Tour de France 2017

Oh and (per my earlier post) unsurprisingly when I asked my sis what she thought about Elbowgate, the word 'bullshit' came up.

Every sport gets the inflategate it deserves, cycling deserves a few apparently

Still very glad UK commentary team is Millar and Boulting now. I do not miss Phil and Paul ugh ugh.

Hang on I though NBC paid pipi and popo's salaries. If NBC isn't paying them they who the hell is, surely they aren't the 'international feed' from the organisers?

NBC does pay them! Must be why they're on the NBCSN feed.

kinda crushing on 2017 andy schleck now that he's got some human flesh on his bones <3

i'm a stage behind

but holy wow Aru was a machine on that stage 5 climb. fkn beautiful work there

Aru was just amazing at that climb. But mostly I <3 him because he actually made good on that promise to do the Macarena, even though he clearly has no idea how the dance goes!

So, @LeTour , we promised, we did it! Enjoy! #TDF2017 pic.twitter.com/KnJ5vcTVW6

— Astana Proteam (@AstanaTeam) July 6, 2017

Can I just take a moment to salute Marcel Kittel's quiff, though? Five hours cycling in 35 degree weather, out in the sun, a hard sprint at the end, then he gets up on the podium and his hair is just geometric perfection. I did read that Le Tour has a mobile barbershop that accompanies the race everywhere, but that quiff is particularly spectacular.

Anyway, I am excited for the Mountains of Chocolate today!

Can I just take a moment to salute Marcel Kittel's quiff, though?

Especially for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnJYlwo5DdE

Watch till the end when his team mates sing 'Du hast die haare schön' (your hair is pretty) :D

Haha, Die Jungs auf das Geld. He has spectacularly schöne Haare. :D

Philippa York, who as Robert Millar was first Briton to win a jersey at Tour de France, joins ITV4 commentary team

This deserves a mention. Good for her.

Still very glad UK commentary team is Millar and Boulting now. I do not miss Phil and Paul ugh ugh

OTM

Oh, I caught the headline about Philippa York this morning but hadn't realised she was joining the ITV gang! That is a really good thing.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/06/philippa-york-gender-transition-cyclist-robert-millar

Awesome

@petosagan come and ride some mountain bike races. Here you are more then welcome. Makes anyway more fun, or? 😜

— Nino Schurter (@nschurter) July 5, 2017

um, god, about that thing i asked upthread? this instead. more compelling.

http://i.imgur.com/EhMgDI1.jpg

Sagan woulda won. #petobrosaretheworst

Wow, he was only pixels over the line!

Looks like he won it by...

*puts on sunglasses*

...A HAIR!

Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

i was looking forward to seeing him fly around that mountain bike circuit at Rio olympics and then *sad trombone* :(

That was an insane finish today. Might as well have flipped a coin.

I'm two stages behind - my goal in life is to do nothing this weekend except catch up :D

A fine approach to life!

I have just caught up! Feel rather sorry for EBH, I like him.

Well that was a wild one today. But kudos to Calmejane, that was a nervy attack and hold.

Yeah great ride by Calmejane, and Gesink for that matter

Calmejeane & Gesnik, kings of the mountain for sure

legit teared up for calmejeane, he mustve been pushing through some legit pain

scary though, gotta hydrate buddy!!

Gesink is only pro whose feed I follow, good to see.

interesting to see what happens tomorrow after today's fast pace. i imagine there'll be a fair bit of fallout. 3 HC climbs ... hoo boy

no better feeling than settling down on the sofa for a day of the cycling but jesus wept this stage is absolute murder. can't wait.

Gesink out :(

wow this is incredible. never seen a race blown apart so effectively on a descent.

geraint thomas *again* :(

This is chaos

why are ag2r riding when vuillermoz is in virtual yellow?

unless they're riding at a neutral pace I guess

the initial double attack on the descent smashed the peloton and GC contender support so maybe it's trying to push that further. it's slightly difficult to tell, they don't seem to be going that hard, but are at the front, which does suggest they're riding...

oh wait they have dropped back now.

fffffffff

wow super snidey from aru. froome will be raging

lol aru.

shit

ugh that's not good

horrible horrible crash. gc carnage today.

jesus that was brutal

completely misread the line. feel sorry for martin.

rooting for barguil but he'll surely be caught.

barguil!

oof, uran on his two speed bike did it!

wanted uran, and i think yup

lol