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Tour de France (2023 from p54)

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  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588
    Cavendish not been anywhere so far this tour. Was up there at the end but no where near to winning the sprint. In time honoured CL fashion is it time to say his legs have gone?
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    DRAddick said:

    Cavendish not been anywhere so far this tour. Was up there at the end but no where near to winning the sprint. In time honoured CL fashion is it time to say his legs have gone?

    Thought that too was in a good place and seemed to bottle it about 50m out.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,794
    ForeverAddickted said:

    FIFA World Cup will soon be wrapping up but almost time for the TdF to begin

    Teams have started to announce their eight man squads for the Tour this year - Team Dimension Data having a really good approach to the way they've released theirs

    Good stuff.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,794
    DRAddick said:

    Cavendish not been anywhere so far this tour. Was up there at the end but no where near to winning the sprint. In time honoured CL fashion is it time to say his legs have gone?

    I was just about to post something similar. I do fear he won't win another stage.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,323
    Tour this year is leaving a sour taste in my mouth with Sagan constantly winning... His elbow to send Cavendish down last year appears to have ended his career.

    Yes Cav went for a tight gap that maybe wasnt there but he's done that his entire racing career and will be partly down to the number of stages he has won

    Still and always will be a legend regardless if he stops which I still dont see happening
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Tour this year is leaving a sour taste in my mouth with Sagan constantly winning... His elbow to send Cavendish down last year appears to have ended his career.

    Yes Cav went for a tight gap that maybe wasnt there but he's done that his entire racing career and will be partly down to the number of stages he has won

    Still and always will be a legend regardless if he stops which I still dont see happening

    Sorry pal - that's nonsense. He should never have been disqualified last year, that incident was partly Cav's fault anyway. That kind of stuff happens in every bunch sprint I've ever been in, and every one I've ever watched. Also, Cav has been written off before and proved people wrong, and if anything has 'finished his career' it's time, and the three crashes he's had this year
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    edited July 2018
    Leroy Ambrose said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    Tour this year is leaving a sour taste in my mouth with Sagan constantly winning... His elbow to send Cavendish down last year appears to have ended his career.

    Yes Cav went for a tight gap that maybe wasnt there but he's done that his entire racing career and will be partly down to the number of stages he has won

    Still and always will be a legend regardless if he stops which I still dont see happening

    Sorry pal - that's nonsense. He should never have been disqualified last year, that incident was partly Cav's fault anyway. That kind of stuff happens in every bunch sprint I've ever been in, and every one I've ever watched. Also, Cav has been written off before and proved people wrong, and if anything has 'finished his career' it's time, and the three crashes he's had this year
    Cave clearly feels his bike isn't up to much. Wants a Venge by all accounts, but he won't get one with DD. He's dropped enough hints.
    But he's getting closer- you never know, he might sneak a win.
  • ColinTat
    ColinTat Posts: 2,794
    Agree with Leroy. Sagan's super TV. Sprinters lean on each other all the time, what Sagan did wasn't worse than many other incidents past. Just a racing incident where Cav would have taken him out if they continued together.

    Hopefully Cav can sniff out a win like he did in 2013 after his fall in Montpellier and then capitalising on Saxo Tinkoff breaking the peloton on stage 13..... Doesn't look like it though.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Looking forward to tomorrow’s stage, over 23k of cobbles. Poor Dan Martin will feel every bump after that tumble today.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Tour this year is leaving a sour taste in my mouth with Sagan constantly winning... His elbow to send Cavendish down last year appears to have ended his career.

    Yes Cav went for a tight gap that maybe wasnt there but he's done that his entire racing career and will be partly down to the number of stages he has won

    Still and always will be a legend regardless if he stops which I still dont see happening

    I think his crash at the Milan/San Remo race this year is the one that's knocked him back. Think the Tour has come too early in his recovery. Hope he hangs on for the Vuelta.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgoxUAvgERU
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  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,284
    What a load of old cobbles. 22km of them today. More than any other Tour. Can't wait.

    Too much to ask for a bit of rain..?
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    Bournemouth Addick said:

    What a load of old cobbles. 22km of them today. More than any other Tour. Can't wait.

    Too much to ask for a bit of rain..?

    You are cruel.

    Today looks like it may well end several GC hopes.

    Disaster for Porte.
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588
    Carnage today. Sky appear to be trying to do something.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,006
    This is totally mad. Feel so sorry for Porte.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,027
    Feel sorry for Dan Martin having that crash yesterday and then facing cobbles. Ouch.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,323
    Really need to see Paris - Roubaix one year

    Such a stage!!
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,323
    Blimey that would have been an amazing effort from Bardet had he managed to catch back up after that final puncture
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588
    My body hurts just from watching that. They're all gonna need the rest day tomorrow.
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    edited July 2018
    Where was the Sky train today? Or anyone in the peleton mounting a chase. And why did the yellow jersey blow 30 seconds plus on his rivals to go for a stage win? Deserves to lose it soon.
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    Think Froome needs to get his asthma pump out.
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  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Really need to see Paris - Roubaix one year

    Such a stage!!

    You should ride the sportive the day before, then watch the day after. Best ride I do every year
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,323
    harveys_gardener said:

    Where was the Sky train today? Or anyone in the peleton mounting a chase. And why did the yellow jersey blow 30 seconds plus on his rivals to go for a stage win? Deserves to lose it soon.

    SKY probably didnt see any of the breakaway as rival for the GC so wont have been bothered about their lead as they'll no doubt be gone by the end of the first round of Mountains

    Note when Bardet tried an attack prior to his final puncture... Froome was after him like a shot
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    That looked brutal, carnage all over the place..................love it, roll on the mountains.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Forgive my ignorance, but is Froome favourite to win it from his current position?
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    One of the favourites.

    This week is in the Alps and Froome will come to the fore. He needs to get a lot closer to Thomas in the next week though or SKY may change their priorities.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,743
    The_President said:

    Forgive my ignorance, but is Froome favourite to win it from his current position?

    1 min 42 s behind.......I'm not sure how many asthma attacks are needed to pull that back?!?
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    SuedeAdidas said:

    The_President said:

    Forgive my ignorance, but is Froome favourite to win it from his current position?

    1 min 42 s behind.......I'm not sure how many asthma attacks are needed to pull that back?!?
    Ouch !
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,450
    The cobbled stage yesterday was a bit of a farce - all a bit of a lottery. A great spectacle but not sure what it tests?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,323
    edited July 2018
    Acorrding to the bookies; Froome is favourite with Thomas second favourite

    I really like Geraint and would love it more if he won this year over Froome yet dont see it happening as dont think he's quite there yet in terms of Grand Tour contention; Nibali and Quintana are the next favourites yet definitely dont see that happening

    Be surprised if Bardet isnt Froome's main rival now

    Is a shame as think Porte v Froome could be one of the Tours best ever rivalries, wonder if we'll ever truly see it though as they're both getting older and we'll soon have the youngsters being a serious threat
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    let's hope the WC 'celebrations' and nationalistic fervour do not spill over into any disruption of the Tour

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