Tour de France 2017

He lives up North, but isn't a Northerner. Lager tops all round.

Except for Chris.

that looked v easy

simples

Greipel seems in very bad form

Dylan Groenewegen, again super fast but again not in the right place at the right time to really have a chance

Too easy. Reinstate Sagan. #thereisstilltime

McLay never really seemed to start sprinting then.

His leadout train must be wondering why the pulled for 10km+ there.

Eurosport's 'Key Moments' recap struggling to highlight anything interesting. Not a classic stage and no one close to touching Kittel at the end

How many stages will Kittel win in this Tour? There's a possibility of four more sprint stages according to the route guides.

So are you saying 500,000 Euro for winning the Tour goes to the team and not specific winning rider?.. Amaze

you seem to have answered your own question there Andy.

looked so easy today it is hard to see where the challenge will come from

Was hoping that Tony Martin would TT off the front in the last 40k to enliven things a bit but no such chance.

Kittel looking pretty invincible

Sunday, stage 15, first real opportunity for Steve C I reckon. Tomorrow looks like another easy day depending on how tough the long uphill drag is and the day after looks brutal again. Probably going to lose a couple more sprinters.

Anyone notice Bouhani take a couple of looks over his shoulder at Kittel's lead out man moving up behind him before having a big swerve at him? Happened about 600m to go...probably the only interesting thing about that sprint.

Froome's salary is circa €3 million, then there's the bonuses, sponsorship and endorsements on top. Being generous to the team who helped him gain those deals is seen as the right thing to do.

Because of this, probably:

https://twitter.com/kareldezoete/status/884816217575493632

Quickstep rider toched him first but Bouhanni's was a real attempt to hit the guy's face. Haven't seen the swerve you mention but sounds like his usual unrestricted self

Genuinely think that Bouhanni believes there are no cameras at the races he attends.

Bouhanni, why would you even have such a cunt on your team? Bad karma all around.

Bouhanni is such a cunt, I've always thought this. Go do some boxing and get knocked out would you.

At some point the other sprinters teams are going to give up setting up the sprint, which will leave QuickStep with the job of closing the gap to the break. If Dan Martin remains in contention for the podium, then they'll have to switch their energy to keeping him fresh and out of trouble, so it could be we only see a couple more sprints. The Champs Elysee will be one, maybe tomorrow another, but then next week it could be time for the breakaways to prosper.

Considering contemporary grand tours, for a break to stay away the riders need to start this evening.

yeah cheers. was thinking at some point a break has to stick. if the peloton would ever let them get more than five minutes

Just seen the video: 100% Bouhanni should be off the Tour, 100% he isn't because he's French.

I feel like I want to defend Bouhanni here, but I can't really. So instead, look how dreamy he is.

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