Mikey1874 Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 So after 2 days of stages ending in sprints this weekend is where the real race for the overall winner gets interesting with mountain stages. It seems fairly open but maybe not by Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 The real tour starts here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 The tour really needs a breakaway win in a stage to make it complete imo. Sprint finishes are great to watch as are the climbers battling it out in the mountains but lets hope we see a breakaway win soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Well I got my wish for a breakaway. Calmejane suffering cramp but kept a decent gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Only turned on the TV for the last bit of the climb and by reports it was more a splintering of the group rather than a breakaway. Last man standing so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Aye good solid group broke away early on and he went on a solo attack at the start of the last climb. He'll suffer for riding through the cramp but it was worth it for the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 This will sort the men from the boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Aye good solid group broke away early on and he went on a solo attack at the start of the last climb. He'll suffer for riding through the cramp but it was worth it for the win. The French are having a good tour with a win in the sprints and now a mountain stage too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 The French are having a good tour with a win in the sprints and now a mountain stage too. If they can get a French winner on Bastille Day the place will go bananas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 That descent from Mont De Chat was terrifying on the Dauphine. And to come after 3 HC climbs is going to be a real challenge. That's my Sunday afternoon sorted then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy_Jambo Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 I've got a couple of small each way bets on Majka and Pantano today. Just to give me a bit more interest in the race. It's been a bit of a bore fest so far. Disqualifying Peter Sagan hasn't helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy_Jambo Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Pantano is in the early breakaway Oh yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 Decent race today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy_Jambo Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Decent race today Best day so far.. Looking like Contador has been caught out so I'm hopeful that Pantano goes for the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Geraint Thomas took a bad one but back on the bike well back. Froome six minutes off the front will be hoping Thomas gets back up with his team. Thomas out now with collar bone gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy_Jambo Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Contandor managed to get back with the group now. He's so passed it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 In theory the whole race is now open But actually likely to be back to the main contenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Not really a question for today but no doubt I'll forget to ask it on a mass sprint finish day!! What gear would the sprinters be in when they're going for it and would they be changing gears at all on the run-in? I know...it'll depend on gradient but let's assume a flat one. Also...wouldn't an aerial view of a sprint finish be better for the TV viewer than the head-on one we normally get live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Some nice vineyards back there. I wonder what verieties they grow in the Jura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Not really a question for today but no doubt I'll forget to ask it on a mass sprint finish day!! What gear would the sprinters be in when they're going for it and would they be changing gears at all on the run-in? I know...it'll depend on gradient but let's assume a flat one. Also...wouldn't an aerial view of a sprint finish be better for the TV viewer than the head-on one we normally get live. They click up through the gears from the point the pace starts to pick up so by the time the balls out stuff starts they will be in top. The last couple of hundred metres is basically using the bike like a track bike. Big gear, no brakes, and hang on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Some nice vineyards back there. I wonder what verieties they grow in the Jura. Jura wine is French wine produced in the Jura d?partement. Located between Burgundy and Switzerland, this cool climate wine regionproduces wines with some similarity to Burgundy and Swiss wine. Jura wines are distinctive and unusual wines, the most famous being vin jaune, which is made by a similar process to Sherry, developing under a flor-like strain of yeast. This is made from the local Savagnin grape variety. Other grape varieties include Poulsard, Trousseau, and Chardonnay. Other wine styles found in Jura includes a vin de paille made from Chardonnay, Poulsard and Savagnin, a sparkling Cr?mant du Jura made from slightly unripe Chardonnay grapes, and a vin de liqueurknown as Macvin du Jura made by adding marc to halt fermentation. The French chemist Louis Pasteur was born and raised in the Jura region and owned a vineyard near Arbois that is still producing wine today under the management of Jura's largest wine firms: Source Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Bad patter from Aru there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Lots of wee attacks - is Quintana waiting for his chance? nah he looks cooked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 It's all go on the mountain now. Punishing each other looking for cracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Big crash. Porte wipes out Dan Martin. Doesn't look good for Porte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Ouch! Porte took a bad one and Martin brought down. Porte out now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJGJ Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Ouch..Porte has a heavy fall on the descent and takes Martin with him..Porte will be out of the race now Martin got on a new bike but has crashed again 3 of the top 5 at the start of todays stage out of contention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 And Martin's gone down again. He's probably trying to do that descent in a state of shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Jura wine is French wine produced in the Jura d?partement. Located between Burgundy and Switzerland, this cool climate wine regionproduces wines with some similarity to Burgundy and Swiss wine. Jura wines are distinctive and unusual wines, the most famous being vin jaune, which is made by a similar process to Sherry, developing under a flor-like strain of yeast. This is made from the local Savagnin grape variety. Other grape varieties include Poulsard, Trousseau, and Chardonnay. Other wine styles found in Jura includes a vin de paille made from Chardonnay, Poulsard and Savagnin, a sparkling Cr?mant du Jura made from slightly unripe Chardonnay grapes, and a vin de liqueurknown as Macvin du Jura made by adding marc to halt fermentation. The French chemist Louis Pasteur was born and raised in the Jura region and owned a vineyard near Arbois that is still producing wine today under the management of Jura's largest wine firms: Source Wiki Cheers for that. You deserve a drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Cheers for that. You deserve a drink. I'll have a bottle of Red with Sunday dinner Cracking days racing today for the viewer - tough one for the riders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Froome has ridden this stage really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy_Jambo Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Uran with 2 gears.. Who'd have thought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Amazing win for Uran. Riding the last few K stuck in the same gear. Though the big thing is just hoping that Richie Porte is ok. That was a pretty horrific crash. I get the feeling he isn't a rider who is happy taking chances and has a fear of crashing, for example that amount of time he lost on stage 1 as he wouldn't push in the wet conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Seeing that crash again it is lucky that he bounced right as opposed to left as that was a hefty drop into the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 they are saying Porte was doing 72.5 km/h when he crashed thats around 45 mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Lucky tomorrow is a rest day, it'll take 24 hours to absorb all that happened today! Looks like a two horse race for the GC now between Froome and Aru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk_Till_Dawn Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Froome caught on camera trying to take someone out. Proper that man is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhammer Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Froome caught on camera trying to take someone out. Proper ###### that man is I can't feckin stick him. Even when he was number 2 to Wiggins he annoyed me. I can't really put me finger on why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I can't feckin stick him. Even when he was number 2 to Wiggins he annoyed me. I can't really put me finger on why. It is funny that when he speaks he seems quite a humble guy but when racing he seems to be a bit paranoid that everyone is out to get him and he starts acting up too much with his competitors. His performances are a bit metronomic and unspectacular for the spectators who maybe like to see the more off the cuff type of riders who take more risks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Broken clavicle and pelvis for Porte! Luckily just a hairline on the pelvis and his team reckon he could be back in training by the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Broken clavicle and pelvis for Porte! Luckily just a hairline on the pelvis and his team reckon he could be back in training by the end of the season. Good news Looked worse and 'lucky' the impacts weren't worse Brave guys these cyclists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Good news Looked worse and 'lucky' the impacts weren't worse Brave guys these cyclists I was talking about this at the weekend. People always talk about F1 drivers deserving the big money as it's such a dangerous sport. Yet apart the sad death of Jules Bianchi when was the last time a drivers was seriously injured in a race? Massa in Hungary? So far in this TdF we have had withdrawals with a broken knee, a couple of broken collar bones, a broken shoulder, and now Porte. Also a rider in the Giro Rosa in Italy is in a critical condition after she crashed on a descent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robroy1874 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Really sorry for Geraint Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Professional bike riders are tough, tough people. I've seen riders finish stages with broken arms, collarbones, even an ankle! Every top rider has had several broken bones in their career but still get back on the bike after rehab and carry on with the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Sprints are shit without Cavendish and Sagan And you can tell Marcel Kittel I said that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk_Till_Dawn Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Am I the only one who's finding this tour pretty boring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 The tour is always pish until it hits the big consecutive days up in the mountains. The Pyrenees and Alps are where the real race happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 The tour is always pish until it hits the big consecutive days up in the mountains. The Pyrenees and Alps are where the real race happens. It's a badly planned route this year with the climbs scattered about the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 It's a badly planned route this year with the climbs scattered about the place. Just the UCI trying to stop SKY and Froome from tanning it again. Not done them much good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy_Jambo Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Didn't realise the new woman on itv4 was Robert Millar lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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