Tour de France

Fantastic sprint from Cav this afternoon. A deserved win. 

Looking at the list of selected riders, it seems that all participating were right in not selecting Niboli. It looks as if the Giro has taken it's toll on him. Perhaps the idea of a single rider winning all 3 classics in a single year is a thing of the past.

Fantastic sprint from Cav this afternoon. A deserved win. 

Another great win for Cav. It's not often that he can get the better of Marcel Kittel in a straight one to one sprint.

Ahh yes, another fine win for Cav.

Glad to see he's stopped that nonsense about taking his family onto the podium though.

And so we enter the mountains tomorrow, with a cat 1 climb up the Col D'Aspin. Not the biggest of climbs, but a nice warm up. After the summit comes a 5km descent to the finish.

Could be a good chance to start seeing some gaps between the leading GC contenders.

Can't forget Daniel McLay,(who you may well ask!) 4th or is it 5th finish in the top ten with a 3rd place today. Is he going to be the new next best thing among the sprinters?

What a stage!

How on earth did the teams with GC contenders let the yellow jersey get away in a break? What a poor show of tactics!

And what a brilliant performance by Steve Cummings! Got himself in a big break-away and then timed his break to perfection. A brilliant stage win......if only we had more brave moves lke this, instead of the boring 'computer says.....' tactics of the likes of Sky.

A great shame that the GC contenders just stick together in a bunch. One of them (hopefully Nairo Quintana ) will have to make a break, because they will need to gain some time on Froome before the time trial stages.

The Tourmalet tomorrow! 

What a stage!

How on earth did the teams with GC contenders let the yellow jersey get away in a break? What a poor show of tactics!

And what a brilliant performance by Steve Cummings! Got himself in a big break-away and then timed his break to perfection. A brilliant stage win......if only we had more brave moves lke this, instead of the boring 'computer says.....' tactics of the likes of Sky.

A great shame that the GC contenders just stick together in a bunch. One of them (hopefully Nairo Quintana ) will have to make a break, because they will need to gain some time on Froome before the time trial stages.

The Tourmalet tomorrow! 

 

Ah so, this Steve fella crosses the line first and wins. That means the rest lost, so do they go home now. Can the cars have the road back now?

What a stage!

How on earth did the teams with GC contenders let the yellow jersey get away in a break? What a poor show of tactics!

And what a brilliant performance by Steve Cummings! Got himself in a big break-away and then timed his break to perfection. A brilliant stage win......if only we had more brave moves lke this, instead of the boring 'computer says.....' tactics of the likes of Sky.

A great shame that the GC contenders just stick together in a bunch. One of them (hopefully Nairo Quintana ) will have to make a break, because they will need to gain some time on Froome before the time trial stages.

The Tourmalet tomorrow! 

 

Yes it was a great win for Steve Cummings. Wonder if it will help him get into the GB team for the Olympic road race, after his omission from the original selection. 

However why do you keep picking on the Sky team, all the teams of the main GC contenders have acted the same. Surely it's also up to the likes of Movistar or Astana to try doing something different.

Oh I know why...it's because it's not a team from the continent!! 

Wow Nellie, so many points to answer!

Firstly, what is this obsession with the olympics? It really is a cycling non-event. When Bernard Hinault approached the age of 21 he made a point of turning professional and joined a pro team, with the specific aim of avoiding being chosen for the French olympic team......because he saw it as irrelevant and an intrusion in his cycling career.

I agree that other teams / riders should also be making breaks, instead of the metronome tactics that they seem to adopt. But Sky are particularly boring.

Why do you (and the television coverage) regard Sky as somehow a 'British' team? Pro teams are not organised on a national basis. Sky are sponsored mainly by an Australian and several other international companies. Their Tour team has 4 British riders (if we include Froome) and 5 riders from other countries. They spend the vast majority of their time training and racing in Europe. Most of their team live in Europe. They are not a British team. They are not the 'home' team. They are another international team who happen to have a large amount of sponsorship money to spend, mainly due to a rather dubious sponsor.

And...sky do seem to spend a lot of time at the front of the Peleton without getting anywhere.