meathead Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Out of interest, does anyone know if the TdF race rules are available on the interweb? And are the daily fines published eg long bottles, irregular feeding, peeing in 'public'? The google machine is letting me down..... The daily fines and a daily medical report is published daily, in french. I can't remember who but they published photos of each report on twitter
meathead Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 maybe if I don't watch today Sagan will win.. I have picked up that lately when I can't watch he ends up winning..You must watch
StevieL Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Who the hell falls in the neutral zone?Contador, that's who.
dracs Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Who the hell falls in the neutral zone?Contador, that's who.not the first, won't be the last. IIRC Froome did the same a couple of years ago.
Pure Savage Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Does Contdor think he is in Yellow, what is he doing crashing? Maybe he rides better after a broken leg...
dracs Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Seems Nibali was very cross and actually threw his bidon and Froome... hmmm http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/tour-de-france/chris-froome-heads-to-astana-bus-to-talk-with-vincenzo-nibali-after-stage-six-crash-181620 As he says though, “Did we clear it all up? Yeah! We are not footballers, we are cyclists!” haha - too true.
ScottCM Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Teklehaimanot first at the topDaniel Teklehaimanot (MTN) is first at the top of côte de Canapville. He scores one more KOM point. He'll retain the polka dot jersey this evening, providing that he reaches Fougères within the time cut.
Patchelicious Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 not the first, won't be the last. IIRC Froome did the same a couple of years ago.Froome and Contador do many similar things...... Except get caught doping.
ScottCM Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 aaaha, thx Carlton. and Nick lol what Froome just did in that tweet is, instead of saying that it's not a choice and that Martin still technically leads, he spun it to get some favourite tweets and retweets for Positive PR for those and me not knowing exactly how it works. No yellow jersey in the bunch, not the first time...There's no yellow jersey in the bunch today. It's quite unusual at the Tour de France since the distinctive leader's jersey was implemented in 1919, at the exception of stage 1 in which the defending champion used to race in yellow until a new rule prevented it from 2008 onwards. The last time it happened was in stage 17 of the 2007 Tour de France when Michael Rasmussen was withdrawn from the race by his own team (Rabobank). Alberto Contador became the race leader only at the end of that stage. In 1991, Rolf Sorensen arrived in Valenciennes with a broken collarbone like Tony Martin yesterday. The Dane considered showing up at the start in Arras the next day and signing in because one more day in the lead would have awarded him ten UCI points. He eventually didn't. Runner up Greg LeMond waited for two more days and the time trial from Argentan – the location of today's intermediate sprint – to Alençon to take the yellow jersey after an interim by Thierry Marie. The most famous episode of them all happened in 1971 when Eddy Merckx refused to wear the yellow jersey he got after Luis Ocaña's crash in the downhill of col de Menté. In 2005, after taking over from his compatriot David Zabriskie who crashed in the team time trial to Blois, Lance Armstrong tried to emulate Merckx but the rules of cycling had changed in the meantime. A rider who refuses to wear a distinctive jersey faces to be excluded from the race according to current UCI regulations. Today's case is similar to 1991 and 2007 but different from 1971 and 2005 when Merckx and Armstrong became the race leader at the end of the stage preceding the day they didn't want the jersey. Since then, Armstrong has been stripped off most of his results at the Tour de France.
dracs Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Froome and Contador do many similar things...... Except get caught doping. Just because its Friday, I fixed for you...
akneethling Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 BTW....... the correct Pic attached........ The previous one was from the Dauphine
RoddieJ Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 I know this is a race, but maybe Tekl-polka-dot should ease up the pace and save the legs for tomorrows KOM stage point, which is 99.5km into the stage... (Just a thought)
Gen Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 I know this is a race, but maybe Tekl-polka-dot should ease up the pace and save the legs for tomorrows KOM stage point, which is 99.5km into the stage... (Just a thought)Just making sure he wears it again tomorrow
RoddieJ Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 All he needs is to finish within today's cut-off time
Gen Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 He needs to collect as many points as possible. . Next week it's going to get hectic with riders chasing points.
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