| tour de france 2015 thread 14:48 - Jun 29 with 17586 views | jackforever |
Big race starting this weekend and 10 British riders including 2 welshmen will make it all the more interesting. Team sky packed with brits which thankfully is a complete reversal from the giro. Hope cav is back to his best and can dominate stage wins.
Fantastic event and one of my highlights of the sporting calender. |  | | |  |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 21:20 - Jun 29 with 2552 views | perchrockjack |
Drugs eh? .well it's everywhere in it.
Who can seriously watch athletics any more.
For 30 years, the eastern block were manufacturing, developing,doping kids to produce gold medals tonpromotectge glory of the socialist state.
I d suggest 70per cent of Russian gold medals were a result of drugs and 90 per cent of East German.
Go cav, go | |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 07:53 - Jun 30 with 2501 views | Pacemaker |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 21:15 - Jun 29 by orion3016 |
For those of us that appreciate it ... Alpe d'huez mountain finish - nothing better |
Just came back from Zermatt, got out most days on the trails, makes the South Wales "mountains" look like a little bit of an offence under the trades description act! Thought I would save some money by riding up trails rather than train or cable car, that didn't last long in 25c, two days and I found the train a bargain after that.
Made the error of riding the World Cup downhill track from Sunnega to Zermatt on a FS hire bike, totally exhausted and frightened the life out of myself. I should have realised Iwas out of my depth when I saw that there was a ramp to jump off to clear the first road at the start gate.
You would love it as the bars and restaurants are all open so there is always the opportunity for refreshments.  |  |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 08:21 - Jun 30 with 2494 views | JFSwan |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 18:51 - Jun 29 by Banosswan |
Degenkolb doesn't have the raw power of cav or kittel, so would need to do it in a Peter Sagan kind of way.
The problem with that is Peter Sagan and the strength of the tinkoff team. |
I think Degenkolb has done preformed in a Sagan kind of way better than Sagan this year.
Hopefully Cav will get a good few stages but he'l probably fall short of the green jersey due to the classics specialists having a go in the rougher terrain , depending on this stage profiles obviously. | | | |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 13:04 - Jun 30 with 2453 views | Banosswan |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 08:21 - Jun 30 by JFSwan |
I think Degenkolb has done preformed in a Sagan kind of way better than Sagan this year.
Hopefully Cav will get a good few stages but he'l probably fall short of the green jersey due to the classics specialists having a go in the rougher terrain , depending on this stage profiles obviously. |
I think Tinkoff will send Sagan up the road with a couple of riders to hoover up points, but this also has the advantage of keeping contador's main rivals honest. Could see some interesting attacks from him where he bridges the gap to a few team mates. |  |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 15:30 - Jul 4 with 2392 views | Banosswan |
And we're off | |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 16:25 - Jul 4 with 2374 views | jackforever |
What a crazy time by Dennis. Nobody close | | | |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 20:08 - Jul 4 with 2338 views | Mervyn |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 16:25 - Jul 4 by jackforever |
What a crazy time by Dennis. Nobody close |
Broke Boardmans record held since 1994.....Geraint Thomas did well finishing infront of Dowsett......Dennis surprised all the experts today, well done son | | | |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 20:14 - Jul 4 with 2334 views | sherpajacob |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 21:20 - Jun 29 by perchrockjack |
Drugs eh? .well it's everywhere in it.
Who can seriously watch athletics any more.
For 30 years, the eastern block were manufacturing, developing,doping kids to produce gold medals tonpromotectge glory of the socialist state.
I d suggest 70per cent of Russian gold medals were a result of drugs and 90 per cent of East German.
Go cav, go |
Plus the odd euro qualification in football. |  |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 18:48 - Jul 5 with 2266 views | JFSwan |
Stage two down,
Cav finished 4th, seemed to go early and not have enough left over to beat griepel and sagan.
Cancellara in yellow | | | |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 19:10 - Jul 5 with 2256 views | Mervyn |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 18:48 - Jul 5 by JFSwan |
Stage two down,
Cav finished 4th, seemed to go early and not have enough left over to beat griepel and sagan.
Cancellara in yellow |
Thought Cav was a bit unlucky.... found himself in front of griepel at the wrong time and just run out out of gas........Thomas best placed brit and froome delighted with his start
awesome if thomas can win a stage | | | |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 19:33 - Jul 5 with 2243 views | orion3016 |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 07:53 - Jun 30 by Pacemaker |
Just came back from Zermatt, got out most days on the trails, makes the South Wales "mountains" look like a little bit of an offence under the trades description act! Thought I would save some money by riding up trails rather than train or cable car, that didn't last long in 25c, two days and I found the train a bargain after that.
Made the error of riding the World Cup downhill track from Sunnega to Zermatt on a FS hire bike, totally exhausted and frightened the life out of myself. I should have realised Iwas out of my depth when I saw that there was a ramp to jump off to clear the first road at the start gate.
You would love it as the bars and restaurants are all open so there is always the opportunity for refreshments. |
Sounds brilliant, now that's a proper biking holiday. Big downhills and lots of alcohol opportunities. What full suss did you ride, and how much they charge you for hire? |  |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 22:56 - Jul 5 with 2190 views | Pacemaker |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 19:33 - Jul 5 by orion3016 |
Sounds brilliant, now that's a proper biking holiday. Big downhills and lots of alcohol opportunities. What full suss did you ride, and how much they charge you for hire? |
It was a Swiss brand and something called a Stokli or something like that, they also had Scott carbon FS but they were too small for me. With helmet, leg and armrotection, lift pass and insurance it was 130 chf for two days, I had a further 10% discount through my hotel. it was not cheap but all good quality stuff and you could go up on the Sunnegga funicular railway in about ten minutes. It would have been much cheaper if I had booked in advance.
I did the trip pretty cheap and if I was going again I would take a bike with me on easy jet and then pay for the train transfer which would have been considerably cheaper.
The beer was about 7- 8 chf a pint with Weisebeer 9chf, I wouldn't recommend a night on that before riding, I had the worse hangover ever after one night!. I daren't use my phone for strava as I knew I was going to come off. | |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 00:43 - Jul 6 with 2162 views | Banosswan |
Great documentary on itv4 tonight, slaying the badger. | |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 08:05 - Jul 6 with 2135 views | Mervyn |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 00:43 - Jul 6 by Banosswan |
Great documentary on itv4 tonight, slaying the badger. |
Caught the tail end, the footage i saw looked good.... will have to look into catch up or something.........fingers xd for Geraint today.....come on son. | | | |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 09:15 - Jul 6 with 2121 views | perchrockjack |
Was brilliant coverage.
My lad saw it in Rotterdam and atmosphere was electric.
Cav ran out of steam and hope he s not a busted flush yet.
This tour gonna be a great one.
Go ed Froomey and G | |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 11:14 - Jul 6 with 2037 views | orion3016 |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 09:15 - Jul 6 by perchrockjack |
Was brilliant coverage.
My lad saw it in Rotterdam and atmosphere was electric.
Cav ran out of steam and hope he s not a busted flush yet.
This tour gonna be a great one.
Go ed Froomey and G |
Great start, very eventful day yesterday which has spiced up what was possibly going to be just a quiet 1st week | |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 16:31 - Jul 6 with 1993 views | Banosswan |
Froome put time into all his rivals there. | |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 17:15 - Jul 6 with 1977 views | orion3016 |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 16:31 - Jul 6 by Banosswan |
Froome put time into all his rivals there. |
He did well, contador couldn't live with him. Ell of a crash today | |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 17:23 - Jul 6 with 1971 views | Mervyn |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 17:15 - Jul 6 by orion3016 |
He did well, contador couldn't live with him. Ell of a crash today |
surprising to see contador dropped on that last climb...dug deep fair play, not een the race yet but read updates and as you say ell of a crash.
Thomas looking strong | | | |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 18:09 - Jul 6 with 1959 views | orion3016 |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 17:23 - Jul 6 by Mervyn |
surprising to see contador dropped on that last climb...dug deep fair play, not een the race yet but read updates and as you say ell of a crash.
Thomas looking strong |
Thomas did a great job for froome and shepherding him for a large part of the race he inevitably fell away over the last 1k climb | |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 18:15 - Jul 6 with 1959 views | ImAlrightJack |
Watched it every year since 1998 and none of the English riders have overinflated-egos, unlike the men's football team. On top of that, it's a brilliant sport and you don't see the same thing 75 times like you do with Formula-Fixed, it's like a journey alongside a sport. [Post edited 6 Jul 2015 23:38]
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 22:33 - Jul 6 with 1915 views | Banosswan |
The fallers today aren't going to enjoy 7 cobblestone sections tomorrow. | |
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| tour de france 2015 thread on 22:47 - Jul 6 with 1906 views | jackforever |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 22:33 - Jul 6 by Banosswan |
The fallers today aren't going to enjoy 7 cobblestone sections tomorrow. |
Got a feeling many of the fallers today won't be there tomorrow. Cancellaras out and a few more surely will follow. Just a word on Cancellara today, what guts to get back on and finish despite breaking his back. Imagine a modern day footballer playing on? Toughest sports men out there these days. | | | |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 00:01 - Jul 7 with 1874 views | Mervyn |
What a spectacular pile up ..........so many riders coming close to a head on with that lamp post......lots of injuries today but thankfully so it seems their not career ending. | | | |
| tour de france 2015 thread on 09:03 - Jul 7 with 1829 views | Pegojack |
Fantastic spectacle, I could feel my lungs burning in sympathy as I watched Froomey chasing the leader up that last 500 metres. |  | | |
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