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re: 2018 Tour de France thread: Thomas wins!

Posted on 7/10/18 at 1:40 pm to
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
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Posted on 7/10/18 at 1:40 pm to
The cobbles are going to frick shite up this year
Posted by pennypacker3
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Posted on 7/10/18 at 1:53 pm to
Stage tomorrow has possibilities...last hundred k is choppy and on some small roads. Maybe we’ll see some good racing. The cobbles on stage 9 are going to be wild! Must watch racing.
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff
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Posted on 7/10/18 at 2:01 pm to
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The cobbles are going to frick shite up this year

didn't nibali race a few classics this season? i know he won MSR, so i wonder if he's licking his chops ahead of the cobble stage, hoping to put in time on the other GC contenders.
Posted by pennypacker3
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Posted on 7/10/18 at 4:37 pm to
The Shark did well in the 2014 cobbled stage of the tour. This stage could be epic if raced properly...
ETA that stage was in rainy conditions.
This post was edited on 7/10/18 at 4:50 pm
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
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Posted on 7/11/18 at 7:03 am to
Stage 5 is rolling. Break of 7 riders with 4 minutes on the peloton. Seems like a day for Sagan. Julian, valverde, or maybe benoot
Posted by sms151t
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Posted on 7/11/18 at 7:24 am to
I like Sagantoday but could and do see British Postal attacking Quintana and Landa just to force Movistar hand early.

Oh great Sherwood babbling already.
This post was edited on 7/11/18 at 7:27 am
Posted by jguidroz
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Posted on 7/11/18 at 8:21 am to
Probably not Benoot as he abandoned after his late crash in yesterday's stage. Matthews has also abandoned due to illness.
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
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Posted on 7/11/18 at 8:50 am to
Oh shite did not realize he had abandoned
Posted by usc6158
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Posted on 7/11/18 at 10:30 am to
Could just look at the profile of that stage and know the outcome! Great last 2K!
Posted by usc6158
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Posted on 7/11/18 at 10:32 am to
Alaphalipe takes yellow tomorrow
Posted by pennypacker3
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Posted on 7/11/18 at 10:50 am to
Sagan is a monster! He'll win green at the tour for the foreseeable future...Sprinters are gone on this type stage and PS can hold his own in a straight up sprint. He's very good!
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
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Posted on 7/12/18 at 9:25 am to
Direct Energie is killing it in the breakaways this Tour. The run into the Mur DE Britannia is going to be intense
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
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Posted on 7/12/18 at 11:17 am to
Dan Martin killing it today. Chris Froome and TD even keel after 6 stages. Should be an interesting next 3 days.
Posted by Muthsera
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Posted on 7/12/18 at 11:39 am to
The number of ill timed mechanical errors hitting GC contenders seems abnormally high this year, but it's probably just recency bias.

Patiently waiting for cobblestones.
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
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Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:28 pm to
Agreed. Seems like Niabli is the only one so far who has not had a mechanical. Stage 9 is going to be epic
Posted by easy money
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Posted on 7/13/18 at 2:36 am to
Interested to see how Valverde holds up on cobbles. Nibali certainly seems like the most confident GC guy for that stage, but Thomas, Kwiatkowski, and Moscon will put Sky in a good spot.

I’d like to see Sagan take another one there, but also hoping to see some other sprinters who can cobble there like Kristoff and Demare.

Posted by crazyLSUstudent
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Posted on 7/13/18 at 8:46 am to
Solo breakaway
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
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Posted on 7/13/18 at 12:29 pm to
Dylan Groenewegen before the stage win
Posted by easy money
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Posted on 7/13/18 at 12:48 pm to
Great win for Groenewegen. I guess Gaviria is human. Impey all of a sudden shows up.
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
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Posted on 7/13/18 at 1:00 pm to
Impey must have been feeling good today
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