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Tour de France 2017 General Thread

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    #32
    1bryan
    Registered Users Posts: 815 ✭✭✭1bryan


    Brian? wrote: »
    Porte won't podium.

    out of curiousity, who do you think will podium?


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    #33
    MPFGLB
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    SKY team named

    No Poels, Stannard or Kennaugh

    https://twitter.com/TeamSky/status/877848363944816641


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    #34
    Brian?
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    1bryan wrote: »
    out of curiousity, who do you think will podium?

    Froome, Quintana.

    One of Bardet, Nibali, Valverde, Dan Martin, Aliphillipe or Fuglsang.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #35
    Brian?
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    SKY team named

    No Poels, Stannard or Kennaugh

    Interesting. So the only one looking after Froome on the flat is Rowe.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #36
    neris
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    SKY team named

    No Poels, Stannard or Kennaugh

    https://twitter.com/TeamSky/status/877848363944816641

    Some eyebrows on mikel landa. Can't be very aero


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    #37
    1bryan
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    SKY team named

    No Poels, Stannard or Kennaugh

    https://twitter.com/TeamSky/status/877848363944816641

    Poels has been injured or ill but said this week that he was all ready to ride the Tour. Can't see this going down well with any 3 of those you mentioned above. Stannard is usually a shoe-in, given the workhorse that he is. Petey is a difficult enough lad to manage, but taking a mountain stage in the Dauphine would have had him believing he was in with a chance. And Poels was their absolute main man last year. Even Froome said himself that he wouldn't have won, but for Poels and the work he did.


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    #38
    [Deleted User]
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    Few places suggesting a deal is almost done for a Landa move to Movistar next season.


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    #39
    Brian?
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    Brian? wrote: »
    Interesting. So the only one looking after Froome on the flat is Rowe.

    Why do you think he never takes off his glasses?

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #40
    neris
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    Brian? wrote: »
    Why do you think he never takes off his glasses?

    In fairness most of them don't take off their glasses...


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    #41
    neris
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    https://twitter.com/velonews/status/877875734316027905


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    #42
    MPFGLB
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    neris wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/velonews/status/877875734316027905


    I guess they know what they are doing but not to include Dennis, Sanchez and Hermans is strange to me ( all of who wanted to be there and can TT, climb and good on the rolling terrain )

    ( I would have included instead of Moinard, De Marchi & Wyss)


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    #43
    dastardly00
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    I guess they know what they are doing but not to include Dennis, Sanchez and Hermans is strange to me ( all of who wanted to be there and can TT, climb and good on the rolling terrain )

    ( I would have included instead of Moinard, De Marchi & Wyss)

    Well at least TJVG hasn't been picked!


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    #44
    coco0981
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Well at least TJVG hasn't been picked!

    I'd say that TJ's days at BMC are numbered at this stage. He still seems to think he can be a GC contender


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    #45
    Brian?
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Well at least TJVG hasn't been picked!

    I believe the correct acronym is TvG. His name is Tejay. Not Te Jay.



    This post has increased the quality of his thread by 17%.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #46
    Lusk_Doyle
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    Brian? wrote: »
    I believe the correct acronym is TvG. His name is Tejay. Not Te Jay.



    This post has increased the quality of his thread by 17%.

    Says the man who questions his own name.


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    #47
    odyssey06
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    Brian? wrote: »
    I believe the correct acronym is TvG. His name is Tejay. Not Te Jay.
    This post has increased the quality of his thread by 17%.

    In the interests of increasing thread quality we need to know if that is pronounced Tay-Vay-Jay? Or Tee-Vee-Gee???

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #48
    Brian?
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    In the interests of increasing thread quality we need to know if that is pronounced Tay-Vay-Jay? Or Tee-Vee-Gee???

    I'm going with Tee-Vee-Gee. Although when I'm talking about him usually call him Teabag.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #49
    Brian?
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Says the man who questions his own name.

    Question everything.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #50
    velo.2010
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    Hmm. No Zubeldia for Trek. I initially thought he was injured but a look at his twitter suggests otherwise.... lots of broken hearts emoji's! Maybe its a contract thing as Markel Irizar has a contract for next year, Zubeldia does not.


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    #51
    neris
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    The GCN kiss of death prediction show

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rSkkrEGkB4


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    #52
    neris
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    Any one volunteering for stage previews? I'll do stages 1, 4 & 5 in the first week


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    #53
    Kav0777
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    Brian? wrote: »
    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Says the man who questions his own name.

    Question everything.

    Why?


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    #54
    neris
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    Kav0777 wrote: »
    Why?

    What?


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    #55
    Brian?
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    Kav0777 wrote: »
    Why?

    Why not?

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #56
    Eyes Down Field
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    I have long since given up on watching professional cycling. The sport has lost all credibility, I don't think anyone can honestly say they believe this year's tour will be clean. If you continue to watch it, You have to put your hands up and accept that drugs are just part of the game and that you don't care. I can't do that.


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    #57
    WinnyThePoo
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    Eyes Down Field wrote: »
    I have long since given up on watching professional cycling. The sport has lost all credibility, I don't think anyone can honestly say they believe this year's tour will be clean. If you continue to watch it, You have to put your hands up and accept that drugs are just part of the game and that you don't care. I can't do that.

    Good man yourself. Thanks for dropping by.


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    #58
    BowSideChamp
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    Eyes Down Field wrote: »
    I have long since given up on watching professional cycling. The sport has lost all credibility, I don't think anyone can honestly say they believe this year's tour will be clean. If you continue to watch it, You have to put your hands up and accept that drugs are just part of the game and that you don't care. I can't do that.

    Every sport has cheating and always will.


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    #59
    MPFGLB
    Registered Users Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    Eyes Down Field wrote: »
    I have long since given up on watching professional cycling. The sport has lost all credibility, I don't think anyone can honestly say they believe this year's tour will be clean. If you continue to watch it, You have to put your hands up and accept that drugs are just part of the game and that you don't care. I can't do that.

    Maybe you'd be better off watching GAA ...oh wait (ask Paul Kimmage)
    Or Rugby....nah ...not clean
    Ok what about tennis ( wait again)

    Football ....surely that ...wait...just look at the Festina affair

    I know horse racing .....oh dear

    Jog on mate with your holier than thou attitude ....and stay in your room as you'll find no sport is as pure as you demand

    At least in cycling we have faced up to the reality and tried to make the sport clean...or as clean as any can be ....


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    #60
    Beasty
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    Eyes Down Field wrote: »
    I have long since given up on watching professional cycling. The sport has lost all credibility, I don't think anyone can honestly say they believe this year's tour will be clean. If you continue to watch it, You have to put your hands up and accept that drugs are just part of the game and that you don't care. I can't do that.
    I would suggest you keep out of this thread (and probably the forum) as if that's your approach I suspect you will have nothing constructive to contribute around here. If you do wish to post please drop me a PM to discuss your intentions first

    Everyone else - please ignore that post now

    Thanks


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    #61
    MPFGLB
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    I suspect Eyes Down Field read this

    http://www.independent.ie/sport/columnists/paul-kimmage/paul-kimmage-laughing-all-the-way-to-the-blood-bank-35862651.html


    An absolute trashing of the Tour ... with no consideration that Tour de Pharmacy is based on years ago, that alot has happened to clean cycling and that alot of riders now I believe ride clean...and the sport is no different to other sports in that regard


    No with Kimmage,its still Armstrong era ....cos then its Kimmage era

    And why is Philip Deignan the most interesting Irish rider now ...next in line for the Kimmage treatment cos he is married to Lizzie and rides for SKY ?

    The old hypocrite is not adverse to making money from trashing cycling and has no regard for measured reporting ...sure where is the story in that ???

    How could he get people like Eyes Down Field to wake up to that kind of article ...and I mean wake up and say what a great reporter Kimmage is uncovering all the doping in that dreadful cycling

    And alll you worshiping at the alter of Kimmage....see what he does everytime ...he knocks the sport only .....I mean what does he want riders and Comms to do ? Bash out names about with no evidence or make it up ??

    Kimmage does not love cycling ...he hates it...and anyone who think otherwise is a fool


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