Le Tour 2017

[lovejoy]

I'm not sure cracked no matter s fair, he lost less than 30 seconds in the last 300 metres.

[SteveN]

"Cracked" might be a tad unfair but it's all relative with Froome.  I can't recall a time when Froome was raced out of it on a.mountain finish to the extent he waa yesterday.

[JD]

Another great days racing. Froome looked to attack a couple of times but Aru, Bardet & Uran all responded to the attacks. It's becoming a very interesting race this year, with six riders within 2 minutes of the lead.

[thick_mike]

Froome back in yellow by the looks of things

[SteveN]

Aru's dreadful positioning shows just how important having a strong team around the yellow jersey is.
Froome is a clever rider

[Meanwood Villa]

Didn't expect that and I don't think Aru did either!

[UK Redsox]

Aru's dreadful positioning shows just how important having a strong team around the yellow jersey is.
Froome is a clever rider

Aru's got no teammates that can stay with him, whereas Froome has Landa and Kwiatkowski.

It was the latter who spotted the initial gap to Aru and instigated the attack.

Also, Sky just seem better organised in terms of planning (e.g. having more roadside water providers, whilst other teams are relying on a rider dropping back to the team car)

[SteveN]

Aru had enough support to help him to the bottom of the climb and then get on Froome's, or another good wheel.  He was way too far back to do that.
Be interesting today if Sky attack on the first climb and get rid of what support Aru has and leave him.isolated.

[JD]

Interesting that neither Bardet or Uran have really shown their hand yet but have stayed in touch with whoever breaks. It will be an interesting stage today, I think their will be lots of attacks, especially with a rest day tomorrow. 

[SteveN]

Bardet's home turf I think.  He needs time in hand for the time trial and by nature he is offensive.

[four fornicholl]

Superhuman effort from Froome, You have to wonder.

[thick_mike]

Great stage so far

[manic-road]

Superhuman effort from Froome, You have to wonder.

Cycling is the same as athletics, as soon as someone puts in an exceptional performance it's an automatic thought to be suspicious.

[SteveN]

Superhuman effort from Froome, You have to wonder.

Froome has been tested possibly more than any other cyclist over the past four years.  He is set up to peak for a specific three weeks in the year and also has the support of very strong team mates. Just a very very good athlete.

[UK Redsox]

Aru had enough support to help him to the bottom of the climb and then get on Froome's, or another good wheel.  He was way too far back to do that.
Be interesting today if Sky attack on the first climb and get rid of what support Aru has and leave him.isolated.

Your reading of what happened on Sat was better than mine. Interesting interviews with one of Aru's teammates post Sat stage and pre Sun stage saying that they tried to help Aru Doesn't sound like Aru is well liked by the team and that he doesn't communicate well during the stage.