Tour de France *Spoilers*

[jarlrmai]

Gilets going on like umbrellas going up at the cricket.

 

[rich p]

Time is coming down quickly but Yates is having a dig up to the front 2

 

[beastie]

Kadri looks great uphill, Contador and team look full of intent, not that many Astana at the sharp end.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Ooo trying to nick a camping chair!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That was a long final kilometre!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Porte's hanging on....

 

[tug benson]

great finish, looked so steep

 

[Crackle]

Is Talansky going to blame Thomas for that crash?

 

[NorvernRob]

Porte really hanging on at the end there. Gutsy ride but you can't help thinking the GC 1-2 is going to be Contador and Nibali with maybe Porte grabbing 3rd (which would be a good result no doubt).

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I am delighted for Kadri, after reading Nico Roche's autobiography I have always been delighted to see him showing well in races and it's great to see him win a stage in the Tour. Roche wrote warmly of Kadri in his book both as a rider and as a person, I reckon I probably liked Kadri more than I did Roche by the end of the book

 

[RhythMick]

I am delighted for Kadri, after reading Nico Roche's autobiography I have always been delighted to see him showing well in races and it's great to see him win a stage in the Tour. Roche wrote warmly of Kadri in his book both as a rider and as a person, I reckon I probably liked Kadri more than I did Roche by the end of the book

He was in the lead on stage 2 when I watched them at Woodhead Pass.

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Chapeau Blel Kadri! Great to see the French get a stage victory and jeez' was he flying.

I do hope however that with no Quintana or Froome to spice up the GC, that the two horse race doesn't end up being decided by the cobbles. Bertram's team look stronger than Astana that's for sure and the next few days should reveal whether Contador has enough form to shake off the man on his wheel.

Sorry to have to say it, but I'd prefer to see the Spaniard win over Nibali (and yes I know he's behaved badly in the past) but he's great to watch when on form and at the Tirreno he was magnificent. I thought perhaps it was a case of testing the waters today, but his look as he crossed the line suggested an understandable frustration. 2' 34 is a lot to make up just for a few knobbly northern Napoleonic cobbles in shoot weather.

No Christian! No, no, no no! Not here, not now or ever again! Have you been drinking too much bitter wiv' a dog and flat cap in Yorkshiiiire? Stick to what you know you ponce! You might fink' this is a Sunday in Hell but cobbles belong in Bel'gaam in spring! Ev'rybody, wevver' you like it or not wins in the ma'antins unless you happen to be called Miguel or Bradley.

Yates will be one for the future and it was nice to see Chavvers have a go. And what the friggery feckadoodle is going on with Purito?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Was it just me who thought of the "bad old days" as Nibali looked untroubled and stayed in his saddle when Dirty Bertie attacked?

 

[rich p]

Was it just me who thought of the "bad old days" as Nibali looked untroubled and stayed in his saddle when Dirty Bertie attacked?

He was ominously untroubled in the breathing department and I believe he lit up a Balkan Sobranie under the flamme rouge

 

[400bhp]

Was it just me who thought of the "bad old days" as Nibali looked untroubled and stayed in his saddle when Dirty Bertie attacked?

No. He looked pretty done in by the end.