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


Pick the yellow and green jersey winners.  

305 members have voted

  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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Tweet from yesterday: "Souvenirs from my very probably last @LeTour".

 

With him you never know :-) Will miss him!

 

Very much so. The most entertaining of any Tour rider ever. If it's Jens's last, thanks for the memories.

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All the talk about Frrome, becoming an overnight success, he is, an overnight success, one that took ten years to come to light.

 

Ja, he is far from being an overnight success.

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Very much so. The most entertaining of any Tour rider ever. If it's Jens's last, thanks for the memories.

 

What a PRO

What a gutsy racer

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This difference is that Wiggins's speciality on the track was in the pursuit, which makes him a decent TT rider. He wasn't a sprinter.

 

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/8/88439/1390889-nail_on_the_head.jpg

 

But I guess we should all adopt the approach that all humans are equal.

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http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/8/88439/1390889-nail_on_the_head.jpg

 

But I guess we should all adopt the approach that all humans are equal.

 

Some are more equal than others… ;)

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One thing people simply don't get, and even coaches....

Each person has a genetic make-up that makes for their talent.

I see how people misunderstand ability or underestimate others, ...

 

Excuse me, but wasn'd Bradley wiggins a track cyclist of note before he "changed" into a GC contender? Took him 2 years, but he did it.

 

Edit: Oops, sorry, i see this was discussed.

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This difference is that Wiggins's speciality on the track was in the pursuit, which makes him a decent TT rider. He wasn't a sprinter.

 

Wiggo was a useless climber when he first started in the Grand Tours. Sprinting is not a requirement to be a GC contender. Climbing and TT'ing are the requirements.

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