Guest Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Another great stage. Froome didn't even look like he was breaking sweat closing down attack after attack. Looks like he could push his lead out 10-20 seconds on Aru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Just now, Tomarse said: Another great stage. Froome didn't even look like he was breaking sweat closing down attack after attack. Looks like he could push his lead out 10-20 seconds on Aru Froome is in with a chance of a stage win...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Make that 40+ seconds. That group with Froome in are steaming along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Great day for Chris. Just need more of the same tomorrow and he could go into the TT on Saturday half a minute up on the challengers. Who`d bet against him winning the tour then? Aru, Uran and Bardet need to be at least a minute ahead of him going into it to have any chance of getting into yellow IMO. Shout out to Primoz Roglic too - he deserved that stage win after the effort he put in with no help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Tomorrow is make or break. I guess they might attack on that final HC climb. Froome will need his team to support him. If he survives tomorrow unscathed then it's pretty much done and dusted with a flat stage and time trial left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 9 hours ago, Tomarse said: Tomorrow is make or break. I guess they might attack on that final HC climb. Froome will need his team to support him. If he survives tomorrow unscathed then it's pretty much done and dusted with a flat stage and time trial left. I think Froome would need to lose around a minute and a half tomorrow with the time trial there. Amazing that this is the closest the Tour has ever been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 25 minutes ago, MichaelRobartes said: I think Froome would need to lose around a minute and a half tomorrow with the time trial there. Amazing that this is the closest the Tour has ever been. Certainly since 1989 when LeMond beat Fignon by 8 seconds. Interestingly, that tour was won and lost in a penultimate day time trial. Fignon was 50 seconds ahead before it but lost 58 seconds to LeMond on the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 17 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: Certainly since 1989 when LeMond beat Fignon by 8 seconds. Interestingly, that tour was won and lost in a penultimate day time trial. Fignon was 50 seconds ahead before it but lost 58 seconds to LeMond on the day. Sorry, I meant in terms of time gaps between the top four, didn't make that clear at all. It maybe isn't now after Aru lost time yesterday but according to 5Live it was going into yesterday's stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Looks like its an attack on the final climb or nothing. All of team Sky with Froome so it'll be tough if they are to break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 That was fun. Thought Froome was going to distance the other lads but a great effort from Uran to bring him back. Think Froome just needs to stay upright now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 12 minutes ago, MichaelRobartes said: That was fun. Thought Froome was going to distance the other lads but a great effort from Uran to bring him back. Think Froome just needs to stay upright now. Good stage. Not as exciting as yesterday but terrific to watch the tactical side of the race. It did look like Chris had timed it to perfection but fair play to the others to bring him back. It`s Chris`s to lose now, no mechanical problems on Saturday please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Stay up right tomorrow and it's 3 in a row, Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 ..and that's it. French booing him to the very end, bless em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 That French crowd are despicable aren`t they? Accept it losers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Just now, Tomarse said: ..and that's it. French booing him to the very end, bless em. I dread to think what would have happened if Chris had overtaken Bardet in the last 100m. They just can`t take the fact that they are not the best in the sport that they think they invented and haven`t been for years. They`re like those sad yanks who sledge the Europeans at the Ryder Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 6 hours ago, Red Right Hand said: I dread to think what would have happened if Chris had overtaken Bardet in the last 100m. They just can`t take the fact that they are not the best in the sport that they think they invented and haven`t been for years. They`re like those sad yanks who sledge the Europeans at the Ryder Cup. Was thinking he could have only been 10 seconds from passing him - hillarous if he had done it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 7 hours ago, Tomarse said: Was thinking he could have only been 10 seconds from passing him - hillarous if he had done it 37 years since a Frenchman won the race. If one ever does again they will be insufferable - bit like when the blue few win a JPT game against us once in a generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 16 hours ago, Red Right Hand said: That French crowd are despicable aren`t they? Accept it losers. Hopefully Landau will take the 1 second off of Bardet to take 3 place as well, that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 Well done Chris, lovely to see him with his partner and little `un at the end. A huge shout out too to Annamiek van Vleaten the rider who had that awful crash in the road race at the Rio Olympics last year. She won the women`s tour yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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