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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

So it has started.......... Opening stage tomorrow who is your money on this year for the yellow jersey???

I'm looking forward to it, plan on doing some miles myself this week weather permitting.

Roxy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chris Froome will take some beating I reckon. I really like Geraint Thomas and Peter Sagan. Excited it's on.

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By *uited staffs guyMan
over a year ago

staffordshire

If he's fit, and I think he really looks it, I'm going for Froome

Comtadors not the same since he stopped the dodgy beef - Quintana is the big risk for me depending on his form

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If his rivals are willing to risk losing Froome won't win. If his rivals are happy to race fir second place Froome will win easily.

Would love to see Cav get yellow today

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whoever has the most drugs in them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If his rivals are willing to risk losing Froome won't win. If his rivals are happy to race fir second place Froome will win easily.

Would love to see Cav get yellow today"

I have a soft spot for Cav. Brilliant sprinter.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Whoever has the most drugs in them."

The best not the most

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Whoever has the most drugs in them.

The best not the most

Yeah thats true!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I think froome is a big contender this year, and yeh would be nice to see cav in yellow this afternoon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oooh thighs!!

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

this years route is definately one for the climbers (even the time trials this year are uphill) so it will be a frome quintana shootout for me...

if quintana and contador decide to gang up on froome it will be interesting... otherwise team sky will isolate them...

i do believe quintana will win...

today may be the most interesting day.... because they will be hugging the coast look out for crosswinds... and groups are going to end up minutes apart....

if you are going to be a gc contender today....you have to stay near the front rather than just hiding in the middle of the pack....

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

I would like to see Froome finish in yellow again, but we will have to wait and see.

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By *anejohnkent6263Couple
over a year ago

canterbury

tour.de drug...starts today...who has taken the most speed wins.

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By *uited staffs guyMan
over a year ago

staffordshire

EPO is more use than speed!

Whilst all sport have drug cheats potentially I think the tour is a hell of a lot cleaner than before

The fact the athletes know the samples are kept and they can be retrospectively done as well is a useful deterrent, as the Russian athletes are finding out at the moment

And re Quintana I agree - if he can't beat Froome on this course he'll never do it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Normal contenders again. Quintanna I think has matured and no longer a lad.

Be a very interesting three weeks and always is.

My biggest concerns are security this is by far the biggest annual sporting event in France if not Europe.

What with the football going on as well, security services will be stretched to say the least.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Whoever has the most drugs in them.

The best not the most

You're forgetting about the secret motors...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Would love to see Cav get yellow today"

That was fucking brilliant

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My favourite month of the year, always enjoy the tour, been to watch it three times many years ago, it's still funny thinking about driving down a road for 30 miles looking for a space!!.

My bets on contador as it was last year

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Would like to think Froome will get it this year but he's going to have his work cut out for him as he's got a massive target n his back. Not sure what his form is looking like so fingers crossed but that said look out for Peter Sagan, he's a great all rounder so he could well be up there.

Would like to see Cav getting some more stage wins his year

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By *radleywigginsMan
over a year ago

northwest

I'm not riding this year as I'm saving myself for the olympics...

I'd like to use this forum to rightly say a big congratulations to my mate, Mark.

And to say that I hope Chris froome develops an extremely painful case of bottom boils.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Cracking finish yesterday!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Race is starting to shape up nicely, still very wide open.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Will it be going through the UK?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Contador out, abandoned

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Contador out, abandoned

That crash he had earlier on would have been enough to finish off a lot of riders. He's looked out of sorts all tour

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah I think there is alot more to it than just the crash. But your right he has not looked right all tour.

Shame coz I love watching him when on form.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It has been a great tour so far. Shame Yates appears to have missed his chance at yellow but he's leaving a fantastic tour. And Froome's attack yesteady was impressive.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As was froomes descending technique. Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yeah I think there is alot more to it than just the crash. But your right he has not looked right all tour.

Shame coz I love watching him when on form. "

It is being reported that he was ill over night.

I like him too and am glad he has reconsidered his planned retirement. I do wonder if he will regroup now and target Roo.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Quintanna is playing it very cleverly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Quintanna is playing it very cleverly. "

And e looks very comfortable.

But despite most of them being unproven at this level the top 10 is incredibly tightly packed. The gap between 1st and 10th is smaller than the gap between 1st and 2nd normally is at this stage.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Great ride by Dumoulin yesterday in some appalling weather.

The behaviour of some of the spectators this year is beyond belief

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Crazy scenes today with Chris Froome running up the mountain

A camera bike had to stop suddenly on Mt Ventoux as spectators crowded in, causing a pile up

It's about time there were crowd controls in place. ...

Earlier this week Froome had to elbow a spectator to get him out of the way

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I was watching it live and I've now got highlights on......I've just missed the beginning but are they looking into something ref standings??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was watching it live and I've now got highlights on......I've just missed the beginning but are they looking into something ref standings?? "

Froome was in a crash caused by a combination of crowds and tv bike, trashed hin bike lost time and effetively lost yellow but same as with Yates last week he's been given an adjusted time and kept the jersey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fucking chaos!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Just watched it, least they have applied common sense and sorted the times out. Agree with Chris Boardman they need to look into crowd control.......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They should have considered crowd control when they shortened the stage. Huge crowds were always expected for this staget, it didn't exactly take foresight to work out what might happen squeezing them ibto a shorter section

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most of the crowd these day's are more interested in getting on camera than supporting the rider's.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't know any names of cyclist other than Armstrong but I don't think he competes anymore

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