New Posts For Thread: *Tour de France - Stage 19* Friday 24th Julyhttps://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-julyStage 19 » St-Jean-de-Maurienne › La Toussuire - Les Sybelles (138k)A monster Alpine climbing stageAfter yesterday's...erm rest day we have a beast today. To me, this is the stage of the whole Tour. This is an absolutely brutal climbing staActually if Bardet can get in the breakaway and get maximum points on the first climb (and Froome scores no points) and then get 5th at the finish like he did today he will win the kom jersey. Ag2r will probably need there whole team in the breakawahttps://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-july?post_id=545629733#545629733Actually if Bardet can get in the breakaway and get maximum points on the first climb (and Froome scores no points) and then get 5th at the finish like he did today he will win the kom jersey. Ag2r will probably need there whole team in the breakawaFri, 24 Jul 2015 13:18:29 -0500Bardet leads the kom and is in 9th overall. He probably needs to get in a break that goes all the way if he is to win the kom jersey. Lotto, IAM and Trek will probably chase Bardet to defend there top-10 positions and Sky might give a hand to makehttps://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-july?post_id=545629429#545629429Bardet leads the kom and is in 9th overall. He probably needs to get in a break that goes all the way if he is to win the kom jersey. Lotto, IAM and Trek will probably chase Bardet to defend there top-10 positions and Sky might give a hand to makeFri, 24 Jul 2015 12:52:10 -0500Froome sprinted for kom points today on the croix de fer, even after having his mechanical. Maybe SKY will chase the break tomorrow or were they put off by what happened on the final climb?https://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-july?post_id=545629293#545629293Froome sprinted for kom points today on the croix de fer, even after having his mechanical. Maybe SKY will chase the break tomorrow or were they put off by what happened on the final climb?Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:38:26 -0500Movistar might have to rely on other teams defending their top-10 gc positions again if they want to win the stage. If a break goes with no riders who are a threat to the riders in the top-10, who is going to chase the break? Movistar probably wonthttps://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-july?post_id=545629117#545629117Movistar might have to rely on other teams defending their top-10 gc positions again if they want to win the stage. If a break goes with no riders who are a threat to the riders in the top-10, who is going to chase the break? Movistar probably wontFri, 24 Jul 2015 12:23:49 -0500Can't see anyone going on the descent tomorrow unless they can join up with the break. Looks like a straight fight up Alpe.https://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-july?post_id=545629049#545629049Can't see anyone going on the descent tomorrow unless they can join up with the break. Looks like a straight fight up Alpe.Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:18:34 -0500That's the one he will have to do it on the climb this time the descent of the Croix de Fer is too far out and the valley too longhttps://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-july?post_id=545629007#545629007That's the one he will have to do it on the climb this time the descent of the Croix de Fer is too far out and the valley too longFri, 24 Jul 2015 12:15:30 -0500or Valverde evenhttps://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-july?post_id=545628989#545628989or Valverde evenFri, 24 Jul 2015 12:13:22 -0500Be interesting to see if Nibali can make up a minute or more on Contadorhttps://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-july?post_id=545628979#545628979Be interesting to see if Nibali can make up a minute or more on ContadorFri, 24 Jul 2015 12:12:15 -0500Looking at the top 5 now , 3 grizzled veterans in the list plus Froome with Quintana the only young rider , but also very experienced.No sign of the young pretenders breaking into the elite possible winners yet , high profile stage wins yes , overallhttps://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-july?post_id=545628951#545628951Looking at the top 5 now , 3 grizzled veterans in the list plus Froome with Quintana the only young rider , but also very experienced.No sign of the young pretenders breaking into the elite possible winners yet , high profile stage wins yes , overallFri, 24 Jul 2015 12:10:59 -0500Scarponi dropped most of them today for Nibali by himself, so if those two recover there is that. I assume Nibali will be aiming for the podium now. It probably won't matter anyway, I think Froome could ride the stage without teammates and still wihttps://community.betfair.com/cycling/go/thread/view/147733/30557163/tour-de-france---stage-19-friday-24th-july?post_id=545628927#545628927Scarponi dropped most of them today for Nibali by himself, so if those two recover there is that. I assume Nibali will be aiming for the podium now. It probably won't matter anyway, I think Froome could ride the stage without teammates and still wiFri, 24 Jul 2015 12:09:17 -0500