Tour de France 2017

honestly i'd settle for jens & christian at this point

taylor phinney's weirdness is v pleasing to me

Watch 🎥 @taylorphinney ask @JohnKerry the hard-hitting questions at #TDF2017. 🐴🐶🙊 pic.twitter.com/ZUqJAfu1n8

— Cannondale-Drapac (@Ride_Argyle) July 17, 2017

he's more like a snowboarder than a cyclist

He's sorta on stage in an amusing way here, but didn't really come across that way irl (limited exp).

are you saying you met him? idg what you mean

Lol was gonna add something like "this says way more about my bystander status than it says about whether his style there is an affectation." Strictly Boulder events/mutual connections style.

i see you and yr humbebragging

humble even

he's been doing a bunch of videos for nbc & they are very chill & random

Sunweb delivering the best team effort this Tour by far. The way they tore up the peloton, dropping Kittel and QS etc was incredible. Love how competitive they are with Barguil and Matthews, who racked up 50 points for the green today, seriously threatening Kittel's jersey.

I hate them. Ruiners of everything.

(Kittel looked so unwell today; his face looked greener than his jersey. He was a trooper for staying the course.)

Had to catch the stage in bursts -- what a crazy mad dash from start to stop! I had to keep checking that the leaders (minus Kittel) were there the whole time, hell of a break they pulled off.

Meantime, fun read

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/sports/cycling/tour-de-france-mountain-stages.html

^^ Good read, and with great photos.

Really looking forward to tomorrow. Croix de Fer, Telegraphe and Galibier in one stage. The last two follow each other up nearly seamlessly, which makes for a whopping 40 km continuous climb. Wishful thinking but I hope Bardet attacks and can leave Froome behind on the Galibier and the following descent.

no idea if this will link but it is my fave tdf image ever:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71bmqw2jzqL._SL1050_.jpg

so excited for Sunweb & Matthews especially - am a fan of Bling from his stint with Orica, he's grown so much just in the last year. Sagan being out of the picture this Tour is def helping, will do wonders for his confidence if he keeps this up, whole team seem to have rallied together for him and Barguil which is excellent to see

those winds tho O_o

Matthews was perfect yesterday, great ride great finish.

Kittel just crashed and is suffering at the back. Hope he makes it.

Abandon Kittel

Awwwww. Pinot out too #tumbleweed#

Guessing it won't be the only two not making the finish (in time) today.

NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

;_;

Sorry B. :(

I get bad news every time I set foot in Belgium. I was looking forward to celebrating his win in Germany.

Not gonna root for Matthews. And no way Greipel can catch up in that time, is there.

Kittel was SO CLOSE. SO CLOSE. Poor lad, he must be gutted with all this bad luck. Gute Besserung!

Bloody Aachen. Always lose signal here....

I'm sure that in a week or so after the TdF has ended, the good feeling of 5 wins will prevail for Kittel. It's part of cycling to lose; winning is relatively rare.

Yeah he'll be set for some great future challenges -- mind you, I'm sure Sagan will be back with a vengeance next year, but we'll see...

Fantastic ride by Roglic today, well deserved conclusion too, sweeping in on his own.

Today absolutely crushed me as a Nairo fan. Hoping he's just saving himself for an incredible stage win on Izoard, but that does nothing for GC since he's now almost 13 mins down. Magical thinking, but also hoping he and Urán Urán can maybe work together and get a nice gap on Froome/Sky prior to the next TT.

god what a stage

roglic, heroic finish there, what a great effort. sucks for kittel, what a day

http://media.nu.nl/m/y0txbvmap81n_wd640.jpg/topsporter-roglic-voltreffer-gebleken-lotto-jumbo.jpg

Roglic' 'landing' on the stage was great to see. Pretty incredible you can go from being a ski jumper to TdF stage winner. But now I'd really like to see the opposite happen, too: can you imagine Voeckler jumping off a ski ramp?

Today absolutely crushed me as a Nairo fan. Hoping he's just saving himself for an incredible stage win on Izoard, but that does nothing for GC since he's now almost 13 mins down. Magical thinking, but also hoping he and Urán Urán can maybe work together and get a nice gap on Froome/Sky prior to the next TT.

― naus, donderdag 20 juli 2017 6:02 (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ooff, you must have a hellish TdF as a Nairo fan. He's clearly got nothing left after the Giro. But as you said, maybe as a final trick he's been saving something for today. Contador will probably try (and fail) again today. At least he's going down guns blazing.

I am def rooting for Uran Uran

Ah man, WHAT a performance by Barguil. Stellar, stellar work. Truly a genius Tour all around for him. If Bardet holds for second through the end that obv replicates last year -- third time the charm for him?

Barguil delivered. Uran short but ok. Landa on orders.

Barguil made me cry a little. What a competitor. Beautiful stuff

i fkn love the mountains u guys

EBH <3

I love how determined he was that he would be the definite winner this time, not that I can blame him. Great ride.

The way he ditched Arndt was great. I wonder if him taking the other side of the roundabout was something he knew about or pure luck.

Bloody love EBH.

Relieved for him. That would have been heartbreaking if he'd missed out again.

Yeah, that was sweet all around. Took the chance, rode it brilliantly -- what a break!

Strongest rider got absurd good luck, even after a strong attack 2k earlier. Good for him.

omg EBH what a win. Slingshotting around the roundabout was a dope move

Aways a bit lame when a tour victor doesn't win a stage, but tbf it's not from lack of trying from Froome, just a lack of strong competition.

Not lack of trying maybe, but abundance of control, keeping an iron grip on the peloton.

Bodnar is a beast, great ride by him. Cool to see Daryl Impey made it out 5th place.

Bardet though - kid left his heart and entrails on that course. It wasnt pretty but it was probably as full gas as he's ever gone ... and with Froome nipping at his heels! Froome decisive as expected

Bummed that Rigo didnt pull out a bigger performance

Love this photo

Bardet #TDF pic.twitter.com/BQbkpTPXP9

— Ramiro (@Rama_mtto) July 22, 2017

xpost then again Rigo went up a spot overall and he crushed the climb so <3

Great photo, that.

So fucking annoying the TdF gave the prize for most attacking rider to Barguil instead of De Gendt. That's chauvinism for ya.

Landa is exactly 1 second behind Bardet for place 3 btw. If Landa decides to attack tomorrow I'm all for it, but it's prob so not gonna happen.

Yeah I heard the grumping about Barguil over De Gendt, that did seem weird on numerous levels. Would be interesting re Landa making the final day more than just a breeze-in (except for the sprinters).

Bardet's going to be sweating bullets to keep that lead. Landa's made it pretty clear he wants to podium. Should be a good day!

Have to go to a sleepover tonight & out again tomorrow night, hope i can squeeze in time to watch!!