Tour de France 2019 **SPOILERS**

[rich p]

Fair play to Alaphilippe but he wont sustain it in the high mountains.
I hope he takes so many positives from this and focuses on actually aiming for the GC in future years. If he doesn't, it's still great that he animates the race but I think he's got it in him for greater things.

 

[nickyboy]

Fair play to Alaphilippe but he wont sustain it in the high mountains.

I think you're right, but then I thought that Alaphillipe had no real shot at winning the TT so what do I know?

His track record suggests he will ship some time today when Ineos get choo chooing. What could save him is whether Thomas is really in top form or not. If he isn't, the train gets derailed and Ala could hang on. I have a sneaking suspicion that Thomas' form may not be as good as expected; I don't think the likes of Uran, Pinot etc rode great TTs to be close to Thomas, I think Thomas rode below his top form

 

[mjr]

An exciting time-trial! Who'd have predicted that?

Where was it? I only saw the dull one in Pau

 

[Ian H]

Where was it? I only saw the dull one in Pau

Relatively speaking.

 

[rualexander]

Watching the start of today's stage and on the neutralised start before the flag drops, the riders are cycling inches from the referee's car bumper.
Pretty nasty accident waiting to happen if a dog or child runs out in front of the car and it has to brake!

 

[gavroche]

Not really related to the race but more to ITV4, does anyone ever win the competition prizes they offer on the said channel?

 

[Beebo]

Pig farmer protest has delayed the start

 

[rich p]

Sagan and Nibali in an unlikely break

 

[Mo1959]

Not really related to the race but more to ITV4, does anyone ever win the competition prizes they offer on the said channel?

Not sure if they announce the winner or not. I’ve entered a couple of times in the past but haven’t bothered this time. I don’t want a Brompton. Lol.

 

[Crackle]

FDJ look like bouncers in lycra!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Nibali win today? He needs a stage because he's not going to get anything else out of the Tour.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I hope Alaphilippe is doing this clean. Without fail, any rider who suddenly ups their stats ( particularly TT stats ) unexpectedly, has been either highly suspected of being, or caught, on crack. If he maintains this performance up the Tourmalet, serious questions are going to start being asked.

 

[rich p]

A propos of nothing really, I have noticed a national trend in the whingeing Aussies.
Porte is always glass half empty, Matthews is in a strop cos Dumoulin got injured and he didn't want to contest the green jersey and Rohan Dennis had a hissy fit the day before 'his' stage.
As you were...

 

[rich p]

Movistar step on the gas now

 

[User169]

Bardet going backwards.