**** Tour de France 2017 ****

[mcelliott]

mcelliott said:

Barguil fkin monster!

oops

[ferrisbueller]

mcelliott said:

Barguil fkin monster!

Uran only needed two gears.

[Chris Stott]

Uran

[NRS]

mcelliott said:

mcelliott said:

Barguil fkin monster!

opps!

Would hate to be the one that told him!

[ferrisbueller]

NRS said:

mcelliott said:

mcelliott said:

Barguil fkin monster!

opps!

Would hate to be the one that told him!

He's already crying to be fair.

[BoRED S2upid]

What a stage that was.

[Yipper]

One of the best stages of the last 30 years.

Have they invented some new type of undetectable 'roid...

[spikeyhead]

What a brilliant day's racing.

[Puggit]

Amazing race today, even had the wife and kids watching, which isn't too helpful as 9 year old daughter wiped out on a small hill a fees years back and that won't help (helmet saved her).

No news from BMC on Porte yet, worrying.

[S100HP]

Puggit said:

Amazing race today, even had the wife and kids watching, which isn't too helpful as 9 year old daughter wiped out on a small hill a fees years back and that won't help (helmet saved her).

No news from BMC on Porte yet, worrying.

Apparently he was asking for his hat and glasses. Utter superheroes these guys.

[Puggit]

UPDATE: @richie_porte suffered a fractured right clavicle and pelvis in his #TDF2017 crash. Recover well, Richie! 📝👇 https://t.co/IDHXH1tHFm

[BoRED S2upid]

Puggit said:

UPDATE: @richie_porte suffered a fractured right clavicle and pelvis in his #TDF2017 crash. Recover well, Richie! ???? https://t.co/IDHXH1tHFm

Ouch fractured pelvis is a bit nasty.

[Puggit]

BoRED S2upid said:

Ouch fractured pelvis is a bit nasty.

4-6 week recovery period. Amazing.

[Chris Stott]

Great news... considering how bad it could have been

Guess he won't be doing the Vuelta!

[lucido grigio]

I've read that Geraint was taken out by Polish rider Majka.

[TheJelley]

lucido grigio said:

I've read that Geraint was taken out by Polish rider Majka.

I can't decide whether he is the unluckiest rider in the world or just a bit crashy, so many of his falls are the fault of other people, but it is always him...

Edited by TheJelley on Monday 10th July 11:01

[louiebaby]

TheJelley said:

lucido grigio said:

I've read that Geraint was taken out by Polish rider Majka.

I can't decide whether he is the unluckiest rider in the world or just a bit crashy, so many of his falls are the fault of other people, but it is always him...

I know what you mean. Him and Porte do always seem to be quite unlucky. But it could be poor positioning or bike handling skills. I'm not really in a position to judge him, either way.

[TheJelley]

louiebaby said:

TheJelley said:

lucido grigio said:

I've read that Geraint was taken out by Polish rider Majka.

I can't decide whether he is the unluckiest rider in the world or just a bit crashy, so many of his falls are the fault of other people, but it is always him...

I know what you mean. Him and Porte do always seem to be quite unlucky. But it could be poor positioning or bike handling skills. I'm not really in a position to judge him, either way.

If i had been doing that descent it would have taken about an hour, and would need a new set of rims, brake pads and shorts.

[okgo]

One of the reasons Geraint will never win a grand tour (other than his ability) is that he cannot stay upright. You simply don't crash as much as he does without it sometimes being your fault. Shame as he's a nice guy, but it just underlines his credentials as a great domestique vs winner.

This race looks pretty much done to me, nobody looks to be able to make Froome crack, and he'll hammer them all in the second TT.

Next weeks two mountain stages should be good, though why they have opted for so few summit finishes this year I'll never know.

[louiebaby]

okgo said:

Next weeks two mountain stages should be good, though why they have opted for so few summit finishes this year I'll never know.

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