Be interesting to see Kwiatkowski in the higher mountains - he looked miles off at the Dauphine, but maybe he was still honing his form.
he be rollin’
Duuuuuude.
Man, when fucking Phil Liggett starting calling Gallopin’s win with absolute certainty last night, when he still had 700m to ride, I thought for sure he was doomed. Stoked to see him hold off the fast guys, and incredibly surprised that Liggett didn’t jinx him.
Gallopin has ridden well. Obvious to see the effort take it’s toll when he was in yellow.
Ditto Tony Martin after dragging FlowerPower through the climbs.
A bit disspointed we wont get to see Spartacus in the Time Trial.
What about Talansky btw? Bloody Hell.
(also, was using the work social network platform, and saw someone with the same avatar as Beaker and thought “am on FOA right now or am I hallucinating?”)
Ha, this happens to me on messandnoise all the time. “What? I don’t remember writing that… oh, right, not me.”
Gallopin and the Frenchies are showing something. Currently 4 in the top 8. Ntbd.
FWIW, Gallopin is not a complete noob when it comes to to time trial. In 2006 he was silver medal at 18 yo at the European Championships, then bronze 2 at the worlds.
For the anecdote, his girlfriend was road French champion in 2012 at 20 yo.
You jinxed him,
Gallopin has dropped to 20th
That crash by David de la Cruz last night had me wincing. Flat front wheel at the absolute worst possible time in the apex of the corner.
Good. Now I’m gonna work on Porte.
So, are you proud of yourself?
Who’s next on the jinx list?
Yeah. Way to kill my Tour de France buzz.
Please say Valverde.
What’s wrong with Alejandro? He’s got a bit of a chequered past, sure, but he’s an old fox, clever as.
But hey, Nibali. Astounding ride.
Have missed the last few days. How’s “the renaissance of French cycling” going?
Posty post. Highly opinionated. Please sorry
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Valverde you wanker
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Saxo bottle bra shiver
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Yep Astana is suss, ok, Vino is suss, scarponi suss. Looked a little further into the Italian coaching staff. SUSS
My French background prevents me to understand the word ‘suss’. Please explain (I guess it’s different from suss in ‘Oh yeah, these Shimano wheels seem good, I need to suss them out’)
Also Valverde called wanker. Care to elaborate a bit?
Suspect, suspicion, not cool, not a good look
Ask Thibaut Pinot on his latest caper
I think I’ll start cheering for Frank Schleck just for the irony value. I want to see Frank go on the attack.
Valverde, old fox. When asked why he couldn’t follow Nibali then Bardet and Pinot, he said that it was because Pinot touched his wheel which resulted in a broken derailleur. Bad, bad Frenchies.