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Not too surprising to see Froome Dawg struggling up a wall

He's really well trained for the TT and the lower gradients where he can take yellow home

 

Above all else, beautiful racing ????????

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Interesting debate between the Aussie commentators whether Landa rode for himself or for the team.

 

Personally I cannot see what he could have done to help Froome over the last 250 m. 

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Interesting debate between the Aussie commentators whether Landa rode for himself or for the team.

 

Personally I cannot see what he could have done to help Froome over the last 250 m.

He broke formation

He's paid to stay tightly with the protected rider

Offer a wheel

Offer a word

Or something

 

He's done that before as well

It's a reputation thing

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Still think Froome will be in yellow come Paris. His rivals need a huge buffer against him for the TT. Uran could spring a surprise. Aru will blow up next week, as will Bennett. Giro starting to take it's toll on NQ's legs. Meintjes looks like he is getting stronger.

 

Bardet will be on the podium in Paris. My guess is:

 

Froome

Bardet

Uran

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He broke formation

He's paid to stay tightly with the protected rider

Offer a wheel

Offer a word

Or something

 

He's done that before as well

It's a reputation thing

Making sure that Movistar offer is still on the table[emoji39]

 

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He broke formation

He's paid to stay tightly with the protected rider

Offer a wheel

Offer a word

Or something

 

He's done that before as well

It's a reputation thing

 You might be right but he was also trying his best to get second but then cracked just as he was about to move into that position. If he was successful he would have taken the bonus seconds off Aru. 

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Just saw Bonus and his wife waving the SA flag jumping up and down, great stuff!!

 

That is really cool, well spotted.

 

Hope he has his lumo green afro wig and his Borat mankini on whilst shouting into Froome Dawg's ear

Ha! Cool. We've had a great day! We saw the race twice - once on a climb where we were under some trees and once again just after a sharp left turn in a village - that's where we had the helicopter circling over us. The two places were 3km apart thanks to todays route doubling back on itself, which is why I chose them :-)

 

We've enjoyed the day. Before the riders came through the first time, one of the DDD vehicals saw our flags and stopped for a chat. They told us that SC was going to try something today. Was good to talk to them and they gave us a couple of goodies :-) We also got lots of goodies from the publicity caravan and of course we got to cheer for the various SA riders. It's actually very difficult to pick individuals out in a bunch at even a moderate speed.

 

Sky were leading the pack both times they passed us and they looked rock steady. The first time I shouted for CF but the second time they were caning it and I just shouted for the team.

 

Wendy spotted Main Cheese and RJVR and gave them a shout. I couldn't make out DI but he was in there somewhere.

 

Interesting results. Not thrilled to see Aru in yellow but let's see what happens next . . . .

 

cheers for spotting us guys!

 

Edit: we're absolutely thrilled for Louis!

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To all the moaners and anti froomists going on about how boring this tour is, probably the most exciting tour in 10 years. Top 4 under 1 minute and none of them team mates.

 

Going to be a fun tour.

 

Will be interesting to see if jury "which is not French" give bardet the 20 second penalty they gave to Uran?

 

 

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Interesting debate between the Aussie commentators whether Landa rode for himself or for the team.

 

Personally I cannot see what he could have done to help Froome over the last 250 m.

Agreed, was so steep...

 

 

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I must say the commentary on the hub has been a lot more level headed common sense than almost anywhere on the internet! Kudos!! Will see what happens on Friday when all our tin foil hats arrive...

 

 

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Will be interesting to see if jury "which is not French" give bardet the 20 second penalty they gave to Uran?

 

 

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Sorry, I missed the Uran penalty, what was it for?

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