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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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Cool analysis, Wyatt Earp.

 

I reckon he's born to be an excellent one day specialist as he's demonstrated.

He's a power sprinter and that is where he thrived last year with those huge wins on those punchy finishes.

 

About his character, he's flamboyant and I'm cool with that.

About his antics and wheelies, it is entertaining for most fans by far.

A breath of fresh air.

He is 'one' with his bike - a rare phenomenon.

 

GO SAGAN

 

I think his coach was enthused and proud when he said that in an interview, but it was not well considered.

 

I agree, things were said in the heat and excitement of the moment.

 

In the cold grey light of dawn things sometime appear different.

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I'll wait & see, to suggest Tour of Mauritius is an insult. You know that Sagan is not a pure sprinter. He won the green jersey because he was the most consistent rider and not the fastest sprinter.

My input on the Sagan thing...

 

You do get riders with a good mix of muscle twitch fibres - Valverde is a good example, he had a sprint almost on par with Sagan in his day (he was a serious GC contender at the time too), he is obviously way more focused on the climbs etc now and has lost speed with age, but the combo does exist. Valverde was also a freak of sorts, whether it was down to the drugs or not who knows?

 

In my opinion Sagan could definately become a top time-trialler - like many people have said, the TT is about putting in the hours... he obviously has the power, he would just have to train to see if he can maintain it. Personality wise him and the TT aren't a great fit though in my opinion. It's a bit of a purist discipline.

 

Sagan as a climber - he already has a fair bit of climbing ability but would definately need to shed some serious muscle which would no doubt influence his sprinting ability and power for the classics. Also mentally again I just can't see it, he is a race winner, to give up potentially dozens of classic victories to focus solely on becoming a Tour GC contender would in all honesty be madness - maybe later in his career, say 4/5 years from now when he has achieved some of his major objectives...

 

A lot of this is mental, physically he may be up to it, but it would be a pretty serious gamble - the sort of transformation required will take years, years possibly with less wins, less limelight and fewer podium bums to pinch :whistling:

 

Dips, just be glad Dangle doesn't drink too much beer :devil:

My 2cents

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Don't get me wrong.

I think and I have said that he is an exceptional sprinter.

I won't take his ability and achievements away from him.

 

He is just not mu cup of tea, I am more of an old school traditionalist, so the breath of fresh air stuff doesn't gel with my passion for the sport.

 

Ek verstaan.

 

 

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Now that its all raced and won, and before he does the 94.7, I would love to see Chris Froome as a guest on Top Gear! Have been secretly hoping they would have had either Sirs Hoy or Wiggins, but if Froome was a guest he could show some of his Joburg driving skills around Dunsfold!

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Sky's Geraint Thomas finished the Tour with a broken pelvis after a crash in Week 1

 

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Sky's Geraint Thomas finished the Tour with a broken pelvis after a crash in Week 1

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hairline fracture... and he's still banging on about it for 3 weeks. Jeez welsh boy toughen up and stop whinging! ;)

 

(respect).

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From Robert Millar's blog

 

The Jens Voigt Award for attacking goes to Jens Voigt: the last stage, the last mountain and still dealing out the pain. And he's 41. Respect.

 

The Bubblegum Award for shiny kit goes to Michal Kwiatkowski and his stylish Polish national champion outfit.

 

The Joker Award goes to Jan Bakelants: still smiling three weeks after a great start to his Tour in Corsica.

 

The Bike of the Week: Team Europcar's white Colnago. Ooooooh.

 

The Invisible Man Award is for Sven Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge). There has to be some kudos in being the last man and lantern rouge.

 

Song of the Week has to be Aux Champs Elysees by Joe Dassin: the perfect cheese.

 

READ MORE HERE

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/robert-millar/cest-fantastique

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This seem so far far away...

 

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If I was a betting man I'd be putting money not only on Froome Dawg winning next years TdF, but on Wiggins racing for another team in next years Tour.

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