Mntboy Posted July 23, 2019 Share This is well worth a listen/watch. Si and Neil discussing the Tour from a mountain biking perspective and whether XCO racers could be contenders at the Tour with Schurter and Van der Poel the examples used. Interesting stuff from the global boys! Rocket-Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted July 23, 2019 Share they will probably not enforce the last feedstation at 10km rule today and allow teams to get drinks to their riders along the final climb also on thursday, friday and saturday Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted July 23, 2019 Share Shortened stages? it is not a picnic. i don't see why they would do this? J Wakefield and Cav' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted July 23, 2019 Share Just so everyone knows, there is a UCI Extreme Weather protocol, but it is decidedly vague. Only says there should be a meeting before any changes are made. https://inrng.com/2016/03/the-extreme-weather-protocol/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted July 23, 2019 Share Just saying...: Weather at NÎMES 37.0°C | SunnyWindspeed is 20.0km/hCross headwind from the left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted July 23, 2019 Share 37? Sunny day in Stellenbosch then Akon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@grootlem Posted July 23, 2019 Share Looks like a day for the sprinters. Hoping for crosswinds but doubt it. My top 3 today Groenewegen, Ewan, Sagan. Matthews upset cause Sunweb said Bol is their sprinter today. Quickstep and Viviani should be a bit tired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted July 23, 2019 Share TDD is in the break. I repeat, TDD has a man in the break! Lars Bak However, I do not see teams like Bora and Lotto Soudal letting this Sprint day go to the breakaway group. (I have been wrong so many times this tour, lets try the double bluff) MDJ and BikeisLife 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mntboy Posted July 23, 2019 Share TDD is in the break. I repeat, TDD has a man in the break! Lars Bak However, I do not see teams like Bora and Lotto Soudal letting this Sprint day go to the breakaway group. (I have been wrong so many times this tour, lets try the double bluff)I think the sprinters will fight really hard to ensure a bunch gallop. At least TDD is the break. I have fingers crossed that one of Ewan or Groenewegen wins with preference to the Dutchie. Edited July 23, 2019 by Mntboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted July 23, 2019 Share I think the sprinters will fight really hard to ensure a bunch gallop. At least TDD is the break. I have fingers crossed that one of Ewan or Groenewegen wins with preference to the Dutchie.Pan-Flat run in = Groenewegen or ViViani, with Sagan comfortably in the Top 5. With Nizollo out, TDD wil be delivering EBH for the sprint, but he will need to settle for a Top10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dev null Posted July 23, 2019 Share Mikel Landa? He is Spanish, and used to the heat and climbs. Will he be given Carte Blanche with the non performance of Quintana? Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted July 23, 2019 Share 14:38 Defending champion Geraint Thomas has crashed by himself in the middle of the peloton in a curve. He's back on his bike. 14:47:Geraint Thomas is again in the peloton after getting feeding from his team car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted July 23, 2019 Share Mikel Landa? He is Spanish, and used to the heat and climbs. Will he be given Carte Blanche with the non performance of Quintana?Quintana really turned out to be a flop, the one year he has a good shot of winning and he is nowhere.Its still very much open as the mountains will always be the decider. Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted July 23, 2019 Share Well today now they just have to do a quick "94.7" and they're finished. We've all done that in the heat..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted July 23, 2019 Share Quintana really turned out to be a flop, the one year he has a good shot of winning and he is nowhere.Its still very much open as the mountains will always be the decider. I feel a bit bleak for Nairo. I've not seen him talk himself up at all, yet the Spanish press seem to have given him a far bigger send-up than perhaps he'd have liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted July 23, 2019 Share Mikel Landa? He is Spanish, and used to the heat and climbs. Will he be given Carte Blanche with the non performance of Quintana? Actually Basque ... bit milder there that on the Spanish flats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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