Tour de France thread

[Jasi]

Go Nibali!
This is a great chance for him, Contador will show up eventually, and Nibali's team doesn't look so strong, but the Shark of the Strait fears no mountain.

[yobore]

Tomorrow's is my favorite kind of ride where you get the early escapes that can hold on the whole time. My guess is some Europcar escapee be it Voeckler or Rolland gets this.

One thing I love about the TdF that doesn't exist in any other sports that I'm aware of is the way every individual and every team is out there with different goals. Agr2mondiale is killing it this year for their budget as they're riding for a stage win and team classification/r. Cannondale main goal is for Sagan to get the green jersey and that race is already pretty much locked up with 7 out of 7 top 5 finishes to start.

[Jasi]

Awesome race by Tony Martin.
Germans on a roll yesterday

Nibali very smartly gave up the maillot jaune, no need to have his team work hard this early. It still a thing between Contador and him of course.
Go Shark!

[RagaZ]

Spain NT, Nadal and now Contador.

Bad sporting summer for Spain.

[Jasi]

The Tour is for Nibali to lose now.
Too bad though, I would have loved to watch the duel vs Contador on the mountains.

[Jasi]

At a point in the tour when he could just care about not falling, the Shark attacks again as soon as the road climbs up.
He's turning into a CanNIBALi!

[Jasi]

Tourmalet and Hautacam today.
Nibali looking better and better the last few days.
Valverde is almost 5' behind.
Let's see if something worthwhile happens today.