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  • June 24, 2014 at 12:49 pm #21759
    Joelsim

    My first Tour and it looks like tactics during this need to be adapted from the usual fayre.

    Still over a week and a half away, which is less than ideal.

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  • June 26, 2014 at 7:05 am #800821
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    livestrongnick

    Might be worth factoring long
    Might be worth factoring long range forecasts have rain for thr opening stages! 8}

    June 25, 2014 at 10:27 am #800819
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    TERatcliffe26

    For me its set a sprint team,
    For me its set a sprint team, and then work backwards….

    How many penalties, and who do you go for?

    stage 2 is a must have Sagan in, and then its the best of the rest. Also though you have to keep in mind the intermediate sprints.
    Ive got a couple of strong guys in such as Bennett and Bennati, but equally Greipel can be strong and if the breakaway wins it could still be a sprint for 5th place down.

    As for stage 5, again don’t think it will be a full n sprint and again Sagan is a no brainer (unless you wanna risk). and then maybe someone like Terpstra, and Degenkolb, but I still think someone like Greipel will do ok over cobbles.

    June 25, 2014 at 8:42 am #800817
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    Joelsim

    Yep, 2 and 5 shouldn’t be
    Yep, 2 and 5 shouldn’t be sprints for sure, and it wouldn’t surprise me if a couple of the others aren’t either.

    June 25, 2014 at 12:13 am #800815
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    Stumps

    Totally agree about stage 2.
    Totally agree about stage 2. All the other stages upto 7 seem straight forward, yes there’s the cobbles section but this is not a classics race, its the tour and the jersey holders teams wont want to lose it.

    June 24, 2014 at 9:00 pm #800813
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    Ghedebrav

    Yeah, the second stage will
    Yeah, the second stage will almost certainly not be a sprint; a very demanding stage. Even the first might suite Sagan over Cav & co,

    S3 into London will be a proper sprint, but it’s not long from there to the cobbles, where I imagine Fabs will be after a stage win.

    June 24, 2014 at 4:58 pm #800811
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    Joelsim

    I think you need to look at
    I think you need to look at the parcours. Sprints wont be as iften as expected in the first week

    June 24, 2014 at 4:03 pm #800809
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    Stumps

    The first week should be
    The first week should be fairly simple to read with nigh on every stage flattish so the sprint teams will be to the fore.

    HOWEVER this is the tour so anything can happen with every team wanting to be involved and have their share of the limelight.

    I cant wait for it to start đŸ˜€

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