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Even if nothing happens, GC leaders will have to race today at 100%. No extra rest before the two alps stages

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Such densiity. Trully a sport worthy of the olympics.

Yeah... that's wind.

Ah ah, I've thought that any dutch fan would support Sunweb for bringing a duch GT winner for the first time in decades. Anyway, the more racing, the better

According to a french journalist inside the peloton : Sunweb do seek to have Kittel out of the race today They will need ~50 minutes for that

i'll go with 'where is my petrol gone' team. Anyway, maybe Aru was simply not that well today: Edit: sooooo late

There is no such a thing as 'Astana". Crazy (and a bit sad) that today's stage creates more gap between GC riders than yesterday's one...

He is only funny when you're in front of the TV, not when you're interviewed by him

Maxime who ? Not a single win since the Bayern RundFahrt ... in 2010 . Such fun, such palmares.

It's not really Meintjes' fault (or any similar rider), he is not the one calling the shots. DS do and they do according to the World Tour and its points distribution. As long a top 10 Tour finish will award as much points as TWO stages wins, it is not going to change anytime soon. IMO, the World Tour is one of the major (if not the major) for the lack of spectacle these days in cycling. PS: yes, that's from cyclingnews

I think we 've allready passed that. London didn't end with any white elephant (I think ?). Neither Paris or LA plan to buid munch outside of temporary venues. Sochi has been the majour outliner in recent history. But I think, overall, organizers tend to be more modest with their constructions plans.. Building costs are only a fraction of the overall costs anyway.

You're freaking Brazil, at home, in front of a 30 or 40K home crowd. We're freaking no one. Don't act as if you were not the big favorite

Define "anytime soon"

Last second goal Elite div here we come

Ah I see, you know your french hockey history quite well . Yeah, the split was a blessing not in disguise. It was very much needed, and turn out to be very succesfull (note to any italian hockey fans reading that, do it, trus us for once, it does work). I'm usually very, very critical when it comes to how sports federations work in this country, but the FFHG has mostly been a very welcomed nice exception.

I could ask any of my friend that currently lives in Paris and who are not into sports and I'm pretty certain they wouldn't know that the thing is coming in just a few weeks. I don't think the general audience will care, the small - but growing - hockey fan base will turn in, no doubt about that, the level of awareness among the general sport audience will grow a lot (myself included :p). But i think the general public will mostly don't bother. BTW, I still think the federation has done an goob job trying to promote the event to a more general audeince (considering its size and where the sport stands in the country at the moment), We had the Astérix thing, the temporary rinks thing at the eiffel tower and the Paris City Hall, they managed to reach a very large panel of national sport figures, etc. BUT, we are coming from a very long way (from pretty much nowhere actually). Babysteps. Being in full political campaign doesn't help either PS: 1-0 PS2: fuck.

Merci

If we win tonight in RT, we will be defintly be promoted which - I'm almost sure - will be the first time an Usomething french team will be paying in an elite division

So much tension between the French and Russian team, you could feel it through the TV

It's an american football ball...

It basically never happens. Somme balls can be realy hard though (but there are many different kind of balls depending of the type of game). The ones playing with their bare hands with a very hard ball are the ones who suffer a lot. Still my favorute racquet sport and the most fun to play a friendly game IMHO. Can't wait to see the Slovaks make their debuts on world stage

Maybe, that's just a (failed) scam Anyway, with you, that make 2 slovakains who would know what the sport is. I smell growth in the air.

Wait... what ? Basque Pelota in Slovakia ?

Meh... it's hardly a flawless map (see slovakia for a start) If you only count the "bums on seats" aspect of it , rugby is a more popular sport than soccer in SA. It might also be the case in Madagascar (yes, really).