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I reckon so. Off the top of my head: - not pushing on when there's been a crash / puncture etc by one of the other leaders - letting riders go ahead to see their family if the route goes through their home village / town (these are rare these days) - sharing a bidon or mussette - communal p'ss...

I'll half put my hand up - I thought they'd have to buy a winner. I didn't think Wiggins quite had enough in the high mountains.

Virtually everyone (well, those with some hope of a high GC finish) can learn to climb - its learning to TT which is the hard thing. Climbing is the simple (!) power to weight relationship - get that right and you can climb. The ability to TT is much more 'mysterious' Sadly, we don't see many...

Great Tour and a great thread to match! I think Sky have shown what you can do with meticulous planning and the athletes to match - The 2012 Tour suited Wiggins and having the emerging Froome was a great bonus. There are loads of 'ifs' (e.g would he have beaten Contador etc) but you can only...

Its seemed to move earlier and earlier into Aug these last few years It used to be in May - the first Grand Tour of the year but moved to september in the early 90's as the organisers thought (correctly) they'd get a better quality field as most riders opted for the Giro and / or Tour. I'm...

Froome only lost 35secs to Wiggins in the long ITT. Even if he'd lost 1min in that one and another, say, 1min today - that sort of time can be re-couped in the mountains very easily. Races don't explode in Time Trials but they can in the mountains and gaps of 3,4,5mins can open up very easily...

Crikey! I thought he was far too far back but - wow! With Wiggins well placed to win tomorrow and then Cav on Sunday - will it ever get any better than this for the UK at the Tour? Who knows...

Its stages like this why I think the peloton is cleaner than it was a few years ago. We expect fireworks and it doesn't happen - everyone is on their limit and cannot attack. The 'big' teams can stretch the race out so everyone is pulled from their comfort zone Its not like Rasmussen Vs...

'sake - are Nibali etc going to at least have a go? Armchair ride for Sky at the moment...

Getting to the hard bit of the Tourmalet now. I've skied down this from the top. Theres a nice cafe too full of Tour memorabilia. Wouldn't DREAM of riding a bike up it ffs!

Paul Sherwen: "Dan Martin has turned up the screws" :wink:

No, no its fine I love Paul Sherwen's co-commentary. Its so bad its good eg he is incapable of saying 'Lance Armstrong' without preceeding it with 'a certain Mr.' "It's just all part of the sport of professional bike riding" "Pilot fish" "heads of state coming to the fore" etc

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I'm not so sure I quite like these stages - watching the break of the day try to get established is always worth a watch and its a bit like Test Match Cricket - you need a bit of down time to set up the next bit of action.

Very naughty but great eh? All adds to the back-stories going on...

Its a minefield innit. In the pro peloton though, the 3rd kiss of a podium girl is code for letting the rider know they're up for some 'action' later. George Hincapie ended up marrying one after getting the come-on '3rd kiss'

Yeah, this group should stay away I reckon. Millar? He's got a decent sprint from a small group like this?

I think Froome knew that 10secs worth of effort to put a gap between him and Wiggins will be worth £££ in eitehr re-negotiating with Sky or moving elsewhere. I don't think he'll attack Wiggins again but its was a pretty clear statement of what he could do - i.e beat Wiggins in the Tour...

Kimmage never is His book 'Rough Ride' is worth a read though..

Could be a great stage tomorrow - short enough for it to go bat-sh't mental if Evans, Nibali etc put the pressure on.