Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[rich p]

I wish I could blame spell check.....

Your honesty does you credit!

GT won't wait for Froome if something happens, imho, but the order Sky ride up a mountain will tell us more tomorrow.

 

[mjr]

Would it be seen as "bad form" for the yellow jersey at the front to neutralize the race to help a team mate back in the field?

I think they've been accused of doing it before. Also, it's certainly been done by the yellow neutralising the GC race to allow another team's leader back on. A Sky yellow for a BMC leader, maybe Cadel, on some stage where some nobber had spread tacks on a descent IIRC. Ah here it is https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...os-after-tacks-found-on-the-road-7945409.html

 

[PK99]

I think they've been accused of doing it before. Also, it's certainly been done by the yellow neutralising the GC race to allow another team's leader back on. A Sky yellow for a BMC leader, maybe Cadel, on some stage where some nobber had spread tacks on a descent IIRC. Ah here it is https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...os-after-tacks-found-on-the-road-7945409.html

Neutralising the race because of spectator interference would be par for the course - if I may mix my sporting metaphors!

 

[mjr]

Neutralising the race because of spectator interference would be par for the course - if I may mix my sporting metaphors!

The course by the Tour de France is the women's race on Tuesday. Not sure what that's got to do with G v Froome.

 

[brommers]

The course by the Tour de France is the women's race on Tuesday. Not sure what that's got to do with G v Froome.

Par for the course is a saying, which has got nothing to do with the women's race. Google it.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

His GT results thus far, for a rider of his calibre,

Oy, the lager thread is thaddaway....>>>>>>

I wish I could blame spell check.....

At least he didn't go low alcohol Kaliber

 

[PK99]

The course by the Tour de France is the women's race on Tuesday. Not sure what that's got to do with G v Froome.

Don't you mean La Course?

 

[smutchin]

Don't you mean La Course?

He was translating it into English for the benefit of forum members who have had a bad day.

Although strictly speaking the correct translation would be The Race by The Tower of France.

 

[mjr]

Par for the course is a saying, which has got nothing to do with the women's race. Google it.

Why would I want to bowl googlies at a saying?

ObTopic: on the rest day, BMC announces CCC as new sponsor http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ccc...cing-ochowicz-announces-at-the-tour-de-france - is that the rest day's worst-kept secret? - and Trek-Segafredo announce they've signed Lizzie Deignan http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tre...m-set-to-race-on-the-womens-worldtour-in-2019

 

[smutchin]

Interesting blog about the climbs
https://www.podiumcafe.com/2018/7/2/17515890/2018-tour-de-france-mountains-preview

Tomorrow's stage looks like an absolute motherloving bastard. Should be fun to watch.

Stage 12 is also Pure Evil.

 

[perplexed]

Regarding the Yellow jersey fight as far as Froome and Thomas are concerned - Froome allegedly happy for Thomas to have a tilt at it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/44842715

 

[stoatsngroats]

It would be great to see GT and CF contest their own final positions, without team interference, if such an idea were plausible, it would make great tv.

 

[DogTired]

Bardet had some rotten luck yesterday too - five punctures, was it? AG2R need to have a word with their tyre suppliers. Still, he and his team did phenomenally well to make sure he didn't lose any time.

Interesting interview with Matt White of Mitchelton Scott on the BBC podcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06dv0s1 (fast forward to 14:00) He has a slightly cynical view of Bardet's performance...

 

[smutchin]

Interesting interview with Matt White of Mitchelton Scott on the BBC podcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06dv0s1 (fast forward to 14:00) He has a slightly cynical view of Bardet's performance...

Slightly cynical!

 

[mjr]

It would be great to see GT and CF contest their own final positions, without team interference, if such an idea were plausible, it would make great tv.

At some point, the team would have to decide how the domestiques are allocated and how do you do that without it being interference? Or if they support neither, isn't that itself interference?