black & white seagull
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Judging by the number of utter morons in the crowd today, it'll be another 100 Tours before the race returns to Corsica.
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The Official 100th Tour de France thread, 2013.
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Amazing stage today again. Great ride by Blakelants to win (thought he wasn't gonna hold on for a minute). When I saw there was no ITT near the start of this years race I thought the organisers had blundered. But to be fair its made it more exciting! Shame Sky are having a tough time of it tm with Thomas the lantern rouge! looking forward to the team time trial on Tuesday!!
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Hey what was the dog supposed to do.
Loving Bakelants comments today.
He followed up 'well that's the teams Tour sorted' with 'keep saying that and I'll punch you in the face', when responding to Ned's hypothetical 'what if someone said this morning, you'd be in Yellow now'.
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July 1, Stage 3: Ajaccio - Calvi 145.5km
Sagan
Valverde (I don't believe he's a yellow contender so he'll looking for early form to kid everyone)
A Frenchie - Gene
Can you see what I did there?
Sagan
Valverde (I don't believe he's a yellow contender so he'll looking for early form to kid everyone)
A Frenchie - Gene
Can you see what I did there?
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Bold Seagull
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How has this not gained more attention!? 2 or 3 times it cut to this, and no one said a thing, like a flying boat is just an everyday sight over the coastline of Corsica. I was half expecting the boat to suddenly detach, a union flag to unflutter and the James Bond music to start up. Incredible. I still don't know what the hell this thing is!?
Does it land on water, the wing fold up and off your float?? Amazing.
Anyway, what a stage yesterday, the attacks on the climb were brilliant, and an thrilling finish. I've tuned into today already.
Brixtaan
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Loved it when Froome put his foot down with Porte and sent out a big message to the GC contenders that he's here to do business. Go Chris!
Bold Seagull
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Who was the last Tour winner to also take the KoM?
manintheblackpajamas
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classic start to BBC text commentary today with a nod to friendly drivers:
1144:
Buses blocking the route, dogs running across the road. So far, the 2013 Tour de France has been a bit like my ride into work. All we need now is for an angry motorist to cut up the entire field, claiming that he is entitled to because they are holding him up and he "pays his road tax".
As I only have lowly freeview and have to wait until 1pm for coverage to start whilst I enjoy a day off, am I right in presuming Eurosport kicks off a little earlier as they roll out?
1144:
Buses blocking the route, dogs running across the road. So far, the 2013 Tour de France has been a bit like my ride into work. All we need now is for an angry motorist to cut up the entire field, claiming that he is entitled to because they are holding him up and he "pays his road tax".
As I only have lowly freeview and have to wait until 1pm for coverage to start whilst I enjoy a day off, am I right in presuming Eurosport kicks off a little earlier as they roll out?
Bold Seagull
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Yes, Eurosport has kicked off. Currently a small break of 6 inc. Westra and Rolands has been allowed to go.
Radioshack and their yellow being given pride of place at the front of the peloton.
Geraint Thomas looks to be struggling already, had to be helped onto his bike this morning. Some concern he might not complete the stage...
Radioshack and their yellow being given pride of place at the front of the peloton.
Geraint Thomas looks to be struggling already, had to be helped onto his bike this morning. Some concern he might not complete the stage...
JCL - the new kid in town
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Geraint has a fractured pelvis, why he is continuing i don't know, surely that has got to be rather painful and he's not going to be a lot of use to the team?
Bold Seagull
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They'll be hoping it settles down for tomorrow at least. First rest day not for another week though. He's obviously made of stern stuff, literally put on his bike this morning.
JCL - the new kid in town
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surely a fracture isn't going to heal particularly well or quickly when aggravating it constantly. Fair play to him though
Tyrone Biggums
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Rolland's end goal is clear anyway, no GC aspirations, its go go go for the KoM.
Bold Seagull
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Don't know is the simple answer. The doctors cleared him to race if he wanted to. I imagine that while the small fracture might take time to heal, any tissue/muscle damage that might be causing him the most pain may settle down. I suppose it could be in an area that is fairly still on the saddle. He's still racing though, so hard as nails!
Bold Seagull
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He's hanging onto the medical car now, being sprayed with some sort of freeze spray / pain killer. Looks very ginger, but he's battling on. Can't see who it is, but another Sky rider is hanging back to look after him.
Not sure how he can recover to be honest? Maybe he can put in an effort in the TTT then drop out, not sure what else he has to gain to be honest.