^^ We love Nairo in our house. Agree with the above too - the attacks have been great. Nibbles going off to get some time was nice to see and really been enjoying the 1-2 punch of Movistar who finally appear to have figured out “tactics” and throw Valverde out as a lure to make Sky blow their blokes up chasing him so Nairo can then launch an attack after isolating Froome. It’s been great and I hope Nairo doesn’t pin all his hopes on Alpe D’Huez (though it’ll make the FOA night a bloody ripper).
I hope their DS isn’t Spain’s from 2013…
I think it’s easy to forget that both nairo and sagan are still eligible for the white jersey, both are surely winners of stages/tours in the future. Froome also has a team/organisation behind him that are solely dedicated to this yellow jersey. I loved the clip of quintana/froome swapping some skin on the warm down area.
In transfer news I’m surprised that kwiatowski is moving to sky in order to (supposedly) progress his gc career. I’d have thought he was very much a one day or week long rider but maybe he’s shown potential that we’ve not yet seen. They must be paying him a fair bit of coin, he’s had a pretty solid showing the in rainbow bands.
I have a lot of thoughts but I just got home from the pub, picked up two long necks on the way home so I’m a bit buzzen. I very much enjoy these discussions.
SJ: ran into ezylee at my local, met his lovely wife… and I reckon we made a good argument for me to fit in a mtb in my already well stocked bike stable.
I’ve been waiting for Nairo to attack for so long. This is glorious.
Just wondering why he left it so late. He was gradually increasing his lead but not enough klm left to make much difference. He really needed to go much earlier, says the guy who can barely break 25 mins for the 1 in 20.
From memory Alpe D’uez starts with a very steep ramp. Quintana needs to go from there.
he said he’s gonna have to go real early tonight. can’t wait, the FOA tdf night is gonna be a banger.
also, fuck being spat on, that’s the one thing that makes me genuinely want to fucking hurt someone. fuck that guy, I hope he gets herpes.
weird how the forum software automatically turned klm (my abbreviation of kilometres) into a link to KLM royal Dutch Airlines.
coz skimlinks software.
Imagine going to a spectacle like the tour, being so close to these guys and all you can think about doing is shit like spitting on someone or this old fart. Some people are just jerks I guess.
The autobus is not an actual physical bus? Who knew.
Who is the least comprehensible commentator - Jens or Sean Kelly?
Movistar have blown the hinges off the door holy shit
it’s the return of richie froome! Also fuck this is going to rule. Anacona is still up the road nairo gonna tear the lid off this
Ah But they regrouped again. Portes looking tired
I was doubtful Quintana could get much more time off of Froome, but to pull 1:30 back on a climb is amazing. Props to him and the team to set him up so well.
That was awesome.
So good to see the Colombians helping each other out- Serpa riding his heart out for a couple of minutes even though not on same team as Nairo
He’s been on antibiotics for 10 days according to Sky. It makes me wonder about his future as a GC rider. The ability to stay healthy for 3 weeks is equally as important as his climbing and time-trialling ability. If he’s more likely to catch whatever is going around then that’s not good.
I have really enjoyed the Go-Pro footage that they have been collecting through the tour.