Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Great performance by Steve Cummings today, I thought.

I was thinking of sticking him down as one of my picks in punditry for tomorrow's stage, but decided against it as the wind looks fairly light - if it had been windier I reckon I'd have gone with him to power his way to victory.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

I was thinking of sticking him down as one of my picks in punditry for tomorrow's stage, but decided against it as the wind looks fairly light - if it had been windier I reckon I'd have gone with him to power his way to victory.

He has that in his toolkit. He's a canny pick for this tour.

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Well, I guess I can always be wrong...

1. Froome
2. Quintana
3. Nibali

I think a top 10 finish for either (maybe both) of the Yates brothers and I think Bertram will either retire once he realises he ain't going to win, or crashes out again. Either way, he'll regroup for the Vuelta. Cav to take 3 stage wins in the absence of Kittel.

 

[rich p]

Well, I guess I can always be wrong...

1. Froome
2. Quintana
3. Nibali

I think a top 10 finish for either (maybe both) of the Yates brothers and I think Bertram will either retire once he realises he ain't going to win, or crashes out again. Either way, he'll regroup for the Vuelta. Cav to take 3 stage wins in the absence of Kittel.

That's a post worthy of the Pro Pundit Prediction thread!

 

[benborp]

The French are commentating from the start finish. The guy's tie is imitating a windsock and the woman looks like a squirrel in a wind tunnel, she is not saying much, she just seems to be concentrating on keeping hold of the microphone. Looks like it could be a really tough day.

 

[smutchin]

Jos Van Emden has never previously figured in my thoughts. I had to look him up. Good effort from Pinot.

Inrng mentioned him in his stage preview: "Jos Van Emden is on nobody’s lips but excellent in short time trials"

Always worth reading Inrng. He reckons it's between Cav and Kristoff for stage 2.

 

[smutchin]

A Sherwin like comment.

I know. Even as I was typing it, I was thinking, what on earth am I doing?

I've never been to Kenya though.

 

[Bollo]

A couple of images from Utrecht. I never managed to get right on the barriers, but I found a reasonable spot on a corner where I could get a bit of height over the front row.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

It's as if whoever decides the commentary for ITV reads this forum and decides the line-up based on how much it's likely to píss me off most. Liggett and Sherwen were bad enough, but bringing in Jens Daffodilling Voigt is taking the píss

 

[Crackle]

It's as if whoever decides the commentary for ITV reads this forum and decides the line-up based on how much it's likely to píss me off most. Liggett and Sherwen were bad enough, but bringing in Jens Daffodilling Voigt is taking the píss

As soon as I heard his dulcid tones I did emit a wee chuckle at the imagined venom I heard you shouting at the telly.

 

[rich p]

Carlton Kirby knows pretty much fúck all about cycling nuances.
Yesterday he was speculating that Rolland could go well - in a short flat ITT ffs. Tosser.
Today he's picked Navardauskas as the potential winner.

 

[rich p]

I think ITV and ES synchronise their ad breaks. Either that or there are so many of them they're bound to coincide.

 

[Crackle]

Today he's picked Navardauskas as the potential winner.

Neverhadadoofus is often touted as a potential winner. The poor guy must be burdened by this weight of expectation.

 

[mjr]

Lots of ad hoc ad breaks on ITV today. That must be stinking weather at the finish, bouncing the uplink dishes around and with rain fade on top.

 

[rich p]

Kirby also projects imaginary thoughts into the heads of the riders.
Froome is nervous, Contador is nervous and Quintana is very nervous. Tosser