2014 TdF
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"Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford talks to BBC sports editor David Bond about the "horrible" decision he had to make to exclude Sir Bradley Wiggins from the Tour De France team.
Brailsford admits he was "kept awake at night" by the difficult decision, but says he feels confident he has made the right choice."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/281488520 -
OK Dave, it's obviously your decision, and I clearly have no say, but including Mr Wiggo will make things very difficult and may damage team spirit. But as I say, it's your decision.Macaloon wrote:“I just want to make it absolutely clear I do not have a role in selection,” Froome said at the team’s hotel in Harrogate yesterday.
Let's be serious here, Christopher.0 -
Froome today. What an awful helmet.
26 degrees in London. Contador wrapped up like it's late Autumn...with kit that looks like it has faded in the wash!
Frank's kit:
Contador is the Greatest0 -
In seriousness, why is everyone wearing LS? I popped out for lunch today and practically melted. Plus LS kit is less comfy (for me, at least). I much prefer SS if possible.0
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Contador has LS, Gilet, fullfinger gloves, legwarmers, overshoes and probably a LS thermal base layer. WTF. Must be the North.Contador is the Greatest0
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The North, yes, but not bloody Siberia. They were wearing less going over snowy passes during the Giro!0
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Part of the metier isn't it? Pros always wear long sleeve jerseys and leg warmers when training, even if it's baking hot.0
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frenchfighter wrote:Contador has LS, Gilet, fullfinger gloves, legwarmers, overshoes and probably a LS thermal base layer. WTF. Must be the North.
lol... playing it safe and doesn't want to catch a chill... fear of colpo d’aria0 -
"Following the recent launch of their new Tarmac, Specialized have this week released the S-Works McLaren version of the bike, and Nicholas Roche will be riding it at the Tour de France. He’s the only rider on the Tinkoff-Saxo team lucky enough to be picked to ride the new bike."
http://road.cc/content/news/122333-tour ... ks-mclaren0 -
20 degrees here today. What's he going to wear when there's snow in the Alps?frenchfighter wrote:Contador has LS, Gilet, fullfinger gloves, legwarmers, overshoes and probably a LS thermal base layer. WTF. Must be the North.0 -
You rotating those avis FZ : )
That Spec is lovely.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Bookies odds on the topic of the first question at the Sky press conference:
Evens Wiggins
2/1 TUEs
4/1 Yorkshire
8/1 Daryl Impey
12/1 Henao
14/1 Generic request for a doping quote
20/1 Alberto Contador
33/1 Some mental doping theory that someone got off twitter
50/1 Tiernan-Locke
150/1 Something actually interesting
(Warning: not real odds)Twitter: @RichN950 -
FocusZing wrote:
"Following the recent launch of their new Tarmac, Specialized have this week released the S-Works McLaren version of the bike, and Nicholas Roche will be riding it at the Tour de France. He’s the only rider on the Tinkoff-Saxo team lucky enough to be picked to ride the new bike."
http://road.cc/content/news/122333-tour ... ks-mclaren
Does the holder-upper come with it?It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
frenchfighter wrote:You rotating those avis FZ : )
That Spec is lovely.
It does look good, paying through the neck for it but I guess exclusivity costs. I like the idea of cutting edge tech companies working with bike designers/manufactures to push things forward.0 -
@MarkCavendish
Press conference for @letour. Was asked the same question, worded differently, 6times. I answered the same question, worded the same, 6timesTwitter: @RichN950 -
RichN95 wrote:@MarkCavendish
Press conference for @letour. Was asked the same question, worded differently, 6times. I answered the same question, worded the same, 6times
Was it "How you planning to skittel Herr Kittel?"...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0 -
Agreed. Dreadful.frenchfighter wrote:Froome today. What an awful helmet.
It really does look like it faded in the wash and the fluro yellow looks horrible with the yellow on the helmet annd what colour shorts is Alberto going to wear if he gets the yellow jersey?frenchfighter wrote:26 degrees in London. Contador wrapped up like it's late Autumn...with kit that looks like it has faded in the wash!
That Trek kit really does look all kinds of awful when they're off the bike.frenchfighter wrote:Frank's kit:Correlation is not causation.0 -
That Kask lid looks very Formula 1. No doubt function over form but it's still awful.Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.0
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The Tinkoff gear looked crap before; what's with this predilection to make shorts look like they've got some sort of sumo nappy over them. Tinkoff aren't unique in this regard I hasten to add
You couldn't pay me to wear gear like that0 -
dsoutar wrote:The Tinkoff gear looked crap before; what's with this predilection to make shorts look like they've got some sort of sumo nappy over them. Tinkoff aren't unique in this regard I hasten to add
You couldn't pay me to wear gear like that
The black nappy is essential so meat and two veg are not so obvious in photos!0 -
frenchfighter wrote:Frank's kit:
van Poppel (?) looks like his shirt has shrunk in the wash0 -
Froome quoted in the Evening Standard talking about potentially becoming the first clean rider to defend the TdF title for almost 20 years:
"The last rider to do it without any question marks over them was Miguel Indurain in 1995."
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To be fair there wasn't much said back in 1995. But as has been mentioned, Froome's grasp of cycling history makes EBH look like Daniel Mangeas.thegibdog wrote:Froome quoted in the Evening Standard talking about potentially becoming the first clean rider to defend the TdF title for almost 20 years:
"The last rider to do it without any question marks over them was Miguel Indurain in 1995."Twitter: @RichN950 -
Mad_Malx wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Frank's kit:
van Poppel (?) looks like his shirt has shrunk in the wash
I've worked out what's bugging me - the black patches make them look like those cut outs at the seaside you get kids to stick their heads through...0 -
So what's happening today for the Teams? Training? Anything on TV later?0
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Get out there you northern monkeys and start stalking!0
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Sky are out on a training ride according to their FB page... I also noticed this photo from it:TMR wrote:So what's happening today for the Teams? Training? Anything on TV later?
Is that Richie Porte on the left??? :P It looks like a kid riding alongside them, albeit a kid in full team kit...0
