Tour de France 2017 ***SPOILERS***

[roadrash]

even after his right foot unclipped as he started to sprint

 

[smutchin]

Cracking finish.

Kicking myself for changing my punditry prediction though.

 

[Tynan]

Sagan is looking rather superior

Nice to see Richie take any sort of interest and hurray to see Fulsang in the top ten to give me any points this stage

Eurosport finally corrected the phantom Aru ten ten placing today

A rather interesting finish that one

 

[smutchin]

'Vat iz pressure?'



Also: what's with the ski goggles? How very wacky.

 

[smutchin]

Kittel only 6 seconds behind Thomas now

Somewhat more than that now - nearly three minutes, in fact. I'm slightly baffled that some of the commentators thought he might stay in touch on the final climb today and maybe get the yellow jersey tomorrow. It was never going to happen. He's hanging on to the green jersey though - keeping it warm for Sagan.

Latour now in the white jersey.

 

[Tynan]

'Richie Porte looked to have it locked up'

According to CyclingNews, really? Even i thought nothing of the sort, didn;t even finish in the top ten

 

[smutchin]

'Richie Porte looked to have it locked up'

According to CyclingNews, really? Even i thought nothing of the sort, didn;t even finish in the top ten

He's moved up 24 places to 20th in GC though, so job done. I thought he was just showing off his climbing form to get his main rivals thinking a bit. Could be a contender for Wednesday's stage.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

If they put on a race from today's finish town to a city in southern Ireland... you know what they'd call it, right?

Spoiler

A Longwy to Tipperary

Many thanks for taking my "CCs Carlton Kirby" claims well off the table...

 

[PpPete]

And there was me thinking the peloton would let the break go in the start town so they could have a long......
IGMC

 

[Tynan]

He's moved up 24 places to 20th in GC though, so job done. I thought he was just showing off his climbing form to get his main rivals thinking a bit. Could be a contender for Wednesday's stage.

Splendid as i plumped for him in a hope that the Sky era might come to an end, but no way in the world was he winning that one, the shot from the frot showed a boiling mass getting ready to go

 

[rich p]

There's a few who have lost enough time today to position themselves as non-GC threatening, future stage winners or KOM candidates.
Pinot, for instance, lost 3 plus minutes today.
Rolland, Mollema and Gesink all lost serious chunks too.

 

[Boon 51]

My two bets for the tour have stayed out of trouble so far.. Fulsang and Aru..

 

[MikeG]

Is it too far fetched to think that Sagan could be a GC contender, given this year's course?

 

[smutchin]

Is it too far fetched to think that Sagan could be a GC contender, given this year's course?

You should know the answer to that question by this time on Wednesday - last time a stage finished at La Planche des Belles Filles, in 2014, Sagan crossed the line over 22 minutes behind Froome.

 

[Adam4868]

Is it too far fetched to think that Sagan could be a GC contender, given this year's course?

Could he lose 20 kg overnight ?