Tour de France *Spoilers*

[tug benson]

Pinot smiling on a HC, clinic will be going nuts

 

[montage]

Pinot distances Valverde. YES!

ALLEZ THIBAUT!

Also Nibbles look fooked at the top - I doubt that Pinot's 2 seconds advantage at the summit will do much to distance nibali though!

 

[Crackle]

So much going on it's hard to keep track.

 

[montage]

Go kiriyenka! Possibly the most selfless worker there.

Definitely time to fasten the seat belts on this downhill!

 

[smutchin]

Even at his best, Pinot was always going to find it hard to hold off two consummate descenders like Nibali and Valverde.

 

[tug benson]

Go kiriyenka! Possibly the most selfless worker there.

Definitely time to fasten the seat belts on this downhill!

He was brilliant on the HC, they dropped him twice he just keeps going at the same tempo, gets back to them then goes straight on the front and sets the pace

 

[Dogtrousers]

Good day for Kwiatkowski. I don't think he'll be allowed in any more breaks.

Mind there are enough climbs over the next couple of days for him to slip back, too.

 

[User169]

Ten Dam leapfrogs Mollema. Look like he wants to be team-leader of the new Lotto team.

 

[rich p]

Geraint now the leading Sky rider despite having been a super-dom for Froome, then Porte.

 

[Crackle]

Nibbles looked vulnerable on that last climb and Valverde, "He's behind you Thibault", looked cooked again on the climb.

Kwiat. looks like Val Kilmer: Iceman. He didn't rate his chances over the next few days, when he was interviewed after the stage..

 

[smutchin]

Geraint now the leading Sky rider despite having been a super-dom for Froome, then Porte.

Also the only Brit left in the race.

 

[beastie]

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Agreed. I find it a little strange. Or is it too much pressure and/or greater expectations?

marked men, even more so than usual

 

[HF2300]

Nibbles looked vulnerable on that last climb...

Did you think? I ended up watching the last climb & finish on the highlights, so maybe didn't get the right impression, but I didn't think he seemed too concerned?

 

[Crackle]

Did you think? I ended up watching the last climb & finish on the highlights, so maybe didn't get the right impression, but I didn't think he seemed too concerned?

Yeah, he doesn't show much but his arms began to move and there was a slight rock and a puff of the cheeks. He seemed to relax as he hit the top but a few hundred metres more and things might have been different. His form before the tour wasn't good and I wonder how he'll do in this third week.

 

[themosquitoking]

Geraint now the leading Sky rider despite having been a super-dom for Froome, then Porte.

Skys plan b should probably have been plan d.