[John_D]

Re: Tour de France Chat : Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:03 pm  

Haggis Fax wrote:

It would not surprise me to see Cav climb off his bike soon.

It would surprise me. It's all about Paris.

[John_D]

Re: Tour de France Chat : Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:22 pm  

Change of tack by OPQS. Huge injection of pace, Argos dropped and forced to expend a lot of energy to get back. Peloton in splinters. Mayhem of the most brilliant kind.

[John_D]

Re: Tour de France Chat : Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:38 pm  

Valverde punctures. Four team-mates with him to pace him back, but OPQS are driving on so quickly they're stranded 35" adrift.

[John_D]

Re: Tour de France Chat : Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:45 pm  

Boring, flat, transitional stage, eh? Not a bit of it. Belkin leap on the front of the peloton, Valverde and his buddies are gone, gone, gone, back in the Kittel group at 1'10"

[John_D]

Re: Tour de France Chat : Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:39 pm  

Saxo have a go at distancing Froome as echelons form in cross-winds. And it might be working

Re: Tour de France Chat : Fri Jul 12, 2013 3:37 pm  

This is setting up for a tremendous final week.

Re: Tour de France Chat : Fri Jul 12, 2013 3:38 pm  

Haggis Fax wrote:

Some might say that his lead out train is useless. OPQS are a classics squad. A team of riders who break things apart.

And today they used this skill to perfection.

Re: Tour de France Chat : Fri Jul 12, 2013 3:40 pm  

John_D wrote:

It would surprise me. It's all about Paris.

Normally I'd agree with you. You do know the finish in Paris has been moved closer to l'Arc de Triomphe? Uphill finish, longer to go after the final corner. On this years form I don't fancy him.

Re: Tour de France Chat : Fri Jul 12, 2013 3:41 pm  

vbfg wrote:

This is setting up for a tremendous final week.

It certainly made a flat boring stage interesting. Here's hoping Bert fancies bashing Froome next week.

Re: Tour de France Chat : Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:13 pm  

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