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There you go SB, got you 2nd at least :thumbsup: I'm assuming you had him E/W of course. Edit: Just seen you went all in :eek: Are you mad!?

I'm trying to do you a favour SB. If I tip our Bryan for success then he's guaranteed to fail. Lampre have mugged me off all Tour, so to let them all have a turn, I'm going to let Cimolai have a go today. 100/1 seems like a steal when we could have carnage in the finale with these wet roads...

Agreed, but I would take team time trials out personally as they can really penalise good riders unfortunate enough to have a weak TT team. I'd be happy with more editions like this year. Light on TT and chucking classics style stages in there heavy on the first week to create fireworks and...

I'll tell you what SB, by way of a thank you for a great job on the stage previews here...I predict your man won't even top ten today :thumbsup: I think poetic justice hit Nibs yesterday with that puncture at the worst possible time. Shame really because I think he would have had a real battle...

Well there is one rider who might just be able to do it. Rafael Valls is actually super strong at the moment. He's only been riding anonymously all tour so that come today he can be over 3 hours downs on GC thus meaning he'll be allowed in the break on the final day. The fools behind just won't...

Good to see Nibali fighting in this Tour rather than quitting as many had predicted the other week (myself included). Same goes for Bardet. Nibs lied yesterday without doubt as he definitely saw Froome had a mechanical, but the attack and stage win made for good viewing nonetheless. Again today...

The chances of Froome not riding a TdF again because of fan abuse etc are zero I'd say. Wiggins is maybe the sort of character to throw toys out of prams but Froome is the complete opposite. Froome is as mentally tough as they come, used to over coming the odds and must have extremely thick...

That would indeed be the one week stage race dream team. How many times has Rui Costa won Tour de Suisse now, 4 or 5 already isn't it? Probably only didn't win it this year because he chose to ride the Dauphine instead :wink: Spilak, Porte & TJ can draw lots over the rest while Rui goes stage...

I think BMC might find themselves with quite a few one week stage race wins from now on. If they were to sign Simon Spilak as well they could totally clean up in that department :lol: Not sure if they have any plans to actually sign a proper GT contender at any point.

I was reading the live ticker from the start of the race as I like to see how the break forms and who's doing what as we often don't get live pictures from the very start of each stage. At that point it was the usual fast paced chaos as breaks were trying to form and at one point Quintana...

Blimey it's all kicking off. Quintana has had a dig already and it's shelling riders out the back rapido. TJVG apparently is one of those dropped.

Looking good for rain tomorrow :) Here's hoping for some GC action on that final descent from the usual three descending suspects, but I wouldn't be surprised if I end up disappointed again. For those who didn't see it first time around. Here is the Allos descent that Bardet won on in this...

Thank God there's now a debate going on to detract from the Sky love in. I do wonder what reaction we'd see on here if it was G taking out Barguil instead. As for stopping to see if G is alright. Even Poels keeps on riding rather than actually dismount. In race situations no one gets off the...

Fair enough. Can't argue with that.

So you'd banish Barguil to the back of the field today and have him lose 13 minutes on GC? Maybe that would be a lesson harsh enough to make him think twice about doing something similar again. There may well be a very reasonable case for that happening, but don't think it ever has, and...

Not sure if true or not, but apparently Barguil may be blaming it all on a touch he got from TJVG. If that is indeed what he's saying, best unleash the lynch mob then :hilton:

To be clear, I'm not trying to defend Barguils actions. I'm saying that he didn't get 10th place on GC as a result of it I'd be curious to know if any rider has ever been disqualified from a race for taking a dangerous line on a descent? It's a totally different scenario to the Renshaw...

To be fair, G must be the master of bracing himself for crashes....he probably has more of them than any other rider in the peloton, bar Gesink maybe.

Wow, talk about an over reaction to Barguil. He doesn't move into 10th as a result of that move, it's a result of Gallopin blowing up. Yes, it was an horrendous crash, yes Barguil was entirely at fault with some really really naive riding, but there's no intent in there whatsoever. G seems to...

You honestly thought they'd make it with Cav being the only sprinter dropped from the peloton? :lol: Blimey, I thought I was the one doing all the crap calling here. On that note, do not bet on any of the following tomorrow, because they're my tips and so guaranteed to fail. Bardet Barguil...