Recent content by Dutchsmurf

Re: Re: The UCI has neither stick nor carrot. There is nothing the UCI can offer ASO, except ASO not having to deal with all the rule setting and everything. It is more convenience than anything else. As seen a couple years back, if having the UCI around is no longer convenient, they just do...

Re: Re: http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2015/us/sporting-stakes-rules.html Time bonuses are awarded at all of road stage finishes that is to say with the exception of the individual and team time trial stages. They are 10, 6 and 4 seconds to the first three riders to finish.

Re: I thought there were except for the ITT and TTT?

Re: Actually, I think it perfectly fine if you attack someone who has a mechanical caused by himself. Like Froome just now and Schleck those years ago. Armstrong was different, because that was an outside influence. And crashes are usually caused by others.

Although generally I think you shouldn't attack your opponents when they are having material problems, Froome is using the oval ring which increases the odds of your chain dropping a lot. So Froome is asking for it a bit by his material choice.

Valverde attacking, but looking back more often than Froome is looking down...

Re: Whole team back together, gap getting that big that a Nibali or Contador will have to do some serious work on their own before even getting close to the break. Time to eat and drink. Sky has control again. Nice for Movistar to have 2 up ahead, but as long as the important 2 aren't and the...

Since Greipel didn't even get dropped, how is today Sagan's best chance to win a stage?

Re: Break was doomed either way. And Sagan got what he went into the attack for.

Re: Re: Lots of the journalists are sticking to the facts tho. There are a few exceptions, but most of them are only pointing out the obvious. Which is that it looks a lot like the US Postal times. Which it does. There is a long list of misbehavior by the public. I highly doubt someone...

I think it might also have something to do with the masses on mountain finishes just getting far too big if you do them on a Sunday.

Re: Re: What is the alternative tho? Riding for second place? Dropping 20 minutes and going for stages? Are those options any less lame?

Re: Re: His positioning was perfectly fine today. It is just that he and a teammate completely missed the last corner before the last cobbles, so he started them very far behind there. On all other cobble parts he was positioned where he should be.

Re: I wouldn't be so sure about them all not crashing. There will be crashes tomorrow. Question is just who crashes and where. Just look at PR itself, always people crashing and that is without GC riders being forced over the cobbles.

Cancellara yellow?