strummer Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Cav wins ..what a race flying along at 60 k. Brilliant. Froome back into yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray street Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Froome looking strong today, stays in yellow, will be an interesting team time trial tomorrow which is hilly and finishes with the time of the fifth man on teams of 9, so a lot of teams men will get dropped out on the road. Flat stage riders retire now and the mountain climbers take over, Pyrenees starts on Tuesday after a rest day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray street Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 "Wee" Chris Froome (coollllll) looking strong today, stays in yellow, will be an interesting team time trial tomorrow which is hilly and finishes with the time of the fifth man on teams of 9, so a lot of teams men will get dropped out on the road. Flat stage riders retire now and the mountain climbers take over, Pyrenees starts on Tuesday after a rest day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray street Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 NOTE** the webmaster is sniffing about, so a deletion is imminent................... This thread was started on 23rd June 2014 and was originally called "le tour de france 2014" so is the older thread, the title was changed because the op is a feckin septic ignorant scrote with more faces than the toon hall clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) Shut down and delete Joe's Thread. His meltdowns are funnier. PLEASE MODS Edited July 11, 2015 by shull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray street Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Shut down and delete Joe's Thread. His meltdowns are funnier. PLEASE MODS Are season tickets valid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Are season tickets valid? For your meltdown.? Hope so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Looking forward to the Time Trial/Stage nine.... to see how much the movistar team can help wee Nairo claw back time.... They're supposed to be overflowing with talent in this aspect of "Le biking". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Movistar go off at 3.15 Last will be SKY with the Yella Jersey... preceded by BMC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Impressed by both the timing and the route of this year's team time trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Movistar fall apart after taking the lead, recombine and finish in its the fastest time - so far! Saxo now looking to nip it, with SKY still to post! Fascinating. no forgetting BMC! Edited July 12, 2015 by bluto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Aye... BMC won the stage - but by just pipping SKY, left Froomey with the yella jersey. Wee Nairo's closer to contention - a good day for him. (Though still 2 more minutes down than I'd hoped...) Edited July 12, 2015 by bluto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 And Astana riders struggling again. I'm sure a day of 'recovery' will do them the world of good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted July 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 History has been made by the current holder of the polka -dot Jersey , Eritrean rider Daniel Tekelhaimanot , as he is the first African to wear the king of the mountains Jersey . He rides for the African team , MTN Qhudeka but more interesting than that , the team is currently being managed by ex-Scottish Champion , Brian Smith who happens to come from Paisley . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray street Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Looking forward to tomorrow, we'll see what team sky is all about in the first day in the pyrenees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray street Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) History has been made by the current holder of the polka -dot Jersey , Eritrean rider Daniel Tekelhaimanot , as he is the first African to wear the king of the mountains Jersey . He rides for the African team , MTN Qhudeka but more interesting than that , the team is currently being managed by ex-Scottish Champion , Brian Smith who happens to come from Paisley . . I am willing to let sleeping dogs lie. Without a strong team to back him up he will lose this in the next day or two. Brian Smith has never ridden the tour, has he ever been involved in any other capacity in the tour de france? He is a good commentator and I had hoped to hear him on British Eurosport as I cannot understand Sean Kelly. Edited July 13, 2015 by murray street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted July 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Sadly , Italian rider , Ivan Basso , has had to retire today on the discovery that , he has testitcular cancer , ouch . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray street Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) Brilliant ride by Simba wa Njika froome today, he dropped all of the main contenders, superb. Great job also by Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte who paced and sheltered froome to help him to the stage win. Edited July 14, 2015 by murray street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Yellow jersey fight over on first day in the mountains. Froome just needs to stay on his bike now. With so many days of climbing ahead, what chance of Froome also winning green points jersey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 They will be f**king roastit with aw those jerseys they're wearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Yellow jersey fight over on first day in the mountains. Froome just needs to stay on his bike now. With so many days of climbing ahead, what chance of Froome also winning green points jersey? That was quite an amazing bit of bikey-ing! So impressive. Nairo's three minutes behind now! Hard to see him/anyone catching onto Froome again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Yellow jersey fight over on first day in the mountains. Froome just needs to stay on his bike now. With so many days of climbing ahead, what chance of Froome also winning green points jersey? Indeed , he needs to stay on the bike ( with the cobbles behind him that shouldn't be too difficult) , but he also needs to be ready for attacks in the climbs from the likes of wee Nairo who , desperately needs to claw back some of the time he has lost today . Wee Bertie could be looking at too big a gap now too close considering , that , he has now lost Basso from his team . .If there are some attacks in the mountains , which I'm sure there will be , all the more interesting for us . .???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Well , it looked like Nibali cracked again today and lost another 50 seconds in the overall contention , by his own admission he isn't the rider we saw last year. . Well done , to Serge Paulwels who finished 4th today after a sterling effort whilst wearing a jersey that looked more like a Saints top than last seasons effort by JD Sport. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Yesterday's stage 12 saw the Tour in the Pyrenees for the last day , this year . As predicted the attacks in the mountains started with all the main contenders , except Van garderen , having a dig . It was probably the attack of wee Berti that looked the least impressive , tho' Valverde made up for it . . There was a programme last night about Froomey , which was pretty decent , you should be able to view it here https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/sports-life-stories/series-3/episode-2-chris-froome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) That made for interesting viewing -the final forty or so minutes. I felt for the poor Pole as he was swept up, then enjoyed the Spaniard leaping into the lead... Had to admire the Welshman constantly grinding to the front to chaperone Froome - what was Froome thinking of, when he pushed ahead on his own?!? And the weather added its bit of interest, though only one skinning crash, that we saw.... Did Peter Sagan ever finish....? ETA. Just checked - he still has his Shellic tap... Edited July 17, 2015 by bluto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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