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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.

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.

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.

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.

Great ride from Geschke today.

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.

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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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.

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.

'Always next year' =)

jirrit wrote:'Always next year' =)

Hopefully, today.

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

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

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]

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Man Quintana is in disappointing form.

Froome certainly got that locked up

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