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Bad news for Giant-Shimano. John Degenkolb, who crashed twice yesterday, has not only a big bruise but also a torn muscle in his Gluteus Maximus. The usual treatment is rest, but the German is going to keep on trying to go. However,this "sit" muscle is an important one in cycling, so he will just have to see how it goes.
14:01:01 CEST here:
sorry but...
what tyres for the Pave?
they look pretty wide on those (excellent) pics - 28s?
[b]Forza Nibali![/b]
regarding the average speed, 30kph tail wind all day yesterday. still mental fast though, but not unbelievable.
30kph
Nope 47kph ~ 30mph. Yes there was a tailwind and [i]only[/i] 13km of pave. Pretty damn impressive in those conditions.
The tailwind was blowing at 30kph
Am I missing something - no live ITV coverage today ?
Am I missing something - no live ITV coverage today ?
Starts at 2.
Cancellara and Sagan have got history. Sagan sits on and Cancellara sits up. Happens everytime. Great ride by Nibali.
Should be an easy day today but if there's cross winds someone will push on. However I cant see Kittel not winning.
Westra was on the front of that group for a looooong time
Been waiting for someone to say that, it's true.
Ji Cheng is one of the riders of the tour for me, it's a shame he's probably not going to get much in the way of recognition.
they look pretty wide on those (excellent) pics - 28s?
25’s 27’s 28’s and 30’s though what they are labelled means little as some teams use wide rims (like zipp) and some don’t so the profile and width changes
Ji Cheng is one of the riders of the tour for me, it's a shame he's probably not going to get much in the way of recognition.
I assume he's just doing it for sales of Argos Shimano jerseys in China?
Beetroot juice and altitude tents 🙂
best bit of yesterdays highlights was GT with a mud splattered grin on his face that everyone on here can relate to.
he loved it, good on him.
Beetroot juice
Just remember when you go for a jimmy riddle your aren’t bleeding internally, its just Beetroot juice 😆
best bit of yesterdays highlights was GT with a mud splattered grin on his face that everyone on here can relate to.he loved it, good on him.
Geraint Thomas is one of the best all-rounder bike riders in the world, phenomenal talent. Really hope he pulls out a good Tour now, he deserves a chance to ride for himself a bit. Him and Richie Porte together will be a hard-to-beat double act.
I assume he's just doing it for sales of Argos Shimano jerseys in China?
nothing to do with kittel then or are my sarcasm senses failing
Ouch, that corner looks very shiny. Diesel?
Lots of shiny roads, lots of crashes already. Bugger
Looked like Nibali was neutralising it for a bit tho
Sky riders dropping like flies.
Not relevant this year, but what happens for a team time trial if a team is down to less than 5? Timing on fifth man for Tour TTT?
Even Cancellara seems to think the [url= http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cancellara-turns-against-cobbles-in-the-tour-de-france ]cobbles have no place in a GT[/url].
Sky's bad week continues, Zandio is out now as well.
Echelons... big crashes... anyone think this was going to be a quiet stage?
[quote=mrblobby ]Even Cancellara seems to think the cobbles have no place in a GT.
I'm sure he'd have had a different opinion if he'd won.
midlifecrashes - TTTs tend to be one of the first few stages, if they'd had one this year they'd have had it already. Hence in reality it's never an issue.
France's all time lest popular President gets a free ride, nothing new there 🙁
Maybe you'd like to translate that into English? 😉
Even Cancellara seems to think the cobbles have no place in a GT.
Maybe he thinks they should take a few hills out whilst they're at it?
Sky's bad week continues, Zandio is out now as well.
Possible fractured collarbone and what sounds like concussion according to the Spanish commentators.
Hernandez also out for Tinkoff-Saxo
The Astana full length skinsuit has to be one of the worst outfits in all of sports.
Maybe he thinks they should take a few hills out whilst they're at it?
I think he also mentioned how the tour would be much better if it was just a prologue followed by 3 weeks of flat TTs.
The Astana full length skinsuit has to be one of the worst outfits in all of sports.
This.
I think he also mentioned how the tour would be much better if it was just a prologue followed by 3 weeks of flat TTs.
Now that would be a tour for Wiggins 🙂
The Astana full length skinsuit has to be one of the worst outfits in all of sports.
Not a great look is it ! Just as some leg warmers and it could feature in a 1980's aerobics video
No wonder Nibali was so keen to get himself into yellow and out of the astana kit.
Roundabouts coming up!
How many Sky in the second group!
Porte and Geraint are the only ones i've seen in the front group.
all cycle clothing is gash IMHO bit that is really gash
Ok here comes the sprint.
it won't be a win for Kittel today! He has fallen back!
HURRAY!
Yes. Finally Greipel turns up
Greipel jumps. The German champion simply powers his way to the line and no one can come close.
BOOOOO!
At bloody last!
That was a fantastic stage finish 🙂
I thought for a second that Kwiatkowski might do it, that would have been brilliant.
Kittel had a puncture apparently. Will be interesting to see the classification, field looked pretty string out.
Last 10k was pretty mad.
Last 1k was insane!