Tour de France 2015

The Roubaix specials. Those Pinarellos aren't going to sell themselves.

As someone on Twitter wryly commented, "it's endurance bike marketing day at the Tour".

I do hope Tony Martin gets to be in yellow today, that would be epic!

Why does Quemeneur have those two little brake levers on his bars, right next to the stem?

Tommy V was riding them earlier in the season. More common in the cobbled classics for riding on the tops.

Unlikely. Whilst you'd think he had all the requisite factors to excel on the cobbles, he has frequently said he doesn't like the challenge of fighting to retain your position on the approach to the cobbles.

QS might fancy Stybar's chances of taking yellow today. If he got up the road I doubt Sky would chase.

Ah, makes sense. Thank you.

It wouldn't surprise me if Gallopin was in yellow tonight though. He's only 26 seconds down.

No fucking joke on the selling of the Roubaix bike. It's a bit embarrassing.

very intersting polymer inserts..

give it a rest

just noticed (cos i'm living in a bubble) that the tour is traversing brittany at teh weekend, anyone getting the ferry across to spectate?

Enjoyed Sean Kelly's poo-poo-ing of the bikes for the cobbelsh

He used to but what with tax and all that....

I would be in yellow today if it wasn't for the plactic Brits.

I'll never forget how that Judas stole the yellow cardigan from Our Bradley

Love Sagan.

He is a good laugh. Greip's and Degenkolb's responses made me smile.

I can't decide if I like or dislike Degenkolb. This is obviously difficult for me as he is a stranger who I've never met and probably never will, and it has not bearing on anything in my life. But he seems to be quite charming, but I also think he might be a bit of a jerk.

Love Sagan.

That was brill. Hope to see it in gif form before too long

It's ok, i still dislike Cancellara due to him pulling the entire peloton back up to Tony Martin after his 175k solo breakaway causing them to catch him with 10 metres to go. Poor Tony :(

It's good that you had someone young to hate on (possibly).

With Jens Voigt retired and Valverde getting on I'm in need of a new rider I love to hate.

Which has reminded me of poor Bauer's breakaway last year.

just noticed (cos i'm living in a bubble) that the tour is traversing brittany

Stages 7 and 8 start to take in lots of Paris-Brest-Paris towns:-

• 50km of the route is shared between LASSAY-LES-CHÂTEAUX and to 10km out of Fougères during Stage 7
  
• 25km of the route is shared between BÉCHEREL and SAINT-MÉEN-LE-GRAND during Stage 8
  
• Routes cross at LOUDÉAC during Stage 8
  

:'( so close.

Degenkolb is cool as fuck and also pretty relaxed/modest about the whole pro cycling thing. These aren't the droids you're looking for.

I'm suspicious. But let us leave the witch hunt for now. We can all agree that Froome, in being entirely innocuous and beige, is worthy of all our hatred.

just noticed, no lance..?