2017 Tour de France

[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.

[Pah Bear]

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

Ya, how Thomas V got into the yellow jersey and kept it for ... more than a week?

[Pah Bear]

"... In the ninth stage of the 2011 Tour de France, Voeckler led a breakaway, and crossed the line second, taking the overall-time lead and therefore wearing the maillot jaune. He held on to the yellow jersey daily from the beginning of Stage 10 onwards, carrying it through all the Pyrenean mountain stages and into the Alps, but he was unable to retain it at the end of Stage 19, the queen stage finishing at Alpe D'Huez. Voeckler finished in fourth place in the GC, 3min 20sec behind the winner, Cadel Evans."

[kosmonooit]

Enjoying the Eurosport commentary tag team - Sean Kelly currently talking about his stage win in the town that this stage is going through (or to?)

[Eugene Oppelt]

And Bodnar goes into turbodiesel mode...

 

Cmon!!!

[Eugene Oppelt]

This is where race radios make me roll my eyes

As the roleurs start to chip away at Bodnar's lead as they get the news from their respective DSes

 

Imagine a Grand Tour with stages 3, 7, 13, 16 and 19 designated as a race without race radios

And ample responsibly trained motos for safety watch 

[Eugene Oppelt]

“Peter is fine. I spoke to him this morning. He is back in the right mind. He took a few days rest, and once again, he is super-motivated. He is focused now on the world championships.”

 

Message from the Vilas in the Bora Bora camp

Read more at http://www.velonews.com/2017/07/news/vuelta-unlikely-sagan-eyes-worlds-three-peat_443410#TbRIKwSEEv1Cvs8v.99