2017 Tour de France

[Bonus]

Happy with Dan Martin and Main Cheese :-)

 

Not a big Aru or Astana fan.

 

nice to see Froome in Yellow now. The plan can't be to keep it for the whole tour though ;-)

 

 

As I said on Wednesday . . . . I didn't like him much then, I like him even less now.

['Kaze Pete]

Thomas crashed in same spot as this a few minutes earlier:

 

14:12:42 CEST

That's exactly the same corner as the one where Herrada et al went down. Thomas is on the floor, sitting up at the moment. The cameras didn't catch the moment of the crash but it looked like a hard one. 

 

14:05:35 CEST

A crash on the descent, with 3 riders involved.

[Bonus]

Eish

I cannot recall a more dramatic week 1 of a Grand Tour

 

Valverde crashing seems like a lifetime ago!

[Patchelicious]

Aru rides for Astana, where he learnt these moves from Nibali.

 

Aru showed his colours today.

[Patchelicious]

Valverde crashing seems like a lifetime ago!

Bet you Movistar is now really wishing he was still around.

[dev null]

I can't wait for the time to come when the grand tours limit the sizes of the teams to give good riders in the smaller teams a better chance.

['Kaze Pete]

I can't wait for the time to come when the grand tours limit the sizes of the teams to give good riders in the smaller teams a better chance.

Big teams will still have massively bigger budgets. It will just make grand tour team spots more desirable and scarce. Not level the playing fields for the smaller teams

[@grootlem]

Demare missed time cut

[Kranswurm]

Big teams will still have massively bigger budgets. It will just make grand tour team spots more desirable and scarce. Not level the playing fields for the smaller teams

Exactly

What a silly idea

[dev null]

Demare missed time cut

 

Now let us see if ASO drops him from the tour...

 

I think not.

['Kaze Pete]

Demare missed time cut

Renshaw Trentin and Demare all missed out.

[dev null]

Meintjes could have been in 8th if he did not blow on that last climb.

 

Landa, Fugelsang and Bennet overtook him to get into the top 10 for GC. Such a pity as I thought he was going to be stronger this year compared to last year. I guess we will have to see. The tour is not halfway yet.

[SL7]

So when someone has a mechanical it's not cool to attack? But when you stop to take a **** the group doesn't wait either. Load of bollocks this can't attack crap.

['Kaze Pete]

So when someone has a mechanical it's not cool to attack? But when you stop to take a **** the group doesn't wait either. Load of bollocks this can't attack crap.

Not bollocks. That is the unwritten rule / gentlemen's agreement in road cycling. 

http://theconversation.com/unofficial-rules-of-the-tour-de-france-matter-most-28841

 

"Some of these unofficial rules include:

• don’t attack the yellow jersey (race leader) on the last stage, even if you’re only seconds behind in the general classification
• don’t attack in the feed zone, or during a nature break
• don’t attack the yellow jersey or other contenders if they crash or experience a mechanical incident
• riders can draft behind the team cars or take a “sticky bottle” to get back to the main bunch (especially in the case of a mechanical incident or crash)
• race leaders and the experienced riders in the peloton (main pack of riders) can call a neutralisation or go-slow if race conditions are dangerous"

[dev null]

So when someone has a mechanical it's not cool to attack? But when you stop to take a **** the group doesn't wait either. Load of bollocks this can't attack crap.

 

It depends on how many friends you want in the peloton on a windy day. Nobody said you shall not attack.

[@grootlem]

Now let us see if ASO drops him from the tour...

 

I think not.

of course he is out. Rules.