Tour De France 2018

Froome’s ‘donkey to racehorse’ transformation.

Froome was never a ski jumper ;-)

Roglic started out well in his 1st season though, and improved consistently, quite easy to check on http://www.procyclingstats.com

I don’t know much about ski jumping, but surely ridiculous Vo2max and threshold isn’t the keys to success in that sport?

Football, rowing, swimming, athletics, I get.

he won the first race (hill climb) he ever entered, on a borrowed bike. I just meant to say, his talent was evident from the day he stepped on a bike

Greipel leaving Lotto Soudal.

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Vicious body weight management is also a thing in ski-jumping apparently

odd

It’s a bit prosaic which suggests it’s not entirely amicable.

Is Greipel too old to get another WT contract? Suppose he guarantees points for a team who wants to give him a one year contract.

If Sky think they have it bad, spare a thought for Sagan.
https://mobile.twitter.com/RenaudB31/status/1020596651390627840

It seems to suggest Greipel decided to leave but isn't sure yet where he's going?

Could be that moves can’t be announced until 1 August (officially).

At least its fresh.

How do you pronounce Toms Skujins name? ITV4 butchering it today

I'd go with Skoo-yins

from the man himself, it's closest to Skweench

https://forvo.com/word/toms_skuji%C5%86%C5%A1/

Toms Moe Tor Chee Ter.

I want Bardet to win

But he wont. When do we hit the pyrenees?

Attack from Martin!

I want him to win too
but he won't

There seem to be a LOT of cunts on this climb that Majka is leading the race over.

Hope it’s all sensible.

Always assumed his twitter handle was the phonetic way of saying his name.

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Nope, @noBlakes has it correct above on this page, except it’s short, s-qui-nch

Yeah, if you wan't correct pronunciations for things, Rob Hatch is by far and away the best

Well, I was listening to a Cycling Tips podcast where Toms said his last name himself, so this is firsthand :)

Boring uneventful stage again and on a sunday . No wonder the tv figures are so low this year

I agree. Why not have these kind of stages on a Tuesday when less people can see them.