Tour de France

jirrit · Post #1 » by **jirrit** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 2:10 pm

Anyone?

Foye · Post #2 » by **Foye** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:35 pm

jirrit wrote:Anyone?

I'm in fact watching but with the absolute dominance of team Sky it's relatively boring.

Not even Quintana can challenge Froome.

jirrit · Post #3 » by **jirrit** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:20 am

Yeah it sucks. Sick move by Barguil in the descent.. Thomas got very lucky there.

There are still a few very hard stages but the only thing what can happen to Froome is falling or something.

Foye · Post #4 » by **Foye** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:57 am

jirrit wrote:Yeah it sucks. Sick move by Barguil in the descent.. Thomas got very lucky there.

There are still a few very hard stages but the only thing what can happen to Froome is falling or something.

Assuming no accidents it's really only about who finishes 3rd. Froome and Quintana are locked into their spots IMO. Best two riders.

jirrit · Post #5 » by **jirrit** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:06 pm

2-3-4-5 are only 1m15s away from eachother. Anything is possibly still. I know it's clear Quintana is the second best climber but lots of things can still happen. These 4 last stages are VERY hard. One bad day can make you lose minutes.

Foye · Post #6 » by **Foye** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:51 pm

Great ride from Geschke today. 8-)

Top 3 are locked in with van Garderen out due to illness and Contador's crash downhill that cost him a lot of time.

Froome, Quintana and Valverde it is.

Maybe Contador can still go for Valverde's third spot. But that's about it.

Foye · Post #7 » by **Foye** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:37 pm

Nibali with a hell of a ride today. Everyone else rather disappointing.

Edit now Quintana finally with an attack. Dont understand why he waited so long.

Edit2: Gained around 30 seconds in 5km....Movistar really shouldve forced an all out battle right at the start of the last mountain.
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jirrit · Post #8 » by **jirrit** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:11 pm

Yeah, problem was actually the third place from Valverde. If he had his usual off-day he'd be around place 5-6 and Quintana would have been allowed to attack earlier. Now he had to wait for Valverde. Only in the last one he attacked and he came close. Too bad Froome has such a solid team. I think Cavendish is gonna win today, 20k to go. It's rainy so Froome will be anxious to lose time lol.

And indeed, nice win from Geschke, I like him a lot. Always going for it. Also in the classics. He's allround.

Foye · Post #9 » by **Foye** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:25 pm

jirrit wrote:Yeah, problem was actually the third place from Valverde. If he had his usual off-day he'd be around place 5-6 and Quintana would have been allowed to attack earlier. Now he had to wait for Valverde. Only in the last one he attacked and he came close. Too bad Froome has such a solid team. I think Cavendish is gonna win today, 20k to go. It's rainy so Froome will be anxious to lose time lol.

And indeed, nice win from Geschke, I like him a lot. Always going for it. Also in the classics. He's allround.

That way too late attack on stage 19 really lost Quintana the tour.

If he attacked much earlier say with 12-13 km to go there wouldve been a real chance to get 90-120 seconds back on Froome putting him into a much better position for stage 20.

Either way, I hope next year is his year.

jirrit · Post #10 » by **jirrit** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:50 pm

'Always next year' =)

Foye · Post #11 » by **Foye** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:27 pm

jirrit wrote:'Always next year' =)

Hopefully, today. :roll:

Contador just abandonned. Poor move IMO should've at least supported Kreuziger for a few more days.

jirrit · Post #12 » by **jirrit** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 11:56 pm

I been on holidays, didn't watch a single minute. Sucks.

Post #13 » by **Mr. E** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 12:28 am

Did not watch any of it. Hasn't stopped this song from being stuck in my head, though!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt3p-F2x7rY[/youtube]

Foye · Post #14 » by **Foye** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:40 pm

jirrit wrote:I been on holidays, didn't watch a single minute. Sucks.

Well you haven't really missed a lot so far.
Today is another boring stage but it should get more exciting the rest of the week.

Andi Obst · Post #15 » by **Andi Obst** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 3:21 pm

What crazy, messed up finish today. Too many stupid fans out there.

Foye · Post #16 » by **Foye** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 5:32 pm

Its not the fans fault. Its the organizators fault because they shortened the stage and failed to put enough fences in the important area of the stage.

Foye · Post #17 » by **Foye** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:03 pm

Sadly, Quintana doesn't seem in form to challenge Froome.

Andi Obst · Post #18 » by **Andi Obst** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:50 pm

Foye wrote:Its not the fans fault. Its the organizators fault because they shortened the stage and failed to put enough fences in the important area of the stage.

Well, it's obviously not just the fans fault and you're right that mistakes were made. Still, it should be possible for a bunch of people who use their brains to see that this is probably not going to be enough space for the riders + everyone else who is coming with them.

Foye · Post #19 » by **Foye** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:59 pm

Man Quintana is in disappointing form.

Froome certainly got that locked up

jirrit · Post #20 » by **jirrit** » Sat Aug 6, 2016 10:58 pm

What about that Olympic race today. My god as a Belgian I went totally nuts lol.