Tour de France (2023 from p54)

harveys_gardener

Court of Arbitration in Sport?

DRAddick

I'm sure the timing is purely coincidental and would be dealt with exactly the same way if the rider was French.

rina

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

This is a joke from the organisers

Why only now have they decided to make a decision, they've had months to do this!!

I’m sure the timing was pre-planned for maximum disruption.

If it goes ahead, hopefully G or Yates will destroy Bardet and the other French contenders.

I would love to see G have a crack at the GC

IT_Andy

I heard on the radio yesterday that TDF organisers have been talking to Sky about Fromme's participation for several weeks.

This might explain why Thomas has come out about fighting for team leader.

ForeverAddickted

Wonder who would take Froome's place in the Team SKY line up if he was banned

Be a bit unfair for SKY to only have seven riders

Be more than happy to see Thomas as their Team Leader (Especially if the Tour have banned Froome to increase Bardet's chances of winning only to see it going to yet another Brit), yet Kwiatkowski would be another who could probably challenge in the GC for them

ForeverAddickted

UCI have dropped their investigation against Froome

https://twitter.com/UCI_media/status/1013711993235214336?s=19

Rothko

Interesting that WADA saw the evidence and where more then happy to drop the case.

Weegie Addick

That's not going to please the French.

eaststandmike

Weegie Addick said:

That's not going to please the French.

Lets hope not

ForeverAddickted

Nothing like a cup of piss to keep you refreshed on those hot days

Froome is going to end the day so wet his team mates will think that he's fallen into a lake - I may joke but its a shame that the behaviour of fans is so disgusting on these Tours, its the greatest event you can watch for free and you get idiots ruining that fact

SuedeAdidas

ForeverAddickted said:

Nothing like a cup of piss to keep you refreshed on those hot days

Froome is going to end the day so wet his team mates will think that he's fallen into a lake - I may joke but its a shame that the behaviour of fans is so disgusting on these Tours, its the greatest event you can watch for free and you get idiots ruining that fact

Someone has clearly forgotten about watching Charlton v Wycombe Wanderers from the flats in the SW corner?!?!

ForeverAddickted

SuedeAdidas said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Nothing like a cup of piss to keep you refreshed on those hot days

Froome is going to end the day so wet his team mates will think that he's fallen into a lake - I may joke but its a shame that the behaviour of fans is so disgusting on these Tours, its the greatest event you can watch for free and you get idiots ruining that fact

Someone has clearly forgotten about watching Charlton v Wycombe Wanderers from the flats in the SW corner?!?!

Thankfully didnt attend that League Cup tie (I guess you mean that match) so dont know what you mean?

SuedeAdidas

You've not lost your chance.......8th September.......'El Crapico'

stonemuse

ForeverAddickted said:

UCI have dropped their investigation against Froome

https://twitter.com/UCI_media/status/1013711993235214336?s=19

Great news, pity it took so long.

cafcdave123

Forgive my ignorance but, is this still the over use of an asthma pump?

ForeverAddickted

cafcdave123 said:

Forgive my ignorance but, is this still the over use of an asthma pump?

Yeah it took them 9-months to decide it

IT_Andy

Bernard Hinault was very naive to suggest riders should go on strike. Especially aftert not knowing the full facts, which states hes levels of salbutamol was 19% over the limit and not double as reported.

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IT_Andy said:

Bernard Hinault was very naive to suggest riders should go on strike. Especially aftert not knowing the full facts, which states hes levels of salbutamol was 19% over the limit and not double as reported.

Yes because the likes of Hinault and Merckx were saints and were completely clean

Past riders should keep very quiet in my opinion

stonemuse

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

This is a joke from the organisers

Why only now have they decided to make a decision, they've had months to do this!!

I’m sure the timing was pre-planned for maximum disruption.

If it goes ahead, hopefully G or Yates will destroy Bardet and the other French contenders.

Now he's definitely in, we can go for all three podium places

Yes, I know, very doubtful, but would be lovely to rub their face in it after they tried to stop another UK win.

ForeverAddickted

stonemuse said:

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

This is a joke from the organisers

Why only now have they decided to make a decision, they've had months to do this!!

I’m sure the timing was pre-planned for maximum disruption.

If it goes ahead, hopefully G or Yates will destroy Bardet and the other French contenders.

Now he's definitely in, we can go for all three podium places

Yes, I know, very doubtful, but would be lovely to rub their face in it after they tried to stop another UK win.

Get Yates in the White Jersey | Froome in the Yellow and Pokadot | Cavendish in the Green would be quite nice

stonemuse

ForeverAddickted said:

stonemuse said:

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

This is a joke from the organisers

Why only now have they decided to make a decision, they've had months to do this!!

I’m sure the timing was pre-planned for maximum disruption.

If it goes ahead, hopefully G or Yates will destroy Bardet and the other French contenders.

Now he's definitely in, we can go for all three podium places

Yes, I know, very doubtful, but would be lovely to rub their face in it after they tried to stop another UK win.

Get Yates in the White Jersey | Froome in the Yellow and Pokadot | Cavendish in the Green would be quite nice

Sagan probably, or possibly Matthews will get Green ... so will be happy if Cav takes the stage record from Merkcx

ForeverAddickted

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

stonemuse said:

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

This is a joke from the organisers

Why only now have they decided to make a decision, they've had months to do this!!

I’m sure the timing was pre-planned for maximum disruption.

If it goes ahead, hopefully G or Yates will destroy Bardet and the other French contenders.

Now he's definitely in, we can go for all three podium places

Yes, I know, very doubtful, but would be lovely to rub their face in it after they tried to stop another UK win.

Get Yates in the White Jersey | Froome in the Yellow and Pokadot | Cavendish in the Green would be quite nice

Sagan probably, or possibly Matthews will get Green ... so will be happy if Cav takes the stage record from Merkcx

Yeh the Green Jersey isnt setup for an out'n'out Sprinter these days - Nor was it really as its more for the all round Rider who can manage all types of terrain... there are nine flat stages this year so Cavendish has a great chance to break the record yet Kittel as usual will be difficult to beat, just hope he stays fit as Gripel isnt good enough to challenge now and can just see the Sprints turning into a borefest with Kittel winning the majority of them like last year

stonemuse

https://mobile.twitter.com/julienpretotRTR/status/1013741626240520192?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

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stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

stonemuse said:

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

This is a joke from the organisers

Why only now have they decided to make a decision, they've had months to do this!!

I’m sure the timing was pre-planned for maximum disruption.

If it goes ahead, hopefully G or Yates will destroy Bardet and the other French contenders.

Now he's definitely in, we can go for all three podium places

Yes, I know, very doubtful, but would be lovely to rub their face in it after they tried to stop another UK win.

Get Yates in the White Jersey | Froome in the Yellow and Pokadot | Cavendish in the Green would be quite nice

Sagan probably, or possibly Matthews will get Green ... so will be happy if Cav takes the stage record from Merkcx

I suspect Cav is already plotting his revenge on Sagan.

ForeverAddickted

Addickted said:

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

stonemuse said:

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

This is a joke from the organisers

Why only now have they decided to make a decision, they've had months to do this!!

I’m sure the timing was pre-planned for maximum disruption.

If it goes ahead, hopefully G or Yates will destroy Bardet and the other French contenders.

Now he's definitely in, we can go for all three podium places

Yes, I know, very doubtful, but would be lovely to rub their face in it after they tried to stop another UK win.

Get Yates in the White Jersey | Froome in the Yellow and Pokadot | Cavendish in the Green would be quite nice

Sagan probably, or possibly Matthews will get Green ... so will be happy if Cav takes the stage record from Merkcx

I suspect Cav is already plotting his revenge on Sagan.

Gonna be like that old Road Rage game where they're cycling up the road attacking each other with chains and baseball bats

stonemuse

Just noticed that Nibali finished 8 minutes down in the Adriatico Ionica a few days ago.

His form hasn’t improved since the Giro.

cafcdave123

ForeverAddickted said:

Addickted said:

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

stonemuse said:

stonemuse said:

ForeverAddickted said:

This is a joke from the organisers

Why only now have they decided to make a decision, they've had months to do this!!

I’m sure the timing was pre-planned for maximum disruption.

If it goes ahead, hopefully G or Yates will destroy Bardet and the other French contenders.

Now he's definitely in, we can go for all three podium places

Yes, I know, very doubtful, but would be lovely to rub their face in it after they tried to stop another UK win.

Get Yates in the White Jersey | Froome in the Yellow and Pokadot | Cavendish in the Green would be quite nice

Sagan probably, or possibly Matthews will get Green ... so will be happy if Cav takes the stage record from Merkcx

I suspect Cav is already plotting his revenge on Sagan.

Gonna be like that old Road Rage game where they're cycling up the road attacking each other with chains and baseball bats

Road Rash would make an amazing Olympic event

Addickted

Full team line up snow announced.

Team Sky
FROOME Christopher
BERNAL Egan
CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
KWIATKOWSKI Michal
MOSCON Gianni
POELS Wout
ROWE Luke
THOMAS Geraint

Quick-Step Floors
TERPSTRA Niki
LAMPAERT Yves
GILBERT Philippe
GAVIRIA Fernando
JUNGELS Bob
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano
DECLERCQ Tim

Lotto Soudal
GREIPEL André
DE GENDT Thomas
BENOOT Tiesj
MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
DE BUYST Jasper
SIEBERG Marcel
VANENDERT Jelle
KEUKELEIRE Jens

Trek-Segafredo
BERNARD Julien
DEGENKOLB John
DE KORT Koen
GOGL Michael
GRMAY Tsgabu
MOLLEMA Bauke
SKUJIŅŠ Toms
STUYVEN Jasper

LottoNL-Jumbo
ROGLIC Primoz
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
MARTENS Paul
ROOSEN Timo
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
JANSEN Amund Grondahl
GESINK Robert
TOLHOEK Antwan

Groupama-FDJ
DÉMARE Arnaud
GAUDU David
GUARNIERI Jacopo
LE GAC Olivier
LUDVIGSSON Tobias
MOLARD Rudy
SINKELDAM Ramon
VICHOT Arthur

Dimension Data
CAVENDISH Mark
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
SLAGTER Tom-Jelte
RENSHAW Mark
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
PAUWELS Serge
VERMOTE Julien
THOMSON Jay Robert

Katusha-Alpecin
KITTEL Marcel
ZAKARIN Ilnur
MARTIN Tony
KOCHETKOV Pavel
BOSWELL Ian
KIŠERLOVSKI Robert
POLITT Nils
ZABEL Rick

Movistar
QUINTANA Nairo
VALVERDE Alejandro
LANDA Mikel
AMADOR Andrey
SOLER Marc
ROJAS José Joaquín
ERVITI Imanol
BENNATI Daniele

Bora-Hansgrohe
BODNAR Maciej
BURGHARDT Marcus
MAJKA Rafał
MÜHLBERGER Gregor
OSS Daniel
POLJANSKI Pawel
SAGAN Peter
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas

BMC Racing
PORTE Richie
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
CARUSO Damiano
VAN AVERMAET Greg
BEVIN Patrick
GERRANS Simon
KÜNG Stefan
SCHÄR Michael

Ag2r La Mondiale
FRANK Mathias
NAESEN Oliver
VUILLERMOZ Alexis
GALLOPIN Tony
BARDET Romain
LATOUR Pierre
DOMONT Axel
DILLIER Silvan

EF Education First-Drapac
URAN Rigoberto
ROLLAND Pierre
PHINNEY Taylor
VANMARCKE Sep
MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe
CLARKE Simon
SCULLY Thomas
CRADDOCK Lawson

Astana
FUGLSANG Jakob
HANSEN Jesper
CORT NIELSEN Magnus
VALGREN Michael
FRAILE Omar
SANCHEZ Luis Leon
KANGERT Tanel
GRUZDEV Dmitriy

Bahrain Merida
KOREN Kristijan
NIBALI Vincenzo
POZZOVIVO Domenico
IZAGIRRE Ion
IZAGIRRE Gorka
COLBRELLI Sonny
PELLIZOTTI Franco
HAUSSLER Heinrich

Fortuneo-Samsic
BARGUIL Warren
BOUET Maxime
GESBERT Elie
HARDY Romain
LEDANOIS Kevin
MOINARD Amaël
PICHON Laurent
VACHON Florian

Direct Energie
CALMEJANE Lilian
CHAVANEL Sylvain
TAARAMÄE Rein
COUSIN Jérôme
SICARD Romain
GAUDIN Damien
GRELLIER Fabien
BOUDAT Thomas

Cofidis
LAPORTE Christophe
CLAEYS Dimitri
EDET Nicolas
HERRADA Jesús
NAVARRO Daniel
PEREZ Anthony
SIMON Julien
TURGIS Anthony

Wanty-Groupe Gobert
DEGAND Thomas
DUPONT Timothy
MARTIN Guillaume
MINNAARD Marco
OFFREDO Yoann
PASQUALON Andrea
SMITH Dion
VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume

Team Sunweb
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
ARNDT Nikias
DUMOULIN Tom
TEN DAM Laurens
GESCHKE Simon
HAGA Chad
MATTHEWS Michael
THEUNS Edward

Mitchelton-Scott
BAUER Jack
DURBRIDGE Luke
HAYMAN Mathew
HEPBURN Michael
HOWSON Damien
IMPEY Daryl
NIEVE Mikel
YATES Adam

UAE-Team Emirates
ATAPUMA John Darwin
DURASEK Kristijan
FERRARI Roberto
KRISTOFF Alexander
MARCATO Marco
MARTIN Daniel
SUTHERLAND Rory
TROIA Oliviero

ForeverAddickted

Shame no McLay for Cannondale, he's impressed me as a British Sprinter the last few tours

Cafc43v3r

Have dd got 3 sprinters?