Thursday, July 20, 2017

Fitting win for Barguil; Stalemate on the podium

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It was the last chance saloon for the climbers. A last opportunity to try and take time from Chris Froome before Saturday's time-trial. ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Roglic rides to glory; Matthews takes green; Aru loses time

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The last time a stage of the Tour de France finished in Serre Chevalier was in 1993. Tony Rominger won that day though it was the first moun...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

The cross winds arrive and Dan Martin's GC hope get blown away as Quick Step drop the ball

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If I told you before the stage to name me one team that would thrive today in cross winds, who would it be? My guess is you would name eithe...
Monday, July 17, 2017

The race for the Lanterne Rouge

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I usually keep more track of this than I have. But here, at the second rest day, seems like as good a time as any to take a look at it. As o...

Froome wrestles back yellow and then almost loses it again

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I was out on the bike on Saturday morning so missed the live coverage of the stage. Looking at the profile I had hedged my bets. It looked l...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Fireworks on Bastille Day: A French winner and more contenders for GC

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What a frantic day. A 101km stage across three category one climbs. It had all the makings of a classic, and so it proved to be. Fireworks a...

Further notes on the chaos of yesterday before the sure madness of today

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With today's stage starting later and so many talking points still lingering from yesterday, I thought I'd put down some thoughts on...