Tour de France 2015 Stage 17 Digne-les-Bains - Pra Loup *contains unmasked spoilers*

MPFG

Porte needs ot let Nibs go

mcgratheoin

Good tactics from Sky - racing looks a lot better when the GC contenders don't have team mates though. (I'm not counting Valverde as anyone's team mate )

Talib Fiasco

Sagan there for Bertie now too

mhiggy09

Is that sagan with contador?

PowerToWait

How did he manage to lose it there? Did he lock up?

hans aus dtschl

Whatever else you can call this, it's great team tactics today.

spock.

I really hope Uran can win this. He's just passed Pinot.

mhiggy09

PowerToWait wrote: »

How did he manage to lose it there? Did he lock up?

Yes he totally locked up. The tire .....

Contador is down! !

Boscoirl

Contador lost the chain

retalivity

contador off

mhiggy09

No idea what happen just froome nibali valverde and quintana left

CramCycle

Contador stopped

MPFG

Bet Bertie was going hell for leather

Boscoirl

thats the podium sorted now

ZiabR

PowerToWait wrote: »

How did he manage to lose it there? Did he lock up?

Look at the replay and you can see him look to the left just as he loses it. He essentially shifted his weight mid corner and that caused him to lose it.

DominoDub

Was that Porte down the cliff ?

dastardly00

I would have thought Sagan would lead Contador down the rest of the descent?

irishrover99

the descents have been more exciting than the climbing in this tour

MPFG

Sagan may have given Bert his bike ?

Eamonnator

Froome is riding like a winner

mhiggy09

DominoDub wrote: »

Was that Porte down the cliff ?

What did he go over?

MPFG

good chance fro Talansky here

Talib Fiasco

Contador puncture and got Sagan's bike apparently

DominoDub

Just at the contador stop ...someone was the far side of the fence !

dastardly00

Kelly: Alexander Valverde :pac:

Talib Fiasco

Must be the longest and most painful 3km for Geshcke

MPFG

where is Porte gone

retalivity

MPFG wrote: »

where is Porte gone

Where is roche??? thought hed have tagged on to froome by now

curious incident

retalivity wrote: »

Where is roche??? thought hed have tagged on to froome by now

He's totally disappeared on the live tracker, who knows where he is.

Talib Fiasco

There were reports somebody went flying out to the side on the descent...might be one of them?

MPFG

Why has Majka not fallne back ot help Contador

hans aus dtschl

MPFG wrote: »

Why has Majka not fallne back ot help Contador

I believe he did.
Sagan and another Saxo rider were there?

Boscoirl

Movistar have 4 riders together now, surely they should try something now before Roche falls back to them

Talib Fiasco

MoviStar's everywhere!

REBELSAFC

Free shampoo for everyone!!!!!!!!!!

LeoD

Turning out to be another non-event stage

retalivity

This means that movistar will cover any move by contador, meaning less work for sky and playing even more into froome's hands...

hans aus dtschl

Movistar doing Sky a favour here

spock.

Great win by Geschke.

Talib Fiasco

How anyone cycles at that level with a beard like that blows my mind...the heat!

hans aus dtschl

retalivity wrote: »

This means that movistar will cover any move by contador, meaning less work for sky and playing even more into froome's hands...

Only until tomorrow, when two Movistar's are on the podium and can afford to attack Froome.

mcgratheoin

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

How anyone cycles at that level with a beard like that blows my mind...the heat!

That's what happens when you wash your face with Alpecin...

dastardly00

LeoD wrote: »

Turning out to be another non-event stage

Just because Froome isn't losing time that means it's a non-event stage?

I completely disagree.

Talib Fiasco

Goddamnit MoviStar do something

LeoD

dastardly00 wrote: »

Just because Froome isn't losing time that means it's a non-event stage?

I completely disagree.

Everyone riding tempo is a non event.

Talib Fiasco

It's been a massive stage. TJ gone, Contador about to lose 2 more minutes. MoviStar 2/3 almost secured. Means a lot on the grand scheme of things

MPFG

Majka crosses the line well ahead of Contador ....he didn;t fall back ...strange

hans aus dtschl

Froome using his rivals against each other quite cleverly.

dastardly00

Contador crash?

http://gfycat.com/CornySomberGuineafowl

hans aus dtschl

Yes it was a crash, his shorts are torn