dev null Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 It's not just about Cav, his TV time and hot wife. DD learnt this by almost losing their WT spot. They need LM and his points. Any good WT team needs both a sprint contender and a GC contender, with the rest of the team balanced to support both. Sunweb and QS has that team balance almost down to perfection. Look what happened to FDJ when they tried to get their only hope for stage wins over the mountains. Half the team gone. If they had a GC contender, they would then have focused on him and let De Mare to his own to get over the mountains. Which let me get to my next point of contention. How do you call yourself a TdF cyclist if you can't even finish a decent mountain stage in time. Maybe ASO should look at more stringent qualification criteria for riders. No point in winning one sprinter stage and not even finishing a third of the tour's stages.
gummibear Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 The worst part of the TDF, is all the French people in France. French spectators showing zero class while Froome shows he is all class. Spectators that were booing Froomey were Spanish.They upset that SKY keep calling Mikel Landa back.
Pure Savage Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 I see Chris Froome is wearing long sleeves on the coffee ride this morning after telling the pres he doesnt feel like talking to them again as he sees them every day as he is in yellow. On the morning roll he is wearing a long sleeve top, starting to think he is just trolling the twitter tin foil haters! Probably gets more social media exposure from a coffee rider than from some pres conference and articles.
cvancoillie Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Look what happened to FDJ when they tried to get their only hope for stage wins over the mountains. Half the team gone. If they had a GC contender, they would then have focused on him and let De Mare to his own to get over the mountains. Which let me get to my next point of contention. How do you call yourself a TdF cyclist if you can't even finish a decent mountain stage in time. Maybe ASO should look at more stringent qualification criteria for riders. No point in winning one sprinter stage and not even finishing a third of the tour's stages.To be fair, Demare completed the TdF in 2014 and 2015.
Edition 507 Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Which let me get to my next point of contention. How do you call yourself a TdF cyclist if you can't even finish a decent mountain stage in time. Maybe ASO should look at more stringent qualification criteria for riders. No point in winning one sprinter stage and not even finishing a third of the tour's stages.Mmmm, you gonna tell that to Cipo?
Pure Savage Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Spectators that were booing Froomey were Spanish.They upset that SKY keep calling Mikel Landa back.In Bardet press conference he just appologised for his home town fans booing Froome. Says its not in the spirit of the sport.
SwissVan Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 In Bardet press conference he just appologised for his home town fans booing Froome. Says its not in the spirit of the sport.Beer, sun, ambitious and anonymous fans is a good recipe for fan heroics I think it was the Eurosport commentators who said they were Basques .... damn spell check did not autocorrect to bastards ????
fabs Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Has anyone else noticed how biased the commentators are on our English commentary? They are just there to talk down on everybody(unless you're French, risk of not being invited next year, or a subject of the Empire),everyone is either lucky or doped. I have taken to watching with Portuguese or French commentary, that way I don't understand, and cannot get p"@#$ed off
nickc Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Has anyone else noticed how biased the commentators are on our English commentary? They are just there to talk down on everybody(unless you're French, risk of not being invited next year, or a subject of the Empire),everyone is either lucky or doped. I have taken to watching with Portuguese or French commentary, that way I don't understand, and cannot get p"@#$ed off As its a Monday and not Friday and its a rest day and I am still feeling pissed off about the rugby and feeling very aggressive to any backchat I will come straight out and say it: I miss the Phil and Paul show !!!
'Dale Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 In Bardet press conference he just appologised for his home town fans booing Froome. Says its not in the spirit of the sport. I like that laaitie this Bardet
worriesnot Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 As its a Monday and not Friday and its a rest day and I am still feeling pissed off about the rugby and feeling very aggressive to any backchat I will come straight out and say it: I miss the Phil and Paul show !!! Yes, I'm also getting a little gatvol of the Aussies. It sounds as if they are reading factoids off a cereal box or something.Not all the time, but more often than not it sounds as if they are reading something off a piece of paper that is handed to them (probably from Phil and Paul )
nickc Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Yes, I'm also getting a little gatvol of the Aussies. It sounds as if they are reading factoids off a cereal box or something.Not all the time, but more often than not it sounds as if they are reading something off a piece of paper that is handed to them (probably from Phil and Paul ) Funny
Bonus Posted July 17, 2017 Author Posted July 17, 2017 I only have Spanish commentary here but it's fine. I just try and work it our for myself. That way I have the added bonus of being constantly surprised when things are not how I thought they were ;-) I could stream a commentary I guess but not really that bothered. I do use the CyclingNews updates to keep an eye on things as the day progresses but they are not very fast at updating.
Patchelicious Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Yes, I'm also getting a little gatvol of the Aussies. It sounds as if they are reading factoids off a cereal box or something.Not all the time, but more often than not it sounds as if they are reading something off a piece of paper that is handed to them (probably from Phil and Paul )They are a bit annoying. They also seem to annoy each other sometimes.
nickc Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 I only have Spanish commentary here but it's fine. I just try and work it our for myself. That way I have the added bonus of being constantly surprised when things are not how I thought they were ;-) I could stream a commentary I guess but not really that bothered. I do use the CyclingNews updates to keep an eye on things as the day progresses but they are not very fast at updating. I like to listen to the Italian commentary if I can find it - even on the slowest of slow days they manage to make is sound like the race has just been blown wide open !!!
'Dale Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Beautiful racing as alwaysAnd stunning sceneryHowever TdF 2017 will be remembered by its overhanging cloud of inconsistent application of rules and a delusional race jury READ MORE HEREhttps://cyclingtips.com/2017/07/commentary-ucis-lack-consistency-application-rules-unacceptable/
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