2017 TDF Fantasy League (Spoiler Alert)

[robrox]

T......it's a dumb move to lean on the best bike handler in the peloton in that position.
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Word.
Agreed, non-fouls should not be penalized and stupid tries have their own reward.

[GeezerSteve]

[Garth Bimble]

No rider is above the rules (not anymore anyway) but you should have pretty damn conclusive evidence before you toss the most popular guy in the field and I'm not seeing it.

And FWIW my fantasy team is officially fucked. Both my sprinters gone like a fart in the wind.

[Dee Hubbs]

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Cavendish out with broken shoulder now

[Skistack]

What a load of crap. Cav tried to move Sagan with his head but instead forced himself into the barriers. Clear as fucking day.

[TBS]

Assuming the camera angle relative to rider direction remains constant in that sequence,
it certainly looks like the amount of room available to Cavendish increased, not decreased, with time.
I will be yelling at the TV on tonight's rebroadcast

[ICEHOCEY77]

such garbage. ASO/UCI rigged it for Demare. If anything he and Bouhanni should be punished as well. Such, such bullshit.

[buttahflake]

Enough with the time lapse pictures. Play it in real time. The jury was correct in booting Sagan. Closing the door is one thing, slamming it shut in someone's face, is another thing entirely. Tour is definitely better with both of them in it. It sucks for the fans. But it's the right call.

[doebedoe]

Enough with the time lapse pictures. Play it in real time. The jury was correct in booting Sagan. Closing the door is one thing, slamming it shut in someone's face, is another thing entirely. Tour is definitely better with both of them in it. It sucks for the fans. But it's the right call.

Basically every professional cyclist who has watch the video and spoken on this issue disagrees with your assessment. I haven't seen a single pro say he should be DQ'd for that ride. And my guess is those folks have a fuckton more experience in fast sprints than any of us. Just like stills don't tell everything, real time doesn't tell you everything either.

Declassifying him for the stage may be warranted. There is nothing to warrant a DQ.

[TBS]

Enough with the time lapse pictures. Play it in real time. The jury was correct in booting Sagan. Closing the door is one thing, slamming it shut in someone's face, is another thing entirely. Tour is definitely better with both of them in it. It sucks for the fans. But it's the right call.

You know less about bike racing than you do about cannabis. And that's saying something

[Skistack]

In other Tour news, Froome is back in yellow.

[SB]

I laft

Spot on TBS

[buttahflake]

You know less about bike racing than you do about cannabis. And that's saying something

Faster than you or fatass Scotty, any day.
It was the right move.

[Dee Hubbs]

My new goal in the fantasy pool is to be the top TGR guy who has Segan as a pick.

[Garth Bimble]

Given ASO/UCI's track record one can't help but wonder what role Dimension Data's sponsorship of the race may have played in this decision.

[Dee Hubbs]

Given ASO/UCI's track record one can't help but wonder what role Dimension Data's sponsorship of the race may have played in this decision.

Thats quite the conflict of interest.

[huckbucket]

Thats quite the conflict of interest.

I heard the decision was all UCI and that Prudhomme is pissed.

[TBS]

After Sagan DQd and Quintana cracked today, I think I can safely say I'm fucked for this tour. Should have picked up Bardet instead.

[GeezerSteve]

Enough with the time lapse pictures. Play it in real time. . . .

and it's obvious that, if anyone should have been DQ'd, it's Demare and Greipel, who endangered other riders and, along with Cavendish, were more significant contributors to the mayhem than Sagan was

Here is the best explanation I've see re what went down

[robrox]

Speaking as a Cat 2 has been, whose job usually ended at 1000 meters out, Sagan did not foul Cav and barely stayed up after Cav's head and shoulder pressure on Sagan's ribs and hip suddenly went away.

Resisting Cav's pressure is absolutely the right thing to have done; WFT should he have done? Let the bastard shove him aside?

[buttahflake]

Dude, no one cares about your '70's bike racing experience. Like, no one. It's over, move the fuck on. You and old Steve should get together and reminisce about downtube shifters and chrome chainstays. It was the right call.
Take a lap

[robrox]

that's 70s and 80s and the gear of those days cannot hold a candle to this era's gear. It is still about the rider.

Don't expect respect, earn it.

[robrox]

Boom! Kittle just walked the rest.

Of course, it is a different race w/o Cavendish and Sagan but that was pretty convincing.

[doebedoe]

Kittel is the strongest sprinter in the Tour -- and would be with Mark and Sagan there as well. If he plays it right he's pretty much unbeatable from a strength perspective right now. Where both Cav and Sagan excel is mixing it up in confusing sprints.