Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France 2012
We are proud to announce a change to the Velominati Super Prestige moving forward: sponsorship. We are delighted (if a little surprised) at the interest our partners showed in this endeavor, despite the short notice we gave them. Four sponsors will be gracing the sides of our team bus for this year’s race: fi’zi:k is our Super Domestique Sponsor (think Big George without the shoe covers because who’d want to cover those beauties up), while the leadout train is being rounded out by DeFeet, Pavé Cycling Classics, and Malteni Beer. As we all know, fizik gets a lot of love around here as the Contact Point Supplier, and for good reason. So we thought now is as good a time as any to announce that DeFeet has agreed to come on board as Flandrian Best Supplier, the Pavé boys, our trusted guides over the stones and bergs, and Malteni Biere which fills our bidon and keeps us making bad decisions like teaming up with the Pavé boys.
So what does Super Domestique Sponsor mean? Free shoes to the winners – that’s what it means, dillwhips. Free R3’s, yup the Aristocrats, to the three winners of the VSP: TdF GC Winner and the two Stage VSP’s. As you watch this year’s race, look for the likes of Jeremy Roy and Richie Porte riding the R3’s in complete Rule Compliance. As Leadout Sponsor, Defeet is providing a full Flandrian Best Kit including a base layer, Armskins, Kneekers, and Slipstream Belgian booties for the VSP: Tdf GC second place as well plus two pairs of D-Logo socks to each runner-up of the Stage VSP’s. The Pavé boys (also Leadout Sponsors) are putting up a limited Pavé Cycling Classics wool jersey awarded to third place. We can’t ship Malteni (also Leadout Sponsors) legally, so you’ll just have to wait until you’re in Belgium to guzzle some of that lovely nectar or join the Pavé boys for their Worlds Weekend tour with Johan Museeuw where they’ll get you stupid(er) on the stuff.
Gianni’s Ruminations
Finally, the date has arrived. We have all done our training through the winter, contested the Spring Classics, The Ardennes Races, Romandie, Oh the Giro, The Dauphine, Tour de Swiss. Not all were in the VSP schedule but I know most of you wrote down your picks for the others and tucked them under your pillows. It’s training. There has been time to taper down before Saturday’s prologue start in Liége, Belgium. A young neo-pro, The Fish, is leading in points. The hardened veterans have seen these youth come and go, the season is long. A touch of wheels, a moment of youthful idealism, Vladimir Karpets is picked to podium, The Fish goes down, he panics and by the time he is back up he will never see the front again. Or he will continue to mock us all with his astute choices and lead all the way to Lombardy.
I have staked my claim on the yellow kit ownership some time ago and still see this as an epic Cadel-Wiggo battle to the death and if not death, until one of them sits up. But this year might be the time the youth start to fill up the other three places in the top five.
The Shack’s team car has been crashing into every static object all spring and now Bruyneel has been yanked out of the driver’s seat. The ride can only get smoother but with the reluctant leader Frank Schleck staring at over 100km of prologue and time trialing, as was said in the bunker, they are going stage hunting. I could go on for hours about the 2012 TdF but we have other Keepers who need to vent.
Please check the VSP page for the rules, keep an eye on the awesome VSP countdown timer, don’t Delgado your picks. Here is the start list.
I have to give a shout out to a brave group of Velominati who are heading to the Vermont/Canadian border to draft behind a massive dump truck full of Awesome all the way to the Massachusetts state line. It’s a Cogal only deranged people would attempt and as luck would have it, we supply them here. I hope they get their picks in soon as they may be in no kind of shape on Friday to think about such important things.
Brett’s Misconceptions
It’s all about Fränk. It’s perfect. All the pressure’s off. No lil bro to hold him back. Deliberately sucking all year so far, crashing and quitting, a hint of form, Bruyneel slinks off to deflect attention (and suspicion), Fränk suddenly can time trial and a couple of Pharmy style attacks later he wins in Paris by two minutes, taking the sprint on the Champs Elysees for good measure. Maybe not the last bit. Fränk will, however, finish in lil bro’s favourite position. Or suddenly leave with a stomach bug.
Cadel will take this. It’s perfect. All the pressure’s off. No lil bro to worry about in the mountains. Deliberately almost sucking so far, but not. Hints of form, staying low, deflecting attention. Look after the time trials and command the mountains. Safe, not exciting. Or he’ll step on someone else’s dog, breaking his elbow and decapitating the dog.
Wiggo could take this. It’s perfect. A lot of form. A lot of km’s against the clock. Not too many big hills. Too tall socks. Cav left to fight alone. One bad day is waiting there though, the sort of bad day that not even winning the final TT by 2 minutes can alleviate. Or he’ll crash in the first week, breaking both elbows after getting a sideburn caught in his crazy bio pace chainrings.
Sagan will win the first twelve stages, then leave with a stomach bug. Gossy will gratefully step into the vacant green in the greatest heist since Gerro won San Remo. And the Rug Salesman will be all spotty, due to getting in a long break and not sucking as much as even he expected. That’ll help him to 5th and Zubeldia level evanescence.
None of this may actually come close to happening, but whatever does I hope it’s an exciting race. Good luck to those battling hard for three weeks in the VSP race too, it could just turn out to be the main point of interest a couple of weeks from now.
Marko’s Reckoning
The Fish loses two spots on the G.C. but manages to eek out a pair of R3s in a sub-VSP as G’phant peaks in le Grande Boucle and walks away with le Grande Bouprize. Sad thing is, G’phant is legend but nobody remembers him because he only shows for races, not group rides anymore. Fausto rides a calculated, if not boring, race to move up a spot but just misses out. Gianni gets a glimpse of the podium going into the 16th stage and the Tourmalet but drowns in a lactic acid and caffeine soaked bath in that stage’s VSP. Marko Delgados virtually the entire event while he continues building his family a house in direct violation of Rule #11, which is more than we can say for Brett and Frank who were last seen going in the opposite direction with Bruyneel in a Radiotreksanshack team car dragging a muffler through Liege on its way to a USADA hearing near Austin.
In the meantime, two dudes from the Commonwealth – one with sideburns approaching muttonchops and another with an ass on his chin – duel it out in France. There will be some Italian, Spanish, and Russian dudes there too in an epic the likes of which hasn’t been seen in years. Fuck Yeah people, Vive le Tour.
Frank’s Delusions
It happens every single time. I get all weepy-eyed about the Giro and how it’s the Velominatus’ choice for a Grand Tour. Less crazy, better terrain, a comparatively weaker field usually yielding a closer race. But come the Tour, I get all starstruck as the big names line up in the best form they could muster for the season.
I also had decided to pick Twiggo for the big win, but now I’m not so sure. I love that the guy is tall and can get over a mountain, but there is one irrefutable fact that I can’t get over. He looks much too much like Gianni’s avatar, only not as well-kept. The sardonic look on his face along with those whispy sideburns are just too much for me to take. I’m back to rolling with my heart and my questionable sensibilities to favor Grimpelder this time round, now that he’s out of the shadow of his little brother and will be able to put the swivelnecking energy into the pedals instead of looking behind him.
The good news is that the racing always winds up being awesome. And that’s what its about: panache. So long as Wiggo doesn’t pull an Indurain and take 6 minutes on an early TT, I’ll be happy.
Epilogue
Pick carefully, don’t Delgado, and think twice about those rest day swaps; they come at a heavy price and there are some nice prizes on the line which make the Velominati Shop Apron look like a Schleck’s chamois during the descent of the Peyresourde.
The Fine Print: each contestant is of course encouraged to enter all VSP events, but everyone is eligible to take the prizes on only one VSP. If a contestant takes more than one VSP event (GC or Stage) the prize for that VSP will then be awarded to the player with the next highest score. In the event of a tie we’ll do our best to find the fairest way to break the tie. If something doesn’t make sense, please ask; we’re making this up as we go along.
Get your picks in by the time the countdown clock goes to zero, and good luck. Vive le Tour.
Ok, lets try this again.
My massive complaint about riders like Ullrich and Schleck has always been that they don’t ever seem to work on their weaknesses; they train their strengths and always leave the same holes in their armor.
Wiggins, for whatever its worth, has obviously (thanks Minion for the awesome link about his training) has been working like a dog to improve his weakness. I have massive respect for that.
And again, doping or not, these fucker are working their asses off.
OK, here we go.
Wiggins doing the work himself now. All class. If he comes off on top with this, then my hat goes off. This is awesome.
Time for Vroome to earn his money….Nibali is making this interesting. Come on Evans lets make this real fun!
Evans unhitched!!!
Vroome is definitely the kind of teammate you want! Go on…..
Can’t wait to find out what happened there with Vroom Vroom.
@sthilzy
Isn’t Faboo Swiss? And aren’t they known for precision timepieces (and chocolates, but I digress…). So why on earth did he not know that coitus non-interruptus in October would lead to delivery during le Tour?
I believe he has been doping and saw this as an elegant out……
@moondance
Possibly the doping sped up development of the kid?
I am loving the jersey presentation for the fact that the podium girls do the sleeves and then stand there looking so proud of themselves while the zipper is discreetly fixed up by none other than the Badger!
Massive shakup in the VSP. The leprechaun @Dr. C takes the lead by one point over @motor city and a further four over @xyxax. These are not big enough gaps to suggest it will look like this by the time we wind down.
Provisional Race Results
1. WIGGINS Bradley
2. FROOME Christopher
3. NIBALI Vincenzo
4. EVANS Cadel
5. VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
Provisional VSP Standings
1. Dr C (44 points)
2. motor city (43 points)
3. xyxax (39 points)
4. Chuckk (38 points)
5. Buck Rogers (38 points)
6. Trobs (36 points)
7. Belgian Boys Club (36 points)
8. huffalotpuffalot (36 points)
9. taon24 (36 points)
10. payaso (36 points)
11. Bill (36 points)
12. G’phant (36 points)
13. DaRCrider (34 points)
14. mrhallorann (33 points)
15. Smithers (33 points)
16. Modtastic (33 points)
17. Fausto (33 points)
18. Ron (33 points)
19. Mason (33 points)
20. MrLowell (33 points)
21. SimonH (31 points)
22. roadslave525 (31 points)
23. sar02 (29 points)
24. Oli (29 points)
25. Bianchi Denti (29 points)
26. 936adl (29 points)
27. TomC (29 points)
28. al (29 points)
29. blue (29 points)
30. Kedan (29 points)
31. Azzurri Tim (29 points)
32. CanuckChuck (29 points)
33. McTavish (29 points)
34. Geordi (29 points)
35. Steampunk (29 points)
36. San Tonio (28 points)
37. Ankush (28 points)
38. calves (27 points)
39. simonsaunders (26 points)
40. Harry (26 points)
41. R00tdown (26 points)
42. moondance (26 points)
43. Mark1 (26 points)
44. Rev.C.Mac (26 points)
45. nico (26 points)
46. kowala (26 points)
47. Chris (26 points)
48. Eddie Bell (26 points)
49. tony macaroni (26 points)
50. snoov (26 points)
51. VirenqueForever (26 points)
52. The Oracle (26 points)
53. Kyle (26 points)
54. Lepidopterist (26 points)
55. Roberto Marques (26 points)
56. JCS4 (26 points)
57. Pablo Colletti (26 points)
58. ben (26 points)
59. MJ Moquin (26 points)
60. cal (26 points)
61. shep (26 points)
62. Gianni (26 points)
63. Nosyt (24 points)
64. mcsqueak (24 points)
65. The Fish (24 points)
66. graham d.m. (24 points)
67. pink (23 points)
68. Flying Crowbar (23 points)
69. Paco (23 points)
70. tessar (23 points)
71. J-hump (23 points)
72. mrdriftless (23 points)
73. Pirata with Pasta (23 points)
74. Anais Ninja (23 points)
75. Vince (23 points)
76. Casey Arnold (23 points)
77. Steve Swift (23 points)
78. Papageno (23 points)
79. Nic (23 points)
80. actor1 (23 points)
81. feef (23 points)
82. Blake (23 points)
83. Phil Schneider (23 points)
84. Noel (23 points)
85. NRMontgomery (23 points)
86. Phil (22 points)
87. Lindrop (22 points)
88. wiscot (21 points)
89. ramenvelo (21 points)
90. Adrian (21 points)
91. razmaspaz (21 points)
92. el gato (21 points)
93. DerHoggz (21 points)
94. Ruskerdu (20 points)
95. roleur510 (20 points)
96. Skinnyphat (19 points)
97. scaler911 (19 points)
98. meursault (19 points)
99. Deakus (19 points)
100. VeloVita (19 points)
101. Blah (19 points)
102. Mikel Pearce (19 points)
103. Nukatpiat (16 points)
104. VeloAU (16 points)
105. GProsser (16 points)
106. dancollins (16 points)
107. RayElVis (16 points)
108. Chasquimorgan (16 points)
109. Skip (16 points)
110. Markp (16 points)
111. Mike Honcho (16 points)
112. sprider (16 points)
113. Jeff in PetroMetro (16 points)
114. drewPjohnson (16 points)
115. Tartan1749 (16 points)
116. Painkiller (16 points)
117. TraJoM (16 points)
118. sthilzy (14 points)
119. napolinige (14 points)
120. mouse (14 points)
121. Duende (14 points)
122. imakecircles (14 points)
123. TOM.NELS2120 (14 points)
124. brett (14 points)
125. LA Dave (14 points)
126. Marko (14 points)
127. Jonny (14 points)
128. Minion (13 points)
129. RMK (12 points)
130. Nate (12 points)
131. Belgian Cobblestones (12 points)
132. Xyverz (11 points)
133. starclimber (11 points)
134. brianc (11 points)
135. JC Belgium (11 points)
136. elrond (11 points)
137. godsight (11 points)
138. Simon (11 points)
139. american psycho (9 points)
140. Two Ball Billy (9 points)
141. Erik (9 points)
142. Rigid (9 points)
143. anotherdownunder (9 points)
144. Anast Demitt (9 points)
145. celestialdrive (9 points)
146. gino (9 points)
147. velomihottie (9 points)
148. Marcus (9 points)
149. gaswepass (9 points)
150. Don juan (9 points)
151. Rick (9 points)
152. Frank Ramos (9 points)
153. Alex (9 points)
154. Enoch (9 points)
155. Tomislav (9 points)
156. Heihachi (9 points)
157. PRbadlegs (9 points)
158. ifurley (9 points)
159. Benny (9 points)
160. Matt (9 points)
161. DR5150 (9 points)
162. Erik Olsen (9 points)
163. Chappy McPappystackings (8 points)
164. Cyclops (8 points)
165. Daccordi Rider (7 points)
166. Mikael Liddy (7 points)
167. il ciclista medio (7 points)
168. Bike Jonez (7 points)
169. ChrisO (7 points)
170. frank (6 points)
171. eightzero (6 points)
172. Lukas (6 points)
173. schmiken (6 points)
174. Tobin (6 points)
175. El Mateo (6 points)
176. sgt (6 points)
177. Craig Chambers (6 points)
178. Lister (6 points)
179. ErikdR (6 points)
180. Souleur (6 points)
181. Karl (6 points)
182. sean (6 points)
183. Cchern (6 points)
184. Islandbike (6 points)
185. pakrat (6 points)
186. dunderleif (6 points)
187. RedRanger (5 points)
188. versio (4 points)
189. ten B (4 points)
190. the Engine (4 points)
191. seemunkee (4 points)
192. mxlmax (4 points)
193. Kah (3 points)
194. noiyce (3 points)
195. Topcover (3 points)
196. itburns (2 points)
197. King Clydesdale (2 points)
198. ralph (2 points)
199. Aidas (1 points)
200. hammermama (0 points)
201. Giles (0 points)
202. harminator (0 points)
203. Dan_R (0 points)
204. Jay (0 points)
205. Sauterelle (0 points)
206. G’rilla (0 points)
207. niksch (0 points)
Awesome stage! I loved how BMC set up Cadel’s attack, even if it didn’t come off for him. And, it was great to see Nibali attack again and again. Van Den Broeck looks good. And Froome, wow! He looked like he was cooked there, only to come right back to show just how strong he is. Incredible!
where the hell is the silent assasin??????????
did he go completely silent, as in broom wagon or what??
oh well, another down
Can’t believe Evans today, and Froome, someone better say ‘contract’ at the end of the year for this dude
If Jurgen hadn’t had a minor unhitch with a mechanical, he may be more of a challenge than snuggles, Jurgen looks to be in great form
This afternoon I’m taking advantage of a nasty sinus infection and watching the stage to recuperate. Half paying attention to the text live feed from CN earlier I was disappointed in Cadel for dropping back. Watching this, the poor guy is shelling himself and is awesome, even if it didn’t work.
He had to make a jump. Great race.
@Chris
Yup, you’ve got to love the lime green…. contemporary, fresh, zesty… exactly what you’d expect from Italians. And talking of national stereotypes….
@frank
Yes, that Astana kit… an abomination. So bad, they designed it once, years ago, then were so embarrassed they got frozen in the headlights and haven’t changed it since. Fugly, fugly, fugly. Fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down… ugh
WHAT A STAGE TODAY…. just watched it at home. Mein Gott… chapeau to… Everyone… reminiscent of Ashes 2005: every person in every team doing their absolute best, and victories coming at the margins. Loving it.
@Dr C A spot of winning as well! And +1 to @Buck Rogers for staying in the hunt without rest day swaps.
@roadslave525 Just watching it now. Wow.
How are the new wheels?
Just caught the stage. Amazing.
happy with 2nd place in the VSP. I just need Sagan to make up 1hr05 to bump cuddles down to fifth and i’ll have the top 5 in the right order.
@roadslave525
I’m really struggling to see whats wrong with the Astana kit…
Jersey’s too small for a start
@minion Aren’t these things cut to fit when bent over rather than standing up straight?
Is Putin just out of shot, participating in that great Russian tradition of shirtless fly fishing?
I can’t think of a worse outfit in which to go fishing…
@minion
Why not, you can ditch the fishing vest and put your kit & catch in the back pockets.
@Chris
Is there someone we can contact to get a picture of her bending over to see if it fits better?
Transyrenee, if I remember, hurt at the time, but was so glorious I have forgotten all the suffering already, and can’t wait to do it again!
What a day – two Brits (useful nationality switch there) in yellow and another in second in le Tour – all I need now is for Jurgen to leapfrog Cuddles (not impossible)and Nibbles (less likely) and I have a Grand Slam!!
Vive le Tour!!
(Tomorrow looks like a prize bastardo!)
Hell, she an borrow my rod anytime. (yeah, I know, painful).
@Dr C
Don’t get too greedy there.
@all
@Buck Rogers, everybody. He’s here all week.
@Dr C
I like your earlier suggestion of somewhere warm in October or was it November? Pyrenees could be a little cool by then. Unfortunately, I;m using up the last of my holiday to for three weeks down there in August.
@Chris
As a fisherman, cyclist, and general admirer of women, I must say I find nothing redeeming at all in this photo. The kit is the least of what is wrong in this photo, but it is still wrong. I feel sorry for this woman, she could do so much better.
What animals. Including me.
@Erik
I wonder if they tried that break 10k later, so with only about 5k to go up the Croix de Fer, whether it wouldn’t have had a better chance of surviving?
I can’t help but think that the 10k they spent dangling off the front up the climb would have seriously cooked his legs, whereas a 5k effort & then keeping the gap (if not increasing it) on the descent would have left more in the tank to keep it going…
How good was Chris Anker Sorenson? Crack,come back, crack, come back.
@Daccordi Rider
Good at faking the “crack” and let the front discount him.
Watching the stage ‘replay’ tonight on NBC Sports. One of the questions posed to Bob Roll was [summarized] “How would Eddy Merckx do today against the field with all the new techology and would he use it?” Bobke basically said that he would continue to demolish everyone. He was an early adopter of advanced bike technoology who brought several bikes to races when most had only one, and that today, he would still be taking advantage of everything new technology had to offer.
Well, yes, and the fact that he would have the legs for it. Merckx!!
So it seems even if UK Postal won’t admit to a split in the camp between the Wiggins & Froome supporters, the WAGS are happy to play it out in public.
http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/07/13/cracks-appearing-in-team-sky-via-warring-wags/
Love that Millar was happy to weigh in on the situation given it’s his sister who has to manage the PR around whole situation…any chance her contract is up for renewal & he’s helping her show how necessary she is?
@Mikael Liddy Lipstick at 10 paces, awesome!
@niksch No wonder people get pissed off with the press. Would The Prophet use the technology available or say fuck it give me my old steel bike. What a stupid question.
@Mikael Liddy Meant to mention, can’t wait for Teh Tan man to ask Twiggo about that at the next press conference. We may all learn some new words.
@Daccordi Rider I can’t wait for Tomo to claim Wiggo as ours because of his old man…he nearly got there last night saying (somewhat truthfully) that it’s taken more than a few Aussies to put him in this position.
@Mikael Liddy
Now that is some interesting shit being thrown into the fan.
@Mikael Liddy Funny you mention it. I said quite early on in this post that if Twiggo wins we are claiming him. Aussie dad born in Belgium makes him more Aussie than Pom. And we will claim anyone who is going ok, just ask the Kiwis!
So yeah, there is currently an Aussie leading the tour being supported by two Aussies and a Kenyan on an Aussie owned team.
You Poms can’t win fuck all.
@ChrisO
So much so Wiggins has deleted her twatter account, I sense the hand of Fran Millar in there.
@Mikael Liddy
Maybe just a glitch – I can still see her (@Cathwiggins1981)
What a shame, riders WAGS squabbling on twatter drags the whole thing down towards soccer levels of self obsession.
Someone should point out to Froome’s other half (and possibly to him as well) that he’s thee being paid, no doubt fairly handsomely, to do a job. That job is to support Wiggo in what ever manner the management and Wiggo see fit. It’s certainly not taking advantage of him. If he carries on riding as strongly as he is he’ll no doubt be offered a fat contract by someone to ride as a team leader and GC contender. In the meantime he’s a domestique.
Someone should also suggest that Wiggo’s wife also refrains for tweeting.
To be fair I don’t think Cath Wiggins did anything wrong – she says, and it is easy enough to believe, she just tweeted about Porte and Rogers because they were the unsung heroes whereas Froome is on the podium etc.
Froome’s VMH is the one that needs a slap IMHO. Even if there is discord, it was her tweet that brought it out. It’s a bit like when I tell one of my children they’ve done well and the others reactas if it means I’ve said they were useless.
She was acting like a 9 year old, albeit a damned hot one.
So pathetic on so many levels – just looked at Michelle’s tweeting – quoted out of sequence by that article, and as ChrisO says, she is the one who is behaving like a 9 year old – Cath Wiggins is well above that
On the subject of Chris Froome – maybe he is a great climber, but if he was at another team, would he be allowed to sit in fourth slot all the time, and would he have EBH, Porte, Knees and an outrageously in form Mick Rodgers to lead him along…..maybe not – I am sure he is grateful to be part of such a well organised team as Sky, might not be so easy in another team – let’s hope he remembers that
Certainly he should sack the blonde as a member of his PR team
@Dr C
Having said that Dr C I don’t doubt there is some truth in it all.
The press often pick up on these things simply because they put into a reportable format things which are already well known… but you can’t report what some assistant DS or team mechanic tells you as gossip over a a beer.
There are quite a few people saying that there has been real tension at Sky since the Vuelta.
Yes Froome might not get the free ride but then he could say the same thing about Wiggins, who sits on his wheel all day. Froome is a decent time-trialler, would he gain more time in the mountains than he would lose to Wiggins in a TT – quite possibly.
I only wish BMC had spent their money on some super-domestiques instead of Hushovd and Gilbert, and then we might have a real battle.
@ChrisO, @Dr C Michelle is indeed acting like a 9 year old but reading between the lines there’s clearly no love lost between her and Cath Wiggins. If she’s well above all of that she could have made some sort of conciliatory noise after Michelle’s first tweet that would have nipped the whole thing in the bud. Her later tweets like this one seemed a bit begrudging in it’s acknowledgement.
Bit of jealousy going on or worried that as a Tour winner Wiggo might might consider an upgrade?
When I was watching the race, there was a point at which Froome blew up, he’d made a big effort in front of Wiggins then had to drop his pace and just hung on to the group, he recovered and then went back to the front to pace Wiggins. When Froome dropped the hammer later on, Wiggins says that he was at a point where he was trying to clear the lactate from his legs and couldn’t follow but he recovered after a wee while and was then able to live with a stronger tempo.
I’m not saying Froome can’t win this race or that he doesn’t have the better legs but he might not manage it without the help of Boss Hogg, Rogers and Porte. Even Cav has pulled at the front and gone for bidons in the cause. I reckon Froome is well aware of all the intricacies though, the ladies should make like Jens’s legs – SHUT UP!
Wiggins, believe it or not, is on the attack.
Sagan shouting at the moto to hurry up or get out of the way. Classic.
I’m assuming Nibbles is in the Wiggo group, anyone know where Cuddles is?
He’s (Evans) in the main group with the yellow jersey.
Front group MARTINEZ, KISERLOVSKI, PERAUD, GAUTIER, MILLAR
Second group Vorganov, Popovych
Third group TAARAMAE, NERZ, IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, SAGAN, KERN,KOREN, SORENSEN
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