dev null Posted July 16, 2017 Posted July 16, 2017 So the wife decided that this afternoon we needed to put in a training ride for our W2W preparation. So I was out there in this cold weather doing a 47km training ride amongst the vineyards, while all of you were watching TdF. At least got back with 35km left to the finish. Dan Martin has one problem; he always blows up on one day in the 3rd week. I expected NQ to blow. We will saw what happens on the Galibier. Barguil has one problem in his pursuit for the polka dot; he is less than 9 minutes behind the yellow on GC, so I don't see how they will allow him in the break to get points on the mountains, unless they know they can pull him back before the stage finish.
CASSIE1975 Posted July 16, 2017 Posted July 16, 2017 Must say that this years tour is damn exciting [emoji106] I must agree...and not a big fan of Chris F myself...BUT you will have to be a very special rider to be able to beat him (and Team Sky) this year...what a come back after his puncture
The Crazy German Posted July 16, 2017 Posted July 16, 2017 Barguil has one problem in his pursuit for the polka dot; he is less than 9 minutes behind the yellow on GC, so I don't see how they will allow him in the break to get points on the mountains, unless they know they can pull him back before the stage finish.He's that far ahead that he doesn't need to worry. And Thomas the Gendt will get tired or bored of attacking on day aswell.
Bub Marley Posted July 16, 2017 Posted July 16, 2017 Wish Luigi could just attack once? Even if it fails, just try it. Please Luigi. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Bonus Posted July 16, 2017 Author Posted July 16, 2017 Online entry? "Early-Bird" entry I believe . . . . :-)
TALUS Posted July 16, 2017 Posted July 16, 2017 Wish Luigi could just attack once? Even if it fails, just try it. Please Luigi. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProI honestly believe he can only go with a very steep uphill finish with 1km to go. Whenever he hits the front by accident he immediately flicks his elbow. That said - he is getting piss poor team support. I hope DDD will be able to to better.
SwissVan Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 I honestly believe he can only go with a very steep uphill finish with 1km to go. Whenever he hits the front by accident he immediately flicks his elbow. That said - he is getting piss poor team support. I hope DDD will be able to to better.Is LM going to DDD?
Long Wheel Base Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Is LM going to DDD?There are rumours that DR has been in contact with him.
Long Wheel Base Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 I honestly believe he can only go with a very steep uphill finish with 1km to go. Whenever he hits the front by accident he immediately flicks his elbow. That said - he is getting piss poor team support. I hope DDD will be able to to better.I honestly think its a confidence thing because he has the ability(IMHO). Even the commentators are picking up on it. The other day Uran also had a few words with him. He needs to stop this NQ mentality, Wheel sucking never won anyone anything positive.
Bub Marley Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 I honestly believe he can only go with a very steep uphill finish with 1km to go. Whenever he hits the front by accident he immediately flicks his elbow. That said - he is getting piss poor team support. I hope DDD will be able to to better.Hes managed to stick with the best of the best all of the Tour now. He can definitely manage an attack it's more about whether he wants to do this or whether he's just content with where he is. I suspect the latter. Not sure DDD is the best team for him. They signed Cavendish for a reason and I don't think Cav will be all too happy if they decide to refocus on GC. Unless of course he tries his hand at the Giro or Vuelta which is what I think he should do.
splat Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 There are rumours that DR has been in contact with him.He has been trying for a while to bag him, But Robbie Hunter is his agent and DR and RH are not exactly mates, so not a whole lot of chatting going on there.
Jewbacca Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 So he could try on Thursday according to this theory... Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday for the Skybots and Froomedawg to stave off any majour threats. I'm expecting Aru to go on Thursday too but he will need to gain over a minute on Froomie so he doesn't just lose everything on Saturday in the ITT... Potentially shaping up for some exciting racing this week
'Dale Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Rest day Time for good coffee and try not to watch the clock A few pics to follow by Gruber, Vos and Ramon
'Dale Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Into a headwind, Mollema gets some glory for his team in a first ever Tdf stage win.What a ride!
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