Throughout the Tour de France, Australian professional cyclist Richie Porte will be checking in.
Riley Reiff Jersey . Here is his latest entry, as told to ESPN contributor Rupert Guinness:First Rest Day -?Escaldes-Egordany, AndorraWith the Pyrenees behind us in this years 103rd Tour de France, everyone is now looking to Mont Ventoux, the summit finish of stage 12, as the next pivotal moment of the race.Thats understandable, given the mountain is one of the hardest to race up in Europe.But what happens there could also depend on what happens the day before.After Mondays rest day, we leave the Pyrenees for Tuesdays 197km 10th stage from Escaldes-Egordany in Andorra to Revel in France. Danger then lurks during Wednesdays 162.5km 11th stage from Carcassonne to Montpellier, when there is chance of a cross wind.If those winds prevail, that could be stressful. If such winds strike and the peloton splits up, it could set the scene for an even more interesting stage to Mont Ventoux. Cross winds require a great read of race; and if not responded to correctly can be costly with time losses.However, I think we have the team at BMC for cross winds; and if conditions are otherwise.An ability to race in varying conditions is part and parcel of bike racing, and I was reminded of that when I woke up on Monday morning for the first of two rest days in this years Tour.What reminded me were the bruises on my arms where my tan line stops; I had little welts from the hail storm that struck us on Sunday. Its a good thing we have helmets on.That alone made one think of the stage and who was stronger in the Pyrenean stage or not.It was also interesting to see discussion over whether or not Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar) is holding back on the race by not trying to attack race leader Chris Froome (Sky).I dont know. Maybe Quintana was on his limit. I think its silly to read into anything just yet.I saw him race earlier this year at the Volta a Catalunya and he is a pretty aggressive rider.I guess he is saving it for Thursday? If not, the main thing is to be ready for when he tries.Which all leads to what we all may have gained from the rest day in Andorra, or not.To be honest, I am not a massive fan of rests days. I would just rather get the Tour done.I had a pretty rough night of sleep on Sunday night to Monday morning with Portuguese fans outside the team hotel making a racket after Portugals 2016 Euro football final victory.But at least as a rider you are granted most of the day to yourself until late team meetings.BMCs plan says wake up whenever. There is not time limit so long we are riding by 10.30.But I was awake on Sunday at 7.10am, and at breakfast with the staff. So my rest day began.After rising earlier than usual for the stage, I was all ready to go but with no race to race.It was good though to get more time for treatment from the osteopath and have a massage.We then rode 40 kilometres easy, in and around Andorra, even skipping the coffee shop -- after which we had lunch and the afternoon to ourselves, in my case, with my wife, Gemma.As we walked along the river outside our hotel in Andorra-La Vielle, it was easy to think of how lucky we are to be in a sport that takes you to such far off areas like the Pyrenees.But then, those mountains are behind us now - for at least another year. So whats ahead?Hopefully that is a question I can help answer with performance, and a good one at that.
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http://www.vikingsauthenticshop.com/Vikings-Trevor-Siemian-Draft-Jersey/ . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. Trying to project how drivers and teams will perform on a week-to-week basis means trying to balance a number of factors, such as driver track history, team track history and recent all track/related-track performances by both teams and drivers.Then we get into race weekend, and I try to factor in practice speeds and qualifying performance. Then from there, factor in how drivers starting positions historically affect performance at assorted tracks.Hey, I never said I didnt like a challenge.Lets put it into perspective at this weekends locale, Pocono. Its a very individual racetrack in that its the only one on the circuit that is triangular. But in terms of makeup, its long straightaways and tight, flat corners make it reminiscent of Indianapolis.Last week at Indy, Kyle Busch flat dominated, going nearly wire-to-wire for the win. Gibbs has been the dominant team this season, winning nine of the 20 races itself, and picking up another win via the Gibbs-supported Furniture Row Racing.Furniture Row and Gibbs are the two highest-scoring teams this season in terms of DraftKings points per race. And five of the top-six single-race scoring totals have come from those two teams (two from Busch, two from Carl Edwards and one from Martin Truex Jr.
Anthony Barr Jersey. ).So Kyle Busch dominated at Indianapolis, but his recent history says hes not the driver to take at Pocono. In the last nine races there, four times he hasnt put up positive fantasy points, without a top-five finish in the bunch. So thats one vote pro, and one vote con.On the flip side, you have Hendrick Motorsports. No team has won more at this track than Hendrick, including five of the last eight (but none of the last three).Take a look, though, at the teams average points per race over the last four seasons: 44.6 in 2013, 43.9 in 2014, 35.1 in 2015 and 32.7 in 2016. The team just snapped its longest top-10 drought since 2000. Im making sure to take 2016 Hendrick Motorsports, not the 2013 version.But the 2013 version included a Pocono race last month in which rookie Chase Elliott led the most laps.The info is all on the table, but Ill do my best to sort it all out now that qualifying is in the books.Here are my picks and fades for Sundays race. Remember, its not just finishing position that matters; start/finish differential, fastest laps run and laps led all come into play.
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