Tour de France

Gerait Thomas wins the opening stage in this years tour.
He won the time trial and became the first Welshman to hold the yellow jersey.

Chris Froome finished faster than any of his GC opponents

Glad to see him in the yellow jersey always been a integral part of team sky. still remember him riding on a i think fractured pelvis in 2012 after a crash on day 1 and completed the tour with it and his near miss in the Rio road race was on his way to a medal and crashed 5k from home.

He was also leading Giro de italia this year when another crash cost him dear

Today's a flat stage with a sprint finish.
So it's ideal for Mark Cavendish

(04-07-2017 15:39 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Today's a flat stage with a sprint finish.
So it's ideal for Mark Cavendish

problem is due to the illness he had he is 4 months behind on his training so think it will be hard for him to win but should still be close

cavindish went down hard!

Cavendish injured at the finish. One of the other riders went over him.
I can't see him continuing with the tour

Career ending would you say?

Early reports are he has a broken shoulder. I like Sagan but he elbowed Cav into the barriers

Sagan has now apologised.

Just seen the crash, very nasty indeed. Hope Mark is ok soon, Can only wonder what his other half, former p3 girl Peta Todd and their 2 children are going through right now.

Sagan should get a penalty of some sort