Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[Mike_P]

So Kittle out (why did I pick him for my fantasy team) - do I replace him with Gaviria or skip having a sprinter

 

[Crankarm]

Aha! I've found the rules, buried deep in the Tour website...

Today's stage was Coefficient 5 ("short and very difficult") and the average speed of the stage winner (31.06kmh) means a delay of 13%, which puts the cut-off at 27.14 - which means Boardman got it spot on.

You wouldn't expect anything else from the great man.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

You wouldn't expect anything else from the great man.

Apart from him being wrong...

 

[stoatsngroats]

It would be great to see GT and CF contest their own final positions, without team interference, if such an idea were plausible, it would make great tv.

Who could have thought such a thing?
I know it’s only half done, but it’s looking good, no?

 

[Milzy]

Who will win Alpe du huez ?
Mikel Landa could surprise.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Who will win Alpe du huez ?

I'd love to win Alpe d'Huez but I've got nowhere to put it so I'm not competing.

 

[Milzy]

I'd love to win Alpe d'Huez but I've got nowhere to put it so I'm not competing.

Should have put stage 12. Ohh well.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Should have put stage 12. Ohh well.

Sorry but it's my birthday stage tomorrow and a certain flippancy has set in.....

 

[Bollo]

This is either bluff, double bluff or triple bluff with pike, but this article suggests that Froome is still Sky’s plan A.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...r-leader-and-team-sky-teammate-geraint-thomas

 

[Tin Pot]

I'd be amazed if Froome was anything but plan A. Thomas was in yellow for a bit last year too, wasn't he?

By the way, Guardian journalist, the expression is "toe the line", not "tow the line"

How else will the line get from A to B if no one tows it. Prodding it with you foot will achieve nothing!

Madness!

 

[Bollo]

I'd be amazed if Froome was anything but plan A. Thomas was in yellow for a bit last year too, wasn't he?

By the way, Guardian journalist, the expression is "toe the line", not "tow the line".

Geraint is......

G Plan!

 

[mjr]

How else will the line get from A to B if no one tows it. Prodding it with you foot will achieve nothing!

Madness!

You're going at that eggcorn like a bowl in a china shop. It'll end in tiers.

Actually, isn't it Kwiatkowski who has been towing the line of sky riders?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Geraint is......


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G Plan!

Is that Quintana at the bottom?

 

[Tin Pot]

Geraint is......


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G Plan!

...An occasional table?

 

[mjr]

...An occasional table?

An occasional team leader: shaped like Froome, but made of chipboard and has a frilly cloth covering it.

Oh go on then: Bardet to win on the Alpe, showing that he's just been pacing himself the last two days and playing a long game.