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


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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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Awesome Tour, fantastic coverage and worthy winner!

 

New stars - Kittel, Quintana, Bakelandts, Impey, Sagan (ok he was already a star), Porte. Can't wait for the Vuelta and hoping for a Porito victory.

 

Surely Cadel must be thinking of retirement? Contador must also be wondering if he has another Grand Tour victory in him.

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Was wonderful to see SA Cycling coming to the fore with Impey. Look forward to seeing him do well in the next few years.

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Barking up the wrong three - no this is only his second green jersey, next years tour he will maybe get his third.

 

There ,fixed it.

Said way before last year I can't stand him.

Also a little pointless becoming envious when you know well within yourself there is just no way possible for me to be in the same league.

I become envious of people who are humble in their win and humble in their defeat.

Oh and maybe guys with monster dicks.

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Surely Cadel must be thinking of retirement? Contador must also be wondering if he has another Grand Tour victory in him.

 

Why, he might never win it again but he still worthy of being a professional cyclist.

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Porte was on this Tour what Froome was to Wiggins last year. The illegal feeding by Froome via Porte will linger with me for a while still.

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There ,fixed it.

Said way before last year I can't stand him.

Also a little pointless becoming envious when you know well within yourself there is just no way possible for me to be in the same league.

I become envious of people who are humble in their win and humble in their defeat.

Oh and maybe guys with monster dicks.

 

Point taken - I just like the fact that he has brought something different to cycling when is desperately needed it.

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biggest disappointments this year? IMO it has to be Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans

Andy Schleck - not so much. He's on the up now - maybe he won't win again, but next year he will be competitive in the mountains

 

Cadel Evans? Not disappointed, just resigned - I'm afraid it is over for him, now. His days as a GC rider are done.

I think he can be super competitive in the classics and the harder one day races, but stage wins are about it in grand tours for him. He could be an awesome mentor in the Hincapie mould - kind of grow out of the sport in a dignified manner. That's my hope, anyway.

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@ Wyatt, i think you being a harsh on Sagan, he is still a youngster i think we all showboated a bit when we where younger? i know that is where a lot of my scares came from! cant say i have seen anything in the media to conclude that he is arrogant, i must say that i had that opinion about Cavendish till i followed him on Twitter during the tour, he seems to be a lot more humble that what i thought or should i say than what i saw in the media.

 

i think the Tour has always had riders with "personality" and IMO Sagan is no different

 

PS. Sagan is a MTBer thats got to count for something :clap:

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@ Wyatt, i think you being a harsh on Sagan, he is still a youngster i think we all showboated a bit when we where younger? i know that is where a lot of my scares came from! cant say i have seen anything in the media to conclude that he is arrogant, i must say that i had that opinion about Cavendish till i followed him on Twitter during the tour, he seems to be a lot more humble that what i thought or should i say than what i saw in the media.

 

i think the Tour has always had riders with "personality" and IMO Sagan is no different

 

PS. Sagan is a MTBer thats got to count for something :clap:

 

Sorry man, not sold.

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Why, he might never win it again but he still worthy of being a professional cyclist.

 

He is a grand tour winner and won't continue as just another professional cyclist to make a living. I believe he will race to win, not to make up the numbers.

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The biggest disappointment this year was Contador.

I am not a fan, but admire him and firmly believe he is capable of so much more.

In the greater context of things ,he was carrying too much weight and I got the impression that he did not prepare hard enough for this tour.

Perhaps he was not hungry enough for the win.

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@ Wyatt, i think you being a harsh on Sagan, he is still a youngster i think we all showboated a bit when we where younger? i know that is where a lot of my scares came from! cant say i have seen anything in the media to conclude that he is arrogant, i must say that i had that opinion about Cavendish till i followed him on Twitter during the tour, he seems to be a lot more humble that what i thought or should i say than what i saw in the media.

 

i think the Tour has always had riders with "personality" and IMO Sagan is no different

 

PS. Sagan is a MTBer thats got to count for something :clap:

That's assuming he does his own Twitter :whistling:
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He is a grand tour winner and won't continue as just another professional cyclist to make a living. I believe he will race to win, not to make up the numbers.

 

Errrrrm, Evans never really "raced to win".

Winning happened.

He is a pro cyclist, he will and can carve a great career for himself in the sport further from here.

Perhaps as team manager, in time to come .

For now, he is more than capable of riding his bike, that is after all what he enjoys to do.

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The biggest disappointment this year was Contador.

I am not a fan, but admire him and firmly believe he is capable of so much more.

In the greater context of things ,he was carrying too much weight and I got the impression that he did not prepare hard enough for this tour.

Perhaps he was not hungry enough for the win.

Dangle are you pointing to the Clenbuterol Steaks again - I am shocked :eek: :whistling:

PS: Just taking the piss :devil:

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Can't wait for next year... there will be even more guys gunning for that podium!

Will Porte not be tempted to leave Sky?

Will Quintana and Valverde still be on the same team?

Schleck will hopefully be back to his best?

Kreuziger still be with Saxo?

Nibali target the tour properly?

 

This year was awesome, could it possibly get even better :eek:

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