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Re: Le Tour 2018 stage 10: Annecy > Le Grand-Bornand 158,5 k Froome And Dumoulin doing the Giro has certainly created a different dynamic.What the effect on the result will be is anyones guess-Anyone who says they know are on first name terms with God or they they are a fan boy charlatan...

Re: Vuelta 2017 stage 19 Caso (Parque de Redes) - Gijón 149. This is a stage where literally anything could and probably will happen.The only thing one could predict with any certaintyis that Alberto will attack at some point.Should he decide to go at the bottom of the last climb that spells...

Poor ASO they are damned either way. Back last October when the route was announced I seem to remember the reaction was very positive.It is up to the riders to make the race and unfortunately cycling has had to come to terms with the hard professionalism required.The days so beloved of the dewy...

To isolate Froome is much easier said than done as evidenced by the past 3 weeks.In the case of the Angliru it is irrelevant as this is a true mano o mano climb.To win big someone has got to prepared to go solo from the bottom and the only pure climber that I could think of trying it that far...

Having just seen the route I find it difficult to imagine anyone beating Froome. The Stage 16 time trial will be fatal to most of the GC contenders leaving them at least 2mins behind.The chances of anyone overturning that sort of a defeceit going up that piece of hell called the Angliru are...

Re: Re: No It was me who got my facts wrong.I should have said Stage15 2013 Valverde conceded 2.32 to Froome on the Ventoux.The point I wished to make is that Valverde is liable to struggle on long high altitude Alpine Stages

Re: Re: You are obviously forgetting Valverde"s last experience with the Gallibier.Froome &co would have shelled him out with the rest and you don't concede seconds there, only minutes.

It depends on what is ASO"s prioities.Some of the suggestions offered up are obviously coloured by emotion and are not supported by the facts.To put classics type stages in the first week will certainly shake things up,but this only works in Froomes favour.In 2015 he was the only GC rider to...

Whilst I agree with a lot of the comments offered,Nothing can be allowed to compromise the Tours Integrity.By that I mean that the Tour is the worlds most important cycle race and as such should be won by the best allround cyclist.If the idea that the route can be designed to accommodate...

Re: Re: You will find the answer on the scoreboard this afternoon

I for one will be sad when El pistelero rides off into the sunset.The old adage "It is better to try and fail than fail to try" sums up Alberto perfectly!.

Corals seem to agree with you .roglic 7/5, Froomey 2/1, everyonelse 7/1 upwards

Re: Agreed but what does it matter,the only judgement that counts is the scoreboard.

Mmmmm-I think this suggestion was designed to get response.If One takes last yrs TT as the reference point Aru conceded over 3 mins over 37kms.To concede only 30 secs over 22kms -I don't think so!!.Adrenalin is not going to overcome technique and the basic laws of Physics.Anything under 1 Min...

Re: After second rest day, who will win the Tour de France 2 Much has been made of the significance of the Alpine stages in determining the final result.It would be a supreme irony if the most innocuous stage on paper could be the most decisive. Tomorrow it is forecast that the Mistral could be...