Tour de France *Spoilers*

[coffeejo]

Contador ... Jenkin Road ... Wow

Bloody hell, Froome!!

 

[thom]

Nibali !
Chapeau

That was good Yorkshire - now for a sprint into London: a proper city.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Great stage, well done Yorkshire. I could watch that kind of racing all day long, every day.

 

[coffeejo]

Hate sitting indoors when the sun's shining but that was well worth it.

 

[smutchin]

Wow. Flippin' great racing.

 

[Dayvo]

Didn't know Nibali was the Irish national champion!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Great stage, well done Yorkshire. I could watch that kind of racing all day long, every day.

I'll second that! And I never expected to see the mountain men scrapping at the finish.

 

[fimm]

Am I right in thinking that Nibali's few seconds over the rest of the field should be negligible come Paris? And that Froome will be quite happy not to be in yellow yet?

 

[Louch]

Yes. Earlier you get yellow, more your team has to ride at front. Day 8-10 is a good time to go yellow.

 

[Crackle]

Did Talansky get dropped, didn't see?

 

[TVC]

Am I right in thinking that Nibali's few seconds over the rest of the field should be negligible come Paris? And that Froome will be quite happy not to be in yellow yet?

Yep, Froom will be more than happy with that result

 

[Saluki]

Did Sagan just say 'yes, I did fart' or did I misshear?

 

[Louch]

Did Talansky get dropped, didn't see?

Finished 7th in the chasing group

 

[raindog]

Nibali!!
My favourite Italian. Always looks as if he should be helping out with the olive harvest - great bloke.
Hard stage which surprised a few people. Used to ride up there as a lad with the club on sundays, and if I wasn't riding I was walking. Fantastic country.

 

[smutchin]

Froome, Contador, Talansky, Tejay, Costa, Mollema, Bardet, Valverde, Pinot, Frank, Rolland, Kwiatkowski... all in there. Plus Franck Schleck!

That's a pretty damn select group. Contador, Nibali and Froome also still had several teammates with them at the death (star of the day for me was Geraint Thomas - massive effort by him). Bodes well.

Only one really big name conspicuous by his absence for the second day running.