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ukle posted:Nice OP. I think that streets wide enough to cope with a strung out peloton tbh.
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vaginal culture posted:Stunning OP. Top notch. I've ridden Holme Moss and its a nasty climb. Will catch anyone that hasn't done a proper recce out. The last climb up Jenkins road will give us a winner too.
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Jamsque posted:David Millar is out of the Garmin squad, this tour is going to end up with hardly any British riders in it at all. Cant believe they've dropped him. This was his farewell race and the team have been getting ready to give him a send off and he was playing the road captain role. They've dropped him on 'health concerns' after he pulled over at the British Nationals, where he was the only Garmin sharp rider.
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Jun 30, 2014 18:57
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:he was panicking last night on twitter about it. I think what's sealed it is talanksys dauphine performance. They're having to be ruthless because for the first time in a while they have a real GC threat in the tour, gutted for him though. I can understand about Talansky, but are you telling me Garmin dont have one domestique they could drop in favour of him. With respect, its a very low chance that Garmin will be controlling that peloton.
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Jun 30, 2014 19:16
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Oz Fox posted:At this point, I'm just gonna be tuning in every morning in the hope that Sky has some sort of meltdown and real racing might happen If Froome has any sort of racing brain (lol) he'll let someone else grab yellow and just stay close enough to win at the TT stage. No way can Sky dominate the peloton like the last 2 years.
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Jun 30, 2014 20:47
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Crystael posted:Yup, Sky look like a bundle of poo poo compared to the last two years, especially. Losing Kreuziger is a huge blow to Bertie, though - who else has he got to support him in the high mountains now? Froome. Because hes thick enough to pull him up the mountains.
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Jun 30, 2014 23:14
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I dont think Contador is stupid enough to be anywhere near Froome with a decently long TT stage to finish the tour. The tour will be won by whoever gets more than 4 minutes on Froome in the mountains.
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Pre ban Contador never needed team mates tbf.
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Stage 2 is ripe for Sagan to put the yellow on imo.
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Jul 2, 2014 07:54
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Crystael posted:Yes, I think the onus will very much be on Cannondale a) to chase down the break and b) drop the sprinters on stage 2. I've done the route and aside from the big on in the middle, theres a bit where it ramps up sharply for a mile on some narrow roads which is where I think people will try to get away. The finish is fairly steep too so the sprint trains wont bring a break back.
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Jul 2, 2014 15:11
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Impey has been pinched for pissing hot. Orica have dropped him completely.
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vaginal culture posted:Fellow South African and BFF of Chris Froome isnt he The last time they were in a room together Froome nutted him. I think Impey hosed his shrew of a wife.
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Jul 2, 2014 20:30
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I'm loving the cote de 'British hill that sounds hilarious'.
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Jul 4, 2014 11:46
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Cote De Buttertubs. Sounds like something a fat lad would have on his stag night shirt.
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Carpet posted:I'm now thinking of getting the steam train from Keighley up to Oxenhope on Sunday Yorkshire 
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Jul 5, 2014 05:24
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Mollema is my pick for tomorrow. poo poo what happened to Cav though.
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Jul 5, 2014 19:34
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2 million people were apparently along the route today. Thats mental.
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Jul 5, 2014 19:46
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Legendary Ptarmigan posted:Most aggressive rider from the day before (one of the guys up front in the breakaway, almost invariably) gets red numbers. Theres a reason Cav was going hell for leather yesterday. He has never had the yellow jersey on the Tour before and this was probably his best chance.
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Jul 6, 2014 07:37
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If a GC rider wins enough mountain finishes and the sprinters share the flat wins then it is definitely possible to have all 3 jerseys on one rider.
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Jul 6, 2014 09:06
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MrBling posted:Sean Kelly is mad as heck about todays stage. Claims that it is a bad idea to have such a difficult stage so early in the tour and that it will be a nightmare for the GC riders because they risk losing upwards of 2 minutes on a hilly and technical stage. Sean Kelly can shut his whore mouth.
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Jul 6, 2014 09:43
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Jul 6, 2014 12:34
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Yorkshire really is a brilliant advert for England.
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Jul 6, 2014 13:18
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Pocket posted:French tv are really surprised by how many people have come out to see the tour. Lots of praise. 2 million yesterday they said. I bet more today.
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Jul 6, 2014 13:43
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Hah! A Garmin rider just repeatedly slapped peoples smart phones out their hands when they were shoved in his face.
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Jul 6, 2014 14:21
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The sky team are weak as piss. I can only see Thomas up with Froome.
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Jul 6, 2014 14:35
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goatface posted:They're going to end up dropping 2/3 the team to the rear to pull Porte back into it. They've burned Eisel and some american I cant remember the name of but Porte is back to the group.
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Jul 6, 2014 15:06
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peanut- posted:That crowd is just ridiculous. I like that there were police every few meters pushing the crowd back in. The French and Italians could learn something from that.
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Jul 6, 2014 15:10
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TraderStav posted:Great, thanks! How are the winners determined. Best overall time added up or number of yellow jerseys, or some other combination? The yellow jersey is given to the person with the best overall time, so thats how its decided.
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Jul 6, 2014 15:14
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peanut- posted:loving hell I swear ITV must be breaking the limit of how many ads you're allowed to have per hour. They really are hammering the adverts arent they? And not just short minute breaks, but full 3-5 minute gaps.
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Jul 6, 2014 16:08
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African AIDS cum posted:Lol at Froome. He is loving scared of Contador. Seems he put a nice dig in at the top of Jenkins Road and Contador couldnt follow him. Its going to be a good contest between those two.
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Jul 6, 2014 18:09
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I think it was more of a psychological mark by Froome. Everyones been saying he's weak and that little dig lets everyone know he's still there. My take from the day was just how piss weak Tinkoff Saxo are. Contador had no-one with him with 2 climbs to go. Todays stage was pretty good and I'm really glad we havent had 5 pancake flat stages or a ridiculously short prologue/team time trial to ruin our fun.
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Jul 6, 2014 21:32
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Jul 6, 2014 21:57
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Dr.Bikini BSc. CEO posted:Froome put in an attack like 100 meters from the top of a climb 5km before the finish, to which everyone was like 'whatever' and caught him 50 meters after the top. It was hardly a devastating show of force which mentally crippled his rivals. That will happen in the Alps when he drops everyone with a sustained 15 minute seated max effort where he gains 6 minutes. With the time trial where it is this year, he doesnt have to. All he needs to do is sit on the wheel of Contador for the entire tour. Unless something goes wrong its Contador that has to put 4+ minutes on him in the mountains, which judging from today, will be alone as his team disintegrated.
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Xabi posted:Why would Bertie want to win the GC by 3 minutes when as little as one second is enough? Because all credit to Contador, he's not going to come within 2 minutes of Froome on that TT stage. serious gaylord fucked around with this message at 08:13 on Jul 7, 2014 |
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Jul 7, 2014 08:08
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Krushgroove a guy I work with wants to know what camera you have to shoot that quickly.
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Jul 7, 2014 12:36
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IndustrialApe posted:I missed this yesterday: Find a gif of the Garmin rider just slapping peoples phones out their hands as he was going up Holme Moss.
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Jul 7, 2014 15:58
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Time for renshaw to show he can do something. OPQS leading out kittel again I've always thought of Renshaw as a lead out man and nothing more tbh.
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Jul 7, 2014 16:08
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There were riders slapping phones away again today i'm loving that.
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I love it. Anything coming into his face and its on the floor. My mate was telling me that the crowds were booting the phones around to gently caress them up even more too.
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