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KeepRunningFatboy
KeepRunningFatboy Posts: 3,055 Member
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Anyone following this years tour?

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  • kam26001
    kam26001 Posts: 2,799 Member
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    Stopped following the tour after Vladimir Karpets retired. Who's the favorite?
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,492 Member
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    KeepRunningFatboy wrote: »
    Anyone following this years tour?

    Yep.

    I`m a Teejay Van G fan.

    Not a lot of yanks riding this year.

    Gotta like Griepel, Cav, Kittel & Sagan too.
  • DAGridesagain
    DAGridesagain Posts: 132 Member
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    Sure.

    Early days, so plenty of nasty crashes taking too many riders out. Smaller teams make for safer peloton? Not a chance!
  • KeepRunningFatboy
    KeepRunningFatboy Posts: 3,055 Member
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    Sagan is a favorite for the green jersey. I think the yellow will be hotly contested.
  • ClayBengal
    ClayBengal Posts: 124 Member
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    Don’t see Froome losing unless his Giro catches up to him. He’s the best GC rider in cycling.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,492 Member
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    ClayBengal wrote: »
    Don’t see Froome losing unless his Giro catches up to him. He’s the best GC rider in cycling.

    Yeah, Froome in yellow & Sagan in green is the safe bet for sure.

    Anything can happen tho' ..... remember

    last year Sagan got railroaded out of the tour for the crash with Cavendish, bad, bad decision.

  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,492 Member
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    Sagan Twofer

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  • makkimakki2018
    makkimakki2018 Posts: 414 Member
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    Still hoping Quintana takes a stage or two..
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,492 Member
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    Sagan locks up the Maillot Vert today.

    Pretty Impressive.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
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    Big fan here!

    5 American riders this year. Looks like Lawson Craddock is going to be the first American Latourne Rouge.

    I'm a big Pete fan - remember last year when he rode too aggressively and got kicked out of the race? - but it's going to come down to Geraint and Chris of Sky, for sure.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,492 Member
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    makkimakki2018 wrote: »
    Still hoping Quintana takes a stage or two..

    @makkimakki2018


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  • xFunctionalStrengthx
    xFunctionalStrengthx Posts: 4,928 Member
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    Haven't participated in the thread. But, I try to follow the Tour here and there. I think it lost some appeal to me because of all the doping dramas. Saw something yesterday about lead rides getting affected by tear gas used to disperse farmers protesting?
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,492 Member
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    LMNOP55 wrote: »
    Who's doping?

    Doping has never occurred in the TdF.

    Never.
  • makkimakki2018
    makkimakki2018 Posts: 414 Member
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    Motorsheen wrote: »
    makkimakki2018 wrote: »
    Still hoping Quintana takes a stage or two..

    @makkimakki2018


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    Hell yeah!
  • icemom011
    icemom011 Posts: 999 Member
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    makkimakki2018 wrote: »
    Still hoping Quintana takes a stage or two..

    And he did! I love him. Sagan too, always impressed. Hope Froome wins yellow though.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,492 Member
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    icemom011 wrote: »
    makkimakki2018 wrote: »
    Still hoping Quintana takes a stage or two..

    And he did! I love him. Sagan too, always impressed. Hope Froome wins yellow though.

    Sagan is nails.

    It's probably going to be G. Thomas in yellow when arriving in Paris.
  • icemom011
    icemom011 Posts: 999 Member
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    Motorsheen wrote: »
    icemom011 wrote: »
    makkimakki2018 wrote: »
    Still hoping Quintana takes a stage or two..

    And he did! I love him. Sagan too, always impressed. Hope Froome wins yellow though.

    Sagan is nails.

    It's probably going to be G. Thomas in yellow when arriving in Paris.

    Yeah, he looks good for that. We'll see soon enough
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,492 Member
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    Gotta love Sagan, pretty beat up after yesterday's mishap and the dude finishes 8th in today's stage.

    His reaction in yesterday's interview, to the question: Will you race tomorrow? was classic.



  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
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    No one posted about 2019 yet!

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