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The Official 100th Tour de France thread, 2013.
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Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Carnage!!!
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Text book from OPQS.
Loving the abuse they were throwing to each other, we all know where it started from!
Lil Miss Stat:-
'look daddy my pants are the same as a jersey'.
So what are the chances Rolland is also parading around in red polka dot pants, tonight?
Just like a 7 year old girl.
Loving the abuse they were throwing to each other, we all know where it started from!
Lil Miss Stat:-
'look daddy my pants are the same as a jersey'.
So what are the chances Rolland is also parading around in red polka dot pants, tonight?
Just like a 7 year old girl.
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1066familyman
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I do believe that in answer to another thread title on here tonight, we have just witnesssed today yet another outstanding performance by 'the best current British sports star' 
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Legend of Garry Nelson
I do believe that in answer to another thread title on here tonight, we have just witnesssed today yet another outstanding performance by 'the best current British sports star'
Was a great ride from Cav and opqs. The train definitely benefits from Martin being back, you could see him marshaling them all and keeping the chain intact.
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July 4, Stage 6: Aix-en-Provence - Montpellier 176.5km
Echelons
For the newbies.
Tomorrow could potentially be a fantastically tactical race.
There's a turn in the road about 30kms from the finish.
If the wind gets up from the sea, the race will be ripped apart, and the peloton will completely change shape.
Riders will be stretched out in single file across the road, and it will be nearly impossible to catch the group in front.
All wind dependent, if it kicks off I guarantee one of the favourites will miss out.
Echelons
For the newbies.
Tomorrow could potentially be a fantastically tactical race.
There's a turn in the road about 30kms from the finish.
If the wind gets up from the sea, the race will be ripped apart, and the peloton will completely change shape.
Riders will be stretched out in single file across the road, and it will be nearly impossible to catch the group in front.
All wind dependent, if it kicks off I guarantee one of the favourites will miss out.
rcf0712
Out Here In The Perimeter
Cool, thanks for the heads up Stat, hopefully it will be on at the hotel I'm staying at in Singapore tonight - going to miss a lot of stages when in London working next week. It's such a great time watch live in WA, 8.30 till midnight.... I'll be back in Perth for the final week though and that mental double mountain climb. What are chances of Gerrans holding on again tonight then?
Tyrone Biggums
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I hope tonight, OGE let Albasini finish in front of Gerrans and allow him to wear the Yellow Jersey for a day.
Won't happen in all likelihood, but would be a nice team thing to do in a sport where domestiques give up so much for the top riders.
Won't happen in all likelihood, but would be a nice team thing to do in a sport where domestiques give up so much for the top riders.
Tyrone Biggums
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Flat stage today so unless he gets caught out in a crash or being split from the lead group you'd think he'll hold onto it for today, then he's gone!
1066familyman
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Gerrans should keep yellow until Saturday. If todays stage goes like that first stage of Oman (or was it Qatar?) this year then it will make for great viewing.
Judging by his appalling get up the last few days, there is a 100% chance he has polka dot pants. He is probably sleeping in polka dot duvet too and only eating vanilla ice cream dotted with cranberries.
Loved that yesterday, Omega absolutely nailed that train. When they got a bit swamped at about 1.5 km to go it looked real bad for them, but then the fourth man in the train came through and dragged them back through. Then again a bit swamped and Trentin pulled them through again, superb stuff. Steegmans (or is it Stegemans 
) could have won it himself he was going so fast, many sprinters would have struggled to come round that lead out.
Cav back in the green jersey race too now, I know the ITV boys think 35 points is a lot, but that is only one sprint win where Sagan doesn't pick anything up, or Cav first Sagan 5th twice. We know now that Cannondale are not strong enough to bring the breaks back on the medium stages so Sagan will not be winning a huge haul on those days like we expected initially. I think it will go right to the line, my prediction is Cav will need to win on Champs Elysee, and Sagan will need 4th or better, which he will get.
) could have won it himself he was going so fast, many sprinters would have struggled to come round that lead out. Cav back in the green jersey race too now, I know the ITV boys think 35 points is a lot, but that is only one sprint win where Sagan doesn't pick anything up, or Cav first Sagan 5th twice. We know now that Cannondale are not strong enough to bring the breaks back on the medium stages so Sagan will not be winning a huge haul on those days like we expected initially. I think it will go right to the line, my prediction is Cav will need to win on Champs Elysee, and Sagan will need 4th or better, which he will get.
I do believe that in answer to another thread title on here tonight, we have just witnesssed today yet another outstanding performance by 'the best current British sports star'
Is he even the best British sports star in the race? Froome could win the thing and could have won it last year, and has dominated the stage races all season.
I am playing devil's advocate a bit here, by the way.
Qatar, I think. I take you are talking about the day where the peloton got torn apart in the wind and a little break went away. Bookwalter won (or was it Warbasse) it certainly was one of those BMC Americans.
On to predictions for today. Sprint finish for sure, though one for the flat landers. Kittel will be there for sure today, so:
1. Cav
2. Kittel
3. Greipel
On SB's echelon danger today, I predict the GC contenders to lose out will be Mollema from Belkin and one of the Movistar boys (they are sure to miss one of Valverde, Quintana and Costa). If it actually happens, there is talk that the wind is due to drop when they reach the coast today.
Today's break will surely feature a Cofidis rider, they cannot keep doing nothing. Just a two man break I think, a Cofidis (I will guess Luis Angel Mate) and a Sojasun (Jean Marc Marino).
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It'll be a real shame if the wind isn't a factor.
It's always great to see the whole race ripped apart in the space of 50 yards.
It's always great to see the whole race ripped apart in the space of 50 yards.
Loved that yesterday, Omega absolutely nailed that train. When they got a bit swamped at about 1.5 km to go it looked real bad for them, but then the fourth man in the train came through and dragged them back through. Then again a bit swamped and Trentin pulled them through again, superb stuff. Steegmans (or is it Stegemans
Cav back in the green jersey race too now, I know the ITV boys think 35 points is a lot, but that is only one sprint win where Sagan doesn't pick anything up, or Cav first Sagan 5th twice. We know now that Cannondale are not strong enough to bring the breaks back on the medium stages so Sagan will not be winning a huge haul on those days like we expected initially. I think it will go right to the line, my prediction is Cav will need to win on Champs Elysee, and Sagan will need 4th or better, which he will get.
Sagan can pick up a lot in the intermediates in the mountains though, when Cav will be in the bus all day.
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Cav's major flaw is that he makes it look so easy, that doesn't just happen from team to team to team.
Griepel's pretty much in the form of his life, and isn't going to get a sniff (well maybe one charity win) in the race of the season.
Griepel's pretty much in the form of his life, and isn't going to get a sniff (well maybe one charity win) in the race of the season.
True enough, I hope it does happen. It was great when Sky did it a few years back, or was it last year? Might not even have been in the Tour, but I certainly remember them doing it somewhere.