2016 Tour de France

OMG Major drama near the end of the race. Froome, Porte & Mollema affected.

A motorbike with a TV camera has has stopped right in front of Porte who crashed into him. Froome has also crashed in the incident damaging his bike so badly that it needed replacing.

How many nasty incidents have been caused by motorbikes in recent years? Disgraceful!

Still waiting to see what decision is made regarding the General Classification. At the moment, Adam Yates is provisionally in Yellow but there must be a good chance that Froome will retain it.

Chris Froome has just tweeted that he is still in Yellow.

That was seriously weird - watching Froome run up the mountain like that.

And he's extended his gap over quintana by 25 seconds. Froome, Yates, Mollema. Porte eleventh, but getting very close to van Garderen and with the TT tomorrow. What a ******

So no punishment for Froome for running up the hill.

No, surely should become an iconic image. How to be a tour champion but run up a mountain like a granny wearing stilettos.

WideWally wrote:OMG Major drama near the end of the race. Froome, Porte & Mollema affected.

A motorbike with a TV camera has has stopped right in front of Porte who crashed into him. Froome has also crashed in the incident damaging his bike so badly that it needed replacing.

How many nasty incidents have been caused by motorbikes in recent years? Disgraceful!

I am guessing it was caused by the imbeciles running across the road.

Been away for a few days & missed much of the action. TdF bad luck continues for Porte. Can't believe that Froome was'nt penalised for running without carrying his bike.

Would've helped if the neutral service didn't give him a kiddies bike. Falling and not gaining more time was punishment enough IMO. Of course, would rather have let the times be as they were at the finish. Froome is still going to win this.

Quintana is the luckiest bastard in the race, given the same time as Yates and thus into third ahead of mollema.

Todays stage is a time trial. Last chance for Porte to make up time i would think.

Well, Porte increased his ranking but dropped further behind in time. Froome still comfortably in front.

Brits are killing this tour.

The Manx missile takes another stage but i reckon this will be the last we see of him as the tour now prepares to enter the alps stages.

Froome put under no pressure again.

Sky are too strong and making the race shit.

Porte in seventh now.

Astana took Sky on in a fascinating battle that reduced Froomes team down to two riders but it did'nt matter much. Froome still sits way in front & the only winner in stage 15 was Porte who overtook Teejay to move into seventh position. Todays stage sees the tour move into Switzerland;

I think the main point is that Astana ended with no riders and never hurt Froome in the slightest.

Big Dog wrote:Astana took Sky on in a fascinating battle that reduced Froomes team down to two riders but it did'nt matter much. Froome still sits way in front & the only winner in stage 15 was Porte who overtook Teejay to move into seventh position. Todays stage sees the tour move into Switzerland;

Looks a good day for Sagan.

Looking at Thursday's time time it is basically uphill all the way.

taipan wrote:Looking at Thursday's time time it is basically uphill all the way.

So Froome gets a bigger lead then...

Barring injury or illness, one would think so.

JGK wrote:

taipan wrote:Looking at Thursday's time time it is basically uphill all the way.

So Froome gets a bigger lead then...

Would be a good stage for Porte to attack.

Big Dog wrote:

JGK wrote:

taipan wrote:Looking at Thursday's time time it is basically uphill all the way.

So Froome gets a bigger lead then...

Would be a good stage for Porte to attack.

Froome will be going after Porte so will know exactly what to do.

JGK wrote:

Big Dog wrote:Astana took Sky on in a fascinating battle that reduced Froomes team down to two riders but it did'nt matter much. Froome still sits way in front & the only winner in stage 15 was Porte who overtook Teejay to move into seventh position. Todays stage sees the tour move into Switzerland;

Looks a good day for Sagan.

Good call.