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  • woody1545
    woody1545 Posts: 322
    Sorry for being a bit slow, but whats the deal with Porte and Toblerone?
  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587
    And now Eurosport shows The Milk Race.

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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Whoever picked Jan Bakelants in PTP must be pretty miffed he finished just outside the points!
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    woody1545 wrote:
    Sorry for being a bit slow, but whats the deal with Porte and Toblerone?

    He likes a Toblerone so he does. Perhaps too much.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    woody1545 wrote:
    Sorry for being a bit slow, but whats the deal with Porte and Toblerone?


    He revealed his penchant for the hard stuff during last year's Tour. We kinda picked up on it.
  • tuneskyline
    tuneskyline Posts: 370
    Purito is now riding the tour :lol:
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    tuneskyline wrote:
    Purito is now riding the tour :lol:

    Why is this funny?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • woody1545
    woody1545 Posts: 322
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    woody1545 wrote:
    Sorry for being a bit slow, but whats the deal with Porte and Toblerone?


    He revealed his penchant for the hard stuff during last year's Tour. We kinda picked up on it.

    Got ya. Thanks for clearing that up.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    Whoever picked Jan Bakelants in PTP must be pretty miffed he finished just outside the points!

    Head in my hands, mate.
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  • tuneskyline
    tuneskyline Posts: 370
    Above The Cows wrote:
    tuneskyline wrote:
    Purito is now riding the tour :lol:

    Why is this funny?

    I have no idea but it's good to see the best steep climber in the world hopefully make the tour a bit more exciting.
  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    Richie Porte has just gone up in my estimation if he's a fan of the triangle!
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    tuneskyline wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    tuneskyline wrote:
    Purito is now riding the tour :lol:

    Why is this funny?

    I have no idea but it's good to see the best steep climber in the world hopefully make the tour a bit more exciting.

    So has he decided his chances of getting his long awaited GT victory are better against Bertie and Fenton than Nairo at the Vuelta?
    Edit - just seen in CN that the tour will be a training race for the Vuelta.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    No he is going for stage wins at the Tour and GC at the Vuelta. Have not read anywhere that Froome is racing the Vuelta.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    ^ sorry, eats shoots and leaves:
    I meant
    are better against Bertie and Fenton (at the Tour), than Nairo at the Vuelta?

    but Bertie will be doing the Vuelta too, won't he.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Apparently Sky weren't that determined to defend the jersey today (within reason, of course, as they expected a breakaway to succeed)

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1z5jm ... 2014_sport
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Great win for him and he is a bit of a specialist in these moves. Serious minus marks for arriving at the finish looking like this:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Anyone else notice Froome's continuous and deliberate mention of how good his teammates are even when they are not. Real over-doing the 'I praise my domestiques' line.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Why does Porte always ride behind Froome...not much use there.
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    Perfect all round.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    :roll:

    @PuritoRodriguez
    Go Trofi go!!@dauphine
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    @michellecound · 18h
    … and I thought this descent of Col de Manse might be better than the one they used during the TDF last year Guess not...
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Perfect all round.
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    Aside from in TT's where he looks like this

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    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Haha, not the best but but not the worst position. Style is perfect though.

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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Not a critisism of Contador, but whoever thinks that second picture is nice has no style at all. Woolworths circu 1970.
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  • woody1545
    woody1545 Posts: 322
    frenchfighter wrote:
    :roll:

    @PuritoRodriguez
    Go Trofi go!!@dauphine
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    @michellecound · 18h
    … and I thought this descent of Col de Manse might be better than the one they used during the TDF last year Guess not...

    At first glance I thought they were Michelle Cound's legs. :shock:
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    eek
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Why does Porte always ride behind Froome...not much use there.

    I can think of a few reasons...

    1. The people behind crash into him and not the team leader/yellow jersey.
    2. People on the attack have to pass Porte before they get to Froome, giving Froome more time to react.
    3. Porte can drop the pace and create a small gap for whatever reason.

    It is quite normal in sprint trains, the person behind the sprinter acts as a sweeper stopping other people riding the train.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Valid reasons. Put your weaskest guy there I guess. Although deliberately creating a gap etc is a frowned upon tactic. Would love to see a whole team attack off the front though on a narrow road after a couple of guys created a gap. That would be fun.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ^My god look at the socks they're almost suspenders. :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Anyone else notice Froome's continuous and deliberate mention of how good his teammates are even when they are not. Real over-doing the 'I praise my domestiques' line.

    Oh, come on. He's hardly going to say "My team are rubbish" to the media, is he ? It would be showing very poor leadership if he did

    Whether there's a different conversation on the bus is another matter

    Actually Porte apart, I think they're doing a fairly decent job. Kiryienka and Pate have been doing a lot of work on the flats and GT and Nieve have been doing some good pulling on the hills. Nieve in particular has been doing a good job, fortunately for Froome in this case with Porte's malaise continuing. I'm still not convinced how out of sorts Porte is; I guess we'll find out at the weekend
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Meersman out due to stomach issues

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