[Baynative]

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Every article I have found only says he had headaches. he may have had this symptom before, but he did finish 5th the last two years.

The mountains are separating the field and the hard part is still to come. I had an interesting conversation yesterday and we sort of agreed that although the tour directors do a great job of designing routes, the purpose is to determine the best cyclist in the field.

Out question was;"does it really determine the best climbers?" We talked about how designing a course with a lot of wind impaired coastal roads, a lot of rollers and short steep hills like the classics feature, cobbles and technical narrow country roads might do more to determine the best rider. Or, would it actually determine the best team?

[PeteB570]

Well, one thing is for sure.

For the most part the guys close in GC going into the mountains are pretty much the same. Nobody can drop the others.

So there are a lot of riders having some hard rides but good times winning stages.

France got a one - two today.

[nutmeg]

Maybe I don't know enough about Tejay and his physical issues, but I get impatient hearing about his chest colds and headaches. If a chest cold really affects his legs that badly in the Alps, well.. OK.

Andrew Talansky may never win the TDF, but he is a bigger cycling hero to me than Tejay. Remember Talansky's amazing, painful ride in Stage 11 last year?

Refusing to Quit, American is Surrounded by Cheers After a Lonely Finish - Andrew Talansky Shows Grit and Avoids Elimination

Go Andrew!

[nutmeg]

BTW, what happened to the Schleck brothers this year? Neither one is in the TDF...