Walter Ego
Striker
Skys new house is ridiculous. Loads of space for drugs.
La Vuelta de Espana 2017
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Skys new house is ridiculous. Loads of space for drugs.
Hitchin Exile
Winger
Can't believe Brailsford didn't show the 'juice room' where they do all the blood transfusions pre-race. Where's the transparency for god's sake?
Cee Jay
Striker
Looks fairly clear as many suspected that he came into tour with eyes on keeping form through to Vuelta...as you say he can have a two minute plus buffer with TT with a very strong team in support.
Sickness around peloton which might stir things up so to speak .
Yet another drugs scandal today: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jack-bobridge-charged-with-selling-mdma/
Not sure how performance enhancing this one would be.
Not sure how performance enhancing this one would be.
Cee Jay
Striker
One of the funniest sight in recent years was seeing him in the aftermath of his failed hour attempt...
In fact shit pacing now known as " doing a Bobridge"
http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/l...ned-jack-bobridges-hour-record-attempt-155467
Monty Pigeon
Striker
Hoping to see it in person on Sunday. (As I did last year.) Flying back to Spain that day, and have to cross the route in order to get home.
If they close the roads early, I won't. If not, Froome et al will be passing within a couple of blocks of our front door.
If they close the roads early, I won't. If not, Froome et al will be passing within a couple of blocks of our front door.
Hitchin Exile
Winger
Where's that mate? I have a place in Altea.....
Monty Pigeon
Striker
Xabia.
Hitchin Exile
Winger
Warren Barguil thrown off the Vuelta by Sunweb due to not helping Kelderman after he punctured yesterday.
Extraordinary! A month is a long time in cycling!!
Extraordinary! A month is a long time in cycling!!
Liverpool Beachball
Striker
Warren Barguil thrown off the Vuelta by Sunweb due to not helping Kelderman after he punctured yesterday.
Extraordinary! A month is a long time in cycling!!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sun...from-vuelta-after-disagreements-over-tactics/
Sounds to me like Sunweb are pissec off that he's leaving at the end of the season
Hitchin Exile
Winger
Yep, but it stills feels like a massive reaction when they knew before the Vuelta that he was leaving. Must have been interesting on their bus after the stage yesterday!
Cee Jay
Striker
Are you in Albi this weekend ?
Good luck ..meant to be scorching..ot it was for the TT
Hitchin Exile
Winger
Are you in Albi this weekend ?
Good luck ..meant to be scorching..ot it was for the TT
Nope, missed qualification by 2 mins after a mechanical
. Loads of mates are down and, yes, it's mid to high thirties!
Liverpool Beachball
Striker
It's a shame Contador managed to lose 3 minutes last week as him and Froome look a level above everyone else
Neat little break towards the end by Froome there, extends his lead by another 15 seconds
Cee Jay
Striker
Still think on the really long climbs he might get dropped...
Looking strong at the moment but always get the feeling now that he's got a bad day in him.
Good stage though and the final climb looked horrible
Liverpool Beachball
Striker
Cee Jay
Striker
Backed Alaphillipe in play at 12/1
Nice one..,Kirby read it right and said he was bluffing and looked strong..
Snippets of various interviews with Spanish press ( for Contador) and Italian ( Aru and Nibali) trying to suggest Froome is bricking it and trying to build a buffer for when he collapses second/third week
They do make me laugh...might well happen but for fucks sake he's got a 40k TT in which he should butcher his rivals
Hitchin Exile
Winger
Nice one..,Kirby read it right and said he was bluffing and looked strong..
Snippets of various interviews with Spanish press ( for Contador) and Italian ( Aru and Nibali) trying to suggest Froome is bricking it and trying to build a buffer for when he collapses second/third week
They do make me laugh...might well happen but for fucks sake he's got a 40k TT in which he should butcher his rivals
To be fair though they've not got any other option, as they can't really say that they're just riding for a podium place. And there's a chance he may have a poor 3rd week given both the TdF in his legs and the massive number of intense climbs.
Personally, I'd love it to not be a procession and for Froome to have a bad day or two, just to make the race interesting.
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