gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
It is a very open Tour and fascinating. Who will be the fresher in the third week when they tackle the Alps?
Tour de France 2019 **SPOILERS**
- Thread starter rich p
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
He is on excellent form this year, though. Which was why I tentatively suggested him as a GC contender before the race started.
Adam4868
Guru
Great stage and win by De ghent ! I was willing him over the line !
As for Allaphillipe winning,not a chance for me.It would be nice but I don't think you can win the tour racing like he does.Its great to watch though.
How the feck did Thomas get up and get back in and Woods lose so much time...that's what teamwork does I guess.Um just pissed cause I had Woods down for a podium place.
As for Allaphillipe winning,not a chance for me.It would be nice but I don't think you can win the tour racing like he does.Its great to watch though.
How the feck did Thomas get up and get back in and Woods lose so much time...that's what teamwork does I guess.Um just pissed cause I had Woods down for a podium place.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Maybe Woods was the bike that broke in two and Thomas could get back in the race sooner.
As a side comment, I was listening to David Millar yesterday or the day before and he said, as if it were something he'd never seen before, that Pinot was smiling and laughing. Summat's happened in France!
Adam4868
Guru
I was being slightly sarcastic.Woods didn't have the luxury of his team around for him.Moscon had to sit at the side of the road and sulk whilst Ineos came to pick him up.
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
Should be another lively stage with bonus seconds on offer
That last hill looks like it juste might suit JA. Where have we heard that before?
He may have emptied the tank and burnt some matches yesterday though
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
An example, the TV sports update last night (I forget which channel) was "G fell off but caught up again" (shot of broken bike) and that's it. No mention of anything else.
If that's all you're going to report, why bother reporting it at all?
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Morning all, just to prove I haven’t flounced out of the forum, just been too busy to post much recently, thought I’d pop my head over the parapet to say...
Pinot: not disappointing
Fantastic stage yesterday - great win for TdG, Alaphilippe back in yellow and Pinot riding like a true GC contender. He’s usually had at least one bad day this far into the race. I remain hopeful.
Pinot: not disappointing
Fantastic stage yesterday - great win for TdG, Alaphilippe back in yellow and Pinot riding like a true GC contender. He’s usually had at least one bad day this far into the race. I remain hopeful.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
I think Alaphilippe is a bit Voeckler-like, in that he has the talent and potential to be a GC winner, but doesn’t have the team behind him to win a GC, so he focuses on stage wins and getting in yellow for a few days early in the race.
He has more application than Voeckler though.
Adam4868
Guru
Nice to hear from you,agree Pinot looks good but can he go the distance ? I'm not sure.
Class picture of Thomas crash...
View: https://twitter.com/richardmoore73/status/1150140754427355136?s=19
Class picture of Thomas crash...
View: https://twitter.com/richardmoore73/status/1150140754427355136?s=19
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Were you doing the ferry control yesterday? If so, sorry not to see you but I wimped out. Partly due to the inaccessibility of the ride HQ, but mainly just general wimpiness at the thought of 300k.
As to yesterday, that was a fantastic! Totally unpredictable and not from the copy book of "standard ways TdF stages play out"
