2017 Tour de France

[Pure Savage]

Channelling my inner Uran Uran with my sokkies and my bidon.

What a ride! 

 

inspiring stuff.

 

 

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Was this on Instagram? Very cool pic!

[Eugene Oppelt]

Was this on Instagram? Very cool pic!

 

Thanx, B.

Must've placed it there too, I think. 

[Pure Savage]

Compare this with the total prize money for the British Open, this past weekend:

$10,250,000   

 

Jordan Spieth just pocketed a cool - $1.8M

 

But I doubt he partied as hard as Kwiato last night!! 

 

Golf would be fun if they had to carry their own bags.

[Cav']

Yes, but there is also 42km of pan flat time trial! The next best GC rider, Uran, will need 2 and half minutes over Froome, Bardet would need 6 minutes.

I'll bet you a box of smarties this course will not suit Froome. Yes there is a ITT that suits him but your Favourite team struggle to take control over the Vuelta climbs like they do the Tour.

 

And the 3 you mentioned wont be the GC favourites necessarily. Nibali and Zakarin will be fresh as daisies.

[Gen]

You cannot blame Sky for their tactics, everyone knows their tactics. The other teams are too lazy and do not have enough heart too attack and beat Sky.

Don't think they really can. SKY just have too much fire power.

 

 

 

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[kosmonooit]

If he is not a product of British cycling then who is he a product of? Certainly not the Republic.

 

He did not come through their programs in the UK like Cav and Gee etc which Brailsford was at the helm of during his British Cycling days before he went off to form Team Sky, though Dave was responsible for spotting him and bringing him into Team,Sky, he was with (RSA) Team Barlow before it folded, he found his first successes in the Pro peloton here in SA, he went to High School down the road from me.

 

Sure Chris has a lot to thank Team Sky for - his health problems are well documented as was the situation where Dave was about to drop him before that Vuelta success in 2011 (which he could have won, was he not in a support role for The Wig)

 

 

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/800/mcs/media/images/55298000/jpg/_55298792_froome.jpg

 

 

'Froome, however, remains unsure where his long-term future lies.

"The team has looked after me and we're going to have to see going forward," he added. "I haven't signed a contract yet, but that's still to be decided in the next week or so, I think."

Kenyan-born Froome had become Cobo's main challenger in the last few days of the three-week race after his Sky team-mate Wiggins had dropped steadily out of contention.'

 

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/14871144

[Eugene Oppelt]

I'll bet you a box of smarties this course will not suit Froome. Yes there is a ITT that suits him but your Favourite team struggle to take control over the Vuelta climbs like they do the Tour.

 

And the 3 you mentioned wont be the GC favourites necessarily. Nibali and Zakarin will be fresh as daisies.

 

Love that icon, Cav' 

[Gen]

I'll bet you a box of smarties this course will not suit Froome. Yes there is a ITT that suits him but your Favourite team struggle to take control over the Vuelta climbs like they do the Tour.

 

And the 3 you mentioned wont be the GC favourites necessarily. Nibali and Zakarin will be fresh as daisies.

I haven't even seen the Vuelta course.. but it is never easy and a course that really tests the riders one on one..yes a team makes a difference but it generally doesn't come down to who has the best team..

 

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[Eugene Oppelt]

Don't think they really can. SKY just have too much fire power.

 

 

 

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Yip

It's a team sport after all

Froome Dawg is a special athlete especially with his TT ability that gives a clear advantage over the other contenders.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Looking at the prize money Moviestar must be thinking WTF. 

 

 

What a disastrous tour for the Spanish outfit

Really hoped they and BMC would make the Skyborgs sweat 

[Kranswurm]

Looking at the prize money Moviestar must be thinking WTF. 

To be honest looking at the prize money if I was Sky I would also be underwhelmed.

Disgusting to be honest

[dsw]

“It would be a crime for chrisfroome not to be Sport personality of the year  this year and not to be on the honours list! One of the greatest ever LeTour riders,” - Laura Kenny

[coppi]

.......and all the fun comes to an end.............19 August seems very far away still 

[Fat Boab]

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“It would be a crime for chrisfroome not to be Sport personality of the year  this year and not to be on the honours list! One of the greatest ever LeTour riders,” - Laura Kenny

 

 

Interesting reading in this link http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/40692045.

 

The BBC SPOTY award is often a popularity competition, and the British public is a fickle lot. And the Honours list in particular, is IMHO impossible to understand why X gets this Honour and Y 'only' gets that. Don't forget he's already been on the Honours list in 2016 with an OBE...

[Cav']

Voeckler will be missed, a legend.

 

http://www.steephill.tv/2017/tour-de-france/photos/stage-21/182907_675982865.jpg

http://www.steephill.tv/2017/tour-de-france/photos/stage-21/191821_20170723TDF0013.jpg

http://www.steephill.tv/2017/tour-de-france/photos/stage-21/201511_676063757.jpg

[PygaSchmyga]

Voeckler will be missed, a legend.

 

http://www.steephill.tv/2017/tour-de-france/photos/stage-21/182907_675982865.jpg

http://www.steephill.tv/2017/tour-de-france/photos/stage-21/191821_20170723TDF0013.jpg

http://www.steephill.tv/2017/tour-de-france/photos/stage-21/201511_676063757.jpg

proper legend - poor oke looks completely finished in the last pic.