So who now for the Yellow Jersey ?

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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    The BBC seemed to think no breaks.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    The BBC seemed to think no breaks.

    It doesn't seem likely that even Geraint could do this with a break.

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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    I don't know you see people walking away with worse than that and it's just loss of skin and some new kit - I'm guessing the back of his jersey indicates he slid a bit which might actually be a good sign.
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    The BBC seemed to think no breaks.

    It doesn't seem likely that even Geraint could do this with a break.

    _107447390_screen-shot-2019-06-18-at-15.43.42-920x454.png

    https://twitter.com/Copedaleando/status ... 1771367425

    Yeah, not looking too bad here either thankfully.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    It's like cycling's version of the gag about the hunter who's shot his mate, isn't it?

    "Right, Geraint, Chris is out of the Tour so we're switching you to number one."
    "Great, what do I do to prepare?"
    "Just do what he did."

    *BANG*

    "All right, now what?"
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    Chris:. "Woke up after a crash to discover I'd won another GT"
    G:. "Sounds like a plan"
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Have to say Im looking forward to a bit of EF action with Uran ,TJ and Woods and a bit of Craddock

    Also my team/men looking the strongest for a long while and no sprinter
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    .. ROUX Anthony
    .. REICHENBACH Sébastien
    .. MOLARD Rudy
    .. GAUDU David
    .. MORABITO Steve
    .. KÜNG Stefan
    .. LADAGNOUS Matthieu

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  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    Updated:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Grand Tour winners this July

    Froome: Injured & Absent
    Dumoulin: Injured, presence uncertain
    Yates: Absent
    Quintana: Present, dubious form
    Nibali: Present, claiming not to riding for GC
    Carapaz: Absent
    Aru: Returning after injury
    Thomas: Injured, dubious form, presence uncertain
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Porte.

    I’m telling you.

    He keeps it black side down he’ll be there.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Porte.

    I’m telling you.

    He keeps it black side down he’ll be there.

    He's got a huge gap in form to make up.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    An idea that's growing on me is Dan Martin - not many TT guys left to lose time to.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Seems it was a bad crash, but a cut over the eye was the reason the doctor called it.

    Gabriel Rasch

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    Egan Bernal - Post-race interview

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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    RichN95 wrote:
    An idea that's growing on me is Dan Martin - not many TT guys left to lose time to.
    That would indicate Bardet more than Martin imho.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    With the right break could be any rank outsider if GC contenders keep dropping like flies.
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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    mididoctors wrote:
    With the right break could be any rank outsider if GC contenders keep dropping like flies.

    Oscar Pereiro :lol:
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  • redvision
    redvision Posts: 2,958
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Porte.

    I’m telling you.

    He keeps it black side down he’ll be there.

    He's got a huge gap in form to make up.

    I don't think form is the issue with Porte. Crashing is his problem. He always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    I think it will be a fight between G (pending his injuries from today) and Bernal. I thought Tom D would be in the mix but sounds like his knee injury isn't going away.

    If I were Dave Brailsford I would pull all my potential team leaders from any racing and wrap them up in cotton wool.
  • durhamwasp
    durhamwasp Posts: 1,247
    Yates
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    M.R.M. wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    An idea that's growing on me is Dan Martin - not many TT guys left to lose time to.
    That would indicate Bardet more than Martin imho.

    Ag2r ttt isn't that terrible either. Ineos need g for the ttt too.

    Who has the best ttt squad out of the GC survivors?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    durhamwasp wrote:
    Yates

    Certainly going to have a good TT and ttt compared to many
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,041
    mididoctors wrote:
    durhamwasp wrote:
    Yates

    Certainly going to have a good TT and ttt compared to many

    +1
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited June 2019
    Double
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    M.R.M. wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    An idea that's growing on me is Dan Martin - not many TT guys left to lose time to.
    That would indicate Bardet more than Martin imho.
    Martin wins races. Bardet doesn't. This is important to my judgement.

    Anyway Thomas seems like he's fine. Just bruising and scrapes. Someone suggested that he could do La Route d'Occitaine on Thursday if he's desperate for a race.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    RichN95 wrote:
    M.R.M. wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    An idea that's growing on me is Dan Martin - not many TT guys left to lose time to.
    That would indicate Bardet more than Martin imho.
    Martin wins races. Bardet doesn't. This is important to my judgement.

    Anyway Thomas seems like he's fine. Just bruising and scrapes. Someone suggested that he could do La Route d'Occitaine on Thursday if he's desperate for a race.

    Martin has an excellent racing nose for when to attack.

    He’s a top tactioner.

    That’s the difference. He’s hard as f@cking nails and is tactically ahead of everyone else.

    Would definitely say he’s good at maximising his legs.

    Really rate him, actually.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Probably best to just train. Wonder if it would be worth it to do another camp at altitude with this change to race programme. Is there a cut off date from when it's too late to the race (for training at altitude)?
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Regarding Martin, while all of that is true, he loses time and then pops off for stages. He is a decent 1 day racer, but really not a GC threat. I'd rate his GC results below Kwiatkowski's.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Landa, anyone?
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    RichN95 wrote:
    M.R.M. wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    An idea that's growing on me is Dan Martin - not many TT guys left to lose time to.
    That would indicate Bardet more than Martin imho.
    Martin wins races. Bardet doesn't. This is important to my judgement.

    Anyway Thomas seems like he's fine. Just bruising and scrapes. Someone suggested that he could do La Route d'Occitaine on Thursday if he's desperate for a race.

    They'll have to change the rules in order for him to do that.

    How about someone like Soler to pull a Carapaz?
    He's got a decent ITT and Landa there to tow his second Movistar upstart over those big, third week Alps. :P
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Blazing Saddles wrote:

    They'll have to change the rules in order for him to do that.
    He'd be able to do it if he got permission from the Tour de Suisse organisers - and I'm sure he'd get it.
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  • joe_totale-2
    joe_totale-2 Posts: 1,333
    According to Oddschecker a few places have Dan Martin at 100/1 for GC.
    Worth a few quid on an EW bet IMO.
    Suppose an issue for Martin is that with Gaviria and Kristoff, UAE will have one eye on the sprints.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Joe Totale wrote:
    According to Oddschecker a few places have Dan Martin at 100/1 for GC.
    Worth a few quid on an EW bet IMO.
    Suppose an issue for Martin is that with Gaviria and Kristoff, UAE will have one eye on the sprints.
    Looking at Oddschecker 200-300/1 each way on Michael Woods is worth a quid or two.
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