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I'm pretty sure it is.

Isn't it just one stage this year?

Sure (though I would only say that 3 in the current top 20 are pretty sure not to be there after the Alps (Van Avermaet, Gilbert and Kragh)) That's what's so impressive about this year's tour. No doubt that we'll see bigger differences and some will advance while others will lose the race though. I'm just sad that I'll miss the next stages

The teams are out for the new European Championships: Men’s Team Championship Callum Shinkwin & Lee Slattery - Great Britain 1 Richie Ramsay & Ryan Evans - Great Britain 2 Romain Wattel & Gregory Bourdy - France 1 Lorenzo Gagli & Guido Migliozzi - Italy 1 Jose-Filipe Lima & Pedro Figueiredo - Portugal Pedro Oriol & Scott Fernandez - Spain 1 Rhys Enoch & Charlie Ford - Great Britain 3 Jarand Ekeland Arnoy & Kristian Krogh Johannessen - Norway Santiago Tarrio Ben & David Borda - Spain 2 Per Langfors & Johan Edfors - Sweden 2 Birgir Hafthorsson & Axel Boasson - Iceland Francesco Laporta & Alessandro Tadini - Italy 2 Adrian Meronk & Mateusz Gradecki - Poland Michael Hoey & Neil O’Briain - Ireland Martin Ovesen & Niklas Norgaard Moller – Denmark Daniel Jennevret & Mikael Lundberg - Sweden 3 Women’s Team Championship Georgia Hall & Laura Davies - Great Britain 1 Catriona Matthew & Holly Clyburn - Great Britain 2 Olafia Kristinsdottir & Valdis Thora Jonsdottir - Iceland Celine Herbin and Astrid Vayson de Pradei - France 1 Olivia Cowan & Karolin Lampert - Germany 1 Meghan Maclaren & Michele Thomson - Great Britain 3 Emma Nilsson & Lina Boqvist - Sweden 1 Noemi Jimenez & Silvia Banon - Spain Isi Gabsa & Leticia Ras-Anderica - Germany 2 Marianne Skarpnord & Marita Engzelius - Norway Ursula Wikstrom & Noora Komulainen - Finland Justine Dreher & Manon Molle - France 2 Johanna Gustavsson & Julia Engstrom - Sweden 2 Christine Wolf & Sarah Schober - Austria Cajsa Persson & Linda Wessberg - Sweden 3 Chloe Leurquin & Manon De Roey - Belgium Can't say that I'm impressed, especially by the men's field but the elite is after all at the PGA Championships at the same time.

Considering that it starts today, he can't Jokes aside. I don't really agree that it starts today. Back in the days where it was pretty much just a prologue and some boring flat stages before the mountains (and maybe a TTT), I could agree that the mountains were the real start, but looking at what we've seen so far, I would say that it has been on for quite some time. The weather didn't really help making some big differences on the cobbles, but those and also some hilly stages with decent potential. We have afterall seen the GC riders fighting on at least Mur de Bretagne and the cobbles.

Richie Porte and co. will be sorry that they didn't even participate in the Tour

Reminds me very much of stage 17 in 2009 where I was at Colombiere for the battle between the two Schlecks and Contador. A very interesting mountain starter

The lasers are ready for action

Democratic socialism is working fine here in Northern Europe (at least that's what people call it in America). But I don't think it would work out quite as good on a national level in the US. Much of it would work better in single states.

Jonas Eriksson calls it a 50/50 situation and therefore feels that VAR shouldn't have been used.

Porte out before the cobbles?

2 pretty different situations.

Looking forward to hearing what you think about the looks of my local city.

Yup.

2nd in a row predicted by Valgren

Finally a record for Denmark. Well done, Anna!

Quick Step did create a bit in the wing, which is pretty much the reason that it's just a strong candidate.

Today is a strong candidate for most boring stage I've ever watched...

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Just yesterday Brian Holm was asked if it wouldn't be a good idea to send a rider into the break to force other teams to do the work in the pack. Maybe he was inspired

Weird that Birdie or at least Astana didn't get some punishment. The commentators felt sure that they would get fined while it happened, but apparently not even that happened.

Doesn't look like it. Even Danish media think it's weird

Danish commentator calling India Indonesia

Never really heard it mentioned as that... But I remember that it was discussed whether a 4th Grand Tour should be made in the US, @Olympian1010. Never happened, though

Pretty much like "The Danish Girl", where this is Vejle Fjord: