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[bjaelke]

I'd be a much bigger Froome fan if his pedaling style wasn't so damn unattractive.

He's like an industrial tumble dryer.

 

[Omiee]

complete peleton is destroyed only one sitll there is quintana

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

Nibali get out of the saddle you cunt.

This looks like it is gonna be his worse grand tour appearance.

Where is my Fabio Aru? (((

 

[Confrontation]

Skeletor crushing everyone.

 

[Ruruja]

Glad I didn't pick Nibali for my velogames team. What a poor showing.

 

[captscience]

yeah, will probably watch them pass through the paris suburbs on the last day like last year

I'll be there on the Champs-Elysees after cycling in from London that weekend.

I really have to make it to Paris one year to spectate.

Leaving on Monday to follow the peloton around the last week. Been visiting with my brother for the past 4 years now.

Fantastic! Are you going to Alpe d'Huez? I was fortunate enough to go in 2013. One of the best days of my life. Let me know if you need any tips on viewing the race there.

 

[i_am_ben]

complete peleton is destroyed only one sitll there is quintana

quintana is 50 seconds behind on this stage alone D:

 

[Leonsito]

Froome is boring, but he's the best right now.

Contador made a mistake with his Giro+Tour attemp, he should retire and prepare for la Vuelta.

 

[Linius]

They completely ignore Gesink

 

[Ruruja]

I always get nervous when they go through the crowd like that.

 

[Linius]

I always get nervous when they go through the crowd like that.

Yeah, bunch of fucking idiots.

 

[Confrontation]

Lmao Porte is always fun to watch.

 

[i_am_ben]

Froome not doing himself any favours in terms of drug allegations.

 

[Kitsuné]

They completely ignore Gesink

He's 20 seconds behind Quintana apparently.

 

[Confrontation]

1 Col down and the Tour is over.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

I know the gaps are going to be hard to overcome, but I'm not ready to call the tour completely over.

 

[Confrontation]

Respect Gesink.

 

[Linius]

YES GESINK

There he is

 

[Hawkie]

Boom from Froome and Richie rubs salt in the wounds. Will be great to see what he can do on BMC.

 

[bjaelke]

2'50 gap for Contador. Didn't expect him to explode this 'early' in the race.

Fantastic! Are you going to Alpe d'Huez? I was fortunate enough to go in 2013. One of the best days of my life. Let me know if you need any tips on viewing the race there.

Might skip that one. Been there before and getting around is absolutely terrifying.

 

[Confrontation]

Tomorrow the legendary Tourmalet and the day after finish at 'Plat' de Beille.

 

[Mimosa97]

Fuck Froome. Fuck sky.

He should change his name to Vroom at this point.

 

[bjaelke]

 

[Linius]

Great day for Gesink. He's now in 8th position for yellow.

EDIT

Bjaelke pls

 

[captscience]

Crazy performance by Sky. Three riders before Teejay and Contador.

Might skip that one. Been there before and getting around is absolutely terrifying.

Probably not the worst idea! Certainly does get crazy. When I went we accessed the mountain from the side road through Villard-Reculas. It was still crowded but much better than I expected. We barely spent any time in traffic.

 

[Confrontation]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Tour_de_France,_Stage_1_to_Stage_11#Stage_8

Eerily similar.

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

Nibali hasn't been outside the top 7 in a grand tour since 2008, a year he rode the giro-tour double.

I am hoping he can still do something.

Froome has put down a great marker, but there is still a long way to go.

Hopefully something can fire up the other big contenders tomorrow

 

[WAR recon zero]

Good result for Naironman!

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Is The Clinic in meltdown yet? lol

 

[Linius]

Merijn Zeeman (team captain for Lotto Jumbo) crying during his live interview now.

 

[bjaelke]

Is The Clinic in meltdown yet? lol

They're too preoccupied with analyzing training data.

 

[Kabouter]

So, that about decides the tour for this year. Hope Gesink can pull off a podium finish though (and maybe win a stage, but let's not get greedy )

 

[bjaelke]

Vinokourov just confirmed that Nibali has been demoted and Fuglsang is the new Astana captain

 

[Linius]

Weird move with Fuglsang even more behind than Nibali. It's not like they can fix things now.

 

[Kabouter]

Vinokourov just confirmed that Nibali has been demoted and Fuglsang is the new Astana captain

Makes sense, but a bit too late. They should've drawn that conclusion the second Nibali dropped today.

Weird move with Fuglsang even more behind than Nibali. It's not like they can fix things now.

The difference isn't big and would've been smaller had Vino made the call at the right time.

 

[Mimosa97]

Merijn Zeeman (team captain for Lotto Jumbo) crying during his live interview now.

Why ?

Vinokourov just confirmed that Nibali has been demoted and Fuglsang is the new Astana captain

One day too late.

 

[Linius]

Makes sense, but a bit too late. They should've drawn that conclusion the second Nibali dropped today.



The difference isn't big and would've been smaller had Vino made the call at the right time.

Yeah, if they had done it during the stage it would have made a difference. Now it's just too late I think.

Why ?

It has probably mostly to do with the fact that Gesink went trough some pretty rough times to get to his current form. Seeing Gesink going up that mountain today got his emotions running.

 

[bjaelke]

Yeah, if they had done it during the stage it would have made a difference. Now it's just too late I think.

They made the call during the last climb. But it was already too late by then. Fuglsang had lost a lot of time helping Nibali. He was able to get 1'16 on Nibali after the call was made.

 

[yagal]

Tomorrow the legendary Tourmalet and the day after finish at 'Plat' de Beille.

I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) ft. The White Kenyan & Team Sky

 

[outunderthestars]

Missed today's stage. Does anyone know when the replay airs in the US?

 

[Ruruja]

He should change his name to Vroom at this point.

Funnily enough that's what it is in Pro Cycling Manager.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Missed today's stage. Does anyone know when the replay airs in the US?

There's a replay right now and then they usually do about an hour condescend show tonight. Starts around 8 or 9.

 

[kmag]

No offense to Sky but when Thomas is finishing that high, complaining that he's being held up by the best climbers in the peloton, then sorry that's completely suspect.

Thomas is a decent climber, but no more than that.

 

[Kabouter]

No offense to Sky but when Thomas is finishing that high, complaining that he's being held up by the best climbers in the peloton, then sorry that's completely suspect.

Thomas is a decent climber, but no more than that.

Oh, I agree for sure.

 

[Cub3h]

No offense to Sky but when Thomas is finishing that high, complaining that he's being held up by the best climbers in the peloton, then sorry that's completely suspect.

Thomas is a decent climber, but no more than that.

I couldn't watch live, so when I watched the last 45 minutes of the stage I couldn't believe that the 29 year old Geraint Thomas is now a high mountain specialist. I've been watching cycling since I was about 10 so I've been disappointed enough times to know that something doesn't add up.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Very well done by Gesink. It seems Froome decided this Tour though, he is on the best form by far. Contador has the Giro in his legs.

I hope Gesink can continue this form, a top 3 would be possible. But I also root for Tejay, good sportsman and half dutch. Its only been the first climb though, but Froome is something else for sure.

 

[Ruruja]

I couldn't watch live, so when I watched the last 45 minutes of the stage I couldn't believe that the 29 year old Geraint Thomas is now a high mountain specialist. I've been watching cycling since I was about 10 so I've been disappointed enough times to know that something doesn't add up.

Didn't you know? He's finally fulfilling his prophecy as the next Eddy Merckx. Classics and GC wins galore for him now.

 

[waypoetic]

Was the DS of Tinkoff drunk or something? When Juan Flecha from Eurosport interviewed him he was slubbering like crazy.

 

[jakonovski]

Eurosport is also fucking around with the vod file, I wanna see this attack of the ubermensch.

 

[FStop7]

The cleanest cycling has ever been. *rolleyes*