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re: 2018 Tour de France thread: Thomas wins!

Posted on 7/16/18 at 9:34 pm to
Posted by gmrkr5
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Posted on 7/16/18 at 9:34 pm to
Froome isn’t attacking unless he feels pressure from his own team because of the Thomas situation.

Froome is a professional sandbagger. He’ll suck wheel for 3 weeks if he can.
Posted by lnomm34
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Posted on 7/16/18 at 10:11 pm to
quote:

Froome is a professional sandbagger. He’ll suck wheel for 3 weeks if he can.


Just like he did at the Giro. Oh. Wait . . .

Not defending him. I don’t care too much to see him win again. But I think he’s actually smartly aggressive. He jabbed a bit yesterday to test the legs of his GC competitors and he’s known to do that pretty often.
Posted by gmrkr5
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Posted on 7/16/18 at 10:13 pm to
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Just like he did at the Giro. Oh. Wait . . .


How may times have you seen Froome do that?
Posted by engvol
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Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:46 am to
How many times have you seen anyone do that since Andy Schleck nearly a decade ago?

Contador in the Vuelta
Quintana in his first tour as a contender did it to try and soften up the sky train for Valverde and was brought back, can’t think of anyone else
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 2:47 am
Posted by usc6158
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 3:59 am to
Whiskey fueled

Posted by easy money
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 4:06 am to
Majka is a monster. Really would like to see him do well and finish top 10. He has won some epic stages in the past.
Posted by starsandstripes
Georgia
Member since Nov 2017
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 7:00 am to
Just saw a lady hoding her baby and appeared she was on the road as the riders came around a corner. It amazes me, how much freedom the spectators have at this event. I'm not a fan of how some of those idiots behave.
Posted by usc6158
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 8:03 am to
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Majka is a monster. Really would like to see him do well and finish top 10. He has won some epic stages in the past.



Can't time trial to save his life. Always seems to be his undoing.
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 8:12 am to
Trying to get some things at work done this morning so I can tune in asap
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 8:20 am to
Anyone watch LaCourse? Crazy finish
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 8:54 am to
Not that it's going to matter, but how did Van Avermaet end up in the leading group?
Posted by canyon
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 9:29 am to
Still there
7+ minutes free of peloton
Edit: coming back quick now down to 6’00”
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 9:52 am
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 9:59 am to
Yeah there's no way they'll survive, I just don't understand what he was doing up there. But then again he isn't really a yellow jersey trying to protect his position, so the strategy is different
Posted by canyon
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 10:15 am to
I didn’t see the first breaks but with Porte out and Tejay suffering I think he said WTF, let’s try and keep the jersey.

SKY fixing to reel me back in
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 10:20 am to
These teams piss me off so much. They're always just content letting Sky do whatever the F they want.
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 10:21 am
Posted by canyon
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 10:23 am to
Same here
I would love to see them be challenged but I don’t think the others have the horses
Maybe Niboli or Barday
Posted by pennypacker3
Charleston
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 10:38 am to
What a bore hole this is so far!
Posted by canyon
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 10:59 am to

Well at least GVA will stay in yellow
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 11:14 am to
Yeah that was boring, and outside of one explosive stage when Froome will take the yellow, it'll be more of the same the rest of the way.
Posted by canyon
Member since Dec 2003
18598 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 11:25 am to
I miss the days when Lemond and Hinault traded jabs back and forth.
While on the same team!!
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