Tour de France *Spoilers*

[Dogtrousers]

Let's just hope we don't get Kittel winning 8 stages and Contador winning GC at a canter. We need others to step up and take their chances.

TBH I have a sneaky feeling that Kittel is riding so impressively that Cavendish would have had to have put in something unusual to beat him - something like his victory on the crosswind stage last year. I think the really interesting thing will be whether he can amass enough points to wrest the green jersey from Sagan.

As to the GC, it looks like Bertie's to lose, but who knows? And for all his bad meat history, I can't help liking him. I was looking forward to supporting him swashbuckling against the less entertaining Froome and his Sky boys.

 

[JBGooner]

Good point.
as I said something not quite right in his head.

 

[Louch]

This is riveting. IV been sat ready to go cycling for an hour, but can't take eyes off the tv

 

[Hacienda71]

Hope Simon Yates shows well in a stage or two this year. Local lad and non of the expectations Froome and Cav had put on them.

 

[tug benson]

Nibali putting in some dig today

 

[montage]

Nibali putting in some dig today

I like Nibbles but a team of climbers blowing away the best classics riders of a generation on their own terrain? I hope Vino's words of encouragement contained nothing more than ink

 

[Beebo]

Nibbles could be 3 minutes up on Contador by the end of today!

 

[smutchin]

Anyone still questioning Nibali's form?

 

[raindog]

Epic stage, eh?
Very classy Nibali

 

[Va Va Froome]

Well... They all said a big name would drop out on the cobbles... and it was Froome-dog!

 

[smutchin]

Dull stage. Shame we haven't had Voeckler or Voigt to "animate" it.

 

[tug benson]

what a stunning stage that was

 

[Basil.B]

Fantastic stage.

 

[RWright]

First stage I have had a chance to watch. Got my money's worth.

 

[smutchin]

Brailsford said this morning on French tv that Porte was their plan B

And it looks very much like they were well drilled enough to put Plan B into action as soon as they knew Froome was out. Chapeau G and Richie.