# Tour De France - 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cycling\ **Created:** [28 June 2016 11:39 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132 "2016-06-28T11:39:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 11:39 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/1 "2016-06-28T11:39:56Z")
As it says on the tin, everything Tour De France. Looking forward to this great sporting event. Of course Froome will be right up there, but I’m pitching for a Nairo Quintana to win the tour 2016, with Alberto Contador and Tejay van Garderen around the top riders. I am hoping that Peter Sagan wins a stage after so many near misses in 2015, becoming a 2nd place specialist. But is the Green Jersey king!! Winning the green Jersey 4 years in a row! Adam Yates is going to be one to watch for the future! \*\*The British riders to look out for - \*\* Froome - Sky Kennaugh - Sky Rowe - Sky Stannard - Sky Thomas - Sky A Yates - Orica - GreenEdge (Oz team) Cavendish - Dimension Data (South African team) Cummings - Dimension Data (South African team) Thwaites - Bora-Argon 18 (German team) McLay - Fortuneo-Vital Concept (French team) **Then the Ireland rider** ## Dan Matin - Etixx-Quick Step - Belgium ---
**Author:** ![Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Rallyboy)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 11:44 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/2 "2016-06-28T11:44:22Z")
Looking forward to it - how is Cav’s lead out team this season? ---
**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 11:49 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/3 "2016-06-28T11:49:24Z")
never mind the lead out team, Cav is never going to be the sprinter he was. He has only had a couple of stage wins this season. Renshaw and Eisel will give him a good shot though, as I think he has a great lead team. ---
**Author:** ![old-ottery](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/old-ottery/32/53_2.png) [@old-ottery](https://www.sotonians.com/u/old-ottery)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 11:53 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/4 "2016-06-28T11:53:50Z")
Big fan of cycling 😆 I am always up with the leaders 🆒 undetected engine in my old armchair and some real good gear to get me up those steep inclines. 😲 Some of those Brits in the tour…top boyz 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 11:56 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/5 "2016-06-28T11:56:06Z")
Try and get some pride back, with the cycling and Froome the record breaker? I hope so, but just think it could be a win to far for him. ---
**Author:** ![Flahute](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/flahute/32/93_2.png) [@Flahute](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Flahute)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 12:09 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/6 "2016-06-28T12:09:19Z")
Dan Martin rides for Ettix Quikstep not Cannondale. Froome will win although Quintana has a monster team around him. Age and treachery will always beat youth and inexperience. On a side note I’m racing Sunday. I won’t win. ---
**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 12:16 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/7 "2016-06-28T12:16:47Z")
Whoops, yes he moved this year! Oh and good luck for Sunday, where yiu racing? I am more off road. ---
**Author:** ![Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Rallyboy)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 12:55 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/8 "2016-06-28T12:55:57Z")
are you breaking it to me gently that Cav’s career is on the decline? 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 12:58 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/9 "2016-06-28T12:58:58Z")
Only for the last two years ---
**Author:** ![Flahute](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/flahute/32/93_2.png) [@Flahute](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Flahute)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 13:01 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/10 "2016-06-28T13:01:03Z")
One of the reasons he moved to DD is that he’s now allowed to get into breakways! ---
**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 13:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/11 "2016-06-28T13:02:05Z")
I would say the crash in 2014, was pretty much it! ---
**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 13:05 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/12 "2016-06-28T13:05:57Z")
I would love Cav to prove me wrong, as he is one of my favourite cyclists, but his days are gone no matter what team he is in. I hop DD can do it for him at the tour, as he has a great leadout team. ---
**Author:** ![Flahute](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/flahute/32/93_2.png) [@Flahute](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Flahute)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 13:12 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/13 "2016-06-28T13:12:08Z")
He’ll not beat MK, AG in a head to head and others are now just as good. I’d sooner watch Sagan. He’s a bloody genius on a bike. ---
**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\ **Post date:** [28 June 2016 13:20 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/14 "2016-06-28T13:20:16Z")
Sagan is one of my favourite riders. As I said in the OP, I hope he wins a stage as the amount of 2nd places was getting silly last year. But a great of the green jersey! ---
**Author:** ![Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/map-of-tasmania/32/1298_2.png) [@Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Map-Of-Tasmania)\ **Post date:** [29 June 2016 16:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/15 "2016-06-29T16:02:19Z")
But with that mullet, nowhere near as handsome as the boy Marcel :lou_is_a_flirt: ---
**Author:** ![Flahute](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/flahute/32/93_2.png) [@Flahute](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Flahute)\ **Post date:** [29 June 2016 16:44 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/16 "2016-06-29T16:44:00Z")
My Mrs watches him and then leaves a damp spot on the sofa. ---
**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\ **Post date:** [29 June 2016 16:47 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/17 "2016-06-29T16:47:37Z")
On that note I prefer Sagan, as I like a good Tinkoff. ---
**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\ **Post date:** [29 June 2016 16:53 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/18 "2016-06-29T16:53:09Z")
Fat git! ---
**Author:** ![Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Rallyboy)\ **Post date:** [29 June 2016 21:06 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/19 "2016-06-29T21:06:37Z")
He may be in decline but Cav in his prime, tucked up behind Renshaw, carving their way through gaps in a final sprint was a sight to behold. ---
**Author:** ![Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/map-of-tasmania/32/1298_2.png) [@Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Map-Of-Tasmania)\ **Post date:** [2 July 2016 22:16 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132/20 "2016-07-02T22:16:50Z")
Surprizing win for Cav today, made the most of a bizarre and crappy lead outs for for the big guns. [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/tour-de-france-2016/2132.md?page=2)