And the winner has been disqualified for doping!
My favorite, Chris Froome, unable to compete in this tour due to injury, possibly his career is ruined
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/sport/cycling/letour2019-chris-froome-pre-race-crash/
All of his TDF wins stand in the record books
LMAO. I love the irony of this post so much. Why pollute any thread?How about a link to the doping nonsense ? Why start a TDF thread and pollute it in the 2nd post
LMAO. I love the irony of this post so much. Why pollute any thread?
The post you are complaining about is satirical commentary on the dirty dirty history of the Tour de France. I wouldn't call it thread pollution at all... just commentary on the sport.Why make up something that didn't happen in the second post ? The tour is a 21 day event, how can the winner be disqualified on the first day
The post you are complaining about is satirical commentary on the dirty dirty history of the Tour de France. I wouldn't call it thread pollution at all... just commentary on the sport.
But the irony I mentioned is... look at *who* is complaining about thread pollution... LMAO.
Just for the record: I am opposed to all posts that are for the single purpose of thread pollution.
Dang unfortunate he is possibly going out that way. His in the saddle climbing technique was unique.
Such a dangerous sport cycling is.
The post you are complaining about is satirical commentary on the dirty dirty history of the Tour de France. I wouldn't call it thread pollution at all... just commentary on the sport.
But the irony I mentioned is... look at *who* is complaining about thread pollution... LMAO.
Just for the record: I am opposed to all posts that are for the single purpose of thread pollution.
Froome is so much more than a climber, he is also a strong time trial rider and one of the best descenders in the business.
Article from last year on current state of doping and testing compared to year's past.
https://fansided.com/2018/07/07/tour-de-france-2018-big-problem-doping-cycling/
Froome had an investigation for his asthma medication levels back in 2017 that he was eventually cleared of.
Overall though, my thoughts are that I think it is less prevalent than it once was with more stringent testing and consequences known. I could be naive here, and there's new undetectable methods or alternatives, but I think they're making as much effort as possible to keep their sport clean at this point. As much as any other sport imo.
I agree. However, the "Tour" has a long way to go to overcome their reputation for doping. Are there "any" riders in the Tour that are not on something.
The Tour de France is the only time during the year I actually watch cycling.
Jakob Fuglsang is my favorite for the overall win this year.
Sagan will win the green jersey again if he finishes the tour. No one was ever really close to him in the last 7 years.
I'd love to see André Greipel win another stage (his last stage win was in 2016) but he's already 35 and most of the sprinters are past their prime at that age.
Same. I may watch a tiny bit of the AMGEN Tour of California, but that's about it.
Fuglsang went down hard stage 1 in that crash, but seems okay. That was Lance's podcast pick for yellow.
Sagan is probably my favorite rider on the tour. His overall skills combined with his sprint ability is off the charts. Already a legend.
Haven't seen Greipel around yet, he was fast. Don't know the story on Cavendish either.
An Italian sprinter took stage 4 today...Sagan is human.
Darn it, I called it. Pinot, Fuglsang and several others lose almost two minutes on a flat stage.
Alaphilippe still over a minute out front, but Thomas and Bernal already in 2nd and 3rd.
Emanuel Buchmann is currently in 5th, but I don't think he can compete with Thomas and Bernal. If he ends up on the podium it would still be a sensation.
I thought Alaphilippe would start losing his advantage over Thomas today, yet he increased it again. We have five mountain stages left that will decide everything. Alaphilippe is 86 seconds ahead, a gap which he can easily lose during one stage.
Porte, Pinot ,Kruijswijk and Uran all had a really good showing today. Buchmann and Fuglsang didn't lose too much either.
Was hoping they would've let time trial specialists like Tony Martin and Michal Kwaitkowski go at it today, but they were told not to got too fast by their tems...
Wout van Aert was on course to a Top 5 today but had a scary crash with 1 km to go and had to be hospitalized. Hope he's not injured too badly.
This Tour keeps surprising me. Thomas would've been the last one I expected to lose over half a minute today. Quintana is out of the hunt after losing more than 3 minutes.Alaphillipe looking very strong in the mountains after his time trial effort yesterday. Pulled even more time away from Thomas today. Did not think Thomas would be the one cracking in the mountains, very surprising. Still only 2/3rd's through but it's going to take something drastic to happen where Alaphillipe doesn't wind up winning yellow imo. He's too good of a climber, and won the polka-dot jersey last year.
No, I don't follow cyclo-cross and I barely watch cycling apart from the Tour and (sometimes) the Vuelta.Van Aert's tour is finished, he had to undergo surgery after his crash. It looks like he will probably recover nicely. Did you follow his Cyclo-Cross career ?
This Tour keeps surprising me. Thomas would've been the last one I expected to lose over half a minute today. Quintana is out of the hunt after losing more than 3 minutes.
Alaphilippe is two minutes ahead of Thomas, but a single bad day can ruin everything.
Buchmann, Kruijswijk, Pinot and Bernal are still looking strong. Bernal could go for the overall win if Thomas keeps losing time.
Valverde is more than 5 minutes back, Landa more than 6 minutes. I don't think Movistar can do anything for the overall ranking.
I'd love to see Alaphilippe winning it. The last time a Frenchman won the TdF was Bernard Hinault in 1985.
No, I don't follow cyclo-cross and I barely watch cycling apart from the Tour and (sometimes) the Vuelta.
I didn't know van Aert's name before the Tour started.