Pro Cycling: The 104th Tour de France

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Vando: Oct 26, 2007; stoats about

Yeah if he sticks with the Thomas group when Pinot attacks he probably preserves his lead, maybe even extends it if he has legs for a kick at the finish.

# ? Jul 21, 2019 16:19

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 13:36

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

he had La Marseillaise ringing in his ear and desperately wanted another 1-2 :france:

# ? Jul 21, 2019 16:20

greazeball: Feb 4, 2003

paddyboat posted:

Horner just laid out all of Alaphillipes dumbassery in detail. He really shouldn�t have lost anything today, but he loves to kick heads too much

thomas rope-a-doped him

# ? Jul 21, 2019 16:33

StarkingBarfish: Jun 25, 2006; Novus Ordo Seclorum

Vando posted:

Izoard and Galibier is going to murder him first

Yeah, this. Those are some loving hard climbs

# ? Jul 21, 2019 17:01

Vando: Oct 26, 2007; stoats about

Imagine if Froome was the Ineos leader instead of Thomas, we'd all be sitting here looking at the next week waiting for him to crack everyone else. Now there's like 6 riders who could all win or crack on any given day, it's a bloodbath.

# ? Jul 21, 2019 17:04

kimbo305: Jun 9, 2007; actually, yeah, I am a little mad

Thufir posted:

3rd place guy whose name I can't spell having a go.

It's Kristenwiig.

# ? Jul 21, 2019 17:18

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

Vando posted:

Imagine if Froome was the Ineos leader instead of Thomas, we'd all be sitting here looking at the next week waiting for him to crack everyone else. Now there's like 6 riders who could all win or crack on any given day, it's a bloodbath.

if Ineos had the form they did last year Thomas would already be in a prime position after smashing everyone in the ITT. Instead he barely put a minute into Emanuel Buchmann.

# ? Jul 21, 2019 21:07

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

kimbo305 posted:

It's Kristenwiig.

Lol

# ? Jul 21, 2019 21:11

Heliosicle: May 16, 2013; Arigato, Racists.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

if Ineos had the form they did last year Thomas would already be in a prime position after smashing everyone in the ITT. Instead he barely put a minute into Emanuel Buchmann.

I'd like to believe that it's other teams catching up to Ineos' level of training etc. No idea if that's actually the case though, maybe Ineos are having an bad year (as well as not having Froome).

If it is correct though it would mean we'd be getting more exciting TdF's generally

# ? Jul 21, 2019 21:32

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

Heliosicle posted:

I'd like to believe that it's other teams catching up to Ineos' level of training etc. No idea if that's actually the case though, maybe Ineos are having an bad year (as well as not having Froome).

If it is correct though it would mean we'd be getting more exciting TdF's generally

If Froome was there Ineos would have had Thomas and Bernal ride for him, so yeah they'd be ripping the race to pieces as normal. As it is, Ineos clearly like Bernal more than Thomas but they have to pay lip service to him as the defending champion.

# ? Jul 21, 2019 22:32

Lyndon LaRouche: Sep 5, 2006; by Azathoth

The fact that we're going into week 3 of a Tour de France without a clear idea of who is actually gonna win this thing is freaking awesome. Yeah it'll probably be a Skyneos rider in the end, but the fact that they didn't wrestle control of yellow stages ago gives me a glimmer of hope still.

# ? Jul 21, 2019 23:21

Just-In-Timeberlake: Aug 18, 2003

paperwind posted:

The fact that we're going into week 3 of a Tour de France without a clear idea of who is actually gonna win this thing is freaking awesome. Yeah it'll probably be a Skyneos rider in the end, but the fact that they didn't wrestle control of yellow stages ago gives me a glimmer of hope still.

Pinot or Alaphilippe everyone else can gently caress off

# ? Jul 22, 2019 00:48

Moktaro: Aug 3, 2007; I value call my nuts.

goatface posted:

He can't be the lead rider at another tour. He's got to dom or just not ride.

I dunno man, he seems awful subby to me.

# ? Jul 23, 2019 02:39

Raged: Jul 21, 2003; A revolution of beats

Thomas fall down and go boom

# ? Jul 23, 2019 13:42

Xabi: Jan 21, 2006; Inventor of the Marmite pasty

Third crash already in this tour.

# ? Jul 23, 2019 13:47

Vando: Oct 26, 2007; stoats about

Thomas stacking it? Must be a day ending in y

Also the heat today got me thinking about what Thursday's weather will be and turns out: nonstop thunderstorms in the Alps all afternoon.

# ? Jul 23, 2019 13:49

waffle enthusiast: Nov 16, 2007

Does Bob Roll not like Bradley Wiggins or am I reading too much into the shade he was throwing at �Sir�?

# ? Jul 23, 2019 14:53

Skarsnik: Oct 21, 2008; I...AM...RUUUDE!

Ooh crosswinds time

# ? Jul 23, 2019 15:29

Wippersnapper: Nov 1, 2003; Stealing your favourite hockey teams
...in spirit.

Fuglsang down and out. Not sure what happened there.

# ? Jul 23, 2019 16:03

Skarsnik: Oct 21, 2008; I...AM...RUUUDE!

I had entirely forgotten nibali was riding. Has he done anything of note yet?

# ? Jul 23, 2019 16:27

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

He did some attacking in the mountains and then faded away at the end. Nothing spectacular.

# ? Jul 23, 2019 16:32

peanut-: Feb 17, 2004; Fun Shoe

That was a really nice sprint from Ewan

Skarsnik posted:

I had entirely forgotten nibali was riding. Has he done anything of note yet?

He got ill. He also gave an interview quite similar to Rohan Dennis saying the team is ineptly managed and are idiots for ordering him to ride for GC after doing the Giro.

# ? Jul 23, 2019 16:36