Tour de France teams (& other preview stuff) thread
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Is Martin in the right jersey there ? I thought the TT one had a stopwatch logo going through the bands to donate it was the TT World Champ0
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Since the 2016 Cyclo-cross Worlds, the 'classic' jersey without symbols (previously reserved for the road race and paracycling road race) was assigned to all disciplines0
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Katusha are building their Tour round Kristoff? I haven't been following the sport as closely recently do they have a GC man in there ?[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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DeVlaeminck wrote:Katusha are building their Tour round Kristoff? I haven't been following the sport as closely recently do they have a GC man in there ?
No Spilak or Zakharin? Even Taaramae was looking pretty good. Seems a strange team - Tony Martin hasn't been winning GT Time Trials recently but he and Kristoff seem to be the focus; maybe the thinking is that no GC means Martin can really compete on TTs and rest of time Kristoff goes for sprint stages0 -
sherer wrote:laguna wrote:Since the 2016 Cyclo-cross Worlds, the 'classic' jersey without symbols (previously reserved for the road race and paracycling road race) was assigned to all disciplines
I wasn't aware of that, must have not noticed it until now.
Me neither. Cheers, laguna.
Who says the UCI hasn't progressed under Uncle Brian?
It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
imatfaal wrote:DeVlaeminck wrote:Katusha are building their Tour round Kristoff? I haven't been following the sport as closely recently do they have a GC man in there ?
No Spilak or Zakharin? Even Taaramae was looking pretty good. Seems a strange team - Tony Martin hasn't been winning GT Time Trials recently but he and Kristoff seem to be the focus; maybe the thinking is that no GC means Martin can really compete on TTs and rest of time Kristoff goes for sprint stages
Spilak has previously said he's not interested in GTs, and Zakharin just did the Giro (Nairo he is not. Mind you, Nairo might not be Nairo either).It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
Salsiccia1 wrote:imatfaal wrote:DeVlaeminck wrote:Katusha are building their Tour round Kristoff? I haven't been following the sport as closely recently do they have a GC man in there ?
No Spilak or Zakharin? Even Taaramae was looking pretty good. Seems a strange team - Tony Martin hasn't been winning GT Time Trials recently but he and Kristoff seem to be the focus; maybe the thinking is that no GC means Martin can really compete on TTs and rest of time Kristoff goes for sprint stages
Spilak has previously said he's not interested in GTs, and Zakharin just did the Giro (Nairo he is not. Mind you, Nairo might not be Nairo either).
Kristoff at odds with da management, it seems. They're not taking Morkov for his leadouts and he's not 'appy0 -
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Sky = Froome, Henao, Kiri, Knees, Kwia, Landa, Nieve, Rowe, Thomas0
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Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
Cheers RR.
I enjoy his blogs a lot - they're too sporadic for me to keep track of them, however.0 -
r0bh wrote:Sky = Froome, Henao, Kiri, Knees, Kwia, Landa, Nieve, Rowe, Thomas
Knees in for Stannard, by the looks of it. Stan not ridden that well (by his standards) all season, and been ill.
The whole Pete K 'will he be picked?' thing was strange for me - given I'm sure he's stated previously he didn't want to ride the TDF again after 2015 experience.
Froome will miss Poels but not bad replacements for him....0 -
/\ Be interesting to see if Thomas has been able to carry his mountain form from earlier in the season0
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RichN95 wrote:Sky also likely to turn up to the Vuelta with a monster team: Poels, Rosa, Moscon, Stannard, Kennaugh, plus Henao underraced so far with Froome leading
So what's the consensus on Froome's form?
Part of me thinks he's deliberately timed his peak to come into he Dauphine slightly undercooked, in order to give himself a better chance in the Vuelta.0 -
bobmcstuff wrote:RichN95 wrote:Sky also likely to turn up to the Vuelta with a monster team: Poels, Rosa, Moscon, Stannard, Kennaugh, plus Henao underraced so far with Froome leading
So what's the consensus on Froome's form?
He's not as good as he was last year, but he's still the man who won 3 TdFs and has the strongest team.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:bobmcstuff wrote:RichN95 wrote:Sky also likely to turn up to the Vuelta with a monster team: Poels, Rosa, Moscon, Stannard, Kennaugh, plus Henao underraced so far with Froome leading
So what's the consensus on Froome's form?
He's not as good as he was last year, but he's still the man who won 3 TdFs and has the strongest team.
Yeah, that seems clear, I was just speculating as to why - either he's slightly off the ball because of his early season back issue, because he's slightly past it, or because he's done it on purpose to peak later. Or because his training just hasn't gone as well as last year for no specific reason.0 -
bobmcstuff wrote:
Yeah, that seems clear, I was just speculating as to why - either he's slightly off the ball because of his early season back issue, because he's slightly past it, or because he's done it on purpose to peak later. Or because his training just hasn't gone as well as last year for no specific reason.
Are you suggesting that Froome is...finished?Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
The_Boy wrote:bobmcstuff wrote:
Yeah, that seems clear, I was just speculating as to why - either he's slightly off the ball because of his early season back issue, because he's slightly past it, or because he's done it on purpose to peak later. Or because his training just hasn't gone as well as last year for no specific reason.
Are you suggesting that Froome is...finished?
so's Cav too 0 -
bobmcstuff wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:bobmcstuff wrote:RichN95 wrote:Sky also likely to turn up to the Vuelta with a monster team: Poels, Rosa, Moscon, Stannard, Kennaugh, plus Henao underraced so far with Froome leading
So what's the consensus on Froome's form?
He's not as good as he was last year, but he's still the man who won 3 TdFs and has the strongest team.
Yeah, that seems clear, I was just speculating as to why - either he's slightly off the ball because of his early season back issue, because he's slightly past it, or because he's done it on purpose to peak later. Or because his training just hasn't gone as well as last year for no specific reason.
Back problems.0 -
I thought the plan for Froome was always to try and ride into form during the race rather than peak early in the second week and then hang on. He has won before but admitted that an extra few days and he would have been in trouble as he was on a downward curve whereas the odd key rival was on the way up. Hence, he has deliberately aimed to be in the tough area between freshness and form. Start the race in good enough form but without actually being at the peak. Not sure if that plan is going on track though but time will tell...0
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Dennis will no doubt be having a tantrum somewhere (with good reason IMO)
His own decision:
https://twitter.com/RohanDennis/status/877884163982020608It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
what's the under/over on Landa throwing some shenanigans a la Vuelta 2015, esp as he's almost defo MOV-bound next year?0
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Richmond Racer 2 wrote:what's the under/over on Landa throwing some shenanigans a la Vuelta 2015, esp as he's almost defo MOV-bound next year?
I want Froome to win, but I'd like to see it just for the lolsIt's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
Salsiccia1 wrote:Richmond Racer 2 wrote:what's the under/over on Landa throwing some shenanigans a la Vuelta 2015, esp as he's almost defo MOV-bound next year?
I want Froome to win, but I'd like to see it just for the lols
it would be lols and a certain symmetry0 -
Richmond Racer 2 wrote:Salsiccia1 wrote:Richmond Racer 2 wrote:what's the under/over on Landa throwing some shenanigans a la Vuelta 2015, esp as he's almost defo MOV-bound next year?
I want Froome to win, but I'd like to see it just for the lols
it would be lols and a certain symmetry
It would be even more satisfying if Landa made it stick0
