2017 Tour de France

[s14phoenix]

 

Yeah he looks like yogi bear sprinting.

 

Full specs of his Tour bike:

• Frame: Specialized S-Works Venge ViAS Disc
• Fork: Specialized S-Works Venge ViAS Disc
• Front brake: Shimano Dura-Ace R9170, 140mm rotor
• Rear brake: Shimano Dura-Ace R9170, 140mm rotor
• Brake/shift levers: Shimano Dura-Ace R9170
• Front derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace R9150
• Rear derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace R9150
• Cassette: Shimano Dura-Ace R9100, 11-28T
• Crankset: Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 with 4iiii power meter, 53/39T, 175mm
• Wheels: Roval CLX 50, disc brakes
• Tyres: S-Works Turbo tubular, 26mm
• Handlebars/stem: Vision Metron 5D
• Tape/grips: SupaCaz Super Sticky Kush
• Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace R9000
• Saddle: Specialized S-Works Toupe
• Seat post: Specialized Venge
• Bottle cages: Tacx Deva Carbon
• Computer: Garmin Edge 520

 

 

Can you imagine if he had a 180 or 185 crank... he would be smoking the rear tyre while pulling a wheelie! - they probably fit a 175 to limit everyone else's losses.

[Wannabe]

Hmmm a yacht, in Klersdorp . . . . ;-)

 

Potch Dam is not that far away...... 

[Paul Ruinaard]

Fixed that for you, Phil and Paul were dithery but they were pleasant and had a lot more knowledge of France and the stuff that you see next to the roads. Phil could read French and would say what the writing on the side of the road means, little things.

 

These two jackasses just find a way to talk about all the Aussies and Kiwis, even if they arent featuring much in the tour.

Could not agree more. I am tired of the inane blabberings of the Aussie commentators already. Phil was getting senile but they at least added value. These two twits just blabber on. I can hear it in the background now as i sit here....

[jcza]

Get Lance & chicken to do the commentary. Sorted. 

[Oxter]

Potch Dam is not that far away...... 

Orkney boat club is probably closer

[Paul Ruinaard]

Okay eating humble pie. Stages commentary is good.....

 

Hitler may be a great war correspondent after all.

[splat]

Am I the only one seeing Nicholas Roche being talked up every year and then never living up to that hype around him? I was a fan of his father, especially after that one stage in 87? finishing on La Plagne, where he ended up seconds behind Delgado only to collapsed, off to hospital for recuperation and raced the next day to finally win his only TdF.

I feel the same about Taylor Phinney.

Maybe I don't know about him (personality or achievement wise), but a lot of hype seems to surround him. I don't 'get' him. But maybe that's just me.

 

Having said that, he has made a great recovery from that hectic crash 2 years ago and has the scars to prove it...

[GrumpyOldGuy]

Jis this TDF is going to be remembered for..

 

Snip..

 

Then the team that had some of the best tactics we have seen in a long time is getting hardly and praise for it.

 

Snip..

 

[emoji23] [emoji23] the circus that is the TDF.

 

 

 

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I am trying hard but cant think who you are referring to here....??

[Gen]

I am trying hard but cant think who you are referring to here....??

ag2r the other day . They were great. Pity Bardet couldn't get the win.. BT it was great.

 

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[splat]

I am trying hard but cant think who you are referring to here....??

 

 

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[GrumpyOldGuy]

ag2r the other day . They were great. Pity Bardet couldn't get the win.. BT it was great.

 

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Aah Okay, fair enough, I was still stuck wondering what Astana were thinking.  

[Edition 507]

Am I the only one seeing Nicholas Roche being talked up every year and then never living up to that hype around him? I was a fan of his father, especially after that one stage in 87? finishing on La Plagne, where he ended up seconds behind Delgado only to collapsed, off to hospital for recuperation and raced the next day to finally win his only TdF.

I remember that epic stage by Stephen Roche. It was in that year that he won the triple, the Giro, TDF and World Champs.

Interesting story about Stephen Roche winning the Giro was that his team mate was Italian and also had a chance to win. The Italian crowd was so partisan that they were trying to knock Stephen off his bike on the climbs. His other team mates had to ride next to him on either side to protect him.

Another trivial piece of information was that on one of the major mountain descents Stephen said his bike felt a bit strange and wasn't handling properly. He mentioned this to his Italian team mate who promptly attacked Stephen. After the stage Stephen was informed by his mechanics that he had been riding on a broken fork 

[Bonus]

Remember previous years when the breakaway would have 20 or 25 minutes on the Group some days?

[Mongoose!]

I remember that epic stage by Stephen Roche. It was in that year that he won the triple, the Giro, TDF and World Champs.

Interesting story about Stephen Roche winning the Giro was that his team mate was Italian and also had a chance to win. The Italian crowd was so partisan that they were trying to knock Stephen off his bike on the climbs. His other team mates had to ride next to him on either side to protect him.

Another trivial piece of information was that on one of the major mountain descents Stephen said his bike felt a bit strange and wasn't handling properly. He mentioned this to his Italian team mate who promptly attacked Stephen. After the stage Stephen was informed by his mechanics that he had been riding on a broken fork 

 

Italian mafia?

[Bloukrans]

Sometimes the most basic answers is the best, had a good LOL at that.

 

You are on a roll lately! Work slow? No wedding to plan at KPMG?

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[Thor Buttox]

ag2r the other day . They were great. Pity Bardet couldn't get the win.. BT it was great.

 

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I just can't cheer for a team that's name sounds like my morning constitutional. Ah... Zhuuugh... Duuugh... AAARRRGGH. And they say French is a romantic tongue.