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I couldn't watch the first three stages and it seems like I actually missed quite a bit. Well done, England. Also well done Mr. Nice, not only is the OP phenomenal but your catch-up posts make it really easy to, uh, catch up. Couple of days late, but during the first stage people itt were talking about Merckx winning all three major classifications in 1969. Anyone know how much the stage setup factored into that? I'm asking because at this year's Giro they had an intermediate sprint IIRC right after the descent from the Stelvio Pass, meaning that the sprint points were effectively wasted. If you pulled a lot of nonsense like that you could get probably get someone in contention for points and king of the mountains even today.
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Mr.Nice posted:Froome just crashed. And this time I saw it. I saw everything, hnngh *lights a cigarette*
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Jul 8, 2014 13:05
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BTW, the guys on German Eurosport were pretty openly doubting that Andy pulled out only because of the crash. "Didn't actually look too bad" etc. They stopped short of outright calling him a quitter though
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Jul 8, 2014 13:12
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Xabi posted:Unfortunately unable to watch this. Did Froomeyboi fall on the pave? Have they even reached the cobbles yet? That's tomorrow. Froome fell on regular asphalt.
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Jul 8, 2014 13:42
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I'm so goddamn hype for the cobbles I can hardly contain myself lol, that's a nice run up to the finish
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Jul 9, 2014 13:46
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GodDAMN this is crashy
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Jul 9, 2014 14:38
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Froome down again. rip
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Jul 9, 2014 14:41
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If Froome abandons before the first pavé I will do some serious hearty lols
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Smirr posted:If Froome abandons before the first pavé I will do some serious hearty lols lmao
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Jul 9, 2014 14:43
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IndustrialApe posted:Last year we got echelons that created an upset, now we get normal weather conditions for northern france that created one. It appears that mountain stages and time trials are the boring stages these days. I hope the Vosges will be crazy. Maybe Voeckler could do a thing
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Jul 9, 2014 14:49
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Pierre Rolland has a UTI haha. Enjoy those cobbles!
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Jul 9, 2014 14:54
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Wow, Taaramäe looks really scared.
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Jul 9, 2014 15:07
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That was one aesthetic crash.
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Jul 9, 2014 15:21
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Dumoulin is down as well, at least he didn't have to fall very far
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Jul 9, 2014 15:31
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Squid Fingers posted:have they said why a section of cobbles have been withdrawn? It was/is underwater pretty much.
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Jul 9, 2014 15:38
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Lars Boom has got this
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Jul 9, 2014 16:09
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Bit of a shame that Cancellara couldn't do more, but that was an amazing stage regardless. I hope the Tour organizers don't get second thoughts about including cobbles, it really was the rain that did most of the damage.
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Jul 9, 2014 16:22
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glyph posted:Couldn't pay a whole lot of attention here at work. Confirm. He crashed twice before he got to the cobbles.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:07
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serious gaylord posted:The peloton really cant ride in the wet. Yeah. I have no idea what even happened there.
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Jul 10, 2014 14:44
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RIP Kittel
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Jul 10, 2014 16:13
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German supremacy. Deutschland über alles IMO
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Jul 10, 2014 16:15
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Am I crazy, or did they not pick up coverage until the second half of the stage? Watching the British EuroSport stream, if it makes a difference. If I'm not mistaken the feed always starts at 14:15 CET. For stage 4 this meant you got to see practically the complete stage, for long stages like today it means you miss a lot of kms, but nothing much happens there anyway.
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Jul 11, 2014 13:46
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That Israel tourism ad on Eurosport is pissing me off something awful. "Once in a lifetime be at the places... where it all began". That's Africa, mates
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Jul 11, 2014 14:53
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Every crash is dumber than the last. Jesus, that's some pace up front
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Jul 11, 2014 16:00
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Never stop your retarded attacks, Team Europcar.
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Jul 11, 2014 16:05
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serious gaylord posted:I love Europcar. Not a stage goes by when they do something ridiculous thats never going to work. Yeah same, they're my favorite team. Lol goddamn, all that work from Sagan for nothing.
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Jul 11, 2014 16:14
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Talansky missed the guy coming from his left I think. Might want to have more situational awareness if you're going to sprint needlessly.
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Jul 11, 2014 16:16
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Blel Kadri is killing it. But I can't see him putting in that kind of work for two more climbs.
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Jul 12, 2014 15:58
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That descent into fog lol. Jesus Christ
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Jul 12, 2014 16:15
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lmao don't steal that chair, Jakob
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Jul 12, 2014 16:21
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Hahaha Talansky down again. Owned
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Jul 12, 2014 16:24
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Pocket posted:Nibali just givin Contador the death stare! It's hilarious.
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Jul 12, 2014 16:30
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I'm so glad Froome broke both of his hands. Also Blel Kadri rode straight into my heart today. That smile... (no homo)
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Jul 12, 2014 16:33
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serious gaylord posted:I just want to see a Europcar rider just go for it after the final climb and ultimately get reeled in with 300 meters to go. They've got 5 riders in the chasing group, outlook: great  this is also great
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Jul 13, 2014 13:22
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I always like Tony Martin's effortface. It's so unaesthetic it loops back around.
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Jul 13, 2014 16:17
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Don't celebrate 2,5 km out, my heart can't take this
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Jul 13, 2014 16:26
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What. a. ride. Incredible
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Jul 13, 2014 16:29
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Goddammnit, of all the stages to miss I miss this one. Stop showing wrestling, Eurosport, I want to see the rerun. Here's another picture of Sagan doing a thing: 
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IndustrialApe posted:Machado is my rider of the day: That was insane to follow on Twitter. No one knew what was going on. Glad the jury decided to not be dumb for once.
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Hey, you guys wanna see Europcar's Quéméneur and Réza make bedroom eyes at a cycling themed bottle of beer? you're in luck
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