Il Lombardia former winner? His name begins with a P? His likes animals whose name begin with a G? His DS said after today's stage that the team had success so far by riding as a team and would continue to do so, adding that so early in the race, P won't be given a ticket for the break. We shall see. Obviously, I'm hoping for something special to happen tomorrow.
If the break, or at least a rider from the break doesn't take it, Pog has to be the favorite. Wout may again be stuck performing dom duties for Ullrich and Kloden. And maybe, the SPDBF will deliver: JV has to go kamikaze, even if it still is early in the Tour. They are being slapped around, they show signs of panic like the stage 5 Benny Hill bike change episode (circus music). Pog is inflicting damage, death by a thousand of cuts. JV needs a morale boost.
Bardet, Quintana, and Gaudu need a good finish, and so does Thomas.
I liked the Super Deluxe Planche des Belles Filles joke. That was brilliant. I don't hate that climb like others do, it's used way too often these days, mainly to get P to ride Le Tour instead of Il Giro.
I won't boycott the race tomorrow and hope that Wout gets his shot. After what he did today wearing yellow, he won me over. Not that I didn't like him before, but because I prefer MVP and imagine Poupou smiling from up above when he shines.
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