Va Va Froome
Veteran
- Location
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I'm so pleased to see Thomas take a stage win, the yellow is a nice bonus!
TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO PARIS!
TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO PARIS!
Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**
- Thread starter rich p
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BalkanExpress
Legendary Member
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- Brussels
Try and see “Time Trial” the documentary made during David Millar’s last season, there is some fantastic footage from inside the peloton.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
brilliant to see Thomas win yesterday but the ride of the day for me was tom dumpmoulin absolutely brilliant,
are we going to get to the point where Thomas is forced to work for froome today ??? interesting to see what will happen
apart from Thomas, froome and dumpmoulin not a lot from the other GC contenders yet
are we going to get to the point where Thomas is forced to work for froome today ??? interesting to see what will happen
apart from Thomas, froome and dumpmoulin not a lot from the other GC contenders yet
I think Froome will have enough other ppl to be "working for him". The other 6 will be working for G and Froome as a unit, I reckon.
Hat's off to G - the boy done good.
And obviously I hope he can stay out there, while not really thinking that's going to happen.
"towing" the line made me cringe too, Dogtrousers!
Poor Cav - amazing he stayed on to the end, he was clearly totally exhausted - then the media scrum was all over the road and nearly knocked him off.
Hat's off to G - the boy done good.
And obviously I hope he can stay out there, while not really thinking that's going to happen.
"towing" the line made me cringe too, Dogtrousers!
Poor Cav - amazing he stayed on to the end, he was clearly totally exhausted - then the media scrum was all over the road and nearly knocked him off.
Shadow
member
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- edge of the south downs
This.
Totally agree about TD's ride yesterday. Shame Nibali or Bardet did not go with him on the descent. But then maybe Froome would have latched on quickly too.
Also agree about other contenders. Quintana, Nibali, Bardet or Roglic seemed to be watching other instead of making a move. Afraid of making a doomed move perhaps? But maybe they couldn't.
Or maybe they are waiting for another moment - today? Pyrenees?
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
ITV highlights speculates that the sunweb two were on the front of the peloton with Sky behind and the lead Sky rider made a mistake, opening the gap, but no heli shots and the moto well ahead so maybe we'll only know if some fan videoed it or a rider in the top 20 downhill there says it or was carrying a camera.
Agree. It's easy enough to moan about Team Evil, but very few of the other GC names seem interested in forcing the race. Powder can only be kept so dry.
It was good to see Barguil showing his face at the pointy end again.
It's the third day in the mtns. You would really expect the climbers to thrive today, especially on the Col De La Madeiline and the Croix and the Alpe and people like Thomas and Dumoulin to begin to struggle. There were also a few worrying signs in the Sky train yesterday. They could have made a mistake bringing Bernal, he dropped off yesterday and probably went deep trying to stay and fulfil his role. Likewise, Poels dropped off early, leaving Kwiatkowski to do more than he probably should have. Of course they could all have recovered today but I bet the other teams noted it yesterday.
Pro Tour Punditry
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I reckon Sky will want to let the break get a decent lead and possibly the win, and try to contain the GC contenders. As Crax says, there were chinks shown yesterday and the GC contenders may want to make things less than smooth for Sky, but then again we've said this in past years and \sky have prevailed..
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
It looked like only Movistar were willing to try to disrupt the Sky train and while that may have been why Bernal popped (I think Poels was being saved for today), it didn't end well enough for Movistar that any other team will want to join their effort and 8 man teams, Movistar having 3 leaders and Sky being 100% GC means that Movistar can't derail the train alone.
In other words, unless Movistar AND sunweb or Ag2r or maybe Lotto Jumbo decide to play derail-the-train today, I think Sky may have already won this as long as one of their riders can keep near the front.
In other words, unless Movistar AND sunweb or Ag2r or maybe Lotto Jumbo decide to play derail-the-train today, I think Sky may have already won this as long as one of their riders can keep near the front.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Do you think it's possible that Poels was being spared from going into the red?
As per mjr, it's possible. I didn't see his face before he dropped off but Bernal was definitely struggling. Don't forget, Poels did the Giro this year.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
To lose Cav , Zabel, Kittel and Renshaw in a single day could be seen as somewhat negligent on the part of the course designers, it also shows the difficulty of creating a course that suits all types of riders ove 3 weeks. This was only the second tough stage of the race, there are still plenty harder days to come, and the list of guys who only just made the cut today was long. How will they cope today?
The first week was a bit boring but there has to be something in the race for sprinters, and we dont want to get to Paris with none of the fast guys left.
The first week was a bit boring but there has to be something in the race for sprinters, and we dont want to get to Paris with none of the fast guys left.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Uran is out.
It took me a while, but very good.
