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[louiebaby]

Great finish in the ToB yesterday, nail biting.

Saw them come through Ottery St Mary, my home town before they went up my local leg-killer like it was barely a speed-bump...

[john2443]

What are Froome and Thomas doing in the ToB - still knackered from TdF? I was expecting a bit more from them!

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/siutsou-tests-posi...

An EPO positive result for a pretty significant rider. Makes you wonder who else is up to no good.

[thegreenhell]

john2443 said:

What are Froome and Thomas doing in the ToB - still knackered from TdF? I was expecting a bit more from them!

I think I read somewhere that Team Sky is riding for Wout Poels in this race. It's not a Grand Tour, but it's race he's done well in before, and it would be a nice payback for all the support he's given the team in the past.

[funkyrobot]

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/siutsou-tests-posi...

An EPO positive result for a pretty significant rider. Makes you wonder who else is up to no good.

Utter nobber.

It's never going away, is it. The sport will always be tarnished.

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

I think so, at least for as long as former dopers and doctors who’ve facilitated doping in the past are involved in the sport. It’s very sad, but without the threat of lifetime bans riders will always be tempted.

[johnxjsc1985]

If Yates can hold on to win the Vuelta we will hold all three GT's in the same year which is mind blowing. I remember going nuts to see Barry Hoban win a stage of the TDF.

[thegreenhell]

johnxjsc1985 said:

If Yates can hold on to win the Vuelta we will hold all three GT's in the same year which is mind blowing. I remember going nuts to see Barry Hoban win a stage of the TDF.

Even more mind-blowing is that it would be three different British riders.

[Dr Imran T]

johnxjsc1985 said:

If Yates can hold on to win the Vuelta we will hold all three GT's in the same year which is mind blowing. I remember going nuts to see Barry Hoban win a stage of the TDF.

It would be great to see Yates win the Vuelta, his interview post stage yesterday was funny

Still think Quintana is the biggest threat to GC mind.

[Yiliterate]

Froome and Thomas rule themselves out of the World championships...

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/world-champion...

[ArnageWRC]

MTB World Championship at Lenzerheide; tomorrow sees the Elite XCO races, followed by the DH on Sunday; live & free on RedBull TV.

[snake_oil]

Kristina Vogel has been left paralysed after her accident in June. Just awful.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/07/olym...

[Campagnolo12speed]

Absolute monster ride by Ian Stannard today!

[johnxjsc1985]

Great day for yates today in the Vuelta

[GOATever]

It’s interesting playing the TOB off agains La vuelta.

[Dr Imran T]

Agreed, was an amazing ride by yates on a really tough stage. He looked absolutely delighted post stage yesterday.

I'm still not sure who might win overall though. Quintana looked strong the other day but lost time to yates yesterday. Today's stage is more akin to Quintana' s strengths. However, yates is looking strong and riding clever as well.

Yates isn't scared of the time trial too it may well be his year!

[NRS]

Anybody watching the DH now?

[anonymous-user]

Looks like Yates has a great chance to hold on to red to the end now

Hope he has a good day today - looks like a nasty kick up at the end

[johnxjsc1985]

nasty finish today at the Vuelta,Quintana looked cooked yesterday and Yates did ever so well to gain a few seconds on Valverde.
He needs his team around him for a few more days then he could actually win this thing and for me it would be the best GT victory by a British rider simply because he does not have a team built specifically to support him.

[Johnny]

Looking forward to today's stage.

Dare we start to dream? All 3 GTs held by (different!) British riders...