Grand Tour Excitement

Good ride from Hesjedal today but in the end I think Quintana will win buy minutes. He should massacre the field on the Zoncolan.

Sure he can't TT himself out of a paper bag but there's a big old hill in the TT so it's not like the others will pull massive time back. It'll be good to see him V's Froome in the TDF next year as I reckon Fromme will murder Contador/Nibali again this year. Thing is, Froome is rapid in the TT so Quintana will have to drop him in the mountains, which frankly sounds impossible!

I would not be so sure about Fromme and the Tour. He has not had a good early season. Contador on the other hand has had a great Spring.

I agree it was crap early on but by Romandie he was tearing the legs off everyone. I like Contador regardless of the steak ;) but Froome is going to be impossible to beat for a while IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV47MQWsR0E

Ryder moved up a couple spots again today, most notably passing Cadel who lost about 1 1/2 minutes. But Quintana still gaining on the fields a few seconds here, a few seconds there …

Unless Quintana blows up he has this.

There should be a fierce battle between Rolland and Aru for that third step over the next two stages.

Good ride from Hesjedal today but in the end I think Quintana will win buy minutes. He should massacre the field on the Zoncolan.

Sure he can't TT himself out of a paper bag but there's a big old hill in the TT so it's not like the others will pull massive time back.

I think he'll do well in the TT. 1500 metres of elevation in 20km will be quite the grunt.

I think he'll do well in the TT. 1500 metres of elevation in 20km will be quite the grunt.

The commentators today mentioned Hesjedal as one of the riders who could make big gains on field in the mountain TT stage. He's shown he does have the big engine, but he's also had a few days of strong riding leading up to this. Hopefully he's got lots of gas in the tank tomorrow. Zoncolan on Saturday will separate the men from the boys.

I think he's too far behind. That first day was very unfortunate for him.

I think Uran could make up some time.

Quintana killed it in the ITT. Ryder 26th, slips back to 9th in GC.

Bummer about the dropped chain for Hesjedal, but he looked like he was hurting. Hopefully he's got enough left to stay in the top ten.

Unbelievable stage today and sets up an all-out war for the TDF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quMeFvEMC0o

The last two stages at Dauphine were great to watch. Awesome to see Ryder pull for Talanksky.

Poor Contador thought Sky might help him get up to the first group. He should have launched sooner.

He was too busy watching Froome wasn't he? If he'd realised how cooked he was he'd gave gone much earlier I think.

Hopefully we get an exciting TDF this year. I really don't want to watch Fromme looking at his power meter all day long having a domestique cut wind for him all day.