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May I introduce you to the future Lord, Alex Edward Albert Dowsett

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I safely conclude that you don’t receive many party invitations

I am fascinated by the team competition and today is a crucial day. Current standings - 1 MOVISTAR TEAM -154h 26' 36' - 2 TREK - SEGAFREDO 154h 30' 54'' + 00h 04' 18'' - 3 EF PRO CYCLING 154h 32' 13'' + 00h 05' 37'' - 4 AG2R LA MONDIALE 154h 40' 23'' + 00h 13' 47'' - 5 TEAM JUMBO -...

Cavagna FTW!

There aren’t too many in this race at this moment

They are actually the same person and he is handicapped by having to ride two bikes across the finishing line

FDJ opération de sauvetage begins today. Madouas FTW

That LBL crash is still painful for my bank balance

This is usually a moot point as normally, there are very few opportunities for GC men to take yellow in the first week. I'd estimate that the ceremonies, interviews and controls mean the leader would arrive at the team hotel between 2-3 hours after his teammates. Multiply that by 10-15 days and...

Perhaps the easiest way for the "GC" teams to control this stage is to put a second tier rider into the scrum for the break and force someone else to chase. Obviously depends on condition after yesterday's disarray but we could see Gesink (all hail) or G Bennett up there. More difficult for...

I’d agree he’s just about the favourite but certainly not an overwhelming one. I’d suggest his form isn’t that great. Decent enough but easy to pick holes in (got away with super strong Wout in MSR, got clear twice in the Dauphiné but was roundly thumped by Formolo and Kamna). Again, DQS look...

The only man in the field actually praying for mudslides

Who would be the real bad weather specialists?

I wasn’t being hyper critical, merely pointing out that literal translations don’t always work.