Whoops, yes he moved this year! Oh and good luck for Sunday, where yiu racing? I am more off road.
are you breaking it to me gently that Cav’s career is on the decline? 
Only for the last two years
One of the reasons he moved to DD is that he’s now allowed to get into breakways!
I would say the crash in 2014, was pretty much it!
I would love Cav to prove me wrong, as he is one of my favourite cyclists, but his days are gone no matter what team he is in. I hop DD can do it for him at the tour, as he has a great leadout team.
He’ll not beat MK, AG in a head to head and others are now just as good.
I’d sooner watch Sagan. He’s a bloody genius on a bike.
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Sagan is one of my favourite riders. As I said in the OP, I hope he wins a stage as the amount of 2nd places was getting silly last year. But a great of the green jersey!
But with that mullet, nowhere near as handsome as the boy Marcel 
My Mrs watches him and then leaves a damp spot on the sofa.
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On that note I prefer Sagan, as I like a good Tinkoff.
Fat git!
He may be in decline but Cav in his prime, tucked up behind Renshaw, carving their way through gaps in a final sprint was a sight to behold.
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Surprizing win for Cav today, made the most of a bizarre and crappy lead outs for for the big guns.
Oh ye of little faith!
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Originally posted by @Rallyboy
Oh ye of little faith!
So happy for him, he is so happy to have the yellow jersey. Did not see any of yesterday as it was my wedding anniversary. Busy preparing and cooking a 3 course meal. Today a well earned sit in front of the tv with a few chilled ones!
Stage 2 - Sunday July 3rd - 182km - Tour rating ***
so today is Saint-Lo > Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
**Tatics for the day. **
Mass attack - the finish today is brutal, and there’s not enough terrain for a breakaway move to succeed before the final three kilometre climb. We should see the whole peloton sweeping down into Cherbourg, with all the teams trying to keep their top man at the front.
Long lead outs - in order to get their best men to the front for the climb, the teams will start their lead outs much earlier today.
Every man for himself - the leadouts will extend to the base of the climb, not to in sight of the line as they normally do on sprint stages. Then it will be every man for himself. The final kilometre will be exciting. The winner will be a strong rider who times his move perfectly.
Tour Fact - BMC’s Amael Moinard is from Cherbourg. In the first year with the team he rode for Cadel Evans, who won the tour.
Really happy for Sagan. World champion and now yellow jersey holder! Good man. 
Not sure about his Travolta impression - he looks cooler on a bike.
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Stage 3 - Monday July 4th - 222km - Tour rating *** Flat.
Granville > Angers
**Tatics for the day. **
An attaching start - Lots of riders want to get in a breakaway on a stage like this, so expect an aggressive opening with riders going on off up the road and being brought back until a group with the right combination forms.
Peloton in control - Things will settle down into the classic breakaway chased by the peloton sprint-stage scenario. The wind direction will decide how difficult the chase is, but the peloton will most likely prevail, setting up round two in the battle for the top sprinter of the 2016 Tour.
Lead-out trains - The idea of team leading out its sprinter to control the speed of the peloton, and the sprinter’s place in it, began in 1960’s with Rik Van Looy’s team, which earned the nickname ‘the red guard’. Not all teams copied it, but the effectiveness of lead-outs wasn’t fully realised for another 20 years. Today, though, lead outs are a science with research and testing going into the choice of riders involved, and the position of each one in the lead-out train.
Tour Fact - When the triple Tour de Fance winner Greg LeMond first moved to Europe in 1981, he lived in Angers.