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The 100th Edition Of The Tour de France: Chirps, Opinions, News, Updates.


Pick the yellow and green jersey winners.  

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  1. 1. Who will reign in Yellow?

    • Froome Dawg (Sky)
      216
    • Contador (Saxo Tinkoff)
      53
    • A Schleck, Radioshack
      13
    • Evans (BMC)
      8
    • Uran (Sky)
      0
    • Tejay (BMC)
      3
    • Gesink (Blanco)
      0
    • Hesjedal (Garmin Sharp
      0
    • Valverde (Movistar)
      4
    • J Rodriquez (Katusha)
      2
    • Suprize package!
      6
  2. 2. Who will reign in Green?

    • Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
      178
    • Cav' (Omega Pharma Quickstep)
      104
    • Greipel (Lotto Bellisol)
      7
    • Bouhanni (FDJ)
      1
    • Goss (Orica-Greenedge)
      3
    • Surprize package?
      12


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Posted

You can count on Ten Dam to fight till the end. He is a tough customer.

 

Here is a photo of him in the 2011 tour:

 

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What a pic. Those eyes says it all.

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This'll warm me up - some stats on tomorrow's stage.

 

DON'T BLINK...

 

Mountain passes & hills Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule / Lyon 191KM

 

Km 66.5 - Côte de Marcigny1.9 kilometre-long climb at 4.9% - category 4

Km 98.5 - Côte de la Croix Couverte2.6 kilometre-long climb at 5.3% - category 4

Km 113.0 - Côte de Thizy-les-Bourgs1.7 kilometre-long climb at 8.2% - category 3

Km 126.5 - Col du Pilon (727 m)6.3 kilometre-long climb at 4.4% - category 3

Km 161.0 - Côte de Lozanne2.5 kilometre-long climb at 4% - category 4

Km 176.0 - Côte de la Duchère1.6 kilometre-long climb at 4.1% - category 4

Km 181.5 - Côte de la Croix Rousse1.8 kilometre-long climb at 4.5% - category 4

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Today:

 

Laurens Ten Dam Strava Stats

Distance: 172.9km

Elevation: 932m

Moving Time: 03:40:50

Calories: 7,091

HR Avg 125 HR Max 176

Energy Output: 6,360kJ

Average Power: 480W

Time: 03:40:50

Elapsed Time: 03:40:53

Max Speed: 87.8km/h

Avg Speed: 47.0km/h

 

Jérémy Roy Strava Stats

 

Distance: 187.2km

Elevation: 1,146m

Moving Time: 04:26:58

Calories: 6,828

Energy Output: 6,124kJ

Average Power: 382W

Time: 04:26:58

Elapsed Time: 04:39:49

Avg Temp: 30°C

Max Speed: 76.7km/h

Avg Speed: 42.1km/h

Posted

Suck it up haters!!

 

Cav:

"“I'm so, so happy and proud of the guys today. The Tour de France is the most incredible race, and really the biggest annual sporting event in the world. It means so much to me. When I think about this race I want to cry. It makes the wins that much more special and the losses that much more amplified. Every July is what I look forward to when I start training in October. Today, I just finished off the work of my team. The guys rode out of their minds - they really rode their legs off. To watch them do that and then finish it off, it makes me incredibly proud.”"

Posted

Those bumps tomorrow. I fear for my man froome. He is the strongest man, but they are coming for him in twos and threes. Belkin an Saxo are giving the dawg cold sweats.

 

Posted (edited)

You can count on Ten Dam to fight till the end. He is a tough customer.

 

Here is a photo of him in the 2011 tour:

 

post-4006-1373655529,4205.jpg

 

Ten Dam and Hoogerland can fight it out all day long as to who is the 'hard as f*ck' dutchman in the tour. Both can lay claim and both are carved out of pure 'tough'.

Edited by hellocolour
Posted (edited)

Can't be Porte's legs, he is as strong as an ox, must be suffering from something else!

 

Great stage and is going to be full of attacks all the way to Paris!

I frikken missed it. What happened?? Briefly describe pleeeaaaazzzzze

 

Watch the highlights and see the what jumping from the script can do. Golden day on the tour today. Merckx would have been stoked with that.

 

Loved Cav's interview especially the 'standing on thin ice' analogy and that Big Dog Martin just bolted at 60kms after all the team talks and strategy and cav was left crying. Bit*h and moan all you like about him, he's a gentleman, he's a stone cold winner and yes if he wins he shares the love and if he loses he feels it. That is a good thing.

Edited by hellocolour

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