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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Movistar are going to wait till 1km from the top and put a token dig in aren't they? Which Valverde will close down.
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There was an attack near the peak, but Froome stayed with them. I think tomorrow is their plan. Problem with that is that it has to be pretty dramatic, as they obviously can't settle for gaining just 30 seconds or whatever.
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Jul 23, 2015 16:20
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Brush your teeth Bardet, god drat.
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Jul 23, 2015 16:30
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Is it time they mess with the formula of the Tour a bit? These big mountain stages as the showpieces are just kind of dull. The first week of rain, crosswinds, cobbles, punchy climbs and even the TTT was much more interesting and ultimately way more impactful on the GC this year and last year.
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Jul 23, 2015 16:55
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They need to find a mountain stage with downhill cobbles and move the tour to March so it's windy and raining. Last Man standing to claim the prize in Paris.
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Jul 23, 2015 16:59
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peanut- posted:It's all going ballistic in the coveted "best Frenchman in the race" tournament You mean 80th place? (because the French are so bad, that that's the kind of position you'd expect the best one to be in)
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Jul 23, 2015 17:08
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peanut- posted:Is it time they mess with the formula of the Tour a bit? These big mountain stages as the showpieces are just kind of dull. I would like to see a change that makes it so you don't have to be deathly skinny to win.
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Jul 23, 2015 17:17
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Give everybody weight handicaps like they do with the ponies.
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Jul 23, 2015 17:20
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peanut- posted:Is it time they mess with the formula of the Tour a bit? These big mountain stages as the showpieces are just kind of dull. Just move the tour permanently to Yorkshire, they have all that every day :P
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Jul 23, 2015 17:24
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goatface posted:Give everybody weight handicaps like they do with the ponies. Good sir, we bronies do not consider it a handicap.
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Jul 23, 2015 17:36
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On mountain routes, let some riders use tandems.
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Jul 23, 2015 18:20
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All bikes used must be set up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0
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Jul 23, 2015 18:25
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12 hilly stages and only one HC top finish might be an interesting experiment
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Jul 23, 2015 18:42
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How about: instead of riding a bike, they have to compete in an eating contest, and whoever eats the most hot dogs wins.
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Jul 23, 2015 18:44
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They have to do both. Winner is the guy who completes the mountain stage quickest after eating 25 hotdogs in three minutes.
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Jul 23, 2015 18:50
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Phlegmish posted:How about : instead of riding a bike, they have to compete in an eating contest, and whoever eats the most hot dogs wins. goatface posted:They have to do both. Winner is the guy who completes the mountain stage quickest after eating 25 hotdogs in three minutes. Horner confirms comeback.
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Jul 23, 2015 18:52
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Actually, it's in France. Replace the hotdogs with appropriate regional specialities. Maybe some people excel at cheese stages while others are better at the Bordeaux wineries.
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Jul 23, 2015 18:55
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Yeah maybe a monkey cheese eating contest
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Jul 23, 2015 19:01
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Phlegmish posted:How about : instead of riding a bike, they have to compete in an eating contest, and whoever eats the most hot dogs wins. Le Tour de Franks
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Jul 23, 2015 19:12
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Make it an audax. Whole route with a time cutoff of 14 days. Rolling road blocks so if you arrive outside (before or after) the allotted time then welp you can descend in traffic.
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Jul 23, 2015 19:17
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Moto that hit Fuglsang was really going for it today: http://gfycat.com/ColorfulKindGeese
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Rojkir posted:Moto that hit Fuglsang was really going for it today: Hard to say from the footage but swerving in front of Hesjedal was bad, but he got away with it, then Fuglsang seems to just swerve into the bike. Maybe he should be on the horn? Those guys are crazy though, in fact I was at a TDF stage where one of the motos killed a fan a while back (didn't see it)
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Jul 23, 2015 20:53
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Wow, what a dickhead
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He's been thrown out of the tour for the last few stages. Not for hitting Fulgsang, but for driving away from Barguil.
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serious gaylord posted:He's been thrown out of the tour for the last few stages. lol
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https://twitter.com/yymm6886/status/608997039486042112 lol Ok this actually owns though https://twitter.com/yymm6886/status/582363636288462849 the phone wallpaper one, god drat twitter is confusing African AIDS cum fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Jul 24, 2015 |
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Wait, people actually think that stages through the Netherlands, England, and Belgium are more interesting than the Pyrenees and Alps? Blame Sky for loving up the beauty of a mountain finish, not the mountain itself. I'll take Cadel Evans slow grind up the mountain, every time over watching Peter Sagan cheese the green jersey competition (I love Sagan, but still).
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Sky certainly don't help, but the mountains weren't particularly interesting last year either. I'm not saying they shouldn't do any mountain stages, but the whole thing of stacking loads of them at the end and expecting that to produce a great race doesn't seem to be working that well. The more varied stuff in the first week that forced the super skinny climbers out of their comfort zone was fun and has ended up being more important so far. But then the Giro was good, so maybe it is just Sky's fault.
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sky is controlling the race as per usual of course (and don't get me wrong, it's generally awful stuff to watch), but I think you have to blame Movistar and to some degree tinkoff-saxo for the garbage these mountain stages are. saxo are doing dumb tactical decisions rendering them with little chance of doing any damage, but movistar are just awful. they are basically functioning as part of the sky-train at this point, constantly chasing down any attempt from others instead of letting sky do the work. they're essentially cowards or morons playing for second place, and it's awful to watch. still two stages to go, so maybe they have some master plan with quintana (or valverde lol) taking 4 minutes or whatever up a major climb today or tomorrow, but i wouldn't bet on it
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Jul 24, 2015 10:48
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Froome wants to win Alp D'huez so todays the day for Quintana to launch an attack. After today there aint no chance.
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Its pissing it down and Contador has attacked already. Valverde and Nibali too. Why hasnt the coverage started!!! serious gaylord fucked around with this message at 12:59 on Jul 24, 2015 |
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I'm currently checking if Movistar is owned by Murdoch right now.serious gaylord posted:Its pissing it down and Contador has attacked already. The webstreams are running here. DONT TOUCH THE PC fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Jul 24, 2015 |
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Jul 24, 2015 13:00
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Ive got eurosport mobile on my tablet and its still showing the pre coverage interviews.
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Jul 24, 2015 13:04
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ITV 4 is live Froome is already down to Thomas only
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This could be the stage where they crack him. I mean if Valverde doesnt close down the attacks later on his behalf of course.
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I'm hype
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I can't get over the Zenon Jaskuła gears Thomas is turning, his knees must hate him.
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:I'm hype What do you think? Contador going off at the bottom of Glandon?
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this is how you race, isolate the man from his team and then grind him down. I don't know why everyone keeps trying to win the race by following his lead until paris.
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They've split him from Thomas which is the most important bit. Poels won't be able to chase everything down on his todd, and Porte/Konig look like they've given up for the day already.
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