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Croftman
Liam Brady Joined: 18 Aug 2014 Status: Offline Points: 2554 |
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Eventful morning https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/44937933
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Some people just deserve a slap
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Shedite
Jack Charlton Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Status: Offline Points: 9795 |
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Sounds like farmers tried to interrupt the race with a bale of hay on the road, police used pepper spray on them into the wind, and blinded half the peleton while they were at it. Clowns
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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Who would have thought police could be so stupid?
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Shoco
Roy Keane Hail Hail the Celts are here Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Celthick Park Status: Offline Points: 13727 |
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Bizzare start alright this morning.
really looking forward to tomorrows stage, has the potential to be brilliant, even if it ends up as one sky rider attacking the other
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Shedite
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Shoco
Roy Keane Hail Hail the Celts are here Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Celthick Park Status: Offline Points: 13727 |
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I don't know, I would expect the skybots to get to the front very quickly so maybe it was revert to normal. But it's such a short stage it could be entertaining, would have been great if Porte and Nibali were still in it.
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deise316
Moderator Group Don't ask me about car warranty Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: The Déise Status: Offline Points: 10921 |
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It really depends on the other teams to take the stage to Sky. If they all play the same game & wait for teammates & an enlarged peloton, it will end up much like any other mountain stage, with the top 10 lads fighting it out late on during the last climb to finish in some order after being led up mountains by Sky. If say, Movistar were to send Krusijwik and Valverde on the attack from the off while Landa stays with the top 4, it would give them a decision to make, to follow them or wait for the teammates to catch up.
You would like to think that someone from the bottom bit of the top 10 might have a go off it, just for the craic if nothing else, there's little to lose and much to be gained. Was clearly wrong about UAE yesterday, they're at fcuk all. |
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Shedite
Jack Charlton Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Status: Offline Points: 9795 |
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Yeah the only way this blows up today is if some of the Top 10 take off without waiting for domesquies. Lotto Jumbo could have a go, 2 strong riders. They could at least take off at a speed that prevents any domestiques getting involved, Bernal is the only one close in GC that should be able to get up
But then again, even man-on-man, I think the Sky guys are stronger than the others. Happened a few years back in a big stage where Froome was on his own for about 60k and he handled it fine
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SuperDave84
Robbie Keane ooh Thomas, how could you do this to me! Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Location: Far Fungannon Status: Offline Points: 21384 |
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There are three movistar riders in the top 11 and Bardet has Latour not too far behind. The rest of the riders are not that far behind on the starting grid, either. The one in the top ten with a teammate furthest behind is, obviously enough, Dan Martin.
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Shoco
Roy Keane Hail Hail the Celts are here Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Celthick Park Status: Offline Points: 13727 |
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let's hope Movistar go all out for the team classification from the go!
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Shoco
Roy Keane Hail Hail the Celts are here Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Celthick Park Status: Offline Points: 13727 |
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so the grid start didn't really achieve any thing
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Croftman
Liam Brady Joined: 18 Aug 2014 Status: Offline Points: 2554 |
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Quintana wins, Martin 2nd. Froome lost near a minute on Thomas
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Shedite
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Shoco
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took a while to get going but was a decent finish, froome seems to be out of it now with the time he lost.
He was also knocked off his bike after the race by French police, he was going back down the mountain and they told thought he was a spectator! Good ride by Martin but just hadn't the pace to stay with qunitana when they took off.
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deise316
Moderator Group Don't ask me about car warranty Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: The Déise Status: Offline Points: 10921 |
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Looks to be done bar crashes or punctures at the worst possible time for Thomas. You couldn't entirely rule out Froome doing something Armstrong-like on Friday either, but it would have to be something as Lance himself might put it, ''not normal''.
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Croftman
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Yeah Friday should be good and Saturday could see some movement in the placings too
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Funsize Crouchy
Liam Brady Joined: 10 Mar 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 1398 |
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just like he did in the Giro winning a stage by 3 mins to take the overall lead.
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Croftman
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That was insane. "Did a Landis" as one of the other riders said after the stage
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