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re: 2018 Tour de France thread: Thomas wins!
Posted on 7/25/18 at 10:36 am to castorinho
Posted on 7/25/18 at 10:36 am to castorinho
Thomas is the most obvious dope case ever. Track rider to cobbled classics specialist to outclimbing everyone in the Tour 
Such a fraud before our eyes
Such a fraud before our eyes
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Posted on 7/25/18 at 11:01 am to usc6158
G has been targeting GC wins for a couple of years now. First one he has really put it all together for three weeks and not crashed or had some bad luck
Posted on 7/25/18 at 1:10 pm to usc6158
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Track rider to cobbled classics specialist to out climbing everyone in the Tour
Anything is possible with Team Jiffy Bag
Posted on 7/25/18 at 1:55 pm to crazyLSUstudent
I think Froome's race effectively ended on Stage 1 with that crash and the public backlash.
I doubt he'll face the boo's next year. Maybe he'll return to form then.
I doubt he'll face the boo's next year. Maybe he'll return to form then.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 2:03 pm to starsandstripes
Froome's race ended when he decided to race the Giro
Posted on 7/25/18 at 4:13 pm to crazyLSUstudent
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Froome's race ended when he decided to race the Giro
Why? Many of the GC contenders do the Giro and Vuelta. Dumo came in 2nd at the Giro and now he's second at the Tour. I would buy the fact that he's ridden too many tours and races over the past year, however. That's pretty rough.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 4:33 pm to starsandstripes
He’s ridden 4 in a row which is far too much for a GC contender.
Only around 7or 8 people have done the giro-tour double. Peak Contador couldn’t do either, no shame in it at all.
Riding two tours is fine when the second is the Vuelta, nobody actually targets the Vuelta
Only around 7or 8 people have done the giro-tour double. Peak Contador couldn’t do either, no shame in it at all.
Riding two tours is fine when the second is the Vuelta, nobody actually targets the Vuelta
Posted on 7/25/18 at 4:34 pm to starsandstripes
Think Anything crazy happens on Friday?
Posted on 7/25/18 at 4:45 pm to starsandstripes
He has ridden 4 GTs in a row plus the Giro-Tour is harder than the Tour-Vuelta. No one has done the Giro-Tour double since Pantani aka Mr. 60%
Posted on 7/25/18 at 5:27 pm to castorinho
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Think Anything crazy happens on Friday?
Dumoulin is the defending World Time Trial Champion, a mistake here, a mechanical there, who knows.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 5:33 pm to OchoDedos
One day time trial is a lot different than a GT time trial
Posted on 7/25/18 at 5:45 pm to crazyLSUstudent
Anyone else hear that after the stage when the riders went back down the mountain to linkup with team transpo, that Froome was yanked off his bike by a cop? I guess the cop thought he was a spectator and just grabbed him and yanked him off the bike. I have no idea if he's injured.
Been a shitty tour for that guy.
Been a shitty tour for that guy.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 5:49 pm to OchoDedos
Du moulin will take some time off him, but Thomas is a good time trialist. No way he makes up two minutes.
He'd have to shave off some time on Friday.
He'd have to shave off some time on Friday.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 5:50 pm to castorinho
do I need to watch replay? My dvr didn’t catch this stage
Posted on 7/25/18 at 5:51 pm to sms151t
Friday is a monster with the Tourmelet
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:20 pm to sms151t
I thought it was a good stage, just watch the final climb though
Turns out Gilbert road 60km with a broken kneecap yesterday
Turns out Gilbert road 60km with a broken kneecap yesterday
This post was edited on 7/25/18 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:42 pm to starsandstripes
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Anyone else hear that after the stage when the riders went back down the mountain to linkup with team transpo, that Froome was yanked off his bike by a cop? I guess the cop thought he was a spectator and just grabbed him and yanked him off the bike. I have no idea if he's injured.
Yeah, I read he threw a windbreaker on to ride down the hill, and a policeman grabbed him and he fell off the bike. Sky says he's okay though.
Speaking of crashes, did anybody else see Sagan after the stage? Dude was ripped to shreds from a bad crash. Plans to race tomorrow though.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:51 pm to Bunsbert Montcroff
Sagan said "I flew into the forest and I hit a big rock with my arse.” 
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:53 pm to Bunsbert Montcroff
Also, there's supposedly a tweet from Griepel that is going around, talking about suspicious times for some people. I think it implies some riders were just hanging onto cars at the back, getting rest. But it seems he's deleted that tweet.
ETA So Michael Rasmussen has a quote of the tweet from Griepel:
"Over to Mr. @AndreGreipel :Maybe somebody should tell @GroupamaFDJ and @ArnaudDemare that there is GPS tracking in @LeTour. Chapeau to lose just 9min on a 17 km climb on @NairoQuinCo #notthefirsttime"
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ETA So Michael Rasmussen has a quote of the tweet from Griepel:
"Over to Mr. @AndreGreipel :Maybe somebody should tell @GroupamaFDJ and @ArnaudDemare that there is GPS tracking in @LeTour. Chapeau to lose just 9min on a 17 km climb on @NairoQuinCo #notthefirsttime"
This post was edited on 7/25/18 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 7/25/18 at 7:37 pm to starsandstripes
It happened. There are pics on Twitter
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