Froome tweet "Stellar job from my roomie @richie_porte in a sketchy & explosive final, thanks mate!"
Epic stuff from both of them, shame that their usually reliable Jag had an off day.
Sorry to see Evans off the back again.
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Just to recap, we have not seen any attacks from Alberto Contador or Nairo Quintana, who lie second and third overall in the general classification, on the race leader Chris Froome.The British rider has a lead of five minutes and 11 seconds, with just one stage of racing for the yellow jersey remaining after this one (Sunday is traditionally a procession into Paris for the winner, and the only fight is for the sprint on the Champs Elysees).
Have Froome's rivals thrown in the towel? It looks that way... although there is still time for a few fireworks at the end of today's stage.
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wrong thread?!
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Mont Semnoz will be Chris Froome's final challenge of this year's Tour. If he gets up to the top today without losing his lead over his nearest rivals, then only a crash will stop him reaching Paris and the top of the podium in the race leader's yellow jersey tomorrow, because Sunday's final stage is traditionally a procession for the winner. Not that Froome is taking anything for granted.
Speaking ahead of today's stage, he said: "It's going to be very hard for someone to make up more than five minutes on the general classification. But having said that, this is a day where the whole team has to stay alert, control that last stage with one final big effort, and then we can start relaxing on the ride into Paris."
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Typical, you wait 109 years for a British winner then two come along at once.
I wonder who will be next ?
And yes I know that one was born in Belgium and the other in Kenya.
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Yeah, complicated this nationality stuff.
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Born in Kenya and brought up in South Africa, since spring 2008 he has ridden under a British licence on the basis of his passport and father's and grandparents' country of birth....
Froome lives in Monaco with his fiancée and manager, Welsh-born South African Michelle Cound.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Froome
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Team Sky (UCI team code: SKY) is a British professional cycling team that competes in the UCI World Tour. The team is based at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, England, with a logistics base in Belgium and an operational base in Quarrata, Italy."
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And not forgetting our own HK born Davie
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Bit of an outdated concept, this nationality lark, isn't it?
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"When I think that I started riding on a little mountain bike in Nairobi, to being here in yellow at the Tour de France, it's difficult for me to put into words. It's been an amazing journey," he said.
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http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/tours-yellow-peril.21602933
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Frome article:
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The leadership debate at Team Sky has been emphatically resolved. The question now is how many more Tours de France can Chris Froome win?
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I think it has now been confirmed beyond any reasonable doubt that left to his own devices Froome would have won last years tour.Still, in some respects more kudos to Sky. OK, Froome was their insurance policy in a a sense if Wiggins blew up, but nice to see the recognition of the 4 years of hard work Wiggins had put in to get to where he was, and some loyalty in giving him the senior role in last years tour.
With Sky having a weakened team this year, Froome will have grown up a little and I'm sure with the work that Porte has put in for him, have a little more respect for the role he performed last year.
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"This is one yellow jersey that will last the test of time" Here here!! #TdF #CleanSport
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I really liked the nocturne finish, it seemed to make the finale that bit more showbizzy. And perhaps the traffic diversions required to allow the loop around the Arc de Triomphe are easier to achieve in the evening ? I hope they adopt the same in future.
Good speech from Froomedog, the low fives were nice but I wish he'd included congratulations to Quintana and Rodrigues.
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Yes, it was rather moving speech. I agree that a little magnanimity to his rivals would have been a nice touch. Is it just me or did I notice body language issues between Froome and Quintana on the podium? Seemed to me Froome was looking anywhere but in Quintana's direction, even turned slightly away from him. Sees a threat perhaps?
Anyway, good write up here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/23400120
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Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4)
22/07/2013 18:12
Jobbing cyclist talks to latest super-hero: me and Mr Froome (winner of the 100th Tour de France) @Channel4News at 7.00pm!"
On now.
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Well actually TdF1998...
Regarding info on new +ves from that Tour. Jonathan Vaughters in midst of a conversation about that tour and him saying names useless, and that 100% of athletes in that tour were on EPO. One commentator says. "But Boardman wore the yellow Jersey, and won the Prologue that year and was never +ve", and then the implied bombshell from Vaughters....
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@Vaughters
....yes. I know. I roomed with Chris many times.
"Quite a twitter storm going on just now....
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