X-Man Posted July 12, 2014 Share He was dropped on more than one climb at the Dauphine this year. Not the same form as last year He was dropped yes, but he has a good time advantage over the other favourite GC riders. Surely he can limit his loss. He has won Gran Tours before so his experience will count in favor of him. I reckon we will see Nibali in Yellow from now till Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen Posted July 12, 2014 Share Right. . So will Le Tour start for the GC riders today or on Monday.. Surely Bert has to start chipping away at Nibs lead.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe! Posted July 12, 2014 Share Today's stage offers the first mountains, lets see who has legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe! Posted July 12, 2014 Share Valverde start your engine! fanievb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Man Posted July 12, 2014 Share In my famously terrible hub predictions I reckon it's gonna be a one horse spanish race. Contador is one annoying little man. I would like anyone but Contador to win but alas I don't see that happening... I'm supporting Contador all the way and even though he's 2:30 down he will put up a fight. But, we have to be realistic it will be tough. This is the ITT results from the Dauphine, Nibs performance wasnt too bad. GBR 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 23:12:15ESP 2 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TINKOFF-SAXO) + 12NED 3 KELDERMAN, Wilco (BELKIN) USA 4 TALANSKY, Andrew (GARMIN SHARP) + 33BEL 5 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) + 35ITA 6 NIBALI, Vincenzo (ASTANA) + 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted July 12, 2014 Share I'm supporting Contador all the way and even though he's 2:30 down he will put up a fight. But, we have to be realistic it will be tough. This is the ITT results from the Dauphine, Nibs performance wasnt too bad. GBR 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 23:12:15ESP 2 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TINKOFF-SAXO) + 12NED 3 KELDERMAN, Wilco (BELKIN) USA 4 TALANSKY, Andrew (GARMIN SHARP) + 33BEL 5 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) + 35ITA 6 NIBALI, Vincenzo (ASTANA) + 50 Nibs is definitely coming good but I don't reckon 2:30 will be enough to hold off Contador. I am gonna put some money on Porte - will be interesting to see what he can do free from Froome and Wiggo. A fine outsider in my opinion... Edit: if he can avoid his famous "bad day" of course :-) Edited July 12, 2014 by Eldron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Man Posted July 12, 2014 Share Nibs is definitely coming good but I don't reckon 2:30 will be enough to hold off Contador. I am gonna put some money on Porte - will be interesting to see what he can do free from Froome and Wiggo. A fine outsider in my opinion... Edit: if he can avoid his famous "bad day" of course :-) Please don't say that.... We cannot have 3 different winners from the same team 3 years in a row.. I DO NOT WANT A SKY RIDER IN YELLOW! Corrado 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen Posted July 12, 2014 Share Sigh. . Still too long till live coverage. . Spoke101 and Frosty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted July 12, 2014 Share Why all the h8ting on sky man? Sure Wiggo is a bit offish and Froome is rapidly becoming a spoilt brat but the team is pretty cool and we have some saffer love in Sir Blem! Please don't say that.... We cannot have 3 different winners from the same team 3 years in a row.. I DO NOT WANT A SKY RIDER IN YELLOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranswurm Posted July 12, 2014 Share I just cannot believe that two quality riders the likes of Cuddles and Wiggens would be left out of the tour.Crazy in my mind.Forget about who is GC contender.They just have so much to offer their teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted July 12, 2014 Share My spot for today in Luneville mrbaker, andydude, Spoke101 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydude Posted July 12, 2014 Share Interesting, the first Col de la Crois is very much comparable to the Franschoek Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoke101 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Interesting, the first Col de la Crois is very much comparable to the Franschoek Pass. Will be interesting to compare times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydude Posted July 12, 2014 Share Will be interesting to compare times. Good point. I'll check after the stage. For your interest, the Strava record for the Franschoek Pass: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydude Posted July 12, 2014 Share Good point. I'll check after the stage. For your interest, the Strava record for the Franschoek Pass: The Strava segment for the Col starts a bit back (longer but less ave. gradient), but the average speed looks similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoke101 Posted July 12, 2014 Share The Strava segment for the Col starts a bit back (longer but less ave. gradient), but the average speed looks similar.It will be interesting but the times up Franschoek Pass were in a TT and the guys had a big tail wind if I remember correctly.I think there is something very wrong with Darren's power meter. http://www.thehubsa....anschhoek-pass/http://www.strava.co...oek-pass-643425 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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