Tour de France 2017

Don't believe Froome caught fire and that Sagan is back, however I do choose to believe Cummings cracked a bear in the face. Ace

pretty massive front group now with getting up to a minute break. Three sky riders in it and the peloton starting to chill

All been a bit helter skelter til now

De gendt unsurprisingly forcing the pace. Been great stuff so far

No Cummings in the group off the front?

Bit bonkers so far, looks like it's gonna be a late night for me...

So many ads on TV here, a break every ten minutes... Gah!

still no confirmation of who is present... boo

looking at a lake now. Super. It was cheese chat before that.

I've only just turned the telly on. Has Demare fallen off the back?

Henao is in it and now virtual yellow by 30 seconds...

Demare is 10minutes back, he fell out the back early

Yeah, about 5 mins back. Chat about him being ill or just taking it easy-not sure which.

Demare almost 10mins back already?!? Fuck, wouldn't wanna be that guy with all those big lumps coming up...

buchmann in virtual yellow. Front group over 3 mins up

Is there an advantage to Froome losing the yellow jersey to another Sky rider? Can they blow off defense/attack duties if its not on Froome?

Not going to happen.

I'm not sure what question you're answering, but it wasn't mine.

He was at the back earlier. Doesn't appear to be interested in the early fighting. Maybe thought too much fighting today, save it for an easier break.

TiVo. Delay, FF ads

Can Demare sticky the broom wagon all the way to the finish!

The advantage is Sky holding the yellow without putting too much unneeded work on Froome. It's always better to have it within your team. However they'll never blow off duties of Froome, he's the GC contender and they're going to give it all for him, no metter who gets yellow after today's stage. My opinion.

But my bet! :'(

can't claim to fully understand the dynamics, but this is lots of fun.

Tour tracker had Luke Rowe 10 minutes behind Demare at 28mins and now he's disappeared?

Fucking useless Dimension Data now has him 3 mins ahead of Demare group

Something must be wrong with Rowe, or Sky have given him the day off?