Tour de France Prologue *Spoilers*

RichN95.

Just an hour to go now before Tom Veelers starts off the prologue.

Here's the start schedule: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de ... tart-times

Selected times (UK time):

1.00 Veelers (first to start)
1.59 Millar
2.17 Boasson Hagen
2.37 Larsson
3.36 Leipheimer
3.49 Zabriskie
3.50 Sagan
3.54 Schleck
3.58 Martin (Tony)
4.02 Gesink
4.06 Van den Broeck
4.07 Wiggins
4.11 Hesjedal
4.12 Nibali
4.16 Cancellara
4.17 Evans

Here's a map

RichN95.

Bookies Prologue Odds (from Bet 365):

Cancellara 6/4
Wiggins 17/4
Martin 9/2
Sagan 6/1
Boasson Hagen 22/1
Evans 28/1
Larsson 33/1

jibberjim

What's the weather? Any chance of significant changes? Although I see everyone seems to have gone for a later start, so maybe only help Larsson out and then not by much.

camerone

Sagan looks poor value at those odds. I know he won Swiss prologue but there was a lot of descending on that.
Cue him winning today!

jerry3571

Cancellara. Most Prologues sometimes give away the Overall winner. I think if a GC rider gets in the top 5 then he'll be one to watch. Wiggins in 2010 rode a dog of a prologue and his legs fell off in the mountains. LA in 2003 had a bad prologue and had his hardest Tour so my thinking is that a good placing by a top guy may turn out to be the top guy in Paris.
As with all theories, my theory is hugely flawed. (Pantani for example).

Jerry

PS- Not nipping down the Bookies as a young and virile Michael Rogers lost me money one year (maybe 2003) when he was on fire and then rode a dog of a Prologue.

mattshrops

Pinot's got a bottle attached in a 6.4km prologue???? Nothing at all to do with the marketing dept. there then :shock:

shinyhelmut

An aero bottle or a conventional round one? An aero bottle may be more aero than the same frame with no bottle.

Cleat Eastwood

greipels calves are a freak of nature.

mattshrops

ShinyHelmut wrote:

An aero bottle or a conventional round one? An aero bottle may be more aero than the same frame with no bottle.

And hes the only person that knows this?(apart from you of course....)

Edit-yes aero bottle , not the best fit i've ever seen :?

afx237vi

This is why I watch cycling, to find out the etymology of "sideburns".

c_nichols

afx237vi wrote:

This is why I watch cycling, to find out the etymology of "sideburns".

I was waiting for someone to post that on here. Made me chuckle!!

jerry3571

Don't get me started on Lizzie Armitstead!!! Cut it off!!!!


Stuble is an old thing for "saving energy" when a bike rider is on a big day. (I know you know this old wives tale already)
Wiggo and Cav seem have special days a lot it seems.

Jerry

calvjones

Did Phil just say Basso had 'podiumed out a few times'?

back to es

RichN95.

c_nichols wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

This is why I watch cycling, to find out the etymology of "sideburns".

I was waiting for someone to post that on here. Made me chuckle!!

It's true as well. This is Amborse Burnside, himself

islwyn

Notice Quick Step are using the new Mclaren S Works helmet.

RichN95.

Islwyn wrote:

Notice Quick Step are using the new Mclaren S Works helmet.

Astana are too.

afx237vi

Stinker from Levi.

islwyn

These Halford sponsorship ads are embarrassing.

andyjr

Well Chavanel said he was looking to get his TT's back up to standard & it seems he has been working hard on it

iainf72

Frank S astonishingly thin

afx237vi

#summerofsagan gets off to a dodgy start.

islwyn

afx237vi wrote:

#summerofsagan gets off to a dodgy start.

Paha... He'll recover it a bit.

andyjr

glad I changed my PTP pick from him

iainf72

Booooo

Vino and Valv

islwyn

I need to start getting involved in this PTP malarkey.

OffTheBackAdam

Quick shot of Cuddles warming up. Pouring sweet (& cotton wool up his hooter!)

afx237vi

Oh Frank.

andyjr

Martin is winning this then

RichN95.

Taxi for Tony!

emadden

Schleck ....... muppet

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