What did we learn from this year's Tour?

[Hont]

1. Stage 12. Chris Froome should give up any aspirations for a post-cycling career in Triathlon.
2. Stage 19. Apparently some French riders still do the Tour.
3. Stages 2, 4, 5, 10+. Peter Sagan's barber does not believe in marginal gains.
4. Stage 21. Germans still feel the need to charge into Paris.
5. Stage 15. Jarlinson Pantano isn't a type of pasta flour
6. Any stage. Franck Schleck's wages will be tax free as no-one can convince the Luxembourg Tax authorities that he was actually at the race.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

7. Any Stage. Quintana doesn't attack

 

[Apollonius]

You don't need a sprinter if you are going for GC.

 

[cyberknight]

To win you need to buy up anyone who has a chance in GC for your domestiques

 

[Crackle]

Frank Schleck was at the race! Who knew.

 

[MichaelW2]

warm beer is marginally more effective than cold champaigne.

 

[rich p]

To win you need to buy up anyone who has a chance in GC for your domestiques

Really?
Who do you think would have beaten Froome as a team leader from Sky?

 

[rich p]

It would be nice to see a French winner one day but has Bardet got it in him? Maybe.
Adam Yates is even better than I thought.
I was wrong to predict Quintana as the winner - no surprises there then
Peter Sagan is a beast
Nibali is a tosser - don't ask, he just pisses me off
Cav read my 'Cav' thread, and it inspired him to win 4 more stages ...
Pinot - see Nibali comments
Carlton Kirby is a horse's arse

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

To win you need to buy up anyone who has a chance in GC for your domestiques

Really?
Who do you think would have beaten Froome as a team leader from Sky?

I'm glad you asked...

 

[rich p]

I'm glad you asked...

I'm agog.
I'm thinking Stannard or Rowe, waddya think?

 

[cyberknight]

Really?
Who do you think would have beaten Froome as a team leader from Sky?

chance of gc = chance of placing highly , not necessarily winning assuming they had a team riding for them rather than busting a gut for froome.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

chance of gc = chance of placing highly , not necessarily winning assuming they had a team riding for them rather than busting a gut for froome.

Who then?

 

[Crackle]

Really?
Who do you think would have beaten Froome as a team leader from Sky?

No one but Poels would be in with a damn good chance of a high GC. He was 3 minutes down in the last ITT but probably not going full out. he's definetly reaching that GT age as well. Henao dropped off a bit but again, team duties may be why. Both would command a GT tilt in another team.

 

[Crackle]

Mind you Poels was nowhere in the first TT. Slopes off to see if he's ever done a good TT.

 

[Crackle]

yeah, he's not very good at ITT's, unless they're in Belfast.