Tour de France 2017

But do they force domestiques to work themselves to the bone, far beyond a level where one can reasonably recuperate between efforts? I.e. could that be the reason why Kiryienka looks like a chain smoking smackhead?

It's posts like this that caused Brexit.

Kiri's just a monster that's been resurrected in some kind of occult ritual from the site of a Stalinist-era mass grave in Belarus and has to consume vast amounts of pain and lactic acid to stay alive.

I don't know if you could say the same about Betancur's efforts on behalf of Quintana. He just looks like he's been resurrected out of a Weight Watchers fat-camp and is lining his nest before flitting back home to live out his days soaking in a big hot tub filled with hot chocolate for his churros.

shhh. I'm a try-hard gonzoist apparently, so that's enough of that talk or lips will be pursed and toys ejected from pram.

Who was the last winner of a Giro/Vuelta double and given the spacing why don't more people attempt it? Difficult to keep form up for so long?

Contador '08

But do they force domestiques to work themselves to the bone, far beyond a level where one can reasonably recuperate between efforts? I.e. could that be the reason why Kiryienka looks like a chain smoking smackhead?

I think what you described there is just being a pro cyclist. Because you or I would consider anything less than two weeks beech holiday insufficient recuperation between efforts.

Off to look for a highlight reel of Kiriyenka, crushing people implacably.

Every jersey winner and I believe every stage winner in 2017 was on a Shimano groupset? Movistar, Katusha, UAE, Lotto Soudal, Fortuneo all won nothing.

Lance Armstrong rode on a Shimano.

Reason enough not to.

http://www.velonews.com/2017/07/commentary/tour-de-meh-three-ways-make-tdf-fun_444634

Personal favourite moment, Kwiato chucking his sunnies at the floor and the trackstanding on the mountain. Need GIF.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWxzgRzFnI0/

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Then his tweet the next morning when he'd discovered that was his last pair of that style.

Thankfully Oakley's rep was in the ball and got a new pair to him before the start of the stage.

A cynic would think this an Oakley marketing ploy, luckily I'm not so cynical.

None of the fans at the roadside seem to get on to the throw either. Not even a gallic shrug.

marketing ploy as in, "look, our gegs are so annoying riders throw them in the gutter half way through a stage"?

My initial thought was along the lines of he's better off without those hideous gegs. But then maybe I'm not Oakley's target market.

I obviously am. massive moonface= massive gegs

Next years route has (possibly*) been possibly leaked already...

*I haven't checked the pixels...

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Tro Bro stage?

If it's actually that Brittany heavy I'm off to Brittany next July.

First km of Stage 6 could be on the TBL route and rumours of ribin are rife..

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Having checked the pixels - the spelling mistake in Carpentras suggests this is FAKE NEWS! Sad!

Source?

The Brittany Tourist Board