Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[deptfordmarmoset]

One of the non-contentious things that Wiggins mentioned was that GT weighed 90kg+ back in his track days. I don't know how much he weighs now but he is pretty skinny this year. I find it astonishing how much weight he's managed to lose without doing much harm to his sprinting ability. He seems to have found a very happy combination - better climbing and enough power to finish.

 

[Beebo]

One of the non-contentious things that Wiggins mentioned was that GT weighed 90kg+ back in his track days. I don't know how much he weighs now but he is pretty skinny this year. I find it astonishing how much weight he's managed to lose without doing much harm to his sprinting ability. He seems to have found a very happy combination - better climbing and enough power to finish.

He is about 70kg now. So has shed a fair bit.
I doubt he was ever above 90kg. That is a big lump. Chris Hoy was 92kg and he is clearly a bigger built man with a focus on pure power.

 

[bladesman73]

Carlton Kirby is annoying but Rob Hatch takes the "reach for the mute button" award for me. Anyone who has heard him speak off air knows he has a strong lancs accent..so why lose it on air? Also stop trying to pronounce french words as if you are french mate. Boils my piss.

 

[smutchin]

@rich p I might have been a bit early with my Arthur Vichot prediction but at last, he’s finally showing his face, as I knew he would sooner or later - in fact, he’s been quite conspicuous in today’s break. Interestingly, Inrng mentioned him as an outsider for today and he’s never wrong...

ETA: although he’s suddenly a lot less conspicuous after the Pic de Nore climb.

ETA2: and then it turns out the most conspicuous thing he does on the whole stage is fall off his bike on the final bend.

Disappointing.

 

[rich p]

@rich p I might have been a bit early with my Arthur Vichot prediction but at last, he’s finally showing his face, as I knew he would sooner or later - in fact, he’s been quite conspicuous in today’s break. Interestingly, Inrng mentioned him as an outsider for today and he’s never wrong...

ETA: although he’s suddenly a lot less conspicuous after the Pic de Nore climb.

ETA2: and then it turns out the most conspicuous thing he does on the whole stage is fall off his bike on the final bend.

Disappointing.

Hope his cheekbones are okay...

 

[Viking]

Moscon is out. Incident involving another rider afaik

I guess he’ll be looking for a new team before too long - a bit of a liability

 

[Crackle]

Pauwels is out with a fractured elbow from his fall near the finish

 

[roadrash]

Gianni Moscon could be fired from Team Sky now. This from the squad's May 2017 statement after the Romandie incident with Kevin Réza

 

[roadrash]

imo, he should be fired on the spot by sky, feck off, shut the door on your way out

 

[roadrash]

From twitter

Team Sky Team Principal, Sir Dave Brailsford, said: “We support and accept the decision by the race organisers to exclude Gianni Moscon from the Tour de France.

"Gianni is desperately disappointed in his behaviour and knows that he has let himself, the Team and the race down.

"We will address this incident with Gianni once the Tour is complete and decide then if any further action should be taken.

"I would like to offer my sincere apologies to both Elie Gesbert and Team Fortuneo Samsic for this unacceptable incident."
Team Sky will be making no further comment at this time

 

[roadrash]

Team Sky‏Verified account @TeamSky 17m17 minutes ago
A message from @GianniMoscon:





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[roadrash]

video on skys twitter but I cant copy it , don't know why

 

[roadrash]

View: https://twitter.com/TeamSky/status/1021132958646919169

 

[Bollo]

imo, he should be fired on the spot by sky, feck off, shut the door on your way out

Wasn’t he on a final warning? There might be a few delays while the lawyers check the contracts, but I’d hope he’s out.

 

[Crackle]

So he punched a French rider on a French team. Gosh, that's going to ease tensions on the roadside.