Tour de France 2017 Stage 17: La Mure > Serre-Chevalier 183k

[alspacka]

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Tier 1 is only Froome, as things stands right now. Contador, Quintana and Nibali are not there anymore. Dumoulin needs a confirmation to become one. Bardet, Uran, Aru are not one of those...

Maybe we're playing semantics here or there is a language thing, but one rider isn't a tier.

It's entirely semantics anyway. It's like how one might classify "world class" or "all time great" as 10 people, another 100. Silly discussion without establishing criteria.

 

[cantpedal]

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Another top 10 for Contador. He's gonna win the most top-10 without a win competition.

May have been sick today. With 47.6 KM to go appears to be using an inhaler at the base of last climb see him pull cap of with his teeth shake it and then bring it to his mouth and repeat.

 

[Singer01]

For me, tier one is people who you could say 'they have a chance to win' without seeing the route (as long as the route was within normal parameters).
Froome obviously
Dumoulin
Quintana
Porte (i don't care that he has never finished on a podium, he can climb and he can TT)
Nibali (at a push)

Anyone outside of these 5 needs a weak field, or a specific route (i'd love next year for the tour to have 100km of TT, and loads of ridiculous mountain stages so that Froome has to worry about Dumoulin and Landa), or ridiculous fortune to win.

 

[claude cat]

Follow up insta story from Kittel.

 

[rzombie1988]

No one is at Tier 1 except Froome right now.

 

[Leinster]

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No one is at Tier 1 except Froome right now.

Unless he loses time on the mountain finish tomorrow. Like he's done on every (well, both) MTF in the Tour so far.

 

[gregrowlerson]

So many people crying over tiers...

 

[swissfr]

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For me, tier one is people who you could say 'they have a chance to win' without seeing the route (as long as the route was within normal parameters).
Froome obviously
Dumoulin
Quintana
Porte (i don't care that he has never finished on a podium, he can climb and he can TT)
Nibali (at a push)

Anyone outside of these 5 needs a weak field, or a specific route (i'd love next year for the tour to have 100km of TT, and loads of ridiculous mountain stages so that Froome has to worry about Dumoulin and Landa), or ridiculous fortune to win.

The itt un the tour it's over with the french climbers

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Well if they don't put enough ITT's in Dumoulin won't even show up anyway

 

[DNP-Old]

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No one is at Tier 1 except Froome right now.

Froome isn't exactly having some great season himself. He is vulnerable and probably the worst he's ever been in any Tour.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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No one is at Tier 1 except Froome right now.

Froome isn't exactly having some great season himself. He is vulnerable and probably the worst he's ever been in any Tour.

Nah, still doing better than 2008.

 

[DNP-Old]

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No one is at Tier 1 except Froome right now.

Froome isn't exactly having some great season himself. He is vulnerable and probably the worst he's ever been in any Tour.

Nah, still doing better than 2008.

One could argue.