Tour de France 2016

I started for the Tour a few years ago, but now keep it all year for the other races.

The Tour coverage is really not very good, but I've paid for it so I watch it anyway.

Aru having a somewhat extended sticky bidon moment after that bike change. So much so the race official got quite peeved.

Sagan fun facts, thnx to Sporza tv: he rode 95 TdF stages (of which there were 9 TT's and 33 mountain stages in which he's practically without a chance) and managed to get 49 top 10 placings.

Gerrans just lost the front end, looks to have taken out a Sky rider too.

Inrng reckons it was stannard

ouch

don't lean

Froome then goes back to help pace the crash victims back to the group. Jesus. Unnecessary show of strength 3.0

It was Gerrans. Stannard went over the bars avoiding. Sounds like he came off worse.

As @croft says he didn't need to be going that fast. Too fast clearly.

Given the powerful negative impact that Cav's renaissance must be having, I can kinda understand that Lefevere has needed to find something to be rabidly indignant about: http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/tour-de-france/etixx-boss-says-cars-motorbikes-helped-froome-sagan-breakaway-260099

it's the new Froome adding domestique'ing to his skills list

I think I heard Froome went for a pee and Stannard is not anywhere near coming back.

meh... plus Kittel (and Martin) have become annoying whiners just like their boss as well

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I saw that, hope he peed in the right direction. Maybe he'll learn to do it while riding as well #newfroome

dunno about Stannard btw

sbs just showed heli footage of a guy getting trampled by his horse as the peloton passes

Horse trampling

Greipel attacking. I'm no sprinting expert but I think he might have gone a bit early.

I guess he is trying to get people to chase so that De Gendt can sit on and then counter.

Would anyone fall for that? "yeah watch out guys, the 90kg sprinter might make it up Ventoux quicker than us..."

Maybe he was inspired by Froom's sprint effort yesterday.

Eros Poli did (well sort of).

Would anyone fall for that? "yeah watch out guys, the 90kg sprinter might make it up Ventoux quicker than us..."

As frequently mentioned by Inner Ring, Greipel was a National Hill Climb champ as a junior :)

oh man, sherwen just said "Mano a Mano - man against man" ...

Quintana goes.

But Sky have their whole team and can just average the speed up a little and look unconcerned.

Oh well.