The Official 99th Tour de France thread, 2012.

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

About 30k to go

Result of intermediate sprint with 6 man breakaway up front

1. Gene (EUC) 20pts
2. Urtasun (EUS) 17pts
3. Edet (COF) 15pts
4. Delaplace (SAU) 13pts
5. Bouet (ALM) 11pts
6. Morkov (STB) 10pts
7. Goss (OGE) 9pts - at 2mins 35secs
8. Cavendish (SKY) 8pts
9. Greipel (LTB) 7pts
10. Renshaw (RAB) 6pts
11. Van Hummel (VCD) 5pts
12. Sagan (LIQ) 4pts
13. Rojas (MOV) 3pts
14. Bozic (AST) 2pts
15. Boasson Hagen (SKY) 1pt

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Gotta love Le Tour. And the UK channels that always step into the breach to provide decent coverage. Breathtaking scenery, especially in the mountain stages, and a genuine sporting classic.

 

[Stat Brother]

I didn't do a bad job of predicting, today.
1st, 2nd & 4th, Yellow and Green jersey points too.
In fairness not to difficult today.

Got to love Cancellara when he's got yellow on his back.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I didn't do a bad job of predicting, today.
1st, 2nd & 4th, Yellow and Green jersey points too.
In fairness not to difficult today.

Got to love Cancellara when he's got yellow on his back.

Got a speculative big priced each way tip for Le Tour that NSC could lump on by any chance?

 

[Stat Brother]

Got a speculative big priced each way tip for Le Tour that NSC could lump on by any chance?

Take your pick.
Froome is the stand out e/w bet.
Ryder H (the one you won on last time) is the romantic bet, having won The Giro.
Along with Pierre Rolland, what with him being French.

There are some mentals odds, on the Sky site, although traditionally Sky are very tight.

6/5 for Brad - Anyone taking that needs their head read.

There's possibly some money to be had around 20's:-

Van de Broek 18-1
Froome 20's
Nibali 22's
Gesink 22's
Sanchez 28-1


Best not forget
NSC's finest 33-1, what a double.

Pick of the rest
Rolland & Tony Martin 40-1

 

[Zamora For England]

Can't believe Sagan is only 22. It was predicted, but what a debut

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Take your pick.
Froome is the stand out e/w bet.
Ryder H (the one you won on last time) is the romantic bet, having won The Giro.
Along with Pierre Rolland, what with him being French.

Big cheers! Will have a snifter on all three

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Take your pick.
Froome is the stand out e/w bet.
Ryder H (the one you won on last time) is the romantic bet, having won The Giro.
Along with Pierre Rolland, what with him being French.

All now backed blindly on bet365.com e/w on the say-so of NSC's resident cyclista...

Pierre Roland @ 66/1
Ryder Hesjedal @ 22/1
Chris Froome @ 28/1

Big cheers for that!

 

[Stat Brother]

Big cheers! Will have a snifter on all three

In theory you're only betting on third.
All Wiggins and Evans have to do for first and second, is turn up!!
The 3 weeks of racing and 2,500 (ish) kms don't really come into it.

Not a lot, I hope, even though I have plenty of credit, with you.

 

[Stat Brother]

Anyone playing with:-

Jens Voigt Soundboard s Army

What with the big man doing ALL the work today.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

In theory you're only betting on third.
All Wiggins and Evans have to do for first and second, is turn up!!
The 3 weeks of racing and 2,500 (ish) kms don't really come into it.

Not a lot, I hope, even though I have plenty of credit, with you.

No worries mate, adds a bit of extra interest to just admiring the sheer spectacle of the thing. Will make a suitable donation to REMF if any of the e/w comes in. It's the NSC way

 

[Stat Brother]

I've got my fantasy groove on.

Gibert out Cav in.
No mark dom out, no mark dom in only with KoM jersey.

 

[Stat Brother]

on the say-so of NSC's resident cyclista...

Sadly for you, all the other NSC cyclistas have 3 other completely different riders, in mind and I've had my turn at being right (lucky).

 

[Stat Brother]

Stage one, top 10 result:-

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 4:58:19
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
8 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp
9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Sharp
10 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep

General classification:-
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 5:05:32
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:07
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
4 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:11
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:13
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:18
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Sharp

 

[Woodchip]

And so starts my steady trip down the rankings.

 

[Stat Brother]

Stage 2

Time for Cav, Kittel and Grippel to come out to play.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Stage 2

Time for Cav, Kittel and Grippel to come out to play.

Did i read this has a 700 metre uphill finish, if so that won't suit Cav. Picked 1st and 3rd yesterday todays a bit harder.

I will go Andre Griepel or a cheeky slip off the front when the hill kicks in from Rojas. If there is a hill!

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Just seen its more of a lump than a hill, Griepel, Sagan or outside chance Boassen Hagen. Would love it to be CAV but he really likes it flat, he could take 4 this week of its all open sprints...

 

[1066familyman]

I think Cav will be beat by goss today.

 

[Indurain's Lungs]

Whoops. I ignored the number 1 rule of fantasy cycling and morkov is up the road again today!