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Posted: 27 Jul 2019 07:43
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Which of the events at this year's Tour did you successfully predict, Phil?Philip Whiteman wrote: ↑27 Jul 2019 08:05- The machine like dominance of the former Sky team et al, meaning nothing other than predictability.
I'm sure the organisers will be mightily relieved to hear that, Philip.Philip Whiteman wrote: ↑31 Jul 2019 08:09Thanks for the synopsis George. It sounds as though the tour has returned to exciting form. Providing their are no related doping scandals I may well start following it again.
No so sure about that - the parcours was right up LouLou's alley, he's evidently in the form of his life this year and he has very good TT credentials (a win in 2017's Paris-Nice stage 4). He's a rider that loves short, sharp hills and is probably the best puncheur in the world right now - nothing suspicious about winning a TT on a course like that I don't think.Tim wrote: ↑15 Aug 2019 17:03My distant cousin Egan winning, the best ever Tour!!
Thank goodness Alaphilippe's attempt to win collapsed in final days as was starting to think about doping a lot, the time trial was a bit suspicious. The Tourmallet stage though with several riders there til near the summit compared to Contadors and Schlecks crazy two man sprint up it in 2010 after a much longer and harder stage was a good sign it was a clean race this year.