Spain in Summer
For anyone who has just witnessed the Tour de France, the single most amazing point is, these guys are super-human freaks of nature. A few thousand kilometers, untold meters gained climbing, all at an average speed us mortals could not do for an hour, on the flat. Six days after Paris and there are only going to be two pairs of guns available for install: the fried ones and the mint ones. To be sure the winner will be someone who rode the Tour. Who is going to have the mint legs on come Saturday that is the real question. The soigneurs may be the best inside information people for San Sebastián.
Phil Gil is the designated leader for BMC but the wiley old local boy Samu Sanchez is the one on that team to keep an eye on. He was a monster on the Tour. To think this guy couldn’t get a contract for 2015, someone is not paying attention. Purito’s guns will be two smoking cigar stubs. I’d like to count out Malmerde but I have to grudgingly admire what a stud he is and he can never be counted out.
Here is a provisional start list. Do with it as you wish. Don’t Delgado. These are some quality points here. Good luck and good picking.
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@xyxax
OUCH!
@ped
Serves me right to mention him crashing out of the lead group in 2014 and he wins, unchosen. Good on him though, strong work for the next generation.
@xyxax
At least we got to see what happened last year on TV
@ped
GVA tweeted that he was going to win the race but he got knocked off by a moto. That must be why Yates didn't know that he won. What a fuck up.
@xyxax
From the sound of it, the plane providing race updates had a problem, and then when he was trying to actually TALK to the DS via the CAR WINDOW it was too noisy for him to understand.
Honestly, I have no love for the Yates bros (Three Point System Violation on the helmet-wearing) but MASSAIVE props to the boy who just put the pedal to the metal irrespective of the radios and just raced. When in doubt, fucking Rule #5, son. He is on my list now, I tell you.
@xyaxx @frank
I had GVA pegged for the win, so if that moto driver costs me the overall VSP, I will hire Hinault to get all puncheur on him. Man, what a mess.
So, according to BMC, "This was not a sporting incident. This was caused by pure negligence, which cost the team millions of dollars on lost publicity. Therefore, we plan to explore every legal... blah blah"
We might could agree on the negligence part yes. Uhhh, the millions in lost publicity?? Seriously? There might in fact be even more publicity as a result.