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« Reply #2025 on: Thursday, July 23, 2015, 15:37:51 » |
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Les Lacets de Montvernier.....looks mental, but relatively simple....although those in the autobus might disagree.
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« Reply #2026 on: Thursday, July 23, 2015, 19:21:43 » |
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So, can G take 3rd spot on the podium?
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« Reply #2027 on: Friday, July 24, 2015, 08:00:40 » |
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So, can G take 3rd spot on the podium?
I'd like him too, but I can't see it - not with the Quintana/Valverde combo working so well. |
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« Reply #2028 on: Friday, July 24, 2015, 08:10:31 » |
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So, can G take 3rd spot on the podium?
I don't think it has anything to do with Thomas, it will all depend on how Froome is going. |
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« Reply #2029 on: Friday, July 24, 2015, 08:11:17 » |
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I'd like him too, but I can't see it - not with the Quintana/Valverde combo working so well.
I remain convinced that what ever it may appear Valverde is working for one man.... Valverde. He is a devious little sod! |
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« Reply #2030 on: Friday, July 24, 2015, 14:12:52 » |
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Would appear that the unwritten rule that you don't attack the yellow jersey does not apply to Nibali?
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« Reply #2031 on: Friday, July 24, 2015, 16:28:14 » |
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« Reply #2032 on: Friday, July 24, 2015, 16:35:11 » |
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Did you read the comment below? "when you go from out of contract to the best in the world in a month and dominate cycling for 4 years, this is what happens. get out of cycling chris froome" |
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This is the water.
And this is the well.
Drink full and descend.
The horse is the white of the eyes and dark within.
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« Reply #2033 on: Friday, July 24, 2015, 19:04:06 » |
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Nibali and those French "fans" are cunts.
"I didn't see him" - Bollocks.
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« Reply #2034 on: Friday, July 24, 2015, 19:06:56 » |
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They don't call him the shark for nothing.
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« Reply #2035 on: Friday, July 24, 2015, 19:48:43 » |
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The real losers seem to be Contador and Valverde who do seem to have respected the yellow and now have Nibali breathing down their neck.
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« Reply #2036 on: Friday, July 24, 2015, 20:10:38 » |
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Shame to see G blow up. Hopefully this tour has been a sign that he's got enough in the locker to challenge at grand tour level in the next couple of years. This has been a brutal tour so not a massive surprise to see him fall just short.
Nibali really is a slimy shite. But again, I wouldn't expect anything less from someone from Astana. Shame he had to resort to that because he obviously had the legs to kick whilst Froome was in the pack. I'd grown a bit of respect for him to keep going after a crap first couple of weeks and keep riding to Paris, instead of just throwing the towel in...shame he's undone all that.
As for the froome/Sky doping shite...hopefully some of those cretins will realise that after today, Froome has only taken a net gain of 30 seconds on the slopes from Quintana so far, Nairo effectively lost (we'll see) the tour in the positioning in the crosswinds in the first week. Hopefully the crowd will be a lot more receptive in the more international support on d'Huez tomorrow...should be a cracking stage.
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« Reply #2037 on: Saturday, July 25, 2015, 14:42:52 » |
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That was fucking incredible. What a race.
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« Reply #2038 on: Saturday, July 25, 2015, 20:40:42 » |
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As for the froome/Sky doping shite...hopefully some of those cretins will realise that after today, Froome has only taken a net gain of 30 seconds on the slopes from Quintana so far, Nairo effectively lost (we'll see) the tour in the positioning in the crosswinds in the first week.
This is spot on. Epic last day, deserved winner |
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« Reply #2039 on: Sunday, July 26, 2015, 07:22:02 » |
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I didn't watch the highlights until I got back home late last night. Great day of racing, the organisers certainly got the parcours of the whole tour right. Save for those crosswinds early in the first week, the racing could have been even better!
Glad to see Pinot take something away from the tour.
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