After the Tour. The Belgian crits, beer & funny hats.

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Looks about right. Kittel has a full sprint train & is the fastest. But the fat boys have been dragging their butts over mountains the past week just for today. How they feel (f###ed) is unclear.

If you fancy an outsider, Dylan Groenewegen tweeted last night that his legs felt good. He'll need to be delivered perfectly by his team but 25/1 is a touch of value.

The women will race La Course ahead of the men.

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A chance to see the fantastic Marianne Vos.

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Cold & wet, expecting more crashes. Hearing that the "whimsical flâneur" Warren Barguil is going for the stage.

Wolt Poels was brilliant yesterday i thought

magnificent to watch him carry Froome up that last climb

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if he wasn't a super-domestique would he be a yellow jersey contender in his own right?

beat you to it tighty 

I think he just doubled his value this Tour. He's won a Monument, & ridden 3 week race like the best in the world.

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Last chance to shake up the standings. Last mountain is the Joux Plane, notoriously tough.

BMC, Astana & Movistar will want (or should) test Froome after his crash. Break will be the usual suspects. Winner will depend on how hard & early the GC teams push the pace.

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Great stage, so many heroes.

Excellent hints tonji, aru didnt deserve some of his teams efforts.

Nasty stage that. Sad Adam Yates lost his podium spot. But pleased for Bardet, French pride partially restored.

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Likely a win from the break. Really a nasty uphill start to the stage, plenty of teams will want multiple riders in the breakaway.

Really hoping Sky will give Poels some freedom today. He's been phenomenal. I've taken 150/1 win on betty.

Strongest breakaway riders this week have been Rafał Majka and Ilnur Zakarin, but are priced accordingly. Aru has looked to have found some form. Bardet also will be desperate for a win.

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Mountain ITT. Really should be a case of how much time Froome puts into everyone. Dumoulon had a relatively easy day yesterday, but you would expect the steep sections to blunt his power.

A bit of a flyer, but Jérome Coppel at 150/1 EW is value to get the 3rd spot. Could get better conditions with an earlier start time. He should be a top 5 rider, but being a local lad & riding for a new contract, the extra motivation could see a top result.

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Does the break make it? Having a few quid on Navarro, could be his turn to make one stick.

GC-wise, be interesting to see if Movistar and Astana "team up" to have a go at Sky. They can't do it alone. Hopefully we see aggressive racing, they barely attacked Froome on the last mountain stage

Sorry nell, too busy today to have any informed opinion, only a glance at the stage. Good luck.

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