Having the top two guys on GC is a nice luxury for the obvious reason: bad day, crash, mechanical/flat. They can play this a few different ways, and I hope that the others try to hammer them, but if they stay at the top, I hope they go after each other on stage 19 (I know, maybe not smart, but a show none the less).
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It was good to see Sky's GC men isolated so early. Hopefully more teams take the initiative on upcoming mountain stages to shed the borgs.
So Froome has said outright that he'd be happy for Thomas to win the Tour, even if that means he doesn't get his fifth and doesn't make the Giro-Tour double.
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You got a link? He can say what he wants, behind the boyish exterior he is a stone cold killer.Vasilis said:
David Brailsford doing his best to actively antagonise French fans at a press conference this morning. A real PR genius that guy. If I were Froome or Thomas I’d be thinking thanks a bunch mate.
until I see it I do not believe it. but it may also be that he realized of not having such good legs. Tuesday the answer
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I don't know how he can blame "French fans." Maybe "Fans at the Tour de France." If anyone has spent even 5 minutes on the Champs or on a mountain stage, you know that there are fans from all over the world, can't even say that the French are even in a majority in many cases.
However, I can't condone physically touching the riders or spitting on them. The rest...well, what does he expect?
Edit: and blaming ASO? He needs the tour more than the tour needs him.
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I don't know how he can blame "French fans." Maybe "Fans at the Tour de France." If anyone has spent even 5 minutes on the Champs or on a mountain stage, you know that there are fans from all over the world, can't even say that the French are even in a majority in many cases.
However, I can't condone physically touching the riders or spitting on them. The rest...well, what does he expect?
Edit: and blaming ASO? He needs the tour more than the tour needs him.
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That'll cool things down for sure.
While I obviously don't agree with fans intervening physically (spitting, pushing), I understand why fans would target a team they feel is taking the p**s.
Yeah - he said this behaviour seemed to be part of French culture.Zinoviev Letter said:
That'll cool things down for sure.
While I obviously don't agree with fans intervening physically (spitting, pushing), I understand why fans would target a team they feel is taking the p**s.
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About evens me thinks. ASO needs newsworthy headlines to promote the race and Team Sky gives them that. Hence, they released their "Froome can't race" spiel a week before the race. Great headline to steer the news cycle away from the World Cup.
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About evens me thinks. ASO needs newsworthy headlines to promote the race and Team Sky gives them that. Hence, they released their "Froome can't race" spiel a week before the race. Great headline to steer the news cycle away from the World Cup.
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Brailsford has managed to take attention of what Moscon did, and the dual leadership, and put the pressure on himself, it has a whiff of Alex Ferguson about it
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He says it seems like and its like - enough ambiguity - but causes the headline,
The question is it a French thing or rather a Tour de France thing, which attracts people from all over the world, I guess he leaves himself wiggle room
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He says it seems like and its like - enough ambiguity - but causes the headline,
The question is it a French thing or rather a Tour de France thing, which attracts people from all over the world, I guess he leaves himself wiggle room
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Sorry, I wasn't aware that metaphors were banned in this form I'll have to reread the rules.del1962 said:
Luke Rowe reporting from the Sky fortress/bus:
https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/1021454901883199488
https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/1021454901883199488
DB should have said "I dare the French !@#$!@%$#@! to touch my riders again...and don't even think about throwing p*ss on them.
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One way Sky can lose is if Geraint cracks and then Dawgboy gets beaten in the ITT
One way Sky can lose is if Geraint cracks and then Dawgboy gets beaten in the ITT
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I think there is no way Sky loses. Not sure if anything happens on Tuesday. On Wednesday, I expect Sky to send GT on the attack, and Froome will wait for Dumo to reel G back in, with Froome just riding on Dumo's wheel. This drags Froome up to G and then Froome attacks! LOL. Puts 2+ minutes on everyone. Takes yellow and goes on to win TDF #5. Easy peasy.
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I think there is no way Sky loses. Not sure if anything happens on Tuesday. On Wednesday, I expect Sky to send GT on the attack, and Froome will wait for Dumo to reel G back in, with Froome just riding on Dumo's wheel. This drags Froome up to G and then Froome attacks! LOL. Puts 2+ minutes on everyone. Takes yellow and goes on to win TDF #5. Easy peasy.
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