Tour de France 2016

must have been quite gauling for froome tho, seeing nairo glide by holding onto a moto

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By the same 'race is on and anything that happens after is tough tits' logic does that not mean that after Froome attacked Quintana and ended up with no domestiques or team car as a result, then had a broken bike, that it's just 'des nichons dur' for him?

Fuck da Police

Yesterday's stage is such a fuck up that there is no way to be right.
Who the fuck knows huh?

But anything happens, but unfair when it's out of your control. Or other racers control. Running into a moto that's stopped is beyond the scope of racing was on.
It keeps happening and nothing is happening about it. It's shit. Imagine if F1 cars keeps crashing because of race organisation getting on the track!?

If it wasn't froome that had the incident with Porte, it would have been ignored. Poor Bauke was flying and going to take more time, he didn't that time back?

It's such a shame all over that it happened.

#wtfigo

But the breaking of his bike - being run into the back of by a moto - wasn't a racing incident?

I think someone mentioned this on previous pages, but the one thing that stood out for me yesterday was that neither Porte of Froome threw a hissy fit when they went down. Kudos to 'em.

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You could. But would you rather take time in an honest way, or in a grey way. When I did not realise racing was on. Andy corrected me.

I did not realise crosswind racing was on. So I do now accept froome was stupid to stop. But it's not him abusing yellow, it's movistar not capitalising.
The article now makes sense, but is written from the wrong perspective. But makes a fair point. Movistar should have ridden, racing was on and froome chose to stop knowing that.

I did not realise racing was on. So my previous comment as wrong.

Is eurosport player working for you guys or is it just my work network?

Yesterday's stage is such a fuck up that there is no way to be right

I think this sums it up best. Lots of opinions, speculation and 'what ifs' flying about. It's done, it was proper slapstick, I think the outcome is relatively fair although I would have been happy if the results had stood as they were.

although I would have been happy if the results had stood as they were

Me too.

Until I saw Quintana hanging on to a motorbike, and then saw the photo showing the seat stay broken by the other moto having ridden over Froome's bike.

Once I saw those things, I felt that the times of that incident were the most fair thing to do.

I think we're as good as we're going to get now, and the commissaires did a pretty good job making that decision as quickly as they did.

highlights of the stage for me were:

• Greipel off the front at the foot of Ventoux
  
• Awesome show of strength from Mollema
  
• A brilliant and deserved win for De Gent
  
  

there was a lot of other carnival stuff that added to the the excitement. loved it.

and was with @Shinscar and a few top others in the Lamb and beers kept coming

On to today's racing.

Early start for Rohan Denis and he notches up 51.56 over 37.5k. Former holder of the hour record. Who do you reckon will be the first to beat his time?

It was all in the article. Maybe read it, before slagging it off as clickbait?

Yes, fair.

I'm going to get back under my rock.

Eurosport doesn't start live coverage until 13:10 every day, instead they are currently showing replay from yesterday's stage. Its really pissing me off tbh, specially today with a TT stage.

Ha - we're all talking nonsense here anyway

Jens Voigt erklärt

Saw Greg Van Avermaet take the trouble to throw his bidon to a BMC jersey-wearing fan yesterday, which, when you are racing up the Ventoux is pretty classy.

Yes, the gods were smiling on Nairo yesterday. Mollema, Porte and Froome would have taken more time out of him. Yates apparently had attacked before the crash and was taking time from him before he was held up by that pile up. Quintana then hung off a bike to get through that bottleneck and despite losing a further 7 seconds to Yates in the last kn he was given the same finishing time, which meant he then leap-frogged Mollema in the overall.

Yates benefited from time back when the thing fell on him so be a bit hypocritical of him to complain. He seemed totally gentlemanly about it post race.

Conti.

Told you.

Told you.

Wouldn't have happened without motos though.

I wanted Yates to be up there but I kind of have to agree with their decision.