Wit the tour kicking off today, it's time to establish the annual tdf thread w 3-4 talking tour, and the rest posting the same 'how do you watch this shit' lines over and over.
My surface level thoughts:
gc field looks good at the top this yr. 4 real contenders as far as I can see. Hope they all stay healthy and contador or nibali wins an epic one, but I suspect ac is a bit past his prime for these younger pups. Want to see if quintana can look as good as he did at points in 2013 for the whole thing. With the shit show that was sky last year, I'm actually looking forward to a strong froome this yr, though I don't want to see him end up in yellow for much of the tour. That team is lame w the lead. Nibali repeat would be interesting. Mainly want to see a competitive tour down the stretch
Would love top 5 finish for teejay and top 10 for talansky, but have a feeling both bust
Green jersey will likely be a runaway for sagan again, but he won't win many stages. Thing to watch for me will be if kittel can continue to look unbeatable like the Cavendish of 4-5 years ago or if greipel and Cavendish can push him a bit. Maybe even sagan. I'd like to see sagan get 3-4 stages - like his style
Getting goofy with the cobbles again, hoping for no injury to any real guys. Last year was a disaster w injury
Jmerc, 2 decks etc - thoughts?
