biffer Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) Rather than doing it on a general doping thread, a thread for the Tour itself would be better! Quite cool team announcement video fro Team Dimension data http://africasteam.com/2018/06/29/2018-tour-de-france-team-announcement/ Some decent lead out guys for Cav in there. I think Boassen Hagen is a machine. Edited July 3, 2018 by biffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 It's got the potential to be a belter, all the stuff simmering under the radar. Some really nice stages. As i said stage 17 is some mad 65km 3 mountain "Sprint" also using formula 1 spacing for the start for it. So will you wait for your team or just go out alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) Edited July 5, 2018 by phart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckielugger Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Really enjoying this opening Vendee stage. Had a wonderful holiday there a few years back. Sunny without being unbearable. Friendly place. Noirmoutier was a great day out. Salt pans amazing sight. Stayed close to La-roche-sur-Yon where finish is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Great stage today. Watch highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 3 hours ago, phart said: Great stage today. Watch highlights. Just did. I love how Sky just don't give a fuck anymore. As if Dave has just thought "Europe will never believe us now. The UK will never question us. Have at it guys. Let's go full Landis!" 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Was on Porte, and a wee outsider each way on Tejay. Got Thomas at 8/1. Could be interesting between him and Froome. Noticed Froome protected him today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Froome never really protected him(i think),he attacked him right at the end, so Thomas went again and then caught Neimel (sp?) who should have got the win, but internal SKY politics seem to be at play. I'm not 100% with this, just the impression i got watching it. 7 hours ago, Parklife said: Just did. I love how Sky just don't give a fuck anymore. As if Dave has just thought "Europe will never believe us now. The UK will never question us. Have at it guys. Let's go full Landis!" 😂 5 of the surviving 10 climbers were SKY, that Rowe was doing massive turns the folk in the cycling news race forum thought he had been dropped but he re-appeared and folk were joking that he was going back to get a cheese and wine platter. and someone else was playing angry birds while everyone else was getting shelled out the back. I think the majority of the current UK fans never saw US Postal so the same BS from back then works on them as it's original. I'm looking forward to later today as well, The UCI and WADA proved they don't give a fuck so i'm just enjoying it now. No point moaning about cheating when the relevant authorities don't give a fuck either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 It looked to me like Froome didn't go the first time so the rest couldn't use him as a lead out. He seemed to be content if Thomas went away. It was only when Dan Martin had a go that Froome took his wheel. Aye, some interesting team politics. I thought Froome was numero uno and that Thomas was only there to support him, but it did look like Froome bided his time with the chasing pack so as not to give them any encouragement. If they can both get rid of Dumoulin today then it could be interesting to see them in direct competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 6 hours ago, killiefaetheferry said: It looked to me like Froome didn't go the first time so the rest couldn't use him as a lead out. He seemed to be content if Thomas went away. It was only when Dan Martin had a go that Froome took his wheel. Aye, some interesting team politics. I thought Froome was numero uno and that Thomas was only there to support him, but it did look like Froome bided his time with the chasing pack so as not to give them any encouragement. If they can both get rid of Dumoulin today then it could be interesting to see them in direct competition. I think after watching the breakaway all day and it almost succeeding had me hating THomas and Froome racing up to the line. So I might have missed the simple shit as i forgot Froome had responded to Martin. Will be a good stage again today. Teams need to blow the race up with elaborate plans involving getting men in front in breakaways, otherwise the SKY train will just tempo up each hill fast enough that any conventional breaks will be impossible. Froome vs "G" might be the interesting competition, a throwback to badger vs Le mond. Climbing the Alpe must be mental, it's an absolute Zoo there right now! Imagine when they get there with the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Good start here, really strong break as well. These two HC before the Alpe are total grinders, 29km and 25km climbs, folk that have climbed them say both heat traps as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 SKY looking vulnerable, lost a couple of their train, movistar going to the front to increase pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 alpe duez is a fucking zoo lol. Hope nothing happens on the way up, this is shaping up to be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Only 27 riders finishing within 22 minutes of the winner, brutal , brutal stage. Don't think any sprinters left in the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Great last 2 days racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 9 hours ago, fringo said: Great last 2 days racing. Yeah i picked these two days out to make time to watch them, glad i did. 10th fastest time up ALD since 2006 as well. That stage was brutal yesterday as well, and they also sat up to wait on Nibali on the Alpe after he crashed. Tom Doumolin has been eating his weetabix as well as Bardet, some really strong riders in this years tour. Froome maybe feeling the Giro a bit as well, can't blame him, Pyrenees next plenty of time for anyone to blow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbruman Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Loved the scenery shots from the Ardeche. Itv4 coverage excellent. The cycling pundits like Millar and Boardman give a great insight but particulary liked Wiggins giving his thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 33 minutes ago, irnbruman said: The cycling pundits like Millar and Boardman give a great insight Are you kidding? David Millar in particular is laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 David Millar is seen as a self-serving cunt by most cycling fans i know. His sister is head of "winning behavior" at SKY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbruman Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I don't know much about Millar but I like his commentary. I'm sure Wiggins must be a bit of cunt at times but he's very entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 It's the super short stage today, just set off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) This has potential to be a total shake up, on last climb everyone isolated pretty much, only GC riders about with over 12km of hard climbing left. EDIT: everyone strung out as well. Edited July 25, 2018 by phart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Looks like there's going to be a welcome in the hillsides for the maillot jaune... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Quinatana put some time up that final climb 6.1 W/kg for 45 mins or so. Dan Martin as well. That Wilt Voels for SKY is a beast he's ridden point up loads of climbs and just shells everyone bar about 10 other riders, day after day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 eurosport app is being quite sarcastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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