.com/Doctor_Hutch/status/885932732114763777

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

What did she say?

Aravis. To save you waiting on Aravis...

 

[suzeworld]

Aravis. To save you waiting on Aravis...

Thanks.

 

[Beebo]

Or neither (and I'm not a SDB fan). Cyclingnews's standard of journalism is crap and they are forever going for click bait headlines that can't / aren't backed up by the story
.

The comments below the article mainly back that up. I am surprised they havent turned comments off.

 

[mjr]

That twat who does the ITV4 side stories and some of the post race interviews is no better.

Just to be clear, do you mean the reporter with the hoarse voice or the one with the curly hair?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Not really, Roche was quite within his rights to make the break on the Sappada stage, thereby putting pressure on the other teams. The fact that Visentini and his gang reacted in such paranoid fashion put them on the wrong side of the moral argument. But Roche knew they'd do that, making the whole thing a lot more murky. Hardly surprising that people took sides, but clear reason it was not.

Incidentally, Roche had a couple of weeks off after winning a fiercely competitive and emotionally draining Giro and then won the Tour.

And he won that by playing dirty too. Getting his team to load the feed musettes with rocks and to put the food in his bottles so he could attack Jean Francois Bernard through the feed zone. Bernard still refers to him as a snake to this day.

 

[Aravis]

Aravis. To save you waiting on Aravis...

Er, yes, thanks. Sorry, I was cooking the dinner.

Glad I didn't mishear.

 

[Viking]

Just to be clear, do you mean the reporter with the hoarse voice or the one with the curly hair?

Dunno and on reflection it might have been the ITV4 mic that led me to think it was an ITV4 interviewer. If that is the case, I retract the ITV4 bit but whoever he is, it is still out of order.

 

[Aravis]

And he won that by playing dirty too. Getting his team to load the feed musettes with rocks and to put the food in his bottles so he could attack Jean Francois Bernard through the feed zone. Bernard still refers to him as a snake to this day.

The part of that story I'd heard is that Mottet and Fignon planned the attack through the feed zone and tipped off Roche and Delgado. So if that's anything like true Roche isn't totally to blame.

The more damning incident from that Tour, if I remember correctly, was when Roche took an illegal feed on the climb to La Plagne, and was docked 10 seconds - a pretty good deal when you need to pull back a minute and a half to secure your place in Tour folklore. Never gets mentioned...

 

[SWSteve]

@smutchin made a good point in the PPP , Colbrelli has had a good Tour even if he's flown under the radar

 

[brommers]

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