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Post by lg on Jul 13, 2019 15:32:07 GMT -5
Is anyone watching tour de France this year?
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Post by Ross on Jul 16, 2019 15:40:30 GMT -5
yeah i'm a couple of stages behind hope to be caught up tomorrow.
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Post by lg on Jul 17, 2019 2:23:38 GMT -5
yeah i'm a couple of stages behind hope to be caught up tomorrow. Great tour till now |
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Post by draper on Jul 17, 2019 3:51:26 GMT -5
I am watching, as always. It's a great tour for us Belgians with impressive wins from Dylan Teuns on La Planche des belles filles. Another amazing win from Thomas De Gendt who raced the whole stage in the front, very impressive, with only 10 seconds ahead at the finish. Then we also have Wout Van Aert, only 24 years old, becoming a good sprinter.
We don't compete on the GC though, I think Thomas will win again. Team Ineos is the best team once again, they didn't lose time where the other GC racers did.
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Post by lg on Jul 17, 2019 4:46:28 GMT -5
I am watching, as always. It's a great tour for us Belgians with impressive wins from Dylan Teuns on La Planche des belles filles. Another amazing win from Thomas De Gendt who raced the whole stage in the front, very impressive, with only 10 seconds ahead at the finish. Then we also have Wout Van Aert, only 24 years old, becoming a good sprinter. We don't compete on the GC though, I think Thomas will win again. Team Ineos is the best team once again, they didn't lose time where the other GC racers did. I excepted that Vervaeke could have been a great GC rider for belgium but he's not doing very well.. Tim wellens is doing great in this tour Team ineos is the best team till now but honestly I don't think they have the best team for mountains stage, we'll see soon |
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Post by mimmihopps on Jul 17, 2019 4:56:03 GMT -5
My beter half has been following the tour since when he was a kid.
I have zero knowledge of this, but I always love to watch the finish in Champ Elysee.
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Post by draper on Jul 17, 2019 4:59:04 GMT -5
My beter half has been following the tour since when he was a kid. I have zero knowledge of this, but I always love to watch the finish in Champ Elysee. Dutch are doing great as well. Shame Dumoulin isn't there. And hopefully Van Der Poel will be there next year. He can win anything if he wants to.
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Post by lg on Jul 18, 2019 2:22:55 GMT -5
What a sprint yesterday
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Post by lg on Jul 21, 2019 15:23:48 GMT -5
Pinot was incredibile today
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Post by World71R on Jul 21, 2019 16:56:19 GMT -5
Yes! This Tour has been awesome. I'm amazed at how well Alaphilippe has been able to hang on but if he cracks, Thomas, Kruijswijk, and Pinot are gonna be there to battle for GC. My hope is that Alaphilipe can hang on to pull off an upset, but seeing a close battle for GC would be cool too. It's amazing how when you take out just one rider (Chris Froome), this whole thing gets blown wide open.
As far as the other riders, Wout Van Aert has been cool to watch and has made an impressive debut in the Tour. Tim Wellens is doing a solid job, and Peter Sagan is as good as ever, and he even signed an autograph & did a wheelie, all in today's stage! Vive le Tour.
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Post by Derrick on Jul 22, 2019 16:50:39 GMT -5
Just listened again to that album today, as I do in July each year:  A strong record, shame they didn't release anything else since. |
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Post by lg on Jul 26, 2019 9:39:32 GMT -5
Bernal 🔥
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Post by mimmihopps on Jul 26, 2019 12:01:23 GMT -5
What a bizarre day.
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Post by lg on Jul 26, 2019 12:48:40 GMT -5
True! Bernal is gonna win this tour btw and he's 22 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 14:18:13 GMT -5
So many drama...
And it's gonna be an Sky/INEOS 1-2 again.
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Post by lg on Jul 26, 2019 14:30:32 GMT -5
So many drama... And it's gonna be an Sky/INEOS 1-2 again. just because pinot retired he was the strongest, it's really a pity he's a very good guy |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 15:07:37 GMT -5
So many drama... And it's gonna be an Sky/INEOS 1-2 again. just because pinot retired he was the strongest, it's really a pity he's a very good guy From what i read, it looks he hit a handlebar of another rider during yesterday's stage, and that ended up giving him a torn muscle on one of his legs. When you are hot from exercise, you can kinda go on as normal with some types of torn muscles, but once you cool off, that's when the pain comes. That happened to him during today's stage. Seeing him in tears was hard and he was likely the only one who could have challenged Bernal in the Alps. |
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Post by lg on Jul 26, 2019 15:20:32 GMT -5
Lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 16:46:39 GMT -5
They really have no other options due to the conditions and time limitations. But fucking hell, it's gonna be like a mountain time-trial now. |
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Post by globe on Jul 27, 2019 7:49:05 GMT -5
I'm following it as usual but not trying to watch every stage like I used to back in the 90s - for me that was the best era for cycling. Abdoujaparov, Le-Mond, Kelly, Miller, Pantani, Induráin. Ok, they were all probably drugged up to the eyeballs but still great to watch. Nothing will ever beat Abdoujaparov's crash on the Champs-Élysées in 1991  - about 1:29 into this: Speaking of Abdoujaparo, there was a band named after him, started by Fruitbat from Carter USM. Don't think they've released anything for years now but check them out. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 9:37:36 GMT -5
1-2 for INEOS in Paris. Alaphilippe completely bonked today, and in hindsight, can call himself quite lucky to remain in the top 10. If yesterday's end of stage had not been neutralized, he would have dropped off a cliff on the GC.
Boring last stage however. Everbody seemed dead on energy and INEOS pretty much controlled it as they wished.
Happy for Nibali's stage win, what a career he has had. Won all GT's, and has many important 1-week and 1-day races on his CV as well. A true legend.
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Post by lg on Jul 27, 2019 9:56:51 GMT -5
1-2 for INEOS in Paris. Alaphilippe completely bonked today, and in hindsight, can call himself quite lucky to remain in the top 10. If yesterday's end of stage had not been neutralized, he would have dropped off a cliff on the GC. Boring last stage however. Everbody seemed dead on energy and INEOS pretty much controlled it as they wished. Happy for Nibali's stage win, what a career he has had. Won all GT's, and has many important 1-week and 1-day races on his CV as well. A true legend. Vincenzo is so underrated (2 giro d'italia, 1 tdf, 1 vuelta, 2 giro di Lombardia, 1 milano Sanremo) One of the best cyclist of the last 20 years without a doubt |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 10:21:07 GMT -5
1-2 for INEOS in Paris. Alaphilippe completely bonked today, and in hindsight, can call himself quite lucky to remain in the top 10. If yesterday's end of stage had not been neutralized, he would have dropped off a cliff on the GC. Boring last stage however. Everbody seemed dead on energy and INEOS pretty much controlled it as they wished. Happy for Nibali's stage win, what a career he has had. Won all GT's, and has many important 1-week and 1-day races on his CV as well. A true legend. Vincenzo is so underrated (2 giro d'italia, 1 tdf, 1 vuelta, 2 giro di Lombardia, 1 milano Sanremo) One of the best cyclist of the last 20 years without a doubt Him and Valverde will be sorely missed when they retire. |
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Post by mimmihopps on Jul 28, 2019 4:14:17 GMT -5
Oh Champs-Élysées, Oh Champs-Élysées.
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