lol "it's"
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 19 July 2018 03:53 (six years ago) link
and um, also "you." gnight!
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 19 July 2018 03:54 (six years ago) link
Annemiek Van Vleuten is a boss ass bitch & the world should know it imo
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 July 2018 04:06 (six years ago) link
also women have a decent claim for the two best pound for pound cyclists of the past 7/8 years in voss then PFP
― ||||||||, Thursday, 19 July 2018 05:49 (six years ago) link
Meanwhile, Cavendish, Kittel & Renshaw didn’t make the time cut. Alpe d’Huez should be a good watch tomorrow after today’s excitement
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 July 2018 06:34 (six years ago) link
yup, i think the rider who finishes first (of the favorites, GC contenders) TODAY, will win the Tour. Thomas' chance really, is he's as good as yesterday.
― Ludo, Thursday, 19 July 2018 06:39 (six years ago) link
I think Froome will be looking for some kind of pretext to gain time on Thomas, but hoping it can be under the guise of marking someone else's attack.
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 19 July 2018 09:01 (six years ago) link
In the past 7 yrs when froome has gone into hyper-robo-crab climb mode, he’s been pretty untouchable. Today we r all waiting to see that i think. I cannot imagine anything much more batshit than his revelation at the giro, but im prepared to be amazed. As dull as his persona is, he has managed to improve his competencies in actual and impressive ways since his tdf run began, from muuch improved descending, to like, creating a new ride pedaling position on toptube, to dismounting and running when necessary.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 19 July 2018 12:52 (six years ago) link
Groenewegen abandon
Agreed with Ludo and NBS, it will be very interesting to see if Thomas pulls through. Only sky could crack Sky :)
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 19 July 2018 13:12 (six years ago) link
he's doing it.
Poor Steven.
― Ludo, Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
It's certainly convenient for Sky that the rider having a ton of shit thrown at him is doing less well than his team mate this year.
― Madchen, Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
So far.
― Madchen, Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
i want what egan bernal had for breakfast unless it causes cancer.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
That was fantastic.
Nibali did well to limit his losses there - I think he pulled back about 30 seconds on them over the last few kms. I've got no idea how this one is going to play out. With Thomas's ridiculous run of bad luck over previous years, I can't help feeling it's just a matter of time before he crashes out in yellow or has a nightmare day like the one (the other) Yates did near the end of the Giro earlier this year and lose loads of time. Difficult to see how the time trial will affect things as well, as even though Dumoulin is clearly the best, both Froome and Thomas are very good at time trials.
I wonder if we're going to see the Giro affecting Dumoulin and Froome as the race goes on. In any previous year, when Froome attacked that would have been it. Instead he didn't get very far away and was clawed back and dropped (for a while). You could put that down to the Giro, but then Dumoulin doesn't seem to be affected at all. It's received wisdom nowadays that it's impossible to win the Giro and the Tour in the same season. I'm trying to think of actual Tour contenders who tried this recently: I think it's only Basso (2010) and Contador (2011 and 2015, with a big asterisk next to 2011). From what I recall, it wasn't that they faded away as the race went on, but more that they didn't have it in their legs as soon as the race hit the mountains. We've done half the mountains in this race already.
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 19 July 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
Possible fractured vertebra for Nibali: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vincenzo-nibali-transported-to-hospital-after-crash-on-alpe-dhuez/
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 19 July 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
would be good to see the world's most overrated cyclist geraint thomas actually add something to his palmares win the tour I guess
― ||||||||, Thursday, 19 July 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
Bounced to pcs site today and im like, that was a lot of bloating he got rid of lol.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 19 July 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link
https://www.procyclingstats.com/mob/
Christ, NBC streaming has been useless today, the replay still isn't up hours later so I have to scrounge for highlights since I'm busy tonight. Anyway, quite a finish!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 July 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
what a great finish! bardet, i just love him. heart of a lion, i loved seeing him attack again & again. Kruijswijk too - that took incredible, unbelievable gas. and this sucks - more video evidence to indicate it was spectator & not moto as first thought
BREAKING - Broken vertebrae confirmed, Nibali won't start tomorrow (Italian journalist Andrea de Luca on FB) #TDF2018— La Flamme Rouge (@laflammerouge16) July 19, 2018
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 July 2018 05:11 (six years ago) link
I am a giant softie and this made me well up slightly. https://chpt3.com/blogs/journal/well-done-mark
― Madchen, Friday, 20 July 2018 05:34 (six years ago) link
first time Greipel ever left the Tour. will he ever return? I am not so sure.
― Ludo, Friday, 20 July 2018 10:46 (six years ago) link
I just realized Bradley Wiggins was 32 when he won his only Tour. This could be Gerraint's only Tour. It's certainly starting to look like it.
― Ludo, Saturday, 21 July 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
bit distracting, but comments like this re booing fans are topical and fair imo: http://forum.cyclingnews.com/viewtopic.php?p=2291903&sid=90f04b549ef9013153e8291412a76eb0#p2291903
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 12:30 (six years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/24/tour-de-france-protestors-peloton-farmers
French police accidentally pepper spray the peloton.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
cool stage. i felt sick and terrified at gilbert going over that wall, and was so so happy to see him reappear in reasonable shape, then stoked as fuck to see him remount.
but...controp: you CANNOT blow your rad break/positioning tactic like that and get a fatmantis prix de la combativité. can't do it. nope nope.
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
Yeah that was a shocking moment when he went over, Christ. I figured he had to be okay simply because I hadn't seen any explosion of comments on my feed or elsewhere earlier before I saw the replay.
Alaphillipe had a blast for sure but pity about Yates.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 23:43 (six years ago) link
Alaphillipe is easy to enjoy. Larfing at the gifs of his resemblance to begbie tho
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 23:56 (six years ago) link
JA rules
― gbx, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
irl lols
I feel for the riders in the Tour today as when I was a police officer I once pepper sprayed my own testicles when I fell off a gate whilst attending a rural incident and my gas canister exploded into my groin.#TDF2018— Matt Stephens (@RealStephens) July 24, 2018
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 03:40 (six years ago) link
crushing hard on Alaphillippe, that was a brilliant performanceheartbroken for Yatesy, so close! and Gilbert pulling for the rest of a way with a broken knee - eat your heart out John Wayne
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 03:56 (six years ago) link
Gilbert’s leg after the race 🤢
🤕 The most aggressive legs!Les jambes du plus combatif du jour @PhilippeGilbert 💪#PrixAntargaz #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/voJCdF1zHN— Le Tour de France (@LeTour) July 24, 2018
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 04:24 (six years ago) link
strategic wfh day today
photo of gilbert's knee on instagram was horrible : /
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
photos of Luis Leon Sanchez's heavily stapled arm 2 weeks after crash :(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DioWb_pWAAAReB1.jpg
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link
yiiiiiikes D:
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
This actually got interesting but we need to see dumoulin.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
glad Quintana pulled somethin off.
Unless Thomas goes all Adam Yates-y (which he won't) he's ON this thing.
― Ludo, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
still definitely some crash risk/jour sans risk in play
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
SIMON I MEANT SIMON :P
― Ludo, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
gendarme knocked froome off his bike on his way back down the mountainhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BlqYeNHBDAX/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=6jyuxi3n3ijy
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
lmao
Maybe somebody should tell @GroupamaFDJ and @ArnaudDemare that there is GPS tracking in @LeTour. Chapeau to lose just 9min on a 17 km climb on @NairoQuinCo #notthefirsttime pic.twitter.com/OZPfHvRawa— Andre Greipel (@AndreGreipel) July 25, 2018
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 19:46 (six years ago) link
alaphilippe has been the one bright light of this tourhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/Di-ZT2LWsAI0ePi.jpg
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 20:05 (six years ago) link
Greipel’s tweet, it’s gone now but presumably Marc Madiot’s bottle was extra sticky today.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
i read somewhere Madiot encouraged spectators to push Demare. Oh well.
― Ludo, Thursday, 26 July 2018 10:53 (six years ago) link
this long distance dedication goes out to andre greipel hai miss u man
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 26 July 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
i don't think i've ever been more absorbed by watching a lol-ly finale effort than the one by the EF trio. what does davis say to his kid on that?
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
Sagan on NBC “I hit really hard my ass muscle” 😂
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 27 July 2018 04:53 (six years ago) link
Name a tour after that phrase.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 July 2018 05:05 (six years ago) link
"After I flew through the forest and I hit a big rock with my ass."
in sagan versh rock paper scissors, assmuscle shatters rock. that big rock is just gravel and dust now.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 27 July 2018 05:20 (six years ago) link
he asstographed that rock
― Ludo, Friday, 27 July 2018 09:53 (six years ago) link