Critérium du Dauphiné 2017 (04/06 > 11/06/2017)

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Can't wait to see Froome's form. Same for Aru and Chavito after their injury. Porte must have it in his bag. Wether one likes the course design or not, the fact is that the field is interesting. Plus it shows everyones form just before Tour, nice to have some insights for July.
 
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A lot of Trek for Contador not bothering. :D
 
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Orbit501 said:
Wonder if Tony Martin can take Yellow in the ITT and see how long he can defend it in the mountains. Mont Ventoux 2009 anyone? :lol:

Tony Martin was a contender for the white jersey and was considered a future GT contender back in 2009. Marginal losses since then, I'm afraid.
 
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WheelofGear said:
Today's stage is overrated. I expect a big sprint. Kristoff and Bouhanni have survived harder stages.
Colbrelli stands out as the biggest favourite to me.

I considered Kristoff's chances aswell, but I guess I will put my money on the other Norwegian today (Edvald). Kristoff has not exactly been impressive on hillier stages, lately.
Now, Demaré, on the other hand, could win today if he's in the same shape as in Paris-Nice.
 
Kristoff is playing down his chances for today. Says he's had a cold for past few days, not feeling great and the parcours are a bit hard for him ordinarily anyway.

Not sure how much I believe that last bit, but we'll see.
 
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WheelofGear said:
I'd go for Bouhanni. He is always in great shape here.

I don't think they can drop him, he is a better climber than Kristoff, Demare and co. He has won stages with a cat 1. in it.

I think Bouhanni's shape is a bit unknown here. That crash in Yorkshire looked nasty!

I definitely agree with you about his climbing ability though. He's easily one of the best climbers of the current generation of sprinters.
 
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Dazed and Confused said:
On paper a very good stage, but we could probably use Gilbert and GvA here to make the race really hard. Instead I'm going with Coquard or Nacer.

Could still be hard for the sprinters teams to control. We have Colbrelli and Bole, also Gallopin, and will be interesting to see what young Carapaz can do today.
 
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Dazed and Confused said:
On paper a very good stage, but we could probably use Gilbert and GvA here to make the race really hard. Instead I'm going with Coquard or Nacer.
You'll need a super-break of Gilbert, GVA, Lammertink, Benoot, Vakoc and Kwiatkowski for this not to end in a mass sprint.
 
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Orbit501 said:
Kirby's "Si Clarke​" obsession knows no bounds.

Damnit, Kirby is back?
Watching/listening to the Giro was immensely, IMMENSELY improved by his absence.