2016 Tour de France - Page 7
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
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bluzi
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
On July 09 2016 23:54 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: Pfff everyone still together at the fourth climb. Sky's constant tempo killing all action once again. 4 km left for some action and then a descent As you were saying lol. Sky is so scary, looks like it's going to be one of those tours now. | ||
FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30538 Posts
In interview: "was that planned?' "no just a little fun really" I don't believe that one bit somehow | ||
palexhur
Colombia730 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
Really well done for Froome, but this is where it gets difficult. Team Sky is so absurdly strong, and who would have expected Froome to attack on a descent. How much to they pay their riders D: | ||
FueledUpAndReadyToGo
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
On July 10 2016 01:23 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: Froome didn't only deal a blow to his opponents. Also to this spectator lol https://twitter.com/CyclingHubTV/status/751803200404131840 Oof, that's getting into the territory of you look like a dick, and that fan might be able to press charges... Versus the usual that fan deserved it for acting like a lunatic. | ||
L_Master
United States7946 Posts
On July 09 2016 22:41 bluzi wrote: I dont like such a hard stage finishing in a downhill..... i think it makes the GC guys play it safe as they can always downhill in a bunch and close any 30 seconds gap someone can get in an attack...... When its a hill finish you know that if you break the competition no one can recover , lets see what happens On July 10 2016 00:02 bluzi wrote: There is 0 incentive to go for all in solo attack for the GC guys , the descent is really long and anything you get will be eaten easily , you test the waters abit but thats about it. if it was a hill finish you would see much more action. Yet still it works. Honestly I don't understand how moves like that work. I can't come close to getting something like that to work when I race. Don't really understand why the rest of the group couldn't pull it back, unless the aero + pedal fun of Froome was just too fast, and nobody in the chase group was willing enough to do it at the front. Feels soooooo weird pedalling that way. On July 10 2016 00:58 FiWiFaKi wrote: Yeah, I really wish Froome was not first already... It'd be nice if he could lose 10 minutes one day so then it'd actually be exciting. I mean we're down to 13 real GC contenders left at this point, it's already doesn't seem like anyone can challenge Froome. Really well done for Froome, but this is where it gets difficult. Team Sky is so absurdly strong, and who would have expected Froome to attack on a descent. How much to they pay their riders D: Pff. Quintana looks just fine to me, he never looked in one bit of difficulty. Too many guys to go for major attacks yet, especially with a downhill. Tomorrow should be more interesting from a GC shakeup, but I think you'll see Froome/Quintana finish near each other, with the edge going to Quintana. My big concern is whether or not Froome is going to be able to put a chunk into Quintana in the TT. Losing 2-3 minutes would be VERY problematic, good as Quintana is. | ||
FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
“Yesterday I had some pretty bad luck with the crash under the arch but it didn't affect me physically. I'm ok. Today I just tried to hang on. It was a full gas day from start to finish. I was at the limit on the last climb. I'm just happy to retain the white jersey. It would have been nice to have the yellow but Chris Froome will be on the top step in Paris, so it's no shame to be behind him on GC. There's nothing more I could do today. I came to the Tour looking for stages and everything else is a bonus. GC was never an objective. If I have a bad day in the mountains, no stress. I have no pressure from the team to keep this jersey.” From the tone of this, looks like most people have given up on the GC first place, minus Movistar. And that's what happened, it was Valverde at the front the whole time as Quintana is not the best descender, so in that regard, I suppose it's reasonable that Froome could do it. You're right though Quintana looked alright today, it's not over yet. | ||
Skynx
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30538 Posts
edit: Contador fell back very fast, still not strong enough Rolland nooooo this is not how I win velogames | ||
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Saechiis
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30538 Posts
Wow that is some heavy hail :o Dumoulin gooooo | ||
Saechiis
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L_Master
United States7946 Posts
My Dan Martin pick is, so far, turning out WAY better than I imagined it ever would be. See if that can continue, looking strong now. Interesting ride today from the GC boys. Attacks galore, but nothing really stuck. Wondering if there was some headwind or if guys weren't quite ready to attack and go deep in the red knowing some key stages are coming up. I'm sure we won't see 6+ coming to the line together on Ventoux. Quintana looked really easy the whole day, but at the same time never tried anything himself. Hopefully that means he was just being smart and saving it for when it really matters, and isn't a sign of him being a little taxed with a good poker face. Sorry Fiwi. That sucks about Contador. I was pretty optimistic he was going to look fine either today or after the rest day, but clearly not to be. Guess those falls hurt him more than I thought they had, they looked reasonably superficial to me and I thought after he got slightly recovered he would be good to go, but must have been quite a bit worse than he let onto. Bummer for your fantasy team, and really for the Tour in general. Contador animates races nicely, and it would have been fun to see if he could still mix it up with Froomey and NairoMan. EDIT: Damn coverage today was frustrating as hell to me. It was almost like trying to watch a 5,000m or 10,000m track race where for some reason they always cut to field events for 1/2 the race or more and then only come back when there is the last lap and you don't see how the race unfolded. Same with the finish today. It's one thing to show Doumalin coming across the line winning, but I don't need to see a full minute of Majka v Costa for minor places when Porte is in the middle of attacking the GC group and I sure as hell don't need to fucking see the last 400m of riding for every rider from the breakaway. If you're determined to show every single member of the break finishing...at least use fecking splitscreen for the love of all that is good! >.< | ||
darthfoley
United States7999 Posts
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stilt
France2633 Posts
Bardet will be once again the french hope after the 1985s victory of Bernard Hinault, Thibault is a fail as usual, Dan Martin is excellent and offensive as expected and finally, Adam Yates surprised me. | ||
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