Road Cycling 2016 Discussion Thread

[OlympicIRL 4,827]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Big group attacked, Contador attacked and is now in a time trial together with Valverde to close the gap to the lead group  

 

Who else is in the lead group in terms of GC?

[heywoodu 13,615]

Just now, OlympicIRL said:

 

Who else is in the lead group in terms of GC?

Not entirely sure what the exact list of riders is, but I'm fairly sure Pinot is there as well. Valverde and Contador seem to have trouble to close the gap though. 

[OlympicIRL 4,827]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Not entirely sure what the exact list of riders is, but I'm fairly sure Pinot is there as well. Valverde and Contador seem to have trouble to close the gap though. 

 

Thanks, I'm relying on you to keep me updated today

How is Dan Martin doing? I am hoping for a good performance by him today.

[heywoodu 13,615]

Alright people, you gotta read this

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/peloton/comments/4rk5y7/the_eqslidl_podium_conspiracy_theory/

 

The EQS-Lidl conspiracy: when there is a Lidl (German/European supermarket) within 10km of the centre of the finishing town, the chance of an EQS-rider taking a podium in that stage goes up with around 50% for every added Lidl  (for races in Italy and France)

 

Today there are no Lidl's near the finish, so no stage for EQS  

[heywoodu 13,615]

5 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

 

Thanks, I'm relying on you to keep me updated today

How is Dan Martin doing? I am hoping for a good performance by him today.

I didn't see him today  

 

De Gendt is definitely going for the polka dots. 

Edited July 10, 2016 by heywoodu

[hckošice 13,320]

Sagan apparently didn´t knew that there one more 1 category climb sometimes I really wonder what this guy do during the teams pre-race meetings

[hckošice 13,320]

looks like after Valverde gave up the chase of the Sky definitely ended.

[heywoodu 13,615]

24 minutes ago, hckosice said:

Sagan apparently didn´t knew that there one more 1 category climb sometimes I really wonder what this guy do during the teams pre-race meetings

Sleep, most likely  

[hckošice 13,320]

Most likely Contador will not finish this stage..it seems he has huge troubles, fever and he doesn´t feel good at all...it´s around 30 minutes that he is still behind the peloton and non stop walking with his sport director

[hckošice 13,320]

Contador has abandoned