Federer91 2,195 Posted July 20, 2016 #561 Share Posted July 20, 2016 17 stages past and there is still no victory for the Big 3 of cycling Italy, Spain and France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted July 20, 2016 #562 Share Posted July 20, 2016 some cycling skills including the wheelie arrival in Finhaut uphill finish today and SVK cycling fans go crazy. the man with hockey jersey and cross is btw Jozef Stumpel 2002 world champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted July 20, 2016 #563 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Tour de France 2016 Various Cities (FRA) - 02.07.2016 - 24.07.2016 Stage 18 Sallanches - Megeve (17km - Mountains Individual Time Trial) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted July 21, 2016 #564 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Tour de France 2016 Various Cities (FRA) - 02.07.2016 - 24.07.2016 Stage 18 Sallanches - Megeve Mountains Individual Time Trial Stage Result Christopher FROOME 30:43 Tom DUMOULIN +21 Fabio ARU +33 4. Richie PORTE +33 5. Romain BARDET +42 6. Thomas DE GENDT +1:02 7. Ion IZAGUIRRE +1:03 8. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER +1:05 9. Louis MEINTJES +1:08 10. Nairo QUINTANA +1:10 General Standing After Stage 18/21 1. Christopher FROOME 77:55:53 2. Bauke MOLLEMA +3:52 3. Adam YATES +4:16 4. Nairo QUINTANA +4:37 5. Romain BARDET +4:57 6. Richie PORTE +5:00 7. Fabio ARU +6:08 8. Alejandro VALVERDE +6:37 9. Louis MEINTJES +7:15 10. Daniel MARTIN +7:18 Jerseys After Stage 18/21 Yellow Jersey Christopher FROOME 77:55:53 2. Bauke MOLLEMA +3:52 3. Adam YATES +4:16 Green Jersey Peter SAGAN 425 2. Marcel KITTEL 228 3. Bryan COQUARD 156 Polka Dot Jersey Rafal MAJKA 173 2. Thomas DE GENDT 90 3. Ilnur ZAKARIN 78 White Jersey Adam YATES 78:00:09 2. Louis MEINTJES +2:59 3. Warren BARGUIL +31:38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,195 Posted July 21, 2016 #565 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Since Froomy is on the express train to the treble, the rest are going back to fight to be his wingman once again. Two big stages left and right now i think Porte and Aru are in the driving seat for that podium. Really impressed with Aru's TT today, looks like he is finally hitting the premium Astana 3rd week form, so his way is up. Not the same could be said for poor old Nairo Quintana. This time even his favourite stage 20 last climb, last hill, last stage, i did it, second place, yes, move could go off track, because his form isn't getting better,but worse. 38 year old Valverde who did the classics, and the Giro, and is supposed to work for Quintana, has almost the same performance as the guy who trained the whole year for the Tour win. Great job Movistar, another wonderful year. Finally Yates and Mollema had enough fun and should go back to the line, or do they? I would be really shocked if one or both of them are on the podium in Paris. It just screams that they will have a horrible last day ala Dumoulin and Krauswijk. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,611 Posted July 21, 2016 #566 Share Posted July 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, Federer91 said: Since Froomy is on the express train to the treble, the rest are going back to fight to be his wingman once again. Two big stages left and right now i think Porte and Aru are in the driving seat for that podium. Really impressed with Aru's TT today, looks like he is finally hitting the premium Astana 3rd week form, so his way is up. Not the same could be said for poor old Nairo Quintana. This time even his favourite stage 20 last climb, last hill, last stage, i did it, second place, yes, move could go off track, because his form isn't getting better,but worse. 38 year old Valverde who did the classics, and the Giro, and is supposed to work for Quintana, has almost the same performance as the guy who trained the whole year for the Tour win. Great job Movistar, another wonderful year. Finally Yates and Mollema had enough fun and should go back to the line, or do they? I would be really shocked if one or both of them are on the podium in Paris. It just screams that they will have a horrible last day ala Dumoulin and Krauswijk. We shall see. One out of Yates/Mollema ending up on the podium of course wouldn't be a major surprise anymore now. Mollema has already shown that he's capable of climbing with the best a decent amount of times throughout the past years, while Yates has just been really strong for the entire Tour now. Of course before the Tour started especially Yates ending on the podium would have been a major surprise, but so would anything other than Froome/Quintana in the top-2 and probably Contador in third. There's nothing screaming that a horrible day is coming like Dumoulin (who didn't have a horrible last day btw, but only lost time on a climb which is completely normal instead of horrible) or Kruijswijk (who only had a horrible day because of a fall, because in terms of climbing he was still looking stronger than anyone else until then). Normally Froome should obviously hold on to first plae unfortunately, although here in the Netherlands I've already heard the jokes saying "Going into the last 2 days with a 3 minute lead or bigger? Nah, no way that can go wrong!" If everything in the next two days goes somewhat normal, Mollema should end up on the podium, maybe behind Yates who I think has been stronger in recent days. Quintana is close, but unless he finds some better shape for two days, I really doubt he can catch up with those two. I agree with you about Aru though, he was so impressive today! It almost felt like a totally new Aru and I'm really expecting him to go on the attack tomorrow (though not gaining several minutes over the other GC contenders, but I think he might take the win) Porte also is looking very, very strong.. My prediction for tomorrow's stage: 1. Aru 2. Porte 3. Froome (right behind those two, after failing in his mission to help Porte win a stage) If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,611 Posted July 21, 2016 #567 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Oh, and yeah: Movistar Valverde rides literally everything, yet would probably beat Quintana here in the Tour if he didn't have to work for him even though Nairo has been spending months and months in the mountains preparing for this one race Edited July 21, 2016 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted July 22, 2016 #568 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Tour de France 2016 Various Cities (FRA) - 02.07.2016 - 24.07.2016 Stage 19 Albertville - Saint Gervais Mont Blanc (Le Bettex) (146km - Mountains) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,611 Posted July 22, 2016 #569 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Aru is going for war today If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,611 Posted July 22, 2016 #570 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Telkehaimanot has fallen, taking Tom Dumoulin with him. Both got back up their bike, but Dumoulin grabbed his wrist and has now apparently stopped on the side of the road while crying...(and yeah, no way he's crying because he won't finish the Tour of course). Goodbye to one of our biggest Olympic gold medal hopes for Rio. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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