Tour de France 2019 **SPOILERS**

[rich p]

And Kwiat which is surprising.

 

[rich p]

Oh dear Adam Yates blown

 

[Crackle]

This is already all over the place and it hasn't exploded yet

 

[rich p]

This is already all over the place and it hasn't exploded yet

Quintana is a bit of a tit

 

[Flying_Monkey]

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.

He's generally been a Top 10 performer in hilly or rolling ITTs, less so in flat ones. Indeed this wasn't the first ITT win for him, and as someone else already pointed out, he's beaten Thomas before. Alaphilippe is probably the world's best all-rounder right now. His best hope in the high mountains is to hang on as long as he can, and as long as it doesn't get nuts and Ineos ride a hard, steady pace up front, he can probably sit in behind them, same way Thomas will. The big problem is that it will get nuts at some point... and that's when we'll see. He can attack on shorter climbs but what it will take to destroy him in this Tour is a real attack on a long climb by one of the favourites.

 

[Crackle]

Quintana is a bit of a tit

It's beginning to make sense why he's joining Arkea

 

[Racing roadkill]

He's generally been a Top 10 performer in hilly or rolling ITTs, less so in flat ones. Indeed this wasn't the first ITT win for him, and as someone else already pointed out, he's beaten Thomas before. Alaphilippe is probably the world's best all-rounder right now. His best hope in the high mountains is to hang on as long as he can, and as long as it doesn't get nuts and Ineos ride a hard, steady pace up front, he can probably sit in behind them, same way Thomas will. The big problem is that it will get nuts at some point... and that's when we'll see. He can attack on shorter climbs but what it will take to destroy him in this Tour is a real attack on a long climb by one of the favourites.

Quite right, he’s no slouch in TTs, but he kind of stuck out like a sore thumb with yesterday’s efforts. I don’t think anyone saw that coming.

 

[rich p]

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Quite right, he’s no slouch in TTs, but he kind of stuck out like a sore thumb with yesterday’s efforts. I don’t think anyone saw that coming.

Maybe start another doping speculation thread for this chit chat?

 

[rich p]

Sagan is a beast and great to watch

 

[Racing roadkill]

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Maybe start another doping speculation thread for this chit chat?

We’ll see.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Well, my pick for the day, Nibali, has been swallowed up and then dropped out of the back of the peloton...

 

[rich p]

Quintana has already moved to Arkea by the way he's riding

 

[Crackle]

Guess the Movistar tactics

 

[Va Va Froome]

Do Movistar do tactics...?

 

[Racing roadkill]

I’m calling shenanigans on Alaphilippe now. Miracles don’t happen.