Question for the experts, If Froome goes on to win this (which I hope he does) Is it more of a case of it being handed to him rather than him winning it with the two leaders pulling out, or is that seen as part of the race?
Not at all, those 2 leaders were never going to win it overall.Question for the experts, If Froome goes on to win this (which I hope he does) Is it more of a case of it being handed to him rather than him winning it with the two leaders pulling out, or is that seen as part of the race?
Question for the experts, If Froome goes on to win this (which I hope he does) Is it more of a case of it being handed to him rather than him winning it with the two leaders pulling out, or is that seen as part of the race?
Seems similar to stybar win, either they were too strong for anyone to hold the wheel or they given too much leeway as they weren't a "big hitter"Dan Martin reverting to type.
Sagan suffers his usual fate.
Nice win by Vuillermoz.
Very surprised to see Nibs go backwards.
Seems similar to stybar win, either they were too strong for anyone to hold the wheel or they given too much leeway as they weren't a "big hitter"
Nibs is going badly, people said it before the tour and this year it's true.
Sagan is a victim of his own, sort of, success in that no one will work of he's there so someone chips of and nicks the win.
The Stybar win Sagan was definitely the victim of the usual scenario as I think they could have brought that back.
Today however I think Vuillermoz was just too strong. No GC prepared to go deep enough once everyone was accounted for and with the TTT tomorrow, and Sagan himself had probably gone into the red keeping up on the climb so had nothing left for the sprint. That was a classy win by Vuillermoz I think and it's been on the cards from him for a while now.
Dan Martin frustrates almost as much as Sagan but for very different reasons. Bad timing/positioning again today, but also Garmin burnt all their matches by taking sole responsibility for chasing down that second break.
Nibs was a big shock today. However, I still reckon he'll finish above TJVG come Paris, despite what this first week would suggest.
I think TJVG may well be in yellow, this time tomorrow,
True, he did essentially keep putting time into them all the way through the last 700m. He may well get another stage in this tour.
TJvG always has a bad day, a bit like porte.
I think TJVG may well be in yellow, this time tomorrow,
So, for those of us watching the tennis, who won? What was the order, and what were the time differences?