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*Tour de France - Stage 1* Saturday 4th July
*Tour de France - Stage 1* Saturday 4th July
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Dumoulin was probably rooted from his efforts at the Tour de Suisse, he went pretty deep there. Smart move to not go too hard at the nationals. You'd think he would be fine now. I'd say he will beat Dennis.
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Digging here now...
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Looks like it'll be within 3 secs one way or the other...
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Looks like it'll be within 3 secs one way or the other...
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or not
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Fading I think...
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Not. 8 secs on the line.
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8 behind maybe lost 2 behind Machado.
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Off goes the Panzerwagen.
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I thought the time would be competitive and it is so far, but as the Panzerwagon goes on to hit that tunnel of people after the check he'll go blitz mode, I believe.
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He got tight on Machado, but was fading prior to that from this angle.
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Who is believing the talk about a Sagan win? Not me, that would just be strange.
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Panzerwagon down so far. 4 secs I think.
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I sense another 2nd for Dennis
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Everybody out so far have lost time from that check -- Panzerwagon does look in control, though.
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Not a fan of Sagan's TT ability. Any match up I've backed against Sagan but I'm getting most wrong so wouldn't read much into that
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Market thinks Dennis is home
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Yep, not looking good.
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Early starters had a big tailwind to the 1st checkpoint
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Wasn't looking good for the Panzerwagon -- the diesel engine went kapoot!
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So now would be the time to think Dennis has this, I guess.
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Spartacus like to show up on the big scenes, but I think nugget has a point there with the tailwind.
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Malori well down and Cancellara has gone a bit Andy Schleck. Could be a big surprise but think Dennis probably has this now.
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rain dance
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Looking fast, adding him now.
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The rain usually comes on the wind, but Spartacus is having a good ride here.
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saver at 10's
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anytime yellow at 7-1
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Come on Spartacus.
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Still going strong but -- rain dance!
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too much rain dance bro
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Not the way I wanted to start obviously, but missed the wind change there and that's been the major factor. Loss to start!
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CJ70 04 Jul 15 13:53
Good time by Dennis. 365 were offering 2.62 for him to beat Van Emden after the first split. He brought the wind... |
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In retrospect the ride by The Butterfly -- about the time CJ70 posed the Dennis question -- was the evidence that the advantage was in Dennis' favour, even though the Panzerwagon was just going out. They would always be pretty close on this type of course, and Dennis had the former by 8 secs. Good to get that bit of inattention out of the system, early.
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Kiatkowski not at the same level as last year. Disappointing time from him, maybe the 24hr drug testing scared him off
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Some notables
Kelderman 30" Thomas 33" Mollema 37" Uran 40" Pinot 41" Sagan 41" TJVG 42" Froome 50" Valverde 56" Contador 58" Quintana 1'01" |
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Pinot and Quintana the big winners.
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Thomas v Kwiatkowski. Kwiatkowski lost by 33s -£5.00
Malori v Cancellara. Malori lost by 23s -£4.00 Jungels v Kelderman. Jungels lost by 8s -£5.00 Froome v Van Garderen. Froome lost by 8s -£5.00 Casttroviejo v Dowsett. Castroviejo won by 13 seconds £5.00 Contador v Nibali. Contador lost by 15 seconds -£5.00 Cummings v Barta. Cummings won by 63 seconds £5.00 Dumoulin v Martin. Martin won by 3 seconds £2.50 Cummings v Barta. Cummings wony by 63 seconds 8.15 Dowsett v Brandle. Dowsett lost by 13 seconds -£6.00 Quintana v Pinot. Quintana -£2.25 Malori to finish top 3 -£2.22 Brandle to finish outside top 10 -£5.25 All on limited accounts so it matters not a jot but that's an awful performance!! Nearly £20 down with bookies. |
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Had Kelderman 1.9 and Cummings 2.3
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Dumoulin should get the yellow on stage 3.
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