Le Tour de France 2016

[malg]

Great finish from Cav, stop the bullshit

Brilliant finish. Loved his face when he was interviewed afterwards and he said that Kittel got a second kick when he was about to pass him. Phenomenal athlete. Now clear of anyone else in road stage wins. Christ, 28 stage wins!

 

[blueincy]

 

[Manc in London]

Haha I had to watch that three times before I worked it out.



As for Froome, what makes me think he is clean is because he does not appear infallible. He has to be 100% fit, completely free of any kind of illness and even superficial injuries from crashes. He also rides in such a measured way. Rarely will you see him crush opponents from 50km. On mountain stages he simply rides to tempo, with team mates taking the breeze and then, from around 2-6km from the finish, he will spin his legs a handful of times to build a lead or pick up his cadence by a marginal amount to ride off opponents.

As for todays stage, bugger me that was boring bar the fact Cav won. Roll on Sunday. It could be the best stage of the Tour.

 

[somethingelse]

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maybe its a tribute to Bryan Coquard

 

[Shadz69]

Cav again. 2 Brits on the podium, thats good going but Cav is pretty special at timing it all to perfection. Such a powerful finish. Unreal.

 

[leighton]

Cav again. 2 Brits on the podium, thats good going but Cav is pretty special at timing it all to perfection. Such a powerful finish. Unreal.

I said it before will say it agai greatest sprinter of all time for me. He will break the most wins ever. Just hope he gets over the mountains well enough and bombs his way to the win in Paris on the last day.

 

[chesterbells]

The most interesting question for Cav is whether he will equal or surpass the record of 34.
The nearest comparison would by Nicklaus record of major wins in golf. Woods looked to be heading for it then the wheels fell off.
I strongly suspect Cav will bail before the end of this tour with Rio in mind, so I dont think he'll be a factor on stage 21.
Wednesday, sat and the following Monday are 3 of the 4 flat stages left, then leave on the following second rest day would be my bet.

At the age of 31, needing 6 more wins to take the record outright..... will he be able to do it....?

 

[manchester blue]

I don't like this descending position Froome is taking at 55mph. You can't control a bike at that speed in that position. Think it should be banned. Good ride though. Well done.

 

[MCFC1993]

Unbelievable ride from Froome, to make all of his time on the descent with that unorthodox style, took some bollocks. Brilliant ride, good tactics from Sky, arguably one of the best stages i've seen Froome ride considering there wasn't a mountain top finish.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Unbelievable ride from Froome, to make all of his time on the descent with that unorthodox style, took some bollocks. Brilliant ride, good tactics from Sky, arguably one of the best stages i've seen Froome ride considering there wasn't a mountain top finish.

Literally took it on the bollocks to win that.