Desert Nomad Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Seems not everybody in the peloton is taken in by Sky. It'll be put down to petty jealousy of course [emoji19] [/img] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Froome off the front with Sagan and Thomas. Quintana proving to be tactically very naive. He's losing time again. Froome making the rest look very stupid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Movistar are a shambles, how can their team leader be left on his own that late in a stage? Whatever you think of Sky/Froome they are almost always switched on to what is happening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Valverde has plenty experience as well. Totally left wanting. Sagan showing the rest what he's made of. The most talented rider outside of the GC men. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Credit where it's due, that was fantastic from Froome today. Utterly brainless stuff from Quintana and Movistar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Tomorrow's stage to Ventoux won't go to the summit. It'll stop 6km lower at Chalet Reynard due to high winds. Quintana already losing opportunities to get time on Froome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Sagan once again the star man yesterday. Huge talent and always willing to have a go.Smart, strong riding from Froome and Thomas. Liked Froome's nod of head when Sagan had seen who had gone with him and asked if Sky would help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Good preview of today's shortened stage here http://inrng.com/2016/07/tour-de-france-stage-12-preview-mont-ventoux/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Sky train too strong for best climbers in cycling to drop, followed by big attack from Froome. Tour over, but then Porte crashes into a motorbike, Froome loses bike and starts running up hill, gets given a neutral bike which was too small. This is crazy stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyBear Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Unbelievable finish today. Froome running up a mountain because his bike was damaged in a crash lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenMonster Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Froome, Porte and Mollema were gaping the other GC riders when Porte rode into the back of a motorbike and brought the other two down with him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Yates provisionally yellow, but I'm not convinced the result will stand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Good decision to shorten the stage & condense the crowd on Ventoux then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Good decision to shorten the stage & condense the crowd on Ventoux then? Given the wind higher up, they'd no option. Crowds have always been crazy on Tour mountain stages, particularly on Bastille Day. It was an accident waiting to happen. ASO the Tour organisers should've been aware and done more to prevent it. It's nothing new, remember the Alpe d'huez TT a few years back? Armstrong going down at Luz Ardiden? Any number of Dolomite passes in the Giro. Merckx got punched by a guy on Puy du Dome in 75 Tour, 100k on the slopes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Froome still in yellow, gave him the same time as Mollema who finished ahead of Quintana and Yates. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenMonster Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Correct decision if that is their final ruling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Seems fair enough to give Froome and Porte the same time as Mollema. Bastille Day plus the Ventoux (plus the shortened stage) equals chaos. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) BBC reporting time gaps as at time of crash & has increased lead. Edited July 14, 2016 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Agree with you, but and there's always a but, first time this has been done. Greg Van Avermaet will be wanting last year's San Sebastian Classic awarded to him. Can of worms.ASO need to organise better, and UCI need to come up with hard and fast rules. Not fair on the riders. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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