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Jun 2015
4:27pm, 29 Jun 2015
24,591 posts
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idio
Hope Geraint Thomas has a good ride.
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Jun 2015
5:11pm, 29 Jun 2015
16,046 posts
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Meglet
I'd love to see Geraint get a chance as team leader, Sky have hinted at it. I see him more of a leader than Porte.
Woet Poels was amazing for Froome in the Dauphine, I expect him to be at the front near the end of the mountain stages.
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Jun 2015
5:32pm, 29 Jun 2015
1,534 posts
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MudMeanderer
When I saw the line up my first thought was it had a little more emphasis on getting Froome safely through the first week than I'd seen in the past; though I'm not sure if that's just last year making me think more about that aspect than previously.
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Jun 2015
5:37pm, 29 Jun 2015
56,402 posts
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Gobi
we can all hope Froome crashes and G takes over
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Jun 2015
5:45pm, 29 Jun 2015
20,364 posts
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SPR
If G Thomas was ready for GT leadership, he'd have got his chance in one of the other 2 tours. Reality is, he doesn't climb with the big boys yet.
I for one hope that there are no crashes among the GC favourites.
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Jun 2015
5:47pm, 29 Jun 2015
17,461 posts
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.B.
Me too, it was really disappointing last year not to see them go head to head in the mountains
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Jun 2015
6:28pm, 29 Jun 2015
217 posts
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Cheg
I think Porte has had his chances, at the tour last year and the giro this year. I think Thomas should be back up for Froome next year.
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Jun 2015
7:57pm, 29 Jun 2015
1,535 posts
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MudMeanderer
I wonder if Konig might be more their goto plan B than Thomas. He has history of being up there in GC in the grand tours.
Though nominative determinism suggests GT should be good in GTs 
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Jun 2015
9:58pm, 29 Jun 2015
56,405 posts
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Gobi
ok so I admit I just don't like Froome :¬)
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Jun 2015
10:59pm, 29 Jun 2015
7,501 posts
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Chrisull
Konig definitely wasn't the finished article in the Giro. He does look promising tho.
Porte doesn't (and never has) looked like a high mountains man to me, he's another in Wiggo's category, a strong all rounder, but struggles to stay with the true accelerations. Having said that Astana's doesn't have as many as they could have - Kangert yes but no Landa or Aru in that team. It is a very strong team so, more than Sky's in my books.
There will definitely be crashes among the GC favourites, Froome is off his bike in most races. I don't expect all four of the big four to finish, but I'm not singling out any one, just saying. The first week is always a nervous one, and with some bumpy stages and with ramps like the Mur de Bretagne, there will be a lot of pressure to be near the front when the attacks start for those stages.
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