2015 Tour de France Stage 7: Livarot - Fougeres, 190.5 km

[Gigs_98]

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Luckily tomorrow there is men's Semi's at Wimbledon and Ashes cricket, I shall turn on for the final few k's of this one.

There is no possibility to watch wimbledon in austria, if you don't have sky, so I have to watch this flat piece of boredom

 

[Sciocco]

Will Cav fail again?

One can only hope.

I'd like to see Greipel keep going and take this one, and a fourth on the Champs-Élysées.

 

[Warhawk]

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Cav will go too early

Bold Prediction: He realizes he's been going too early and, shockingly, he goes too late.

Sagan will get 2nd

Natch.

Some Dutch guy will crash

Gonna say it's Kruijswijk's turn, mostly because I like him and that's how things go.

Zubeldia won't be seen

Who?

Froome will almost crash

Twice

Something will happen that makes Contador go nuts while nothing really happened

As a prank, Sagan tells Alberto that he put vaseline on Alberto's handlebars, and Alberto spends the first 10km riding hands free and asking if anyone has any paper towels, while everyone around him muffles their laughter.

Voeckler will get the most screen time at the back of the peloton

Michael Matthews is giving him a run for his money on air time.

See bold.

 

[Anderis]

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Voeckler will get the most screen time at the back of the peloton

I didn't know Hesjedal is withdrawing from the race after today.

 

[Jspear]

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Luckily tomorrow there is men's Semi's at Wimbledon and Ashes cricket, I shall turn on for the final few k's of this one.

There is no possibility to watch wimbledon in austria, if you don't have sky, so I have to watch this flat piece of boredom

Cheer up. Go on a bike ride! When it's a boring stage I either ride or play soccer (football) with some mates.

 

[MikeTichondrius]

Can't help but chuckle a bit at people complaining over a boring stage. They way I remember the TdF first week as a kid is basically mass sprints with an inevitable Cipo/Zabel/McEwen win at the end. Nowadays you get these classic-like stages, stages designed with echelons in mind and uphill murito-style finishes. Makes the sprinters have to work harder for their wins which is fine in my book. HTC-style just isn't being done nowadays and that adds unpredictability.

Still, I'll just follow live updates on CN and tune in for the final 15k. Unless something interesting comes up...Today was enough slow-riding for me.

 

[ggusta]

weather/wind/flying bidon report?

Can we place a bet? Odds that Sagan ends up in something other than 2nd?

 

[ggusta]

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Can't help but chuckle a bit at people complaining over a boring stage. They way I remember the TdF first week as a kid is basically mass sprints with an inevitable Cipo/Zabel/McEwen win at the end. Nowadays you get these classic-like stages, stages designed with echelons in mind and uphill murito-style finishes. Makes the sprinters have to work harder for their wins which is fine in my book. HTC-style just isn't being done nowadays and that adds unpredictability.

Still, I'll just follow live updates on CN and tune in for the final 15k. Unless something interesting comes up...Today was enough slow-riding for me.

Message board: Place where adult males gather electronically to complain.

 

[42x16ss]

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Cav will go too early

Bold Prediction: He realizes he's been going too early and, shockingly, he goes too late.

Sagan will get 2nd

Natch.

Some Dutch guy will crash

Gonna say it's Kruijswijk's turn, mostly because I like him and that's how things go.

Zubeldia won't be seen

Who?

Froome will almost crash

Twice

Something will happen that makes Contador go nuts while nothing really happened

As a prank, Sagan tells Alberto that he put vaseline on Alberto's handlebars, and Alberto spends the first 10km riding hands free and asking if anyone has any paper towels, while everyone around him muffles their laughter.

Voeckler will get the most screen time at the back of the peloton

Michael Matthews is giving him a run for his money on air time.

See bold.

I'm not sure if Matthews will start today. He said he's feeling worse, not better and only stuck out yesterday's stage out of respect for the ANZAC memorial in the Somme.

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

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Someone will crash
Someone will break something

Cav will go too early
Sagan will get 2nd
Some Dutch guy will crash
Zubeldia won't be seen
Froome will almost crash
Something will happen that makes Contador go nuts while nothing really happened
Voeckler will get the most screen time at the back of the peloton
Ryo's prediction will be wrong
Andy will make a statment that echelons, hills, cobbles and tt's shouldn't feature in the Tour de France

That's about it I think

 

[Sasquatch]

Demare now that he has full support!

 

[Jancouver]

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So once again

1. Gorilla
2. Sagan
3. Alex
4. Cav
5. Coquard
6. EBH
7. Demare
8. Johny
9. Bennett
10. Vino

 

[The Barb]

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I was impressed that Kristoff managed to be in the front group up the final climb today, shows he is in great shape. On stage 5 he opened his sprint way too early, but still sprinted strong. The slight uphill finish tomorrow will suit him well. I predict Kristoff to win.

I agree, particularly that his performance in Stage 5 was a lot better than it might have appeared. His form might be a little better than many people seem to think.

 

[sir fly]

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I was impressed that Kristoff managed to be in the front group up the final climb today, shows he is in great shape. On stage 5 he opened his sprint way too early, but still sprinted strong. The slight uphill finish tomorrow will suit him well. I predict Kristoff to win.

I agree, particularly that his performance in Stage 5 was a lot better than it might have appeared. His form might be a little better than many people seem to think.

Who have you placed your bets on?

 

[Tank Engine]

1. Kristoff, 2. Cav, 3. Gorilla

 

[Jspear]

Re: Re:

Can't help but chuckle a bit at people complaining over a boring stage. They way I remember the TdF first week as a kid is basically mass sprints with an inevitable Cipo/Zabel/McEwen win at the end. Nowadays you get these classic-like stages, stages designed with echelons in mind and uphill murito-style finishes. Makes the sprinters have to work harder for their wins which is fine in my book. HTC-style just isn't being done nowadays and that adds unpredictability.

Still, I'll just follow live updates on CN and tune in for the final 15k. Unless something interesting comes up...Today was enough slow-riding for me.

Message board: Place where adult males gather electronically to complain.

What about the females on this forum?

 

[The Barb]

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I was impressed that Kristoff managed to be in the front group up the final climb today, shows he is in great shape. On stage 5 he opened his sprint way too early, but still sprinted strong. The slight uphill finish tomorrow will suit him well. I predict Kristoff to win.

I agree, particularly that his performance in Stage 5 was a lot better than it might have appeared. His form might be a little better than many people seem to think.

Who have you placed your bets on?

Hehe, thanks for asking.
I don't want to give too much of my winnings back to the bookies so I've restricted myself to $50 per stage for the rest of the race. For this one I'm on Kristoff.

 

[sir fly]

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I was impressed that Kristoff managed to be in the front group up the final climb today, shows he is in great shape. On stage 5 he opened his sprint way too early, but still sprinted strong. The slight uphill finish tomorrow will suit him well. I predict Kristoff to win.

I agree, particularly that his performance in Stage 5 was a lot better than it might have appeared. His form might be a little better than many people seem to think.

Who have you placed your bets on?

Hehe, thanks for asking.
I don't want to give too much of my winnings back to the bookies so I've restricted myself to $50 per stage for the rest of the race. For this one I'm on Kristoff.

Thanx for the tip.
Cheers!

 

[movingtarget]

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Someone will crash
Someone will break something

Cav will go too early
Sagan will get 2nd
Some Dutch guy will crash
Zubeldia won't be seen
Froome will almost crash
Something will happen that makes Contador go nuts while nothing really happened
Voeckler will get the most screen time at the back of the peloton
Ryo's prediction will be wrong
Andy will make a statment that echelons, hills, cobbles and tt's shouldn't feature in the Tour de France

That's about it I think

well, maybe some of the predictions will be wrong, but thanks for the laugh

Actually I think that is pretty close. Would love to see Zubeldia in a breakaway ! As for Voeckler he must be the only rider who tries to break from the peloton when they are already going fast, get's a couple of hundred metres ahead and keeps looking back with 20 kms to go hoping he can stay ahead, like a track sprinter. He tries to overcome the impossible with facial expressions while weaving all over the road.

You also forgot to say that someone will wave a flag into the leading rider's face within the last 3 kms, the cameras will be showing the beaches of Normandy while someone has attacked and why show one view of a chateau, church, cemetery when you can show five ?

 

[DBotero]

Re: 2015 Tour de France Stage 7: Livarot - Fougeres, 190.5 k

Kristoff FTW!
Maybe the GC guys will decide to stay at a safer distance.A few seconds as good as they are not worth the risk of going home early.

 

[Red Rick]

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Someone will crash
Someone will break something

Cav will go too early
Sagan will get 2nd
Some Dutch guy will crash
Zubeldia won't be seen
Froome will almost crash
Something will happen that makes Contador fans go nuts while nothing really happened
Voeckler will get the most screen time at the back of the peloton
Ryo's prediction will be wrong
Andy will make a statment that echelons, hills, cobbles and tt's shouldn't feature in the Tour de France

That's about it I think

Forgot something
That's much better

 

[Sasquatch]

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I was impressed that Kristoff managed to be in the front group up the final climb today, shows he is in great shape. On stage 5 he opened his sprint way too early, but still sprinted strong. The slight uphill finish tomorrow will suit him well. I predict Kristoff to win.

I agree, particularly that his performance in Stage 5 was a lot better than it might have appeared. His form might be a little better than many people seem to think.

Kristoff isn't in that bad of form as people think he is.

He was caught up in a crash on the earlier two stages. He got a puncture on stage 4. He lost his 2 leadout men in a crash and only had Rodriguez on stage 5.

If Kristoff has a lead out tonight he wins.

 

[Pricey_sky]

So no yellow jersey wearer today, I did wonder if the Tour sponsors would have wanted the jersey to be present on today's stage but obviously not.

 

[Vasilis]

Indeed no yellow, confirmed by Froome.
https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/619405860096356352

 

[SafeBet]

Hopefully Kristoff.