ScottCM Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 So from the massive press hype of going to win the double, chance are highly likely he will end up doing worse than Contador did in his attempt and end up crying at home with nothing to show for it. As happy as i would be with that result, i do fear that it will squash any and all future ambitions for GC riders to attempt, which of course is a bad thing as it will always mean the best GT (GIRO IMHO) will never get the 5 star riders, and the most commercialised GT (TDF) will forever reign supreme.
'Dale Posted May 23, 2017 Author Posted May 23, 2017 Honestly, Quintana or Nibbles have nothing to lose - they have Grand Tour wins on their palmarès. Dumy has everything to lose ????#psych_out_strategy
Cav' Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 Looks like everyone hates Quintana all of a sudden... Not too long ago everyone loved the little smurf.
Oxter Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 D-Day for Tommy D...i for one hope he can outwit, outplay and outlast (cant believe i just used that, i am ashamed). If not him, then i am backing Pinot (i kinda like the guy). http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Igm__G1Nsc/VInhe6_80yI/AAAAAAAAjCw/Ze05zw05-ik/s1600/it%27s%2Bpopcorn%2Btime.jpg
Oxter Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 Looks like everyone hates Quintana all of a sudden... Not too long ago everyone loved the little smurf.because we never saw him, he was sitting on froomeys wheel the whole time. Out of sight, out of mind
Patchelicious Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 Looks like everyone hates Quintana all of a sudden... Not too long ago everyone loved the little smurf.I disliked him before it was cool. Think it was very obvious. And this "everyone" who's this "everyone", love absolutes.
jcza Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 Massive stage today and in my humble opinion we can see the race decided. Movistar must go all in simply because of the amount of time that NQ needs on Tom D. Head says Tom D will survive the onslaught but heart wants Pinot to triumph. Anyone in the top 5 on GC must have a chance. Internet will explode if Nibali wins this race again.
andydude Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 Interesting observations on twitter about which teams and riders rode long sleeves yesterday even though it was in the high twenties [emoji1] Always fun to watch the tour* and also to follow all the side shows! *Edit: I guess I should call it the giro as the tour is probably for le tour de france.
Patchelicious Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 because we never saw him, he was sitting on froomeys wheel the whole time. Out of sight, out of mindOr in the Columbian mountains far far far away from WADA. Don't think anti drug people get very far in Columbia.
Patchelicious Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 Massive stage today and in my humble opinion we can see the race decided. Movistar must go all in simply because of the amount of time that NQ needs on Tom D. Head says Tom D will survive the onslaught but heart wants Pinot to triumph. Anyone in the top 5 on GC must have a chance. Internet will explode if Nibali wins this race again. Pinot would be cool. Could be interesting if TommyD loses time to the other dudes, and goes into the TT with a deficit.
jcza Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 Pinot would be cool. Could be interesting if TommyD loses time to the other dudes, and goes into the TT with a deficit. Would be the perfect finish for the organisers, last rider out against the clock. Shades of Fignon and Lemond in Paris.
Cav' Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 I disliked him before it was cool. Think it was very obvious.Same here. And this "everyone" who's this "everyone", love absolutes. Many hubbers then.
Fat Boab Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 Interesting observations on twitter about which teams and riders rode long sleeves yesterday even though it was in the high twenties [emoji1] Always fun to watch the tour* and also to follow all the side shows! *Edit: I guess I should call it the giro as the tour is probably for le tour de france. So in summary who were the long vs short sleeved warriors? Could be fun to map with performance today? And for my next trick, this week's winning Lotto numbers are....!
Erroli8a8 Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 It is really good to see a race were the climbers are not running away with it. I think that if races were more like this it would bring back the spectators. The fight between the two major disciplines climbing and TT makes things exciting. If TD has a small deficit going into the final TT it is going to be a hum dinger of a final stage.
andydude Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 So in summary who were the long vs short sleeved warriors? Could be fun to map with performance today? And for my next trick, this week's winning Lotto numbers are....!I think they showed half of moviestar with long sleeves, sunweb short sleeves, and I can't remember the rest. PM me the lotto numbers please [emoji41]
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