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Dan Martin confirmed in the ITV interview what we saw from the side on moto-cameras: the surfacing on the Champs Elysees is in poor condition. Bikes bouncing around on the uneven roads resulting in mechanical problems and possibly contributing to the number of crashes.
Kittel must be totally dispirited after dominance in the opening week of the Giro but leaving the Tour with only one stage win. |
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Wow girls standing next to Peter Sagan both wearing a red dress are so hot
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Nicely done, Chris.
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Nice speech Chris.
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Well done Chris Froome on you winning your third Tour de France
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Well done Chris Froome on you winning your third Tour de France
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Well done Froomy. World class rider and a world class act.
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Is it true that Nairo Quintana was not hundred per cent, and thats why Froome won so easily
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AFAIK neither Quintana nor his team have made any comments to explain his relatively poor performance.
Contador abandoning early also made life much easier for Froome. |
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As soon as the Tour finishes it looks like the UCI has had a red hot potato dropped in its lap by the IOC
My reading of todays decision is that each sport's governing body will have to decide whether to ban Russian competitors in their sport from the Olympics I don't think the UCI can possibly put a blanket ban on Russian cyclists.........is there really any evidence that Russian cyclists have doped more than French, Italian, German, Spanish etc ?. I guess the only thing they might do is ban the Russian Governing Body from sending a team as they have done in Athletics. And presumably allow individual athletes to compete under a neutral flag. Not sure what ramifications that would have for all the UCI International competitions at world, European, junior etc levels The situation is further complicated as one of the main financiers of the Russian cycling is the Katusha boss who also happens to be on the UCI board Whatever.......they have to do something quickly ! |
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I think it had more to do with the tactics of Sky, and the brilliance of Froome.
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Is it true that Nairo Quintana was not hundred per cent, and thats why Froome won so easily
Maybe that's as good as he is |
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As soon as the Tour finishes it looks like the UCI has had a red hot potato dropped in its lap by the IOC
My reading of todays decision is that each sport's governing body will have to decide whether to ban Russian competitors in their sport from the Olympics I don't think the UCI can possibly put a blanket ban on Russian cyclists.........is there really any evidence that Russian cyclists have doped more than French, Italian, German, Spanish etc ?. I guess the only thing they might do is ban the Russian Governing Body from sending a team as they have done in Athletics. And presumably allow individual athletes to compete under a neutral flag. Not sure what ramifications that would have for all the UCI International competitions at world, European, junior etc levels The situation is further complicated as one of the main financiers of the Russian cycling is the Katusha boss who also happens to be on the UCI board Whatever.......they have to do something quickly ! |
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The UCI president was interviewed on the news, he thought with the Russians being part of the biological passport then they cant be assumed to be doping. So sounds like they wont ban them, although anyone with a previous doping ban wont be allowed.
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Are there any Russians likely to win medals?
Guess that could be embarrassing in a way for cycling and other sports as questions would be asked. Mind you whilst cycling has really cleaned up (hopefully!) they could say so and so has been banned before and allowed to race.. I reckon the IOC thought it would be a legal minefield hat regard (see Justin Gatlin for athletics as an example) so taken the easy way out. |
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The BOC / David Millar ruling seems to prevent any ban on previously sanctioned athletes being imposed: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sanc...ics-cas-rules/
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But that rule didnt comply with WADA, this time WADA wants all Russian athletes banned, so they would have to find another argument to get the court of arbitration to overrule it
The IOC should have banned the Russian team wholesale for systematic state sponsored doping programme. They bottled it. And now they are trying to spread and deflect blame with unworkable delegation on a case by case basis. There is no time left before the Olympics for the UCI to decide a way forward and then have appeals heard by CAS. |
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AFAIK neither Quintana nor his team have made any comments to explain his relatively poor performance.
Contador abandoning early also made life much easier for Froome. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour...ding-him-back/ Whether that's an allergy to the blue and black is open to debate ... ![]()
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Are there any Russians likely to win medals?
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Zola Budd is more British than Chris Froome, just sayin'.
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Honestly? I couldn't give a monkeys
![]() In over 30 years of following cycling I've supported Spanish, French, Belgium, American, Australian, Irish, Scottish, Italian, Welsh, English, Kazakhstan, Columbian cyclists and any nationalities in between. He chooses to ride for Team GB, that's good enough for me. |
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Zola Budd is more British than Chris Froome, just sayin'.
What are your conditions to becoming more or less British than someone else?? |
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Eurosport are picking up with the Tour of Wallonie today from stage 3 with stages 4 and 5 to come
Good old Tom Boonen is wearing the leaders jersey after the first two stages |
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How is one more British than the other?
What are your conditions to becoming more or less British than someone else?? One of the 5 Live commentators made a similar point on Sunday morning. |
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And there's quite a lot of domestic cycling as well - British National Criterium Champs live on Thursday evening and various events round the Ride London-Surrey classic, including para races, a sportif and the main race itself, live on Eurosport and the BBC.
And also the Classica San Sebastian on Saturday - won by Adam Yates last year. |
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