I remember watching that, Beloki got well beat up?
Love him or hate him, Lance did well to stay upright across that gravel section!
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broke his hip iirc, never really came back
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Wheres @awildt ?
Watching it live, need a TriTalk wave 
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Yeah he never featured again poor fella. Rolled tub in the heat.
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Pog to attack from 100km out today?
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Worth remembering that Armstrong wasn’t proven guilty because he never failed a test. The avalanche of circumstantial evidence became too much, and it was in his interests to confess - he thought he could take a stretch and then go again
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Wasn’t his pissing off Landis his ultimate undoing?
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And of course he was known to have failed at least one test, almost certainly two.
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It wasn’t a house of cards, more death by a thousand cuts. Emma O’Reilly told her story in 2001 and was roundly mocked. The evidence was there, but UCI, ASO didn’t care. USADA and Landis set it off
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When the Feds started investigating, the game was up.
No one was prepared to lie to a Federa investigation, so all of his team mates started singing like birds
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It’s the frustration of just how many people knew and they were all manipulated and bullied to not say anything. Pat mcquaid, Phil Liggett, the notable 2 in very distinct positions of power and influence.
But you just have to spend a day watching the circus from the sidelines and realise why it all happens. If the entire house of cards comes tumbling down, there’s a lot of people out of a job and losing lifelong careers.
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I hate ITV4 coverage, adverts every 5 minutes 
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Three UAE riders to finish top ten.
Of course they’re all clean………Mauro Gianetti would never allow doping in his team………… oh wait. Saunier-Duval, Riccardo Rico, Juan Jose Cobo………
Nothing to see here….
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FFS I sold Vinnegar and thought Pogacar would sit back today so didn’t pick him.
This Tour has been quite boring tbh. Utterly predictable mountain stages and few breakaway wins.
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I know it’s a race, but I reckon Pog would help his popularity in the peloton if he let the break win from time to time. He didn’t need to win the stage today
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I think they’ll ‘blame’ Soudal for dragging it along today, then Remco attacking.
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Lots of counters to that from riders on Twitter. I get why but it’s not really exciting at the moment. To watch them take 1 min in less than half a km was ridiculous.
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The other riders are probably hoping for a UAE contract - get paid a load of money to be in Pog’s C team when he decides he’s going for all 3 grand tours next year and needs a support team for each
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This is more boring than the Froome Sky days, and up there with Lance / Discovery.
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