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[Stat Brother]

Was that not Dan Martin?

Evans is obviously the better bet, but Tony is not to be completely discredited.

 

[1066familyman]

Was that not Dan Martin?

Evans is obviously the better bet, but Tony is not to be completely discredited.

Nope, my lad knows his onions. Heroic ride for Tony Martin on Mont Ventoux | GreatOutdoors.com

I confess I couldn't quite believe it either so had to google it.

I'll give him a chance tomorrow then may slip Evans in after that. Then again I may not, as everyone else will have Evans anyway.

 

[Stat Brother]

Nope, my lad knows his onions. Heroic ride for Tony Martin on Mont Ventoux | GreatOutdoors.com

I confess I couldn't quite believe it either so had to google it.

I'll give him a chance tomorrow then may slip Evans in after that. Then again I may not, as everyone else will have Evans anyway.

There you go, that will teach me for trying to argue out of the point I was making.

 

[k2bluesky]

Bradley was fantastic again looks like may may have a serious chance of the first British 'Tour winner if he can hack the really big mountains.

 

[Stat Brother]

Bradley was fantastic again looks like may may have a serious chance of the first British 'Tour winner if he can hack the really big mountains.

How many more times to you have to be told to shush.

First rule of Le Tour:-
Brad can't win.

 

[1066familyman]

Bloody typical! Was studying the KOM jersey to see who might be in the break. Had my eye on Sarmiento as my Rubiano but ended up going for Kern instead as figured Europcar would be up there as Bernaudeau drops away

 

[Stat Brother]

Brief Results
1 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 4:42:17
2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:26
3 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
4 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
5 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Liquigas-Cannondale
6 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team
7 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Team Saxo Bank
8 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
9 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:46
10 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank

This is getting fookin ridiculous.

 

[1066familyman]

Missed out there on Sarmiento. Oh well, typical of this race so far. I give up watching highlights even now - fed up waiting for the poxy tennis to finish on Eurosport and besides, The Euro's have just started.

 

[1066familyman]

Just checked the scores. The Irony ! - 49 pts for todays stage - Sarmiento scored 49 pts all on his own


Oh well, Poland looking good. Have a mere £1 on Polanski 1st goal scorer at 20/1.

 

[Pantani]

This tour is all about guessing the breakaways it seems. I got lucky yesterday with Martinez. Hoping for more luck tomorrow.

 

[1066familyman]

This tour is all about guessing the breakaways it seems. I got lucky yesterday with Martinez. Hoping for more luck tomorrow.

Well played on getting Martinez in the break. Lovely feeling getting someone in the break. Had I had 3 transfers yesterday Sarmiento would have been straight in for Rosseler, instead I had LL Sanchez for Millar and Kern for Grabsch - oh well, it's all if buts and maybe's. Picking riders in this one seems like a similar lottery to the one day classics. Grand Tours are much easier to control I think.

 

[1066familyman]

Looks like the CdD was a game too far for most of his and we've all been hit by a bad case of fantasy cycling fatigue.

Oh well, bit of breathing space now until the TdF. I'm certainly glad I never went premium. Plenty of time to take in The Euro's instead.

 

[Stat Brother]

Deffo some fatigue about, that was a pretty tiring Giro .

Still we ought not forget about Wiggo and the team efforts that got another stage race victory.

 

[Stat Brother]

wheelmen wear pink

Inspired by Ryder Hesjedal. | Wheelmen Ride Bicycles

 

[Indurain's Lungs]

Missed out by 6 points! Couple of weeks to relax now before the tour.

 

[1066familyman]

15th place overall for the stage today, so finally salvaged something. Can identify two clear mistakes too that cost me nearly 100pts for the whole race, so quite happy with that in the end. Still never caught my boy though - he finished on 695pts.

Well played to viveLaPants for the victory.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Anyone know why Tour of Switzerland has been neutralised, just put it on and don't understand

Been working overseas and missed all the fun last week, Sky looking good to go for TDF, Bradders sounds like he is ready to give it his best ever shot

 

[Woodchip]

Nothing on Eurosport website for it.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Very smart set of new stamps

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Come on Ben Swift