Tour de France 2015 Stage 21: Sèvres › Paris 109.5k

[thequestionmark]

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What a failure Degenkolb has been this Tour. Kittel not there and he fails to win a stage anyway. Sagan seems to better at everything as a bike rider, yet Degenkolb has 2 monuments to Sagan's 0.

No. Sagan is better at high-speed sprints in big groups. Degenkolb is better in sprints when the field is smaller and the speed slower. Sagan is better on bergs, Degenkolb is better on the cobbles.

 

[deValtos]

Are you guys sure that isn't just the top of a statue ?

Looks like an angel on top of a tower to me.

 

[cala]

Wow... someone stood in front of the peloton on the parcours in the last three k.

Madness...

Insane. Crazy guy. It could have been a terrorist with a bomb. Thank god they weren't at full speed. He could have been killed and the riders could have been really bad injured. What was written on his shirt?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Are you guys sure that isn't just the top of a statue ?

Looks like an angel on top of a tower to me.

No it was indeed some guy with a message on his shirt. Hopefully no one got to read what it said.

 

[May0maniac]

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Oh noes. Michelle Cound spotted

Her face somehow reminds me of Elisa Basso

 

[Ryongsyong]

Are you guys sure that isn't just the top of a statue ?

Looks like an angel on top of a tower to me.

It's a real person. The moto at the back of the peloton filmed him for half a second.

Kirby didn't notice.

 

[JackRabbitSlims]

idiot

congrats to greipel
congrats to c.froome and the team sky

 

[jaylew]

Re: Re:

What a failure Degenkolb has been this Tour. Kittel not there and he fails to win a stage anyway. Sagan seems to better at everything as a bike rider, yet Degenkolb has 2 monuments to Sagan's 0.

It's pretty simple re Degenkolb.

Stage wins for sprinters who peaked for the Tour: 5
Stage wins for sprinters who peaked for the spring: 0

Nonsense.

 

[ray j willings]

Are you guys sure that isn't just the top of a statue ?

Looks like an angel on top of a tower to me.

No it was indeed some guy with a message on his shirt. Hopefully no one got to read what it said.

 

[Miburo]

Another boring tour, when will we get a tour with an exciting GC fight again?

 

[jaylew]

So happy for Greipel. His first victory on Champs, no?

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Another boring tour, when will we get a tour with an exciting GC fight again?

Next year, with Alberto emerging as the winner

I agree this Tour was quite boring, Sagan and the breakaways (Cummings, Bardet, Pinot, Majka, Nibali etc) made it enjoyable.

 

[jaylew]

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Another boring tour, when will we get a tour with an exciting GC fight again?

We might have had it this year if not for the crosswind stage. No guarantee of course, but it could have come down to seconds on Alpe d'Huez if not for that stage.

 

[BigMac]

Bryan second, wow!

 

[Mr.White]

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Think Cav's best days are behind him.

Was too far back and couldn't find a wheel.

No he wasn't. He was in front of Greipel, on Degenkolb's wheel

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

What a failure Degenkolb has been this Tour. Kittel not there and he fails to win a stage anyway. Sagan seems to better at everything as a bike rider, yet Degenkolb has 2 monuments to Sagan's 0.

It's pretty simple re Degenkolb.

Stage wins for sprinters who peaked for the Tour: 5
Stage wins for sprinters who peaked for the spring: 0

Nonsense.

Apart from being true, how is it nonsense?

 

[Hayabusa]

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Think Cav's best days are behind him.

Was too far back and couldn't find a wheel.

No he wasn't. He was in front of Greipel, on Degenkolb's wheel

Wrong, that was a different Etixz rider, you made the same mistake as Eurosport.

 

[Mr.White]

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Green Jersey should be interesting if next year has more sprint stages.

People were saying it would be interesting this year as well, but Sagan one by miles

In the end it's around 60 points with a route like 2012 and someone like Cav, Greipel or Kittel collecting a lot of stages I can't see Sagan winning.

Greipel won 4 stages, that would never happen with Kittel and a younger Cav in the mix.

Well.., Greipel is 3yrs older than Cav, what's your point exactly?

 

[Z3lvet]

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Green Jersey should be interesting if next year has more sprint stages.

People were saying it would be interesting this year as well, but Sagan one by miles

In the end it's around 60 points with a route like 2012 and someone like Cav, Greipel or Kittel collecting a lot of stages I can't see Sagan winning.

Greipel won 4 stages, that would never happen with Kittel and a younger Cav in the mix.

Well.., Greipel is 3yrs older than Cav, what's your point exactly?

I meant to say Cav on form, sorry for the misunderstanding.

 

[jaylew]

Re: Re:

What a failure Degenkolb has been this Tour. Kittel not there and he fails to win a stage anyway. Sagan seems to better at everything as a bike rider, yet Degenkolb has 2 monuments to Sagan's 0.

It's pretty simple re Degenkolb.

Stage wins for sprinters who peaked for the Tour: 5
Stage wins for sprinters who peaked for the spring: 0

Nonsense.

Apart from being true, how is it nonsense?

Implying that the reason Degenkolb didn't win any stages is because he peaked for the spring. He wasn't horrible at the Tour, he's just not Kittel. He's never going to win Tour stages against the top guys in July. Now, the Vuelta against 2nd tier sprinters is a different story. Besides Greipel did a different program this year and planned a spring peak as well during the spring classics and also did some of the Giro, so it's not as if his whole year was planned around the Tour.

 

[DBotero]

Greipel just too good this Tour.Nice performance to get 4 wins.

 

[RedheadDane]

Wow... someone stood in front of the peloton on the parcours in the last three k.

Madness...

Noticed him too. Thought my eyes were deceiving me, or he was behind a barrier, or... something!

So happy for Greipel. His first victory on Champs, no?

Yup!

Not been the best tour for the export of German shampoo products

Nonsense! They showed that their products also work on beards!

 

[BullsFan22]

So, who is gonna be the next Tour winner? Geraint Thomas, Ian Stannard, Wayne Rooney?

 

[Hayabusa]

So, who is gonna be the next Tour winner? Geraint Thomas, Ian Stannard, Wayne Rooney?

Wayne's only marginal gains are for his hairline sadly

 

[FroomehasneverdopedX]

Wow... someone stood in front of the peloton on the parcours in the last three k.

Madness...

how in the hell did that not cause a crash