Tour de France 2018 Rumours

[LaFlorecita]

Stage 5 to Quimper looks cool

I think Froome is taking notes or he's on his phone blocking people on twitter

Berto looks unsure

eta:

 

[Netserk]

If the TTT had been an ITT... It would have been one of the best route of recently (for the Tour).

 

[MikeTichondrius]

65km stage from Luchon to the Col de Portet confirmed. Via Peyresourde, Col d'Azet. This is ridiculous.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Stage to Quimper is also great...

 

[Red Rick]

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Stage 5 to Quimper looks cool

I think Froome is taking notes or he's on his phone blocking people on twitter

Berto looks unsure

Contador looks at cobbles and is most definitely not reconsidering retirement.

 

[Ricco']

Pau changing fast from a pyreneen host to the sprinting capital.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Too little (I)TT kilometers and the mountain stages could use some extra length, apart from that it looks pretty decent.

 

[MikeTichondrius]

Tourmalet, Bordéres - Aubisque on the final stage to Laruns. And we're done.

EDIT: actually I think I missed something at the beginning. Aspin?

 

[Red Rick]

ITT has 4 climbs, and gradients over 20%.

 

[Netserk]

So four hills in the 31km long ITT?!

 

[LaFlorecita]

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65km stage from Luchon to the Col de Portet confirmed. Via Peyresourde, Col d'Azet. This is ridiculous.

That would be acceptable if they put a TT before or after on the same day
Not on its own

 

[Red Rick]

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So four hills in the 31km long ITT?!

ASO desperately looking for a new record champion to try and forget the last one.

 

[Red Rick]

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So four hills in the 31km long ITT?!

That's gonna be a lot of "Contador would have destroyed this ITT"

 

[LaFlorecita]

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ITT has 4 climbs, and gradients over 20%.

AG2R best start training on TTTing.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Wait the TT is that difficult? I wonder if that favours Tom or not........

I'm happy that the TDF takes up the tradition of ridiculous Basque TTs, but this route could really use another 50km pan flat ITT somewhere in the middle.....

 

[Red Rick]

Total lenght of the Tour?

 

[LaFlorecita]

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So four hills in the 31km long ITT?!

That's gonna be a lot of "Contador would have destroyed this ITT"

Lol yeah
Can he come out of retirement just for that TT

 

[Red Rick]

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Wait the TT is that difficult? I wonder if that favours Tom or not........

I'm happy that the TDF takes up the tradition of ridiculous Basque TTs, but this route could really use another 50km pan flat ITT somewhere in the middle.....

The kind of ITT where Dumoulin could still win but where Purito Rodriguez would finish withing 10s instead of 3 minutes if he were still there.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Total lenght of the Tour?

3300km

 

[Netserk]

You know they don't expect proper racing when intermediate bonus seconds (3, 2 & 1) are meant to be of importance.

EDIT: only first week apparently.

 

[Netserk]

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So four hills in the 31km long ITT?!

That's gonna be a lot of "Contador would have destroyed this ITT"

Lol yeah
Can he come out of retirement just for that TT

That and the Portet stage.

 

[May0maniac]

A Pais Vasco ITT for Bardet.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Missed opportunity by Tibo to send in a video with one of his pet goats

 

[Pricey_sky]

Definitely a TT to favour Bardet after this seasons poor effort in Marseille. He will still ship a fair amount of time in the TTT though.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Definitely a TT to favour Bardet after this seasons poor effort in Marseille. He will still ship a fair amount of time in the TTT though.

Pinot looks like the French hope for this Tour.