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Or a salary cap. That would serve dual purpose, making the sport ultimately cheaper to run and also bringing the teams closer in ability.
Weakening the teams would make the Tour de France more competitive
The joy of headlines!
I can’t wait to see a Froome/Nibali/Contador/Quintana battle next year. Oh and more cobbles. Cobbles every year I say!
Don't be a dope - Nibali's dominance down to a lack of competition
Agreed. Important to note, however, that Nibs’ win shouldn’t be dismissed as ‘a Bradbury’ – he has won because he rode smarter and with more proficiency over the full 3 weeks.
Don't be a dope - Nibali's dominance down to a lack of competition
I’m with you Phil. Nibali showed he was ‘on form’ by winning a stage in the UK, and then followed it up with a display of bike handling skill on the pave in Northern France/Belgium.
I, too, hope he wins and the Frenchies fill out the podium, largely because Valverde is a drug cheat (and more than a little dodgy).
On that note, Nibali is likeable too – firm yet professional and even gracious (see the post stage interview where Contador crashed out).
Nibali, Porte point to a promising future for Le Tour
Nibs is a lock for the top step – Froome and Contador were his only real challengers (Cadel would have been right up there this year too).
I’d love for the Frenchies to fill out the other two steps on the podium. Such an entertaining tussle between them!
Predicting the Tour de France podium
The other plus is that he’s a much more likeable bike rider than many contenders – more personable than Froome, Wiggo and Cadel.
Nibali's class behind Astana's success
Here’s hoping I can stay up for it tonight – should be an enjoyable tussle with Contador dancing and Nibali following, Porte following just behind
Tour de France Stage 10 preview: Mulhouse - La Planche des Belle Filles
Ritchie top five perhaps but not sure if he can push up for more. Love how open this TDF is now though. Can Nibs hang on in the high mountains? Will it all come down to the last time trial?
Can Richie Porte do it?
What a great stage. Horrible to see someone withdraw with injury, but gee Froome being out really opens up this race!
Oh and Nibs? Smashed it. His whole team smashed it.
2014 Tour de France: Stage 5 live commentary, blog
True true. Still, Sir Dave is a hard nut and Wiggo seemed genuinely aware that he’d be riding as a super domestique.
2014 Tour de France: Stage 5 live commentary, blog
Snap! Sam beat me to it. I said it last week and I’ll say it again – letting riders egos dictate who ends up in your team never ends well…
2014 Tour de France: Stage 5 live commentary, blog
I bet Sir Dave is starting to think about Wiggo right about now…
2014 Tour de France: Stage 5 live commentary, blog
I also quite like the ‘Keenan approach’ for those stages you know will be a more predictable – where you go to bed, record the stage and then get up early in the morning and fast forward the boring bits.
The Tour is nearly here: sleep while you can!
Agreed. Live feed ASAP. The sprint videos would particularly useful – imagine those big bunch sprint crashes from the perspective of the rider going down!
On-bike cameras should stick around for the Tour
Far too much rational thought and not enough hyperbole in that article Tim – how are Roarers meant to argue with you?
In my mind there is only one thing that will stop Sky winning the Tour, and that’s arrogance. Arrogance that comes from winning too easily and picking up a swag of knighthoods in the process. Arrogance that lets petty personality differences (Froome vs Wiggo) stop you fielding your best squad. Arrogance to still believe that the race is easily controlled.
We’ll see if Sky can control this arrogance in July…
All sound and fury at the Dauphine, signifying little
So proud of Dodger for getting up there.
People often forget that he was one of the last to be dropped when a part of the Sky train. The man can climb…
Oh and chapeau to Cadel and Matthews too. Both busted a gut to achieve what they did. Orica may have taken a beating but they will walk away from the Giro feeling like they ‘won’.
Now, bring on Le Tour!
The Giro d'Australia
What is going to be really interesting is what happens when the GWS honeymoon period of 3-4 years is over – if the team really bottoms out the kids will want to go home (ala Brisbane) and it will be a field day for Victorian clubs looking for young talent…
Once admired, the Swans are now despised
I see him losing more time this week to Quintana and Uran, with the ultimate tussle coming down to Uran vs Quintana in a Columbian mega battle in the really big mountains this week. Evans a distant third, maybe fourth.
Cadel floundering in the mountains
Will be interesting to see if Quintana can keep up the attacks. Going to be a very big final week!
2014 Giro d'Italia: Stage 14 live blog and preview
Bling Matthews has some serious ticker. Our next Peter Sagan?
Winners and losers from a tough Giro
It’s all Armstrong’s fault (isn’t everything?).
Seriously though, the move some years ago by by riders like Armstrong to focus their entire year on Le tour has meant that the other grand tours tend to suffer.
Along those lines, the tour has probably become too popular, forcing teams like Sky to pull out riders from the Giro to leave them as support players for the tour.
How do we fix this? Scheduling will have the biggest say, though another option could be an increase in UCI points for the Giro or Vuelta. Oh and a few more sprinter friendly finishes to get the fast men might help too (though that could ruin the Giro’s reputation).
I think it’s the Vuelta that needs a hand more then the Giro though – it’s the afterthought tour in modern times!
The Giro needs help to attract more star power
Tom Derickx has been stepping up for backup ruck duties of late (except no one noticed) and been doing it ably (scored a goal on the weekend too). I’ll expect him to do the same and swap out going forward with Tippett.
With Goodesy looking surprisingly fit, I’m hoping that at the very least we give a closer game than the Hawks vs St Kilda match…
Will we finally see the Buddy and Kurt show this weekend?
OGE won’t let Gerro slip through their fingers – they’ll just pay him some of the money that Gossy would have got!
Poor M. Goss – can’t see him getting a new contract with any ProTour team unless he starts winning again…
Orica-GreenEDGE need to keep Gerrans in the saddle
True true. It would be a step in the right direction though surely.
Weakening the teams would make the Tour de France more competitive