mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Yellow, white and what? He didn't finish high enough placed to knock the spots off Bardet.
Tour de France 2019 **SPOILERS**
- Thread starter rich p
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Basil.B
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Total class from Nibali!
Sunny Portrush
Guru
- Location
- Musselburgh
A winner from Colombia for the first time ever, that`s nothing to be sniffed at......
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
I owe my pal a fiver when I see him next, my money was on Quintana.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
The best climber left standing won so that's fair enough. Real pity Pinot DNF'd as that would have made things much more exciting; Stevie K and Buchmann seemed fatigued and in no shape to attack Thomas
The leadership dynamic at Ineos will be interesting going forward. If Froome doesn't recover presumably Bernal for TdF (for the next zillion years) and Thomas for the Giro? If Froome recovers it becomes a bit more complicated
Will also be interesting to see if JA starts to tailor his training for TdF rather than Classics. DQS will be under pressure to allow this..a French winner of 2020 TdF, could it happen???
The leadership dynamic at Ineos will be interesting going forward. If Froome doesn't recover presumably Bernal for TdF (for the next zillion years) and Thomas for the Giro? If Froome recovers it becomes a bit more complicated
Will also be interesting to see if JA starts to tailor his training for TdF rather than Classics. DQS will be under pressure to allow this..a French winner of 2020 TdF, could it happen???
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
*snort*
MasterDabber
Über Member
- Location
- Surrey and the Lot in France
And where will Carapaz fit in? Definitely a wealth of talent.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Just watch it delayed by 30 minutes from the start and skip the ad breaks as they happen in the recording. I didn't watch any of the ads and caught up with real time on the final break. It gives you 30 minutes of your life back to do something else!
I enjoyed the Tour this year despite Pinot's injury and the weather messing up the last couple of mountain stages.
Could/would/should Thomas have a go at the Vuelta?
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Aye, Bernal looked the strongest as soon as it reached the Alps and who'd have thought Alaphilippe would get a top 5 placing before it all started? Exciting waiting to see how long he could go before he cracked. Shame about the weather disruption but it all adds to the drama of le Tour.
Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Best tour for a very long time.
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
Looks like Youann Offredo is going to miss out on the Lanterne Rouge
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Not a bad tour for Wanty Gobert
Guillame Martin is is a healthy 12th overall. Xandro Meurisse slipped out of the top 20 in the last couple of stages to 21st, but did get a third place stage finish. Offredo did a ton of breakaway work and got a combative rider award, but just missed the Lanterne Rouge.
Meurisse was also the first Belgian.
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Snatched defeat from the jaws of defeat...
...after leading all the way
