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Tour de France - Pre-race thread
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:33
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Lovely how badly the chauvinistic reporters of Eurosport France want Latour to hang on  |
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:34
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contador flying down the decent |
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:35
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Contador!! 
That's why he is the greatest stage racer of our generation.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:36
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Why is Contador wasting energy. I will never understand |
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:36
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Contador is off in the descent |
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:38
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Riis123 wrote:
Quintana is just completely psyching Contador: If you want to win, drop me - he literally doesnt seem to care about this race. He looks brilliant so far and on his way to top form.
Seems to care enough to want to grab away the KoM points. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:38
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I think Contador has realized Quintana and Froome and this point (especially after doing the Giro) are better climbers in a TdF-setup. He needs to find time elsewhere, so crosswinds, cobbles and descents it is I guess. Same with Nibali.
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 20-06-2015 14:39
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Shonak wrote:
Riis123 wrote:
Quintana is just completely psyching Contador: If you want to win, drop me - he literally doesnt seem to care about this race. He looks brilliant so far and on his way to top form.
Seems to care enough to want to grab away the KoM points.
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:41
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Latour dropped by Quintana |
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:42
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Riis123 wrote:
Shonak wrote:
Riis123 wrote:
Quintana is just completely psyching Contador: If you want to win, drop me - he literally doesnt seem to care about this race. He looks brilliant so far and on his way to top form.
Seems to care enough to want to grab away the KoM points.
You want a Tour-feud, friend? Come at me
It was always meant to be this way.
Q getting back to Contador now. If Q gets back, maybe Latour manages too.
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:45
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Nibali vs Contador vs Quintana vs Froome on descent. Who will win. Will be brilliant to watch. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 20-06-2015 14:48
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Nin1388 wrote:
Nibali vs Contador vs Quintana vs Froome on descent. Who will win. Will be brilliant to watch.
Yeah, well, ppl will say he is not taking full risk but Quintana seems to be no top notch descender. Are there gonna be some TdF stages where the downhill can be decisive?
This is some impressive downhill racing by Contador. He's got it bar crashes. 
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 20-06-2015 14:53
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Shonak wrote:
Nin1388 wrote:
Nibali vs Contador vs Quintana vs Froome on descent. Who will win. Will be brilliant to watch.
Yeah, well, ppl will say he is not taking full risk but Quintana seems to be no top notch descender. Are there gonna be some TdF stages where the downhill can be decisive?
This is some impressive downhill racing by Contador. He's got it bar crashes.
Nah he definetely isnt that good on descents. Better than Froome and worse than Conta and Nibbles.
Stage 11 down Tourmalet, stage 17 to Pra Loup and possibly stage 19 down Croix de Fer and Mollard I would say |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 20-06-2015 14:54
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As soon as Contador is free of Oleg Tinkov's genius race tactics he wins a stage. Go figure. (and yeah, Route du Sud is obviously not Giro but whatever)
Thanks Riis, will be good stages then.
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:55
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Contador crushed it on the descent |
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Posted on 20-06-2015 14:58
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Guys,you are all forgetting the descent of Manse where Conta and Nibbles gain time on Q and Froome if they try |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 20-06-2015 15:00
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The Schleck Fan wrote:
Guys,you are all forgetting the descent of Manse where Conta and Nibbles gain time on Q and Froome if they try
Yeah, Manse is also a possibily, and so i stage 18 down Glandon, up Montvernier and down again. But the obvious is the stage to Pra Loup |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 20-06-2015 15:02
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Holy... Pierre Latour is only 21 years old and Neo-Pro?!? Wow wow, boy the places he'll go.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 20-06-2015 17:11
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Reassuring race from Nairo, only managed to catch the last few kms of the climb but he looked very comfortable and it will probably worry Contador that he looks unable to drop him, it certainly felt like he had set out to glue himself to Contador on the climb and not let him get away at all. He is a decent descender actually, though due to the lack of proper descent finishes these days I'm not sure whether he still possesses that fearless confidence and descending skills from that Dauphine stage down from the Joux-Plane a few years ago.
Nevertheless, in the Tour, if he makes it through the first week unscathed and without any significant time loss he should surely be the favourite. It's a big if, though, as that first week will see so many GC guys fall by the wayside.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 20-06-2015 18:01
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Stromeon wrote:
...and it will probably worry Contador that he looks unable to drop him, it certainly felt like he had set out to glue himself to Contador on the climb and not let him get away at all.
No, Contador is mentally too strong. Maybe you can unnerve someone like Froome by sticking to his wheel (Dauphine '14), but if anything for Contador this is only more motivation. No worries for a champion tho.
He still has some kilos to drop for Tour best shape and has said that he's still tired from Giro, plenty of time to prepare for le Tour tho. Seeing him with this immense will to win such a small prep race skyrockets my expectations for Tour into heights neither Dauphine nor Suisse have succeeded in.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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