Tour De France

[Kamikaze 287]

Started Today, with Geraint Thomas winning the Prologue, Alejandro Valverde crashing out and Chris Froome taking time from his principle rivals...

 

Enjoy watching this every year and also have money on Fabio Aru, anyone else into Cycling?

[CWC1983 791]

3 weeks of Le Tour, lovely. 

I love the team tactics, the psychology between the racers and the maverick riders. 

Every year we have been waiting for Quintana to take on Froome but he doesn't seen to have the confidence or the team to do it consistently. 

 

[GboroRam 4,606]

"I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong. Especially after what he achieved, winning 7 Tour de France races while on drugs. When I was on drugs, I couldn't even find my bike"

[Gypsy Ram 2,918]

8 minutes ago, GboroRam said:

"I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong. Especially after what he achieved, winning 7 Tour de France races while on drugs. When I was on drugs, I couldn't even find my bike"

This is my fav year of the tour:

 

[LesterRam 2,445]

Yeah listening to the introduction yesterday it is clear that ITV believe Wiggins was guilty of abusing drugs, hiding evidence and when approached by governmental departments feigning poor health, I don't think you need to look further than David Brailsford, not the first time he was involved with drug abusing, David Millar was also pulled up for drug abuse whilst under direction of Brailsford.

[PodgeyRam 2,435]

Love the Tour de France. I'm a keen cyclist and every time I watch this lot I have to remind myself that they're going more than twice as fast as I can going downhill.

Great to see Thomas in the yellow jersey, even if he probably won't keep it beyond the Pyrenees. 

 

[richinspain 2,886]

I've tried watching it a couple of times, it's very popular over here. I thought it was brilliant. It must have taken me at the most two minutes to fall asleep ?

[Gladys' Handbag 318]

22 hours ago, richinspain said:

I've tried watching it a couple of times, it's very popular over here. I thought it was brilliant. It must have taken me at the most two minutes to fall asleep ?

It's a bit like American Football, you need to understand the tactical side of it or it's just a bunch of in blokes in lycra riding bikes.
Except in American Football they chase a funny shaped ball and stand around a lot, rather than ride bikes.

The flattish stages at the start of the tour can be a bit uneventful, but the last couple of K were pretty exciting today.
Cavendish, 'The Manx Rocket', was elbowed into the barriers at 60kph by Sagan in the bunch sprint and is probably out of the rest of the tour. That was a lot like American Football, except that they don't do 60kph, they just stand around a lot.

Geraint Thomas is still in Yellow for tomorrow's stage 5 which has a mountain finish, this should be worth watching.

[Dordogne_Ram 139]

Be interesting to see how many of the riders injured as a result of the two separate crashes are able to start stage 5 tomorrow. Sagan was a central figure in both instances......

[Animal is a Ram 4,902]

Cav has reportedly suffered a broken shoulder blade, end of his tour with that..

Peter Sagan has been disqualified. Definitely the end of his tour.

[PodgeyRam 2,435]

Would be delighted to see Thomas finish tomorrow in the yellow jersey, but all signs point towards Porte and Froome battling it out at the finish.

[Kamikaze 287]

My man Aru!!! Looked imperious ?

[CWC1983 791]

Just catching up on yesterdays stage. Aru and Martin looked strong. 

We might have a closer race this year. 

[Gladys' Handbag 318]

Wow, the stage today was brilliant!

If you missed it, don't worry, it was just some blokes in lycra riding bikes, you probably wouldn't have enjoyed it.

 

 

[Kamikaze 287]

Ridiculous what drama! Thomas and Porte Crashing out, Froome mechanical and subsequent Aru attack / elbow revenge, and a photo finish at the end of it... (plus i bet on Warren Barguil for the King of the Mountains @66/1 ew in the morning so i was screaming throughout the whole stage!)

 

Think i need a rest day more than the Cyclists now