Le Tour 2015

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Never liked him. Plenty of rumours out there regarding his preparation.
Yesterday, he nearly took down froome (not nibaliā€™s fault, just a domino affect to the right started by Tony Martin, who was likely exhausted, he then tried to blame froome (the froome bit is irrelevant, could have been anyone), publicly threw a his bidon at him after the race, and later, refused to accept responsibility, or even publicly refute his earlier allegation for the benefit of the Italian press.
My three conclusions are 1. Not even the one eyed Tifosi, are blind, and he looks an arse, 2. He is a prick, 3. He is rattled.
That team shouldnā€™t have been allowed a pro tour license.

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He is probably stage 4 rattled. Riding for Astana FFS!

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Agree rating

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Dani was well positioned but I reckon the dopers are finding this too easy for a clean rider like him to prosper

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Interesting story (not really), last night I was drinking with a man whoā€™s brother in law is cycling in the Tour.

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Roche cost Sky a win in the team time trial today. The rest of team had to slow down for him at the end and they lost by a second

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What about the other 4 guys who dropped off before the finish?

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Ivan Basso pulled out today after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/33509974

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What a hero.

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Fair point,they were supposed to arrive at the last climb with a few more riders than they had.

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:information_source:

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Sky are looking very foolish here.

First, the data was false.

Now, theyā€™re saying they were hacked.

As Ross Tucker, the sports scientist who wrote about it said, hiding that data is like Gatlin hiding the time he runs 100m in. It shouldnā€™t be proprietary. And Skyā€™s reaction to it says an awful lot about how comfortable they are with Froomeā€™s output. Their nonsense about diet and training doesnā€™t seem particularly relevant now.

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Dan shot out the back on the climb early enough.

Actually quite happy to see it. I really believe heā€™s clean. Sky train at the front, of course.

The top 5 in the TTT was gas.

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Froome sprinting up a climb thatā€™s killing the rest of them. Heā€™s shameless :smiley:

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If it looks too good to be true, it is probably too good to be true.

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Fuck sake. Doing the same thing Armstrong did, blow them away on the first big climb

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Porte and Thomas, a fucking classics rider, lashing up the mountain was comical. Dani finished over 11 minutes down.

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@flattythehurdler will on later defending him. Thomas is the new George Hincapie, yeah?

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As Lance said ā€œnot normalā€. Reckon Martin will have a go today.