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| cio93 |
Posted on 21-10-2014 14:04
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Anything that favours Quintana over Froome has my approval, but from an unbiased point of view that is borderline ridiculous indeed.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 21-10-2014 14:18
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So ASO didn't get the GT Challenge memo... Whilst enough people dislike Froome, this unbalanced a route is not good for anyone. It should discourage Nibali away if he's smart, and same for Contador. Even Froome sould think twice before attending.
Aru should go for Astana. Not sure for Sky but Koenig seems like a decent call. Tinkoff not sure, possibly Kreuziger.
But basically the Giro should be the major showdown if people are smart. Just let Quintana runaway with the Tour because you guys are not gonna match him with that number summits. And the Vuelta as usual is for anyone left over or who f*cked up
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 21-10-2014 14:29
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dark_x2012 wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
dark_x2012 wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
dark_x2012 wrote:
therhave been 101 champions of le Tour and not all of them immediately published it(autobiography) 
94 champions
I expected somebody to troll me but I didn't know it would take so long.
no trolling, that's a fact. Officially LA never won the Tour.
Well let's not forget that many people won the TDF more than once. So actually it's only 60 winners
I didn't mean different winners. And this only proves my claim: Froome hasn't done anything so special to publish anautobiography and he's arrogant
About Kimmage I couldn't agree more
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| Strydz |
Posted on 21-10-2014 15:03
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TheManxMissile wrote:
So ASO didn't get the GT Challenge memo... Whilst enough people dislike Froome, this unbalanced a route is not good for anyone. It should discourage Nibali away if he's smart, and same for Contador. Even Froome sould think twice before attending.
Aru should go for Astana. Not sure for Sky but Koenig seems like a decent call. Tinkoff not sure, possibly Kreuziger.
But basically the Giro should be the major showdown if people are smart. Just let Quintana runaway with the Tour because you guys are not gonna match him with that number summits. And the Vuelta as usual is for anyone left over or who f*cked up
Just like Froome and Contador were going to dominate this years Tour? And Quintana was going to run away with the Vuelta? If they don't attend then great but they will and is it really a surprise ASO would be doing this and not caring about Tinkof's rubbish GT Challenge. The Tour is the Cash Cow for ASO so they will do what they please
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 21-10-2014 15:11
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What is this shit route? 
Anyway Saxo will destroy everyone on the winds of Normandy and Brittany.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 21-10-2014 16:31
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And in real, confirmed news:
Two huge steps for the womens sport. A 3-day stage race to take place alongside the Amgen Tour of California has been confirmed. This idea has been floating around for a couple of years now and 2015 will see it take shape. Great opporunity especially with a growing portion of strong American racers and teams.
Then la Vuelta is following the footsteps of le Tour, and will run a womens stage in Madrid ahead of the mens finale. Not as big as La Course but it's something positive as there is a real lack of spanish female races at a decent level.
Really positive stuff and i am super excited for the WAToC event which should attract some great names and great racing.
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 21-10-2014 16:46
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The Tour De France route
The rest can fuck up.Quintana is going to win
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Gracias Alberto.
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| matt17br |
Posted on 21-10-2014 17:20
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I'm greatly disappointed about that route. They did all the mistakes they could have done. I'd expect Pinot winning the next year and the "big 4" fighting in the Giro. Heard it here first
Edited by matt17br on 21-10-2014 17:21
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 21-10-2014 18:35
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cio93 wrote:
Anything that favours Quintana over Froome has my approval, but from an unbiased point of view that is borderline ridiculous indeed.
+1 to both points.
More TTT kms than ITT is just absurd and just having 13km of ITT is ridiculous. Added to that it's 'balanced' by a Vuelta-esque overload of uphill finishes (5 MTFs + Cauterets which is a sort of Aprica + Mende + Murs de Bretagne and Huy so basically 9 uphill finishes of sorts). The Pyrenees might be decent (although Tourmalet again bleh...) but the Alps look terrible - two very short stages and one of them is just recycled from a few years ago. 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 21-10-2014 18:41
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As long as Contador and Froome don't win, don't care. 
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| ryant |
Posted on 21-10-2014 18:55
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The tour route looks very 2011 if you ask me, recycled a few stages from there i bet :/
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| Cossack |
Posted on 22-10-2014 09:12
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And 2011 was the best Tour in the recent years
I agree that the route is unbalanced, but in my opinion the racing may be very exciting. Stage to Cambrai is rumoured to include cobbles, crosswinds (my personal highlight from 2013 TdF), punchy finishes in Huy and Mur de Bretagne, mountains.
Of course all will depend who starts and who targets which GT, but this route isn't that bad for the competition. Quintana may be the strongest in the mountains, but but Tinkoff_Saxo and maybe even Sky will have opportunites to drop him in crosswinds.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 22-10-2014 10:57
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Tour presentation live on Le Tour.
Prudhomme already making some great speech: " Bikes are becoming swaggy, that's what my daughter says"
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 22-10-2014 11:05
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Stromeon wrote:
cio93 wrote:
Anything that favours Quintana over Froome has my approval, but from an unbiased point of view that is borderline ridiculous indeed.
+1 to both points.
More TTT kms than ITT is just absurd and just having 13km of ITT is ridiculous. Added to that it's 'balanced' by a Vuelta-esque overload of uphill finishes (5 MTFs + Cauterets which is a sort of Aprica + Mende + Murs de Bretagne and Huy so basically 9 uphill finishes of sorts). The Pyrenees might be decent (although Tourmalet again bleh...) but the Alps look terrible - two very short stages and one of them is just recycled from a few years ago.
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| HuDCC |
Posted on 22-10-2014 11:12
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samdiatmh wrote:
Stromeon wrote:
cio93 wrote:
Anything that favours Quintana over Froome has my approval, but from an unbiased point of view that is borderline ridiculous indeed.
+1 to both points.
More TTT kms than ITT is just absurd and just having 13km of ITT is ridiculous. Added to that it's 'balanced' by a Vuelta-esque overload of uphill finishes (5 MTFs + Cauterets which is a sort of Aprica + Mende + Murs de Bretagne and Huy so basically 9 uphill finishes of sorts). The Pyrenees might be decent (although Tourmalet again bleh...) but the Alps look terrible - two very short stages and one of them is just recycled from a few years ago.
is this FINALLY the GT for Purito to win?
could be 
anyway, I'm happy that there aren't too much TT kms, it would be great battle in the mountains! 
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 22-10-2014 11:16
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Love this TdF route. |
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 22-10-2014 11:17
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dark_x2012 wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
dark_x2012 wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
dark_x2012 wrote:
Yes that's a better reason than he's a dopehead. I don't like him and Froome for the same reason.
Froome? First off, i hated Froome for being a dopehead, but then i saw, that this is not a criteria in cycling Since then i like him...mostly because of his Vuelta performance. Why do you think he is an ass? Armstrong obviously is, no doubt. But Froome?
Arrogance. And I can't stand watching him climbing the mountain looking at his stem. And the fact he's a bitch caring only about the Tour.
I wouldn't call that arrogance and i am beginning to like this style...
But talking about arrogance, i would like to mention Wiggins...
Another bitch By arrogance I mean:
1)His speech at the end of Tour2013;
2)The fact he published his authobiography without having done anything important:
therhave been 101 champions of le Tour and not all of them immediately published it(autobiography)
I don't know anything about his speech, but publishing an autobiography isn't that arrogant, in my opinion...
Jesleyh wrote:
RIP Kelderman's TdF 2014 win chances 
Don't you mean 2015?
And i know how you feel...Panzerwagens winning chances have been decreased, too.
I hope in 2016, the track will contain at least 10 ITTs with at least 60km each...
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| HuDCC |
Posted on 22-10-2014 11:20
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Paul23 wrote:
dark_x2012 wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
dark_x2012 wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
dark_x2012 wrote:
Yes that's a better reason than he's a dopehead. I don't like him and Froome for the same reason.
Froome? First off, i hated Froome for being a dopehead, but then i saw, that this is not a criteria in cycling Since then i like him...mostly because of his Vuelta performance. Why do you think he is an ass? Armstrong obviously is, no doubt. But Froome?
Arrogance. And I can't stand watching him climbing the mountain looking at his stem. And the fact he's a bitch caring only about the Tour.
I wouldn't call that arrogance and i am beginning to like this style...
But talking about arrogance, i would like to mention Wiggins...
Another bitch By arrogance I mean:
1)His speech at the end of Tour2013;
2)The fact he published his authobiography without having done anything important:
therhave been 101 champions of le Tour and not all of them immediately published it(autobiography)
I don't know anything about his speech, but publishing an autobiography isn't that arrogant, in my opinion...
Jesleyh wrote:
RIP Kelderman's TdF 2014 win chances
Don't you mean 2015?
And i know how you feel...Panzerwagens winning chances have been decreased, too.
I hope in 2016, the track will contain at least 10 ITTs with at least 60km each...
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 22-10-2014 11:21
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Spring classics in July! Two Ardennes type finishes on Huy and Mur Bretagne as well as 7 cobbled sectors totalling 13.3kms present.
If this route had 50km ITT it would be preety great.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 22-10-2014 11:41
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Alakagom wrote:
Spring classics in July! Two Ardennes type finishes on Huy and Mur Bretagne as well as 7 cobbled sectors totalling 13.3kms present.
If this route had 50km ITT it would be preety great.
Time bonues are back! Only for first week though.
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Points Jersey point scales changed.Tilts more to riders who win flat stages.
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