The Cycling Thread

[aussiespursguy]

45km to go......this stage stinks of Steve Cummings!
He has waited so far all tour for this opportunity!

 

[onthetwo]

45km to go......this stage stinks of Steve Cummings!
He has waited so far all tour for this opportunity!

i find it weird that they do these 'anniversary' efforts (Tom Simpson in this case)...anyway, lets see if anything happens in the GC as its getting a bit dull.

 

[nightgoat]

45km to go......this stage stinks of Steve Cummings!
He has waited so far all tour for this opportunity!

Come on Stevo! 1'30" probably won't be enough though.

Already the peloton is hugely reduced, only Bardet has one team mate left of the other GC contenders, Froome has three!

 

[aussiespursguy]

wow....mistake from Sky...THAT was the time for the peleton to attack!. No mechanical. A mistake.

 

[nightgoat]

Kwiatkowski going right between the camper vans! Aru will be thankful no one attacked at that point.

 

[aussiespursguy]

Kwiatkowski going right between the camper vans! Aru will be thankful no one attacked at that point.

It was a big opportunity missed by Martin, Yates and co tbh
And could have been very ugly for Kwiatkowski! Great bike handling to make it through. Or good luck!

 

[Marty]

Fuglsang out of the running, shows that even the "easy" stages can kill your chances if you have a freak accident.

Cummings caught, wasn't going to last. All about the favourites now.

 

[aussiespursguy]

Well that sucks.....tough luck Steve

 

[nightgoat]

Quintana going backwards. Probably won't even make the podium at this rate.

 

[Marty]

Quintana hasn't looked great all tour, another example of how gruelling it is to do both Giro and Tour.

 

[nightgoat]

And there goes Dirty Bertie...

 

[Marty]

Top 5 in Paris looks like it'll be Froome, Bardet, Martin, Aru and Uran, hoping none of them crash out.

 

[nightgoat]

Surely someone has to attack, all rolling in together suits no one really.

 

[Marty]

Wow that was steep! Great win for Bardet and Froome's fucked!!!

Is Aru in yellow now?

 

[Marty]

Aru in yellow!

Six seconds ahead of Froome according to the commentators.

 

[nightgoat]

Think Froome's lost the jersey. Even Landa dropped him.

 

[aussiespursguy]

Landa rode for Landa there. Should have been with his leader.

 

[Marty]

Think Froome's lost the jersey. Even Landa dropped him.

Yep. Aru, Froome +6, Bardet +25, Uran +35.

 

[aussiespursguy]

Yep. Aru, Froome +6, Bardet +25, Uran +35.

Getting interesting.
Fact remains if Froome is not in yellow leading into the time trial, whoever is will need at least a minute on him. Cant see it myself.

 

[Marty]

Getting interesting.
Fact remains if Froome is not in yellow leading into the time trial, whoever is will need at least a minute on him. Cant see it myself.

As long as Froome isn't in yellow it's exciting IMO, but agree that if he's less than a minute behind going into the TT he's the favourite.