Pre Tour de France-thread

[yaco]

Better that Sunweb chooses riders who can get through three weeks - There are enough opportunities for TD to make time in key stages like the TTT/ITT and Cobbles - He doesn't need more mountain domestics.

 

[kiszol]

Re:

Better that Sunweb chooses riders who can get through three weeks - There are enough opportunities for TD to make time in key stages like the TTT/ITT and Cobbles - He doesn't need more mountain domestics.

More? He doesn't even really have one.

 

[el chava]

More evidence that Sunweb has way too few riders on its roster (23).

 

[Escarabajo]

Re:

Kelderman DNS.

What was wrong with him?

 

[Amazinmets87]

Re:

First time the race will be in great danger since 1998.

Really? What's the worst case scenario?

 

[wirral]

Re: Re:

Kelderman DNS.

What was wrong with him?

Shoulder.

 

[Escarabajo]

Re: Re:

Kelderman DNS.

What was wrong with him?

Shoulder.

Ok. Thanks.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Low chances of Kelderman getting through the first 9 days anyways. And with Matthews and Dumo, it might actually be better to ride Poland and La Vuelta and try to podium there.

Sucks about Froomey, I guess it will be harder for ASO to not let him allow to ride?

 

[Lexman]

Re: Re:

Kelderman DNS.

What was wrong with him?

he hurt his shoulder at a crash this weekend, the same shoulder he hurt earlier this year and for which he had surgery, the metal which had been put in his shoulder then has been hit at the crash and causes too much pain for him to ride...

 

[Alexandre B.]

Re: Re:

First time the race will be in great danger since 1998.

Really? What's the worst case scenario?

Froome and Sky being assaulted, the road being blocked.

 

[Lexman]

Re: Re:

First time the race will be in great danger since 1998.

Really? What's the worst case scenario?

Froome and Sky being assaulted, the road being blocked.

the CRS will be more than happy to deal with those ...

 

[Oliwright]

Ciro Snognamiglio reporting that Team Sky's team is:
Froome, G, Poels, Bernal, Kwiat, Castroviejo, Moscon & Rowe.

Looks pretty formidable especially with a boosted Froome by today's UCI announcement!

 

[Pharazon]

Ciro Snognamiglio reporting that Team Sky's team is:
Froome, G, Poels, Bernal, Kwiat, Castroviejo, Moscon & Rowe.

Looks pretty formidable especially with a boosted Froome by today's UCI announcement!

so basically the team that destroyed the dauphine, + Froome, Poels and Bernal...

f**k...

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Fortuneo-Samsic

Warren Barguil
Maxime Bouet
Elie Gesbert
Romain Hardy
Kevin Ledanois
Amael Moinard
Laurent Pichon
Florian Vachon

No place for Tour regular Brice Feillu or Perichon who rode strongly last year but is struggling a bit this season

 

[kiszol]

Sunweb

Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)
Nikias Arndt (GER)
Tom Dumoulin (NED)
Laurens ten Dam (NED)
Simon Geschke (GER)
Chad Haga (USA)
Michael Matthews (AUS)
Edward Theuns (BEL)

Strong for the flat and TTT, but not good enough for the mountains.

So fortunately no Oomen, but also no Storer or Hindley. Frustrating for Dumoulin I guess but he used to the not much help in the mountains in the last few years for sure. Anyway it's not ideal.

Interestingly no Teunissen. I guess the team didn't like that he and Bauhaus signed for another team for next year and left them home.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Kelderman DNS.

What was wrong with him?

he hurt his shoulder at a crash this weekend, the same shoulder he hurt earlier this year and for which he had surgery, the metal which had been put in his shoulder then has been hit at the crash and causes too much pain for him to ride...

:sad:
Ouch...

 

[Ricco']

Bouhanni out.

 

[Lexman]

Re:

Bouhanni out.

Bouhanni will ride la Vuelta...

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Re:

Bouhanni out.

That's one less source of entertainment in the next few weeks

 

[vladimir]

So, it's only Sky who hasn't published their team for Letour now?

 

[tobydawq]

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So, it's only Sky who hasn't published their team for Letour now?

Yes and since everybody knows what it will be, that seems a bit silly.

 

[Salvarani]

PRAY SOMEONE ELSE WIN

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Very disappointed that Cofidis have avoided a potentially hilarious row. Movistar now stand alone as the standard bearers for those who want a good soap opera feud

 

[The Hegelian]

On another topic: how do people rate Uran's chances? He was 54 seconds off winning a tdf last year. Definitely flown under the radar this year - people talk more about Bernal......

 

[Koronin]

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On another topic: how do people rate Uran's chances? He was 54 seconds off winning a tdf last year. Definitely flown under the radar this year - people talk more about Bernal......

Unlikely due to Slipstream almost folding last year and loosing most of their riders then scrambling to field a full team for this year. He won't exactly have any support in the mountains and not sure he'll have a very good TTT either.