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and if the wild card, which one?

In reply to veteye:

Are you writing off Contador?

Personally I'm rooting for the little Columbian as I like him or Froome as I'm warming to him a bit more now and my wildcard would be G if Froome falls off early on

In reply to balmybaldwin:

I think Contador is a possibility,but not in the front line for me. I think that he may fade towards the end.
I do not want Quintana,the Colombian to win, but I think that he could well do so, as he seems to be full of strength and stamina.(And all credit to him for that)

In reply to veteye:

I just hate Contador. He's a smarmy little git who never does any work, just sits in all day saving his strength.

In reply to veteye:

Following on from Leicester City and Iceland, this has to be Tommy Voekler's year

In reply to Rigid Raider:

Crumbs, that's a remarkable reading of his racing style.

In reply to Rigid Raider:

I like Contador. I fully understand why people don't like him but he always has a pop and spices up the races he's in. So i suppose its more accurate to say I like watching him. Having said that i don't fancy him for a win he's been off form ever since they banned beef sandwiches.

In reply to Chris the Tall:

I will not listen to any talk suggesting that TV is a minor figure!

In reply to Mike Highbury:
I look forward to the Tour de Yorkshire supplanting the Crit Dauphine as the essential pre-TDF race to win !

In reply to Chris the Tall:

You are so mean.

In reply to Chris the Tall:

Hear hear!

In reply to veteye:

I taught English at a Polytechnic near Seville where I lived in the hall of residence and I knew many young Spaniards of Contador's ilk. I find him smarmy and conceited and I don't trust him.

In reply to Rigid Raider:

Don't know how you've come to that conclusion. He's probably the most agressive and attacking of all the GT contenders.

In reply to DaveHK:


Tongue in cheek, I suspect...

In reply to veteye:

hmm. Froome, I suppose, and I've warmed to him.

Richie Porte has got to be up there, as have Aru and Quntana

If you haven't read Geraint Thomas' book yet - the world of cycling according to G, then read it quickly - it gives a very handy insight into aspects of the Tour that previously had passed me by

In reply to veteye:

"wild card"? do you mean dark horse?

The only wild cards in the Tour de France are for teams, this year: Cofidis, Direct Energie. Fortuneo-Vital Concept, and Bora Argon 18 .

In reply to veteye:

I would love for Quintana to win. Would be great for Colombia and Colombian cycling especially as that's my home for half the year

In reply to Kimono:

It should be a good and needling competition. I think that Froome is going to have to up his game, as Quintana has been concentrating on improving his time-trialling.

(Meantime, my daughter is in Bogota having been there for just under a fortnight.If she can keep out of the troubled areas,it seems like a really exciting country. I hope that she can go to Cartagena and Calli, along with seeing the Whales and one of those desert island type places.)