Cycling 2017

Ainu said:
Fantastic stage. That was tough on Porte, completely isolated at a very early stage and put in a very difficult position by all his rivals. He responded magnificently but it was just too much to ask. What now for Fuglsang and Aru? Who'll be the main man in the Tour?
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He was just asked in the post race interview, and he declared himself the joint leader :D
 
I'm really not a fan of time bonuses in mountain stages by the way. They're useful in early flat stages as it gives many different riders a chance to wear the yellow jersey but they have no place in mountain stages. Time gaps are large enough on their own. In the end, this Dauphiné was decided on mountain stage time bonuses. I don't like that.
 
Naive by Quick Step... Great train but stupid not to react at Albasini's late attack, when Sagan did is was clear they weren't going to overtake him.
 
Route du Sud started today. 4 Stages.

Sky brought a super strong team with Poels, Thomas and Sergio Henao.

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July 1 marks the beginning of the Tour de France. Chris Froome said in an interview that he felt Richie Porte would be his biggest competition, although there 12 or so men who posed a threat. Froome said this year's course did not best suit him as there were only 3 mountain top finishes and also shorter time trials.

Entries to be posted later.
 
Barbara Charles said:
July 1 marks the beginning of the Tour de France. Chris Froome said in an interview that he felt Richie Porte would be his biggest competition, although there 12 or so men who posed a threat. Froome said this year's course did not best suit him as there were only 3 mountain top finishes and also shorter time trials.

Entries to be posted later.
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No Wout Poels makes me sad. I wonder if Froome/Sky will have it as easy this year honestly. Not exactly a tour for Froome in lay-out and I don't think he's looked as in-form as he usually does.
 
Sinkeldam not allowed by Sunweb to wear his tricolore, such a shame. National jerseys are always so much nicer than the regular ones and really brighten up the peloton. I'm very happy Naesen won the Belgian championship, he's a very exciting rider and we'll notice the Belgian flag a lot the upcoming year, same as with Gilbert last year.

Also chuffed for Burghardt to have won the German championship.
 
RobinLFC said:
Sinkeldam not allowed by Sunweb to wear his tricolore, such a shame. National jerseys are always so much nicer than the regular ones and really brighten up the peloton. I'm very happy Naesen won the Belgian championship, he's a very exciting rider and we'll notice the Belgian flag a lot the upcoming year, same as with Gilbert last year.

Also chuffed for Burghardt to have won the German championship.
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Movistar and a few others have done that too right? Force their riders to ride in special versions of their own kit, just to keep brand. Shame indeed.

I'm not very impressed with the Dutch continent in the Tour this year. No Poels or Dumoulin, my two favourites. Gesink will probably try to win a stage, but I don't think he will. Groenewegen will be around for the sprints, maybe he has a shot. Van Emben might do well on the first stage. And Mollema will be stuck doing the work for Trek.
 
On Saturday 1 July, 2017, a peloton of 198 riders sets off to compete the 104th Tour de France. Among them are title defender Chris Froome and World Champion Peter Sagan. Cyclingstage.com brings you the provisional start list of the 2017 Tour de France. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams
AG2R La Mondiale
Jan Bakelants, Axel Domont, Cyril Gautier, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Mathias Frank, Oliver Naesen, Alexis Vuillermoz, Ben Gastauer

Astana Pro Team
Fabio Aru, Jakob Fuglsang, Michael Valgren, Alexey Loetsenko, Andrey Zeits, Andrey Grivko, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Dario Cataldo, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Janez Brajkovič, Ondrej Cink, Yukiya Arashiro, Tsgabu Grmay, Ion Izagirre, Sonny Colbrelli, Borut Bozic, Javier Moreno, Grega Bole

BMC Racing Team
Damiano Caruso, Alessandro De Marchi, Stefan Küng, Amaël Moinard, Richie Porte, Nicolas Roche, Michael Schar, Greg Van Avermaet, Danilo Wyss

BORA – hansgrohe
Maciej Bodnar, Emanuel Buchmann, Marcus Burghardt, Rafal Majka, Jay McCarthy, Pawel Poljanski, Peter Sagan, Juraj Sagan, Rüdiger Selig

Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team
Taylor Phinney, Pierre Rolland, Andrew Talansky, Rigoberto Uran, Alberto Bettiol, Simon Clarke, Patrick Bevin, Dylan van Baarle, Nathan Brown

Dimension Data
Mark Cavendish, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Jaco Venter, Reinardt J. van Rensburg, Stephen Cummings, Mark Renshaw, Scott Thwaites, Bernhard Eisel, Serge Pauwels

FDJ
Olivier Le Gac, Ignatas Konovalovas, Davide Cimolai, Thibaut Pinot, Arnaud Démare, Arthur Vichot, Jacopo Guarnieri, Mickaël Delage, Rudy Molard

Lotto Soudal
Adam Hansen, Tiesj Benoot, Tony Gallopin, Tim Wellens, Thomas De Gendt, André Greipel, Lars Bak, Jürgen Roelandts, Marcel Sieberg

LottoNL-Jumbo
Tom Leezer, Primoz Roglic, Robert Gesink, Dylan Groenewegen, George Bennett, Jos van Emden, Paul Martens, Timo Roosen, Robert Wagner

Movistar Team
Imanol Erviti, Jasha Sütterlin, Carlos Betancur, Alejandro Valverde, Nairo Quintana, Andrey Amador, Jesús Herrada, Jonathan Castroviejo, Daniele Bennati

ORICA-Scott
Michael Albasini, Esteban Chaves, Luke Durbridge, Mathew Hayman, Damien Howson, Daryl Impey, Jens Keukeleire, Roman Kreuziger, Simon Yates

Quick-Step Floors
Philippe Gilbert, Daniel Martin, Gianluca Brambilla, Marcel Kittel, Fabio Sabatini, Zdenek Stybar, Matteo Trentin, Jack Bauer, Julien Vermote

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Tony Martin, Alexander Kristoff, Marco Haller, Reto Hollenstein, Robert Kišerlovski, Maurits Lammertink, Tiago Machado, Nils Politt, Rick Zabel

Team Sky
Chris Froome, Sergio Henao, Mikel Nieve, Luke Rowe, Michal Kwiatkowski, Vasil Kiryienka, Christian Knees, Mikel Landa, Geraint Thomas

Team Sunweb
Nikias Arndt, Warren Barguil, Roy Curvers, Laurens ten Dam, Simon Geschke, Michael Matthews, Mike Teunissen, Ramon Sinkeldam, Albert Timmer

Trek – Segafredo
Alberto Contador, John Degenkolb, Fabio Felline, Michael Gogl, Markel Irizar, Koen de Kort, Bauke Mollema, Jarlinson Pantano, Haimar Zubeldia

UAE Team Emirates
Louis Meintjes, Stake Vegard Laengen, Diego Ulissi, Ben Swift, John Darwin Atapuma, Matteo Bono, Kristijan Durasek, Manuele Mori, Marco Marcato

Procontinental teams

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Nacer Bouhanni, Dimitri Claeys, Christophe Laporte, Cyril Lemoine, Daniel Navarro, Julien Simon, Nicolas Edet, Luis Ángel Maté, Florian Sénéchal

Direct Energie
Thomas Voeckler, Sylvain Chavanel, Lilian Calmejane, Adrien Petit, Romain Sicard, Perrig Quemeneur, Angelo Tulik, Thomas Boudat, Yohann Gene

Fortuneo – Vital Concept
Eduardo Sepúlveda, Maxime Bouet, Brice Feillu, Romain Hardy, Florian Vachon, Daniel McLay, Pierre-Luc Perichon, Elie Gesbert, Laurent Pichon

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Frederik Backaert, Thomas Degand, Guillaume Martin, Marco Minnaard, Yoann Offredo, Andrea Pasqualon, Dion Smith, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Pieter Vanspeybrouck
 
Had Glandular Fever myself in my early 30s.

I was at least 18 months before I felt even something like I had previously.

Really, really sad that Cavendish will probably miss out on the record, as he's as good as we've ever seen at what he does.

I was lucky enough to be there in 2012 when Wiggins led Cavendish out to the win on the Champs d'Elysees - most other GC winners would have settled into the pack to avoid crashing out, but there was Wiggins and Cavendish tearing it up coming out of the final turn as if their lives depended on it.

Unforgettable, and along with the 2012 Olympics and Jessica Ennis, one of the very few times I've felt genuinely proud to be British at a major sporting event.
 
Full bodied red said:
Had Glandular Fever myself in my early 30s.

I was at least 18 months before I felt even something like I had previously.

Really, really sad that Cavendish will probably miss out on the record, as he's as good as we've ever seen at what he does.

I was lucky enough to be there in 2012 when Wiggins led Cavendish out to the win on the Champs d'Elysees - most other GC winners would have settled into the pack to avoid crashing out, but there was Wiggins and Cavendish tearing it up coming out of the final turn as if their lives depended on it.

Unforgettable, and along with the 2012 Olympics and Jessica Ennis, one of the very few times I've felt genuinely proud to be British at a major sporting event.
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It was a damn good lead out too. That last corner :drool:
 
Barbara Charles said:
Sagan makes 6 million euros a year. I had no idea cyclists made that kind of money.
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George Hincapie (most important teammate to Lance Armstrong) lives about a half hour from me. His house is in a private gated community on the side of a small mountain and is massive.

When I saw that, I started asking myself what the key guys must make.
 
Seems Sagan has been found guilty by the Tour Commissioners, but allowed to continue in the Tour although he's had today's points taken off him.

Absolute travesty !
 
Sky just reported Sagan has been disqualified from the tour, is that right?
 
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