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quote:Alejandro Valverde was spotted falling from his bike at low speed but Movistar’s directeur sportif, José Luis Arrieta, has cleared up matters. He told letour.com: “He stopped for a piss and slipped on the gravel when he went back on his bike. Fortunately, there’s no damage.”
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Jul 9, 2015 14:45
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This might not be the most exciting stage, but it is very pretty.
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Jul 9, 2015 15:33
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Martin looks broken
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Jul 9, 2015 16:52
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I like that Thibaud Pinot signed up for Strava's Tour challenge: https://www.strava.com/challenges/letour
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Jul 10, 2015 10:04
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Quintana took a bunch of time out of Froome during week 3 in 2013 right? And that was with a time trial. I think he's flying under the radar a bit right now - only being two minutes down at the end of the first week seems like the best position he could have hoped for.
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Jul 12, 2015 16:46
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The way Contador rode the Giro was brilliantly entertaining. Drugs or not, watching Froome just grind everyone into submission is deathly boring by comparison.
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Jul 13, 2015 09:41
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I missed all of that, but did Geraint Thomas really smash Contador and TVG up an HC climb? jfc
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Jul 14, 2015 17:29
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All the non-Froome Sky riders blew up the day after Ax 3 Domains in 2013. Maybe something similar will happen today and he'll get isolated on a big descent and fall off a cliff. Thin hope but it'd be nice for this to be a bit more of a race.
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Jul 15, 2015 09:42
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Pocket posted:Step out for a while come back to >50 unread posts, I thought something had actually happened. Cows happened.
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Jul 15, 2015 16:30
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Loads of French riders too, so we might actually get to see it today.
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Jul 16, 2015 11:02
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I don't really get the other teams letting Kennaugh lead Froome down the descent at walking pace. Couldn't they at least try and force him into some difficult riding?
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Jul 16, 2015 14:53
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Ted Ed Fred posted:To be fair, with those patches of wet on the road like that it's a pretty dangerous descent, It would be a pretty risky thing to try and go full gas with the surface changing quickly and unpredictably the way it was. I guess, but we're over three climbs and how many riders do Sky still have around Froome? 6? Someone needs to take some risks to at least try and make Sky work for something.
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Jul 16, 2015 15:06
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He had a big dent in his helmet so he must have hit that pole pretty hard.
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Jul 20, 2015 17:05
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It's not exactly a stunning reveal - Sky openly said they had deducted that % in the press conference. The Stages website says they think an osymetric ring will lead to a 4-5% overstatement of power, so it doesn't seem unreasonable that it could be slightly higher for pro riders: http://support.stagescycling.com/support/solutions/articles/1000158537-can-i-use-the-stages-power-meter-with-oval-or-osymetric-chain-rings- That said, if they were going to be open they should have revealed everything, what they've done just looks more dodgy.
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Jul 21, 2015 14:19
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And Movistar are chasing him down
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Jul 22, 2015 13:59
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Surely the peloton need to react to Frank? He must be pushing for 3rd place on the road right now.
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Jul 22, 2015 15:22
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And Porte's there. Sky seem to have played this really well.
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Jul 22, 2015 15:43
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Has anyone managed to pick up how Thibaut Pinot is doing from the coverage? It's really unclear.
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Jul 22, 2015 15:55
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serious gaylord posted:Hes like 2 minutes back I think? I was joking, the camera was glued to him.
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Jul 22, 2015 15:59
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jesus froome is so loving strong
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Jul 22, 2015 16:14
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Looks like a ridiculously strong group getting away already. This is going to be brutal for a lot of riders. Sky haven't sent anyone in the break today.
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Jul 23, 2015 11:57
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It's all going ballistic in the coveted "best Frenchman in the race" tournament
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Jul 23, 2015 14:44
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I love that Contador always goes for it. Sky not bothering to chase at all it looks like
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Jul 23, 2015 15:21
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serious gaylord posted:Froome looks a bit vulnerable today. You think? I'm quite impressed, seems to me like he's much more relaxed about letting the other contenders scrap and shut each other down than he was when he was chasing every attack in 2013.
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Jul 23, 2015 15:44
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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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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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Jul 24, 2015 09:36
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ITV 4 is live Froome is already down to Thomas only
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Jul 24, 2015 13:06
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Sky are gonna have 5 riders back in front of Froome before the next climb starts
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Jul 24, 2015 13:46
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Oh good the cameras have found Pinot
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Jul 24, 2015 14:51
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Apparently Thomas has been dropped by the sprinters. I wonder what's happened to him.
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Jul 24, 2015 16:25
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Pocket posted:How salty are ITV about Nibali's attack? They were on an ad break when it happened, but I don't think they really said anything - they're lauding him for this ride at the moment. It's not like it really matters as far as Froome is concerned.
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Jul 24, 2015 16:35
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Great ride from Nibali Some spectator spat in Froome's face apparently
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Jul 24, 2015 17:00
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L. Ron Mexico posted:i dunno. the skytrain (or froome himself) has not looked anywhere near as strong as usual this year imo. look what happened the last days when teams started pushing - a lot of the domestiques dropped pretty fast. i think with some well timed attacks from movistar/tinkoff-saxo/astana froome could've been isolated (or left with maybe one guy) several times. It still seems a bit like wishful thinking for all the other GC teams to club together just to beat Froome though. If Contador or Nibali aren't going to win I doubt they give a gently caress about killing themselves to tee up Quintana. I hope we get some big attacks right at the start of the Croix de Fer today though. If Sky are in a position to regroup between the climbs it'll probably be hopeless.
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Jul 25, 2015 09:53
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Macasaurus posted:Wish he'd done more of that. The reaction the one time he did that probably discouraged them once they had a solid lead. Sky should probably have pushed harder in the Pyrenees where they were clearly stronger though.
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Jul 25, 2015 17:51
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I don't think they need to change the green jersey. Sagan wins it because he does stuff that is completely ridiculous. Coming in the top 3 in bunch sprints one day then dominating a breakaway for hours over cat 1 climbs the next.
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Jul 27, 2015 14:12
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Iron Beagle posted:Let's all analyze and debate the fixed criterium races happening this week in Europe!! https://twitter.com/KlaasVdSchueren/status/625760161345466368
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Jul 28, 2015 07:23
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How The Race Was Won for the Tour is pretty good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5xFuq3evho Underlines quite how dominant the Sky domestiques were
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Jul 31, 2015 13:51
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http://gfycat.com/ForsakenSimilarDuck That's amazing
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I'm increasingly sceptical there's actually a pro writing that column tbh. Apart from maybe the thing about Cannondale-Garmin not inviting someone to their post-Tour dinner it's all just a bunch of rehashed rumours we've already heard and maybe some more bluntly expressed opinions than you'd get in a normal column.
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