Tour de France *Spoilers*

[fossyant]

Hmm, photo isn't Contador's bike - different colour !!! Yellow and black

 

[raindog]

It should be better with the favourites out, more people will think they can have a go at GC and it'll be no easy task for Team Evil to keep Nibali at the top

that's exactly what Jalabert said after Berto crashed out

 

[raindog]

Where did the story of the broken bike come from then?

it was a loada twitter

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I managed to stay out of here all day and watch the highlights without knowing what happened, Nibili made it look very easy

 

[laurence]

great effort by Kwiato, Martin was awesome.

what a Tour this is, Bertie looked incredibly battered, Nibbles looked serene. once again Valverde stays in the hunt. allez.

 

[jifdave]

contadors second bike WAS broken because it had fallen off the Tinkoff team car early in stage, BUT he never used it.

 

[Monsieur Remings]

How infuriating for the race, of course it could blow it wide open but I don't think it will...I think it means that Nibali has already won.

No Wiggins, no Froome, no Cav, no Quintana, an out of form Purito, no Bouhanni. The Vuelta should be good and it makes you wonder whether committing to only one tour is that good an idea? Don't put your oeufs all in one panier? Rolland and Kwiatkowski seem to be doing alright and whilst it's early days, they've had a full season of racing.

Interesting what Lemond was saying about the carbon wheels - nothing new I suppose - and from my own experience, the deep sections are crap on a descent and if the brake technology is that poor on those with non-aluminium surfaces (which is most of them) then they're a waste of time on some stages. The brakes are, after all, the fastest thing on a racing bike...

Oh well, come on Coquard and Pinot. Porte I fear will spend a lot of the tour staring at Nibali's backside.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

that's exactly what Jalabert said after Berto crashed out

Wise man.

Mrs Marmion is learning, on hearing of Dirty Bertie's injuries she said "never mind that, how's his bike?"

Anyway, a great stage, my eyebrows remained flat all the way through, not the slightest sign of a flicker of raisedness...

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Wise man.

Mrs Marmion is learning, on hearing of Dirty Bertie's injuries she said "never mind that, how's his bike?"

Anyway, a great stage, my eyebrows remained flat all the way through, not the slightest sign of a flicker of raisedness...

And my finer half actually knew who he was and understood the gravity of the situation! I was impressed.

 

[Shadowfax]

Who gives a toss about the GC ! Ive got 11 one day races to look forward to.

Smile.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Wise man.

Mrs Marmion is learning, on hearing of Dirty Bertie's injuries she said "never mind that, how's his bike?"

Anyway, a great stage, my eyebrows remained flat all the way through, not the slightest sign of a flicker of raisedness...

of course they (your eyebrows) didnt flicker, Nibbles time was 30 seconds slower than Froomes when he won on the same climb last time.

 

[tigger]

of course they (your eyebrows) didnt flicker, Nibbles time was 30 seconds slower than Froomes when he won on the same climb last time.

Different stage in 2012 though, only preceded by 2 x cat 3s when Froome won. And very different weather. it's impossible to compare these things

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Pinot for GC!!!

It could happen.

No longer an outlandish shout, I reckon. He seems to have refound his descending mojo after last summer and he never lost his ascending mojo.
Still, I think that his name should be spelled Thibault Pineau just to celebrate French's elaborate ways of not using the letter o.

 

[rich p]

No longer an outlandish shout, I reckon. He seems to have refound his descending mojo after last summer and he never lost his ascending mojo.
Still, I think that his name should be spelled Thibault Pineau just to celebrate French's elaborate ways of not using the letter o.

2 Pineau's are quite enough for confusion, DFM

 

[StuAff]

If the drop out rate continues Cheng Ji's going to be in contention....

OK, maybe not!