2017 Tour de France thread

DISAGREE!! They still got it! They have done so much for the sport. Yea, in a couple of years it might be time to replace the Dynamic Dual but not now.

Dr No wrote:

DISAGREE!! They still got it! They have done so much for the sport. Yea, in a couple of years it might be time to replace the Dynamic Dual but not now.

agree! Bob tells is like it is and i'm really starting to like VDV for commentary. Paul and Phil are slipping a bit but it wouldn't be the TDF without them.

But that was at the end of a race. The veins pop out in the heat. i think he's the same skeleton as last year.

Dr No wrote:

My fav part of the year. Mornings with Liggett, Sherman and Bob Roll !!!

Could be worse! ha

Bob Roll??? 👎

shaved nuts for victory wrote:

Listen to Eurosport sometime or any of the foreign languag broadcasts and the difference is striking.

But you can't understand those Brits. They talk so funny with all that "mate, bloody, cheers," and so on.

Ligget makes me sick. He kissed LA a..s till the very end. Disgusting.

Peter Sagan has a full on handlebar mustache looking like a European Hulk Hogan warming up on the bike.

Stinking up the joint wrote:

shaved nuts for victory wrote:

Listen to Eurosport sometime or any of the foreign languag broadcasts and the difference is striking.

But you can't understand those Brits. They talk so funny with all that "mate, bloody, cheers," and so on.

As opposed to Phil and Paul who are from where?

is there a better tracker/stats page than the official one?

because wow this sucks, I am sure some fan has done a better job somewhere even if it doesn't update as quickly

http://racecenter.letour.fr/

but why wrote:

is there a better tracker/stats page than the official one?

because wow this sucks, I am sure some fan has done a better job somewhere even if it doesn't update as quickly

http://racecenter.letour.fr/

What extra are you looking for?

Team sky with 3 of the top 4 in the TT right now. They have "something" special. Is there any doubt that Froome wins?

Too soon to tell on Froomie winning again after only 14k of racing. So much can go wrong.

Taylor Phinney sounded like he was smoking the legal weed in his interview with paul, phil, and vdv.

MalAl wrote:

Team sky with 3 of the top 4 in the TT right now. They have "something" special. Is there any doubt that Froome wins?

No doubt at all...barring a crash (you saw what happen to Valverde). Froome seems to the Lance of this decade. He's intense, focused, disciplined and a smart rider...all the great qualities that LA had. And Froome's team is incredible...G. Thomas winning the TT! Just wait until Sky gets into the high mountains and starts blowing the peloton apart. And with little Niaro losing Valverde, it doesn't look good for him. Froome all the way to Paris. Pencil it right here - #4 TdF! (barring a crash).

You're welcome.

moanswers wrote:

Too soon to tell on Froomie winning again after only 14k of racing. So much can go wrong

You got that right...just look at what happened to Valverde. And Froome crashed out in 2014 TdF on wet roads.

moanswers wrote:

Taylor Phinney sounded like he was smoking the legal weed in his interview with paul, phil, and vdv.

No kidding, but wasn't it the interview in the booth with Bobby Roll, Christian V and that boring lead NBCSN commentator. It looked like Roll & CV were getting a little annoyed with TP 😁.

Matthews places 16th in opening time trial. First Australian, background could dunk a basketball in 9th grade, fastest kid in the school over 100m and would win the XC school race. An aussie with an attitude. As his basketball coach i would just put him on the opposing teams best player and play box and 1. He would run all game. He will win a stage or two and give Sagan a run I hope!

American KOM - nice so see, how often does that ever happen

I see people from different teams chatting and even a couple "shook hands" which was kinda cool - guess everyone is in a good mood the second day on the first several miles

They won't be doing that by the third week 😁

is that statistic correct - they are actually doing 32mph in that pouring rain, roads soaking wet and pooling far worse than the time trial the other day?

amazing