Was this the most boring Tour De France you've seen?

Still way better than the Nibali win, and probably one or two of the other Froome wins. At least the closeness kept it suspenseful, even if nobody ever did anything about it.

mypredictor wrote:

It had some exciting moments -- Sagan' s DQ/Cav's crash, a Frenchman winning a great stage on Bastille Day, Aru attacking and getting yellow when Froome had a mechanical, and Americans holding a jersey on three days. But overall, Sky was dominant and Froome rode a teammate's wheel all but 400 meters of the race beyond the TTs. He didn't even win a stage. After last year's GC snoozefest, we've now had 2 straight years of Tours that lacked the excitement of Tours of past. No Armstrong-Ullrich mountain rivalry, no Landis riding by himself for 50 miles to get 6 minutes back, no Armstrong-Contador squabbles. We don't need dopers for an exciting Tour, but these guys play it too safe! If you're 29 seconds back, attack for Pete's sakes!!

I was unaware that it had started.

Try watching more than two. Maybe you'll see something different.

Ya it was really boring when quintana went off the front to make up time, when contador tried to win that stage, and whenever aru, Martin, and bardet would attack on the climbs

No. I didn't watch it. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Yeah one second off the podium and a minute separating a few of the leading riders was boring. And those summit finishes as also mentioned.

mypredictor wrote:

It had some exciting moments -- Sagan' s DQ/Cav's crash, a Frenchman winning a great stage on Bastille Day, Aru attacking and getting yellow when Froome had a mechanical, and Americans holding a jersey on three days. But overall, Sky was dominant and Froome rode a teammate's wheel all but 400 meters of the race beyond the TTs. He didn't even win a stage. After last year's GC snoozefest, we've now had 2 straight years of Tours that lacked the excitement of Tours of past. No Armstrong-Ullrich mountain rivalry, no Landis riding by himself for 50 miles to get 6 minutes back, no Armstrong-Contador squabbles. We don't need dopers for an exciting Tour, but these guys play it too safe! If you're 29 seconds back, attack for Pete's sakes!!

They are closer now as less doping means the playing field is more level. First and foremost I want to believe in what I am watching and although it is far from 100% clean, it is a dam sight better now than the stupid cartoon Armstrong and Landis era.

Sky are too strong and I don't like that they have potential podium guys as domestiques, but you see with Uran this year that a good rider from a low budget team can complete. The biggest disappointment for this years race was Richie Port's crash, he would have lit the race up I believe.

Rayo. wrote:

The biggest disappointment for this years race was Richie Port's crash, he would have lit the race up I believe.

I wish I could believe that but Richie did not look like a real threat. Again. And that's mostly because his team couldn't support him like Sky could support Froome. I mean that dude had one sometimes two teammates riding with him or attacking other riders on every single stage. Does anyone really think Aru couldn't have won if he was Sky's GC guy? Uran? Hell, Landa could have won hands down if he had a strong domestique like him pulling him along for 2200 miles.

Is it over yet?

mypredictor wrote:

Rayo. wrote:

The biggest disappointment for this years race was Richie Port's crash, he would have lit the race up I believe.

I wish I could believe that but Richie did not look like a real threat. Again. And that's mostly because his team couldn't support him like Sky could support Froome. I mean that dude had one sometimes two teammates riding with him or attacking other riders on every single stage. Does anyone really think Aru couldn't have won if he was Sky's GC guy? Uran? Hell, Landa could have won hands down if he had a strong domestique like him pulling him along for 2200 miles.

You have to be kidding, did you watch the CDD.

Coach wrote:

Yeah one second off the podium and a minute separating a few of the leading riders was boring. And those summit finishes as also mentioned.

Can't tell if you're becing sarcastic but the race was straight dog$hit; Froome was never in trouble nor seriously challenged. The downhill from the summits finishes sucked and the "hard" stages were too short / not hard enough.

I don't like Froome and I despise Sky but "Le Tour" sure produced the winner it "deserves."

Froome attacking during the Porte / Martin crash .

No Alp du Huez summit finish .

Taylor Phinney 's LGBT public service announcements , or whatever the hell they were .

The Tour de France is doomed - suffocated by perrenial cheating, crap parcours, omerta and bent admin. One-day classics / monuments are slightly more watchable.

Pretty boring. I've watched it closely the past 10 or 12 years and this one was pretty uneventful. The most boring? Not sure. There might be one or two that were more boring but I don't remember them because they weren't memorable.

Last one for my man Tommy Voekler. He got in the breakaway a couple times, but not too many fireworks.

Still liked it. Kinda like "the worst day fishing..."

Sean Kelly groupie wrote:

Last one for my man Tommy Voekler. He got in the breakaway a couple times, but not too many fireworks.

I will miss Voekler and I think it's guys like him that make the tour so worthwhile. That dude is a wild card and will attack 2 days in a row. The Tour should want guys like that but I think they secretly hate those kinds of guys don't don't fit neatly into GC/sprinter/domestique.

Rayo. wrote:

mypredictor wrote:

I wish I could believe that but Richie did not look like a real threat. Again. And that's mostly because his team couldn't support him like Sky could support Froome. I mean that dude had one sometimes two teammates riding with him or attacking other riders on every single stage. Does anyone really think Aru couldn't have won if he was Sky's GC guy? Uran? Hell, Landa could have won hands down if he had a strong domestique like him pulling him along for 2200 miles.

You have to be kidding, did you watch the CDD.

I don't watch the Dauphine. But I have no idea what an 8 day race that only half the top riders compete in has to do with what we're discussing. Are you saying BMC was strong there and therefore are as strong as Sky. Um, yeah.

If you watch it, watch it for the scenery. The race itself is a joke, the riders are still all on drugs.

mypredictor wrote:

Rayo. wrote:

You have to be kidding, did you watch the CDD.

I don't watch the Dauphine. But I have no idea what an 8 day race that only half the top riders compete in has to do with what we're discussing. Are you saying BMC was strong there and therefore are as strong as Sky. Um, yeah.

Well I can tell you that Froome and Port both rode it and that there were some MT finishes. I'll leave you to fill the gaps.

Reluctant to say it, but I thought the Tour was far more exciting during the Armstrong years.