Giro d'Italia / Tour de France

[Pompey Wolf]

Been a great week of racing, looking forward to the final week, let's hope for more of the same!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

That was fantastic. Froome and Quintana are so well matched and Conty can't quite live with them. Yates looks a star and potential future grand tour winner to me as well.

 

[Pompey Wolf]

Yates 1-2 in the Tour one day would be nice (and not totally implausible).

 

[Johnny75]

That was fantastic. Froome and Quintana are so well matched and Conty can't quite live with them. Yates looks a star and potential future grand tour winner to me as well.

Great wasn't it, Quintana looked like he was playing with Froom at the end. Both Yates boys competing with Quintana every GT would be great.

 

[thehistorymakers]

Quintana and Contador have broken and are a minute up on Froome. There are nearly a 100 kilometres left, though. Froome has been constantly on at the team car, to get the Sky cyclists, to get a move on and reduce the lead of Quintana and Contador.

 

[thehistorymakers]

6 Sky cyclists are about 5 minutes down on Quintana and Contador. Froome is in the second group and is over 2 minutes down on the leading group. Froome only has one Sky cyclists around him, to help him reduce the lead of Quintana and Contador.

 

[thehistorymakers]

Chris Froome looks fucked, without his Sky team.

 

[thehistorymakers]

Quintana has left Contador standing, with only 1.5 kilometers left. Quintana has a lead over Froome of 2.26 minutes.

 

[Pompey Wolf]

Sky fucked it up today. Race over. Shame as could have been a thrilling conclusion.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Froome isn't getting three minutes back in the time trial so yep, all done and dusted.

 

[thehistorymakers]

Froome having a good day. He looks like taking over 2 minutes off Quintana's lead.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Good day for the Froomester, but I would be amazed if he could make up 80 seconds tomorrow. That climb outside Benidorm has Quintana written all over it. Absolute beast.

 

[Pompey Wolf]

Yeah great effort from Froome but can't see him cracking Quintana for 1 second let alone 80.

 

[thehistorymakers]

Froome applauds Quintana, as Quintana goes over the line before Froome. Froome tried many times to break Quintana, but Quintana stuck next to Froome's back wheel, until they could see the finish line, then Quintana took Froome. Contador, missed the podium by 12 seconds. A fantastic stage and Froome showed great sportsmanship applauding Quintana as he went passed him.

 

[thehistorymakers]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37456623

 

[nimrod]

hmm, it's a performance enhancer, but not when i take it.
"level playing field" - now where have i heard that before?
not at all surprising but disappointing all the same.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37462540

 

[nimrod]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/30/bradley-wiggins-interview-tues

"I’ve been racking my brains for the last few days right back to the first time I had real problems with it"

help you out brad. wasn't it was after the hack was revealed, when you finally needed some form of justification for taking PEDs?

 

[Kenny]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/37688216

2017 Tour de France

Stage 1: 1 July 1 - Dusseldorf - Dusseldorf (time trial), 13km

Stage 2: 2 July - Dusseldorf - Liege (Belgium), 202km

Stage 3: 3 July - Verviers (Belgium) - Longwy, 202km

Stage 4: 4 July - Mondorf-Les-Bains (Luxembourg) - Vittel, 203km

Stage 5: 5 July - Vittel - La Planche des Belles Filles, 160km

Stage 6: 6 July - Vesoul - Troyes, 216km

Stage 7: 7 July 7 - Troyes - Nuits-Saint-Georges, 214km

Stage 8: 8 July 8 - Dole - Station des Rousses, 187km

Stage 9: 9 July - Nantua - Chambery, 181km

First rest day: 10 July

Stage 10: 11 July - Perigueux - Bergerac, 178km

Stage 11: 12 July - Eymet - Pau, 202km

Stage 12: 13 July - Pau - Peyragudes, 214km

Stage 13: 14 July - Saint-Girons - Foix, 100km

Stage 14: 15 July - Blagnac - Rodez, 181km

Stage 15: 16 July - Laissac-Severac L'Eglise - Le-Puy-en-Velay, 189km

Second rest day: 17 July

Stage 16: 18 July - Le-Puy-en-Velay - Romans-sur-Isere, 165km

Stage 17: 19 July - La Mure - Serre-Chevalier, 183km

Stage 18: 20 July - Briancon - Izoard, 178km

Stage 19: 21 July - Embrun - Salon-de-Provence, 220km

Stage 20: 22 July - Marseille - Marseille (time trial), 23km

Stage 21: 23 July - Montgeron - Paris Champs-Elysees, 105km

 

[Wombat del combate]

fapfapfapfapfap

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Izoard summit finish...plateau des belles filles...peyragudes...

shiny.

However, there are a lot fewer Categorie 1 and Hors Categorie climbs in the 2017 edition so booo hiss for that.