He will kill once he comes back to triathlon.

I thought today was the rest day. Doh!. What do you want to know about their setup ?

Lopez is on the new disc brake bike. Him and Cataldo. Some of the Tour riders will also be on them.

Reportedly he said it was a dropped chain. Then he changed bikes. Surely that would have cost him 11 seconds. On the other hand, he had dry roads when he went.

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Aside from Roglic it was a good day for Nibali. He’s quietly lurking, while Yates, Lopez, Carapaz and Landa will almost certainly get desperate, unpredictable and on the attack soon than later. This could be a drag-out race to the very end.

A couple of stages Friday and Sat that look like opportunities to throw a few punches at Roglic. I agree, Nibs is solid. Roglic should have a chink in the armour at some point. If not, well. I ain't seen nothin'.....

There are some young dudes with nothing to lose ready to throw down. Ricky the Paz, Hugh the Carthy, J Knox, Benny O'Connor. Sep is going to have to be the cooler for Roglic but it would be fun to see him up the road.

If I'm wrong, Tour of Estonia is on tap.

Sep keeps having the dial turned up on him. First it was playing in the hills of CA with Bennett. Then it was play backup climbing domestique to De Plus. Now the dial is turned to 11. At some point he's going to be the last guy standing between Roglic and the other GC guys.

Two interesting take-always from the TT.

Whoever has been working with EF on their TTs deserves an at-a-boy. Two guys who aren’t noted TT riders in the top 10 is a great result.

Vini Nibbles has a new Rudy lid. GCN mentioned that this was part of Bahrain Merida’s collaboration with McClaren, which might explain why the exhaust vent at the back looks like the Specialized. I bet Rohan Dennis is relieved that he won’t be pressured to wear the old Rudy turd for the rest of the season.

sure wish this Tuesday's stage was rolling with decent amount of ascent after rest day - guess following Tuesday 28th will catch a few out; its a monster day

I agree, I was shocked to see a perfectly flat race tomorrow. Seems they want to give the pure sprinters maximum chance of a stage win before things get too hard for them (on the rolling or high mountain stages).

Jack

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For entertainment purposes, I'm hoping that Nibali goes on the attack early and tests his descending skills for 50+ km after the Passo Gavia. Would be awesome to watch him going full gas on such a long descent with a reduced GC field trying to chase him. Because the alternative (if the GC group and teammates crest the Passo Gavia together) seems like such a waste of an insanely long descent.

Pretty dull stage today. But the following comment from the Cyclingnews.com live commentary was funny.

His telemark podium salute aside, Primoz Roglic’s self-containment is such that he makes Miguel Indurain seem like Conor McGregor.

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"Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge. Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; Knowledge without compassion is inhuman." Victor Weisskopf.

Tomorrow is dull as well; ugh

Bring on the mountains!

For most everyone other than Ackermann, it was a snoozer. Looking forward to Thursday and things finally heading up.

The good news is once we hit Stage 12...it will be on for the rest of the tour with the exception of stage 18. I suspect a lot of sprinters will be turning themselves inside out to make time cuts on stages 12-17 just for one last chance before packing it in.

You can do what I do, and if you're watching on eurosport tweet the commentators and try and get them to mention whatever you wrote. So far I'm 1 for 2.

Declan Quigley is one of the announcers and his handle on Twitter is @DQSport

Really helps make boring flat sprint stages a bit better

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Not bad

better question is, is your Twitter handle Turd Ferguson or your real name?

Or any relation to turdburgler?

Yeah, that'll be one of the fun side-shows. That worked out for Kristoff in last year's TdF - he dropped Sagan, Gaviria, and Kittel in the mountains so had a relatively easy gallop down the Champ-Elysees.

Edit: Didn't drop Sagan. Just beat him in the sprint.

Turds from a different mum.

Yes

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Come on, you don't know the Turd Ferguson reference?

Well done, by the way, Turd.

He reminds me of Denny Menchov.
Sorry..........

Of course I do, but I doubt Norm McDonald registered it, so technically someone else could use it?

Ouch. McNulty comes our swinging