Tour De France - 2016

Dan Martin rides for Ettix Quikstep not Cannondale.

Froome will win although Quintana has a monster team around him.

Age and treachery will always beat youth and inexperience.

On a side note I’m racing Sunday. I won’t win.

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? :slight_frown:

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 :lou_is_a_flirt:

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. :cool:

Not sure about his Travolta impression - he looks cooler on a bike.

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