Road Cycling 2016 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 16,036]

11 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

I am surprised to see Mollema and Yates so high in the overall ranking, do they have a chance for the podium?

Mollema is usually a very strong climber, but on the level slightly behind the absolute top (which should normally be Froome, Contador, Quintana and possibly Valverde). Personally I think it's realistic to see him stay ahead of the likes of Yates, Bardet, Van Garderen etc, whether or not he stays ahead of Quintana depends on Quintana's shape in the last week. 

 

Yates is surpising me as well, but is already seen as a serious talent for quite some time. I am still doubting he'll stay on a podium position when the other big mountain stages come, because he only has a very small advantage over the Movistar pair Quintana and Valverde, whereas Mollema has quite a good advantage over them. 

[hckošice 15,556]

25 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Lumpy?  

 

stage 14 preview http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/

[heywoodu 16,036]

1 minute ago, hckosice said:

 

stage 14 preview http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/

Ah, the kind of stage is "a lumpy stage", now I get it  

[heywoodu 16,036]

 

So true  

[heywoodu 16,036]

Matti Breschel - Abandon

 

 

[hckošice 15,556]

Kittel doesn´t look happy

[hckošice 15,556]

Tour de France 2016

Various Cities (FRA) - 02.07.2016 - 24.07.2016

 

 

Stage 14

   Montelimar  -  Villars les Dombes Parc des Oiseaux

Stage Result

 

  Mark CAVENDISH

  5:43:49

 

  Alexander KRISTOFF

+0

 

  Peter SAGAN

+0

 

4. John DEGENKOLB  +0

5. Marcel KITTEL +0

6. Andre GREIPEL +0

7. Bryan COQUARD +0

8. Davide CIMOLAI +0

9. Christophe LAPORTE +0

10. Samuel DUMOULIN +0

 

 

General Standing After Stage 14/21

 

1. Christopher FROOME    63:46:40

2. Bauke MOLLEMA   +1:47

3. Adam YATES   +2:45

4. Nairo QUINTANA   +2:59

5. Alejandro VALVERDE   +3:17

6. Tejay VAN GARDEREN   +3:19

7. Romain BARDET   +4:04

8. Richie PORTE   +4:27

9. Daniel MARTIN   +5:03

10. Fabio ARU   +5:16

 

 

Jerseys After Stage 14/21

 

Yellow Jersey

 

  Christopher FROOME

63:46:40

 

2. Bauke MOLLEMA  

+1:47

3. Adam YATES  

+2:45

 

 

Green Jersey

 

  Peter SAGAN

340

 

2. Mark CAVENDISH  

278

3. Marcel KITTEL  

228

 

 

Polka Dot Jersey

 

  Thomas DE GENDT

90

 

2. Rafal MAJKA  

77

3. Daniel NAVARRO  

68

 

 

White Jersey

 

  Adam YATES

63:49:25

 

2. Louis MEINTJES   

+3:03

3. Warren BARGUIL   

+5:38

[Federer91 3,030]

This guy again Should have been declassiffied for blocking Kittell. What a disgrace it is going to be when this talantless cyclist breaks Merckx's record.

[heywoodu 16,036]

16 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

This guy again Should have been declassiffied for blocking Kittell. What a disgrace it is going to be when this talantless cyclist breaks Merckx's record.

Talentless? Come on 

 

I mean, we can not like whoever we want of course, but if you honestly think Cavendish is talentless...no, just no  

Edited July 16, 2016 by heywoodu

[Federer91 3,030]

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Talentless? Come on 

 

I mean, we can not like whoever we want of course, but if you honestly think Cavendish is talentless...no, just no  

Yes he is the worst kind, sand-bagging till the last 50 metres and then glorifies like he is the king of the world. And it even has to be purely flat, because if its a little uphill he squerms like a worm and gas comes out of his ass... I hate, hate, hate this in modern cycling.