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Le Tour 2015

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Reinhold Messner Jul 2015 9:20pm, 23 Jul 2015 702 posts	0 Reinhold Messner Good interview with Mr Bardet in the current Rouleur btw.
idio Jul 2015 8:06am, 24 Jul 2015 24,700 posts	0 idio Go pro action of stages 1-7 https://youtu.be/J2gXpuNR0Pc
Chrisull Jul 2015 9:03am, 24 Jul 2015 7,697 posts	0 Chrisull Today not tomorrow I think will be the Queen stage of the Alps. Tomorrow - for those who don't know (I'm sure you all do!) has been re-routed and Galibier does NOT feature, instead they are doing the Col de la Croix Fer again from a different direction, which even if for symbolic reasons only, doesn't pose the same problems as Galibier (It's also 600m, which means less climbing and less altitude related difficulty). Alpe D'Huez itself isn't that tough a climb compared to the monsters like Galibier, again it's more symbolic and coming after tough climbs poses problems. People expect Froome to lay it on the line tomorrow, where as I think today with it's dramatic - no pre-amble straight up a 1st category climb will be the day when Sky attempt to make the tour safe, Movistar attempt to mug them. Anyway looks a fabulous day's racing!
Chrisull Jul 2015 9:04am, 24 Jul 2015 7,698 posts	0 Chrisull Missed word - 600m lower I mean.
swittle Jul 2015 10:39am, 24 Jul 2015 34,974 posts	0 swittle Thanks for your summary, Chris.
Gobi Jul 2015 10:45am, 24 Jul 2015 56,725 posts	0 Gobi beating me at any fantasy sport is not hard. Actually thought I had chosen well but in reality my French boys have not been good enough and neither has Cav
Meglet Jul 2015 11:15am, 24 Jul 2015 16,109 posts	0 Meglet Wishing I'd picked Sagan or Greipel instead of Cav, but my British loyalties took precedence!
MudMeanderer Jul 2015 11:57am, 24 Jul 2015 1,550 posts	0 MudMeanderer Could be worse - I chose Bling as my sprint hope, thinking the first week may have suited him !
Dai Bank Jul 2015 12:27pm, 24 Jul 2015 4,200 posts	0 Dai Bank I agree that today has to be the day that Froome is attacked. Given that Valverde has a long standing ambition of a podium, I doubt that he will be the rider sent up the road to force a selection and if he does get asked I reckon he will have a problem resulting in him sticking with Froome. It,ll be down to Quintana but can he take back 3 minutes. Sastre sneaked a couple of minutes on the Alpe in 2008 but it,s too short a stage tomorrow. G has said there,s about 90 mins of racing across both stages and Froome will take it. I reckon it,ll be balls out for a bit more than that but I think Froome can almost smell the win.
Dai Bank Jul 2015 1:04pm, 24 Jul 2015 4,201 posts	0 Dai Bank And Valverde and Nibali join the break, Porte out the back already with Roche. Could be a bit of a day for Sky, 124k to go. I,ve binned attempting anything and I,m in front of the telly.