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Post by lorZ on Jul 7, 2014 19:12:54 GMT 1
And I hope Rui Costa can do it at all, while he was only the domestic last years and it ruined him, unfortunately. But he won the tough Tour of Suisse this year so it is a disadvantage for him and I expect he can die in the 3rd week of TdF. I hope I'm wrong. He wins the Tour of Suisse since 2012, it was his 3rd win in a row there. I don't think that will affect him in the 3rd week... if it did then he wouldn't have went to that Tour and tried to win it, because his main objective this year was set right after he signed contract with Lampre back in 2013: achieve top 10 in the Tour de France. He even chose to not participate in the portuguese National Road Race Championships because he was afraid he would fall and get injured. What might affect him is his weak teammates won't be able to help him at all when the race gets tough (just look at yesterday's stage).
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Post by natoune80 on Jul 8, 2014 16:43:45 GMT 1
Kittel was not awesome today, but first again! Demare is back.
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Post by lorZ on Jul 9, 2014 2:36:09 GMT 1
Kittel is winning everything, he should be banned. Excited about today's "Pavé" stage.
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Post by natoune80 on Jul 9, 2014 2:43:01 GMT 1
Because Cavendish is not there Me too, but i think leader's teams will control the peloton :/
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Post by Insigne on Jul 9, 2014 14:52:57 GMT 1
Great stage !!!! froome.
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Post by lorZ on Jul 9, 2014 17:33:37 GMT 1
Froome and Andy Schleck out. Really bad news for cycling fans in my opinion. Nibali was quite stronger than every other candidate to win the TdF. Contador had a bad day. I wonder if this will change when the mountains stages come.
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Post by lorZ on Jul 12, 2014 19:10:10 GMT 1
Nice stage today.
Contador showed Nibali he might be a little bit stronger than him in the mountains. Porte was the only one who tried to reach these two. Rui Costa had some bad luck today. He had a mechanical problem in the last mountain, which made him lose some time to the group of favourites. Fortunately it was only a few seconds and he's now in top 10. I wonder if he would be strong enough to reach Contador or to try, like Porte.
Congratulations to the french for their first win!
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Post by Vida on Jul 12, 2014 20:14:59 GMT 1
Froome and Andy Schleck out. Really bad news for cycling fans in my opinion. Nibali was quite stronger than every other candidate to win the TdF. Contador had a bad day. I wonder if this will change when the mountains stages come. I like Froome's escape from TdF even if I cheered for him the last 2years so yes, also the year when he was only domestic for Wiggins. But this year is a year for Richie Porte and I would like to see strong fight in mountains between him and Nibali, Rui Costa and Contador. Team Sky is too strong with both Porte and Froome.
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Post by Vida on Jul 12, 2014 20:16:55 GMT 1
Sagan leads his competition for green jersey with huge gap, I think nobody will care about beating him so he can show his skills in mountains too at least in 1-2 stages I guess. By the way, do you still believe Costa can finish in yellow jersey? I wish but he looks weaker a little bit.
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Post by lorZ on Jul 13, 2014 18:50:49 GMT 1
Astana and Nibali offered the yellow jersey to Gallopin today. Tiago Machado went up to top 3 after today's stage, which is amazing. Rui Costa is now 11th. Portugal looking strong in this Tour de France!
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