Tour de France 2018 Rumours

[bigcog]

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William Hill:
6/5 Chris Froome
11/4 Tom Dumoulin
7/1 Richie Porte
9/1 Nairo Quintana
10/1 Mikel Landa
13/1 Miguel Angel Lopez
20/1 Romain Bardet
25/1 Vincenzno Nibali
28/1 Fabio Aru
28/1 Rigoberto Uran
33/1 Ilnur Zakarin
33/1 Thibaut Pinot
40/1 Adam Yates
40/1 Alejandro Valverde

Great odds for Nibali imo ....
While too short for Lopez

Going to be interesting with Landa and Quintana

25/1 for Nibali ? :lol: Think I may take a punt with them odds.

 

[gregrowlerson]

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William Hill:
6/5 Chris Froome
11/4 Tom Dumoulin
7/1 Richie Porte
9/1 Nairo Quintana
10/1 Mikel Landa
13/1 Miguel Angel Lopez
20/1 Romain Bardet
25/1 Vincenzno Nibali
28/1 Fabio Aru
28/1 Rigoberto Uran
33/1 Ilnur Zakarin
33/1 Thibaut Pinot
40/1 Adam Yates
40/1 Alejandro Valverde

Great odds for Nibali imo ....
While too short for Lopez

Going to be interesting with Landa and Quintana

25/1 for Nibali ? :lol: Think I may take a punt with them odds.

I already have

 

[veji11]

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I was just wondering how people rate the downhill-finishes.

Stage 10: Downhill to Le Grand Bornand
Stage 15: Pic de Nore downhill
Stage 16: Downhill to Bagneres-de-Luchon
Stage 19. Downhill to Laruns

How technically demanding are they?

Pic de Nore will be a long descent and then some fair bit of flat (15ks or so) before Carcassonne so not really a downhill finish.

Le Grand Bornand is very fast but not too technical.
Portillon descent on that side is fast and more technical.
Laruns is a long and technical descent, the most apt of the 3 for great descender to make some differences.

 

[Kyllingen86]

Okay thanks!

So I guess for Nibali stage 16 and 19 could be a very strong weapon

I know Pic de Nore is not outright a downhill finish but optimistic as I am, I was wondering if for an instance Nibali or another strong downhill rider could plot something together. Lets say have a teammate in the break and call him back for the final flat.

I was just interested in knowing weather Pic de Nore would be even technically difficult enough to pull off such a stunt?

 

[rbl85]

Once again guys Nibali will not target the GC in 2018, it's even possible that he will not participate

 

[Escarabajo]

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I was just wondering how people rate the downhill-finishes.

Stage 10: Downhill to Le Grand Bornand
Stage 15: Pic de Nore downhill
Stage 16: Downhill to Bagneres-de-Luchon
Stage 19. Downhill to Laruns

How technically demanding are they?

I like 3 of them. Pic de Nore downhill won't make a difference. Too far from the finish.

 

[capuldemetal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJL3GO4lvfA they should let portet as it is,unpaved

 

[Chrispol]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJL3GO4lvfA they should let portet as it is,unpaved

During the video, the last rider to speak said that they are going to pave the whole climb sadly...

 

[capuldemetal]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJL3GO4lvfA they should let portet as it is,unpaved

During the video, the last rider to speak said that they are going to pave the whole climb sadly...

on parlamento ciclista one user said that they won't do it after all.they have in plan to make it as their colle delle finestre.

 

[pastronef]

According to L'Equipe, Fortuneo, Cofidis and Direct Energie will be at the start of the 2018 Tour de France. The last wildcard will likely go to Wanty-Gobert, not to Vital Concept (Coquard's team). The official announcement by ASO at the end of January.

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@faustocoppi60

 

[Alexandre B.]

Seems logical to me.

Anyway, this is about 2019 but La Dernière Heure says that Le Grand Départ will feature a stage across Flanders and Walloon roads on Saturday, and a team time trial on Sunday.

 

[yaco]

When will GT organisers learn not to put ITT's on weekends - ITT's and flat stages are a no-no for weekends.

 

[Breh]

You have to close less roads, theres less traffic in the weekends, more people can go to Brussels and they'll see riders fly by them on multiple occasions. Start and finish are more likely to be crowded. More chances to get your city on screen.

I don't like it either but it's not that hard to see why organisers do it.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Wildcard selection as expected. Happy for Wanty!

https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/950368362256887808

 

[veji11]

Wanty deserved it. Vital get a chance to prove their mettle for 2019. They will have to focus on Europe tour at this stage, but they still get the Dauphiné anyway.

 

[Krokro]

Coquard must be soooo annoyed. But it was to be expected. Cofidis (even more with the addition of the Herrada bros), Direct Energie and Fortuneo were obvious picks and Wanty demonstrated last year that they really know how to animate a race. Seems pretty faire to me!

 

[yaco]

Cofidis are so over-rated - Do 2 GT's a year for little reward.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Jesus Herrada, Dani Navarro and Nacer Bouhanni is more than enough for a Tour IMO.

 

[Finn84]

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Cofidis are so over-rated - Do 2 GT's a year for little reward.

Vuelta organizers are probably still living the era when Moncoutie was in the team and winning KOM every year.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Cofidis are so over-rated - Do 2 GT's a year for little reward.

Vuelta organizers are probably still living the era when Moncoutie was in the team and winning KOM every year.

Their sponsor buys their invites through sponsorship of the Vuelta. It sucks that they take up two GT slots when really they should be grateful for one, but that’s how the sport works. ASO/Unipublic are if anything a bit less crass about selling wildcards than RCS.