Tour De France 2014 Stage 14: Grenoble - Risoul

[Slax]

Now a race for white and polka jersey's, not much else to tune for. Majka just proved the Giro field would have had this race for breakfast.

These two are going to be interesting to watch over the next week to see who gets them and the podium positions. Not sure if Sagan could lose the green without withdrawing and similar story for Nibali in yellow.

 

[Vader]

Two of the jersey competitions are pretty much done & dusted. Two are still very much up for grabs.

Nibali has a stranglehold on yellow and could win by close to 10 minutes by the time the race hits Paris.
Sagan could probably finish last on every remaining stage, not claiming a single one of the remaining points, and still claim the green.

The white jersey is currently being worn by Bardet, but he leads this competition by only 16 seconds from Pinot. There's daylight separating those two from Kwiatkowski in 3rd. This one could go either way.

The polka dot jersey competition is probably the closest of the lot. Rodriguez & Majka are tied on 88pts, with Nibali just 2pts further back. Daylight 4th. Nibali is the favourite to win this competition, with double points on offer every time they have a mountain top finish.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Always makes me suspicious when you see the Yellow just waltzing away on all mountain stages like that. Though, he is the most credentialed man left in the field.

 

[Vader]

It might have been suspicious if we didn't know going into the race that he was a far better climber than any of the other riders (excluding Contador & Froome).

 

[monty1104]

Nibali has finished top 7 in his past 8 grand tours. His lowest ever grand tour result is 20th. In fact, the three GT's he finished outside the top 10, he was riding for other riders (Danilo De Luca, Franco Pelizzotti and Filippo Pozzato for those playing at home)

 

[monty1104]

He is sick and did stop for the reason you thought. On thr official feed, he has the squirts.

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