They showed that view of the spectators looking over the cliff down to the road - that was cool. I'd ride that in a heartbeat. Descending might be a bit tricky, but it's fairly short and not super punchy. It would be a fantastic ride.
I miss the days when people would write EPO-Lance and draw needles on the road. Stage 2 looks big, now.
Not cool to attack the yellow jersey when he's having a mechanical, imo. Today's stage could be very good. Quintana is within striking distance and showed some life yesterday. Let's hope there's some excitement left in this Tour!
Lieven vanavond bij Nairo Quintana. Bij @TeamSky wil de perswoordvoerder blijkbaar niet meewerken voor @KOTKanker Jammer. #vivelevelo— Karl Vannieuwkerke (@Vannieuwkerke) July 25, 2015 They really are cunts. Even Lance always collaborated with them, including after several of the Sporza personalities had put question marks behind his performances.
Honestly, I would have cared about this in the past, but can we really still pretend that cycling is some kind of gentleman's sport after all that has been revealed in the last ten years? In this new context, it seems like a fait divers at best.
I don't believe in it. In other news, I do agree with this! Van de 300.000 man op Alpe d'Huez zijn er ruim 100.000 die ik een lap zou willen geven denk ik.— Lieven Scheire (@lievenscheire) July 25, 2015 Translates as "Of the 300000 people on Alpe d'Huez, I think I would want to punch well over 100000." It gets worse every year.
Froome comes in 1:20 after Quintana. Adding the 6 bonification seconds, that means he gains 1:26. Too little, too late.
Oh man, that would be fun! ... En als we het nu morgen op weg naar Parijs eens in waaiers trekken? #TDF2015— Lieven Scheire (@lievenscheire) July 25, 2015
well, to be fair it wasn't the first attack nibali had tried to plant that day. it's not like he just jumped at an opportunity that fell into his lap.
Some went mental but what was particularly wrong? Did a portion of them throw urine against cyclists? 624949024307724288 is not a valid tweet id Is there anything more mental in sport than Dutch Corner on the Alpe d’Huez…. pic.twitter.com/6qXOltTrte— Darren Frehill (@Darrenfrehill) July 25, 2015
Brilliant ride by Quintana today, but as the man said "Too little too late" The race was won and lost in the Pyrenees with team tactics. Possibly the best mountain man in the business spent 19 days looking at Froome's back tyre, just sitting in the armchair waiting. All his team did was ferry food and water to him while they waited/hoping for Sky to crack. "We'll just get him in the Alps." Bad mind set. Wrong attitude. Wrong tactics. There is no second place winner. The team that set the pace, lead out just about every day and controlled the race so their man could be at the front in the end did it. Well... That could be a little premature. We have a couple of hours run into Paris and a mad dash on the Champs Élysées. I would think that if Froome is still on his bike by that time, he's won.
So Froome becomes the first winner since 1970 (Merckx) to take both the yellow and polka dot jerseys. Which surprises me a bit, but then I guess the polka dot has been more about consistency then true supremacy in the big mountain stages for quite some time. King of the mountains no longer has the same meaning as it did in Bahamontes' time.