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Well done to Riblon, but have to feel sorry for Van Garderen, if he hadn't had the mechanical issue or the stage had been just 1km shorter, he probably would have won it.
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How many races to go? I'm clueless on Tour DE France rules
There are huge mountain stages tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday. Sunday's stage is purely ceremonial as far as the the yellow jersey and polka dot king of the mountains competitions are concerned, and this year the green sprint jersey has been decided already (provided Peter Sagan makes it to Paris), so only the day's stage win will be left to be contested. It's a flat course with a lot of repetitive loops round the centre of Paris. |
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Looks as if Froome may have been penalised 20 seconds for taking that food. That's a fair penalty in my book, more appropriate than a fine.
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Riblon did have an accident on the descent so had to catch up, but i think millions of french shouting for you would destroy the best of TJ in the end.
Credit to Riblon though, his last few km were phenomenal! |
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So Froome has a bad day and increases his lead to 5'11 apparently with the 20 second penalty already applied.
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Looks like the most exciting competitions this year will be King of the Mountains and for 2nd place overall, with Quintana bringing up the rear in both. (He says, hoping chickens have not been counted yet...)
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20 seconds penalty confirmed by the race officials. So 5'11 it is then going into the last two mountain stages.
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Odd that Froome took the food. It would take a whle (15mins) to take effect.
He said his sugars low, so probably more to do with his health and recovery rate. Not so much performance. But rules is rules and i think the 20 seconds seems normal according to sme offence in other races. Considering it is the 100th Tour a harsh penalty would be bad publicity and detract from the excellent race it has been, and a Frenchman winning the stage. But Im sure it will fuel the fire of all those anti Froome / Sky doping accusers. I get the impression that Chris is quite humble and will undoubtably have seen the irony of having Porte stay with him ( wiggo Last year) OR.... maybe Chris did all that deliberately to make a point about what he did last year was wrong ...and highliight the error of his ways. Staged Karma . He is a very very clever bloke. |
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But Im sure it will fuel the fire of all those anti Froome / Sky doping accusers.
But no doubt the accusers will come up with some more 'creative' ways to spout baseless vitriol against Froome and Sky |
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Hopefully Froome can recover because tomorrow starts off with a nightmare climb, or should i say climbs...
Froome looked human today. He really has to calm down now and stop wasting energy trying to decimate the pack. Let them do it.... Just follow them. Next 2 stages will be very interesting... Quintana now looks the strongest. Interesting to see if Movistar put on the hurt tomorrow just to see if Froome will pop big time! Looking foward to see what happens....
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Next 2 stages will be very interesting... Quintana now looks the strongest. Interesting to see if Movistar put on the hurt tomorrow just to see if Froome will pop big time!
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Odd that Froome took the food. It would take a whle (15mins) to take effect.
He said his sugars low, so probably more to do with his health and recovery rate. Not so much performance. |
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What's this about Bertie being on an illegal bike?
I wondered where he went after the descent. Had to change bikes apparently. Naughty Bertie. |
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What's this about Bertie being on an illegal bike?
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There was an announcement during the stage that some (all?) riders' bikes were going to be weighed after the finish to check if they were under the minimum permitted weight. Hence the suspicion regarding the reason for our favourite steak eater changing bikes.
Did that Cont ador change coz of that or to get better gears.? |
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Hopefully Froome can recover because tomorrow starts off with a nightmare climb, or should i say climbs...
Froome looked human today. He really has to calm down now and stop wasting energy trying to decimate the pack. Let them do it.... Just follow them. Next 2 stages will be very interesting... Quintana now looks the strongest. Interesting to see if Movistar put on the hurt tomorrow just to see if Froome will pop big time! Looking foward to see what happens.... ![]() Quintana and Valverde looked least hammered. |
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It hardly makes sense to ride with an underweight bike and then attack on a descent, does it?
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It hardly makes sense to ride with an underweight bike and then attack on a descent, does it?
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Coverage on ITV4 starts at 10am tomorrow (Friday) presumably because there's an HC climb near the beginning of the stage.
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Coverage on ITV4 starts at 10am tomorrow (Friday) presumably because there's an HC climb near the beginning of the stage.
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Coverage on ITV4 starts at 10am tomorrow (Friday) presumably because there's an HC climb near the beginning of the stage.
Im sure that if I rest and eat well i should be fit enough for the two hills early on despite the constant attacks from other teams telling me to go out into the sunshine and get a life. This tour is taking its effect on me ,but if i can get through tomorrow and saturday , i will eventually see daylight,
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Coverage on ITV4 starts at 10am tomorrow (Friday) presumably because there's an HC climb near the beginning of the stage.
This is the stage i always thought would be the worst for Sky and Chris. It's just brutal, and coming just after Alpe d'huez ... Just hope the little Colombian is out of puff. :/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...wnj0kccg#at=24 PS. Chris.... Remember to stock up on energy gels. |
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What everyone seems to have overlooked is that Froome and Contador hammered themselves in the time trial the day before and Porte (also no doubt Contador's helper) had a deliberate rest day - doing the absolute minimum.
On a hard stage like this one, things like that matter! |
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1st French win wasn't it and not a bad stage to win!
Hopefully Froome has re-covered enough. He might be more worried about Quintana than Contandor now. |
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So, David Millar and the boys at Garmin reckon today will be brutal; tougher than yesterday.
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