Tour de France 2015

Denis was on fire today! Sent the TT speed record at 34.1 mph with alot of turns to boot. Pretty sick

Mismo wrote:

I hope Sagan has a great tour. Saxo seems to be working out for him. No doubt he'll repeat the green jersey

I'm not so sure of this. The format is a little different for the green jersey, almost "Sagan" proofing if you will. Equally important, Tinkoff has said that Sagan is here largely to work for Alberto Contador and the double. I'm certain he won't get a ton of allocation of team resources, and may even have to work himself in support of Contador.

That said, I hope he still has an excellent tour. He animates things in a way that no one else can and is a joy to watch.

Guy O'Leighken wrote:

The prologue says ITT, but nothing else does; are there really no time trials this year? Or is the final Alpe D'Huez stage a mountain time trial?

Pixy-Stix wrote:

I cannot remember a TDF ending with Alpe d"Huez, very very treacherous race I portend.

No other individual time trail, but a team TT.

Pixy-Stix wrote:

I cannot remember a TDF ending with Alpe d"Huez, very very treacherous race I portend.

The Giro has ended with a monster climb a couple of times in recent history. It doesn't provide much drama in the very highest places. It re-arranges 5-15 places though!

Alpe d'Huez is always great to watch.

bikerbut wrote:

quintara doesn't have the team.

Malori Castroviejo Dowsett for the Team Time Trial. Valverde for the mountain stages; it's enough, they don't need a big train like Saxo or Sky.

It looks like a pretty good team.

Pinot seems to be in good shape, I hope a big performance for him !

My podium : Froome Quintana Contador.

Heavy winds and rain today. Anyone guess at the line

Does anyone really care? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Eggxactly. We're supposed to believe the dirtiest sport EVER is suddenly clean when they can't come up with a test for microdosing. Their best solution is some historical passport? Turning OFF the #raceradio.

The first mountain stages are coming soon. Here's a timelapse of the last kilometers of stage 10, I hope you will appreciate it.

https://youtu.be/mw6daCU6TWM

Really bummed by Martin's crash/withdrawal. Couldn't watch today.

I agree with the guy above, Froome is almost unwatchable and I've always liked watching the greats, regardless of style. He's going to be hard to beat though. Contador has no chance. I'm hoping Quintana can hang, or a sleeper like Rodriquez or TJ.

Hated to see both Fabian & Martin go out, two great riders.

Liking watching Cavendish lose the sprints.

Up the first black man (Daniel Teklehaimanot) to wear the King of the mountains (KOM) jersey, I wonder what was going on in the head of "the badger" (Bernard Hinault) in sunglasses, behind Teklehaimanot.

http://www.steephill.tv/2015/tour-de-france/photos/stage-06/180556_PIC546609852.jpg