2015 Tour de France: Stage 1, Utrecht-Utrecht

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Where is Miburo?

I wonder what he has to say about Kelderman and 6 dutchmen in the top 20.

 

[Miburo]

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Kelderman? stop it LMAO

I will bet my ballsack kelderman won't top ten here. still hilarious though how you overrate the dutch :tranen:

Nvm i was wrong, he won the dutch ITT last week. He'll top 5 easily.

What are you talking about? I wasn't far off with my prediction.

 

[May0maniac]

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Kelderman? stop it LMAO

I will bet my ballsack kelderman won't top ten here. still hilarious though how you overrate the dutch :tranen:

Actually i also think Kelderman will be in top 10 .. he is in his best form of his life/career ..

Can we talk about the fact that Gesink beat Uran, Ryo probably had a nervous breakdown

 

[Miburo]

Where is Miburo?

I wonder what he has to say about Kelderman and 6 dutchmen in the top 20.

I'm right here and i corrected myself when i heard he was dutch champ so???

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Also, Kelderman then Gesink then Mollema as bedt GC riders is hilarious. Too bad there are mountains and cobble stages

 

[Miburo]

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Also, Kelderman then Gesink then Mollema as bedt GC riders is hilarious. Too bad there are mountains and cobble stages

And flat stages....

Then again in the tour it's pretty much russian roulette with the crashes on the flat.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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Is La Florecita having a nervous breakdown already

The title for your post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8sQS6naqdc

 

[concorde]

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Is La Florecita having a nervous breakdown already

The title for your post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8sQS6naqdc

Im addicted to cycling, this is me with cam in sunglasses in 2011 P-R

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIwfzchAq0g

 

[Singer01]

so the bookies think that Quintana and Nibali did best today, no surprises there. contador now 4th favourite, wonder when he last entered a grand tour in that position?

 

[LaFlorecita]

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so the bookies think that Quintana and Nibali did best today, no surprises there. contador now 4th favourite, wonder when he last entered a grand tour in that position?

Does it matter?

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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Is La Florecita having a nervous breakdown already

The title for your post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8sQS6naqdc

Im addicted to cycling, this is me with cam in sunglasses in 2011 P-R

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIwfzchAq0g

So you pick Cav for tomorrow, right?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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I will bet my ballsack kelderman won't top ten here. still hilarious though how you overrate the dutch :tranen:

hahahahahaha

Can we now please get a video of Ryo where he smashes his ballsack with a hammer. Not that I will watch...

6 dutch guys in top 16. We shoushould hold Gt starts more ofteoften

 

[rhubroma]

Even though this hasn't come up, or at least I haven't seen it: the guy who put in the most astonishing performance of the GT candidates was T. Pinot! Faster than Froome, faster than Contador, faster than Nibili! I mean its freekin T. Pinot, they guy who got crushed in the Tour de Swiss's last TT. What a a ride, no?

Then TJ also rode superbly. What this seems to indicate is that Contador certainly is not at the level one would have expected for one who is trying to win the race, but even Froome underperformed today.

 

[armchairclimber]

Never mind all that, what was Kwiatkowski playing at?

 

[concorde]

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Never mind all that, what was Kwiatkowski playing at?

He wasnt riding for placement at all, probably team order .. And when u think about it they had Tony Martin, the rest should save powa for train in second stage.. Kinda basic pro cycling tactic

 

[SeriousSam]

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Even though this hasn't come up, or at least I haven't seen it: the guy who put in the most astonishing performance of the GT candidates was T. Pinot! Faster than Froome, faster than Contador, faster than Nibili! I mean its freekin T. Pinot, they guy who got crushed in the Tour de Swiss's last TT. What a a ride, no?

Then TJ also rode superbly. What this seems to indicate is that Contador certainly is not at the level one would have expected for one who is trying to win the race, but even Froome underperformed today.

Isn't Pinot's and Quintana's ride a product of the conditions?

 

[Singer01]

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so the bookies think that Quintana and Nibali did best today, no surprises there. contador now 4th favourite, wonder when he last entered a grand tour in that position?

Does it matter?

ultimately none of it matters, since it's a bunch of skinny men riding bikes, i thought it was interesting that the bookies inferred the same from today as the board did.

 

[FCKAC]

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Even though this hasn't come up, or at least I haven't seen it: the guy who put in the most astonishing performance of the GT candidates was T. Pinot! Faster than Froome, faster than Contador, faster than Nibili! I mean its freekin T. Pinot, they guy who got crushed in the Tour de Swiss's last TT. What a a ride, no?

Then TJ also rode superbly. What this seems to indicate is that Contador certainly is not at the level one would have expected for one who is trying to win the race, but even Froome underperformed today.

Froom is not the same Froom we saw a couple of years ago. As to AC, we all know age is catching up with him very quickly.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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Even though this hasn't come up, or at least I haven't seen it: the guy who put in the most astonishing performance of the GT candidates was T. Pinot! Faster than Froome, faster than Contador, faster than Nibili! I mean its freekin T. Pinot, they guy who got crushed in the Tour de Swiss's last TT. What a a ride, no?

Then TJ also rode superbly. What this seems to indicate is that Contador certainly is not at the level one would have expected for one who is trying to win the race, but even Froome underperformed today.

Froom is not the same Froom we saw a couple of years ago. As to AC, we all know age is catching up with him very quickly.

You spell it wrong. It is Vroom...
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsgdwM73EgM

 

[cellardoor]

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Never mind all that, what was Kwiatkowski playing at?

He wasnt riding for placement at all, probably team order .. And when u think about it they had Tony Martin, the rest should save powa for train in second stage.. Kinda basic pro cycling tactic

Except that the yellow jersey could have been on the cards with the hilly stages we have to come.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Very exciting ITT. Congrats to Dennis. Brutal performance.
As if Bardet needed an incentive to be aggressive....

 

[armchairclimber]

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Never mind all that, what was Kwiatkowski playing at?

He wasnt riding for placement at all, probably team order .. And when u think about it they had Tony Martin, the rest should save powa for train in second stage.. Kinda basic pro cycling tactic

He had stated that he was aiming to take yellow in the first week. I suppose a hard effort later in the week might make more sense than going all out today.

 

[Põhja Konn]

Of main GC guys Quintana, Nibali and Pinot can be really pleased with their efforts this afternoon and todays stage did nothing but strenghten my view that those aforementioned three will make up the final podium in Paris (barring crashes and other types of misfortune).

Contador just doesn't look like he is on top of his game, but anything else is unlikely to be enough to win this Tour. Still one can never rule a rider like him out so early. A dark horse rather than the main favourite.

Froome has been below par in TTs all season long, but very strong in the mountains. Still, expected him to be stronger compared to his main GC rivals today. He was weaker than i expected and like Contador is looking more like a dark horse rather than the biggest favourite. Specially considering his abilities on cobbles are completely unknown.

 

[Mr.White]

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Never mind all that, what was Kwiatkowski playing at?

He wasnt riding for placement at all, probably team order .. And when u think about it they had Tony Martin, the rest should save powa for train in second stage.. Kinda basic pro cycling tactic

He had stated that he was aiming to take yellow in the first week. I suppose a hard effort later in the week might make more sense than going all out today.

Going all out today exactly makes sense if he is aiming for a yellow, but he's apparently in bad shape. In good form he would end up top 10 easily today

 

[Gigs_98]

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Kelderman? stop it LMAO

I will bet my ballsack kelderman won't top ten here. still hilarious though how you overrate the dutch :tranen:

I wouldn't blame Miburo, at least he didnt do a houdini.
btw, where is ryo