Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**
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gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I am not writing him off but he can't produce the consistency we were familiar to expect.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
he looked and sounded a lot happier in that post race interview
Sorry, late to the party today but I *think* he felt that Groenewegen cut across him towards the line. He did, but Cav's sprint was over by that point.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
The closest Cav came to consistency was 2009-2011 but even then he had off days and didn't take the green jersey until 2011. Since 2012 and the arrival of Sagan, Cav's faced tough competition in all sorts of sprint (he'd had some competition in train-launch sprints since Griepel switched teams in 2011 and other train-launch sprinters have kept coming through) and not really been the clear favourite in any sort of sprint since. Despite that, he's kept winning every year except when he's crashed out.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Kišerlovski in a horror smash while the break of the day tries to get away. Seemed like a crash into kerbs or street furniture followed by a photo moto piling in 
Abandon and frankly it'll be astonishing if there's nothing broken.
Abandon and frankly it'll be astonishing if there's nothing broken.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Kišerlovski in a horror smash while the break of the day tries to get away. Seemed like a crash into kerbs or street furniture followed by a photo moto piling in
Some reports are saying broken collarbone but nothing worse. Let's hope those reports are correct.
Whoever's in charge of the Telegraph twitter account takes the prize for insensitivity (Kiserlovski is Croatian so you can pretty much guess what they said).
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Chavanel is in the break again. Seems determined to win the supercombativity prize this year.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Matthews has abandoned due to illness.
Benoot also out.
Benoot also out.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Does Chavanel ride a different bike every day? What happened to the beautiful bronze and silver one he was riding the other day?
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
I agree. His heart just doesn’t seem to be in it this year.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Kittel is also in the group off the back with Cav. They're now over 9 minutes behind the leaders.
