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Criterium de Dauphine 2016 - mod warning in post 223 and OP

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    #32
    dastardly00
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    happytramp wrote: »
    I'd love to see him go to the Vuelta and grab a couple of stages.

    Is there any word actually if Sam will ride the TdF and/or the Vuelta?


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    #33
    TheBlaaMan
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    A great pics from Karen Edwards;


    https://twitter.com/eddie_km/status/739864424715059200


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    #34
    Pudsy33
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Is there any word actually if Sam will ride the TdF and/or the Vuelta?

    I suspect he will be doing the Tour, his team has a wildcard


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    #35
    dastardly00
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    Pudsy33 wrote: »
    I suspect he will be doing the Tour, his team has a wildcard

    Bora Argon 18 also have a wildcard entry for La Vuelta as well.


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    #36
    happytramp
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    Have to say, it's great having Martin to support on the mountain stages and Bennett on the flat ones. Never a boring stage.


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    #37
    dastardly00
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    Stage 2 Crêches-sur-Saône - Chalmazel - Jeansagnière (168 km)

    A nice hilly stage for the GC guys to have a little battle before the tougher mountains later on in the week. Goooooo Dan!

    Live coverage on Eurosport2 at 3pm

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    #38
    Lusk_Doyle
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    Tony Gallopin ftw. He'd get my bet only for pp only has him at 14/1. Steve Cummings (50/1) or Thomas deGend (100/1) look like good e/w bets.


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    #39
    neris
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Tony Gallopin ftw.

    so so close


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    #40
    Brian?
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    The Euroaport commentary was so bad it actually spoiled quite a good finish.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #41
    velo.2010
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    Brian? wrote: »
    The Euroaport commentary was so bad it actually spoiled quite a good finish.

    This.
    Kirby reached a high point in 2014 - he came across a having a genuine interest and improving his team and rider recognition during commentary. These days he sounds like less interested in the racing and more interested in quipping his way through the afternoon. Matt Stevens is a bad match and gives Kirby rope to do what he does.

    Regarding the racing today... I think some riders were caught out by that finish. It appeared to be far more difficult than had been forecast. That's some Sky team - even with Poels struggling, they still have two guys to go up the road. Tinkoff were not as weak as expected even after working through the day for Contador. Jesper Hansen was good today.


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    #42
    retalivity
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    one of the reports i read earlier had contador losing 6 seconds or so to froome, that doesnt seem to be the case anymore?


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    #43
    Lusk_Doyle
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    If the sprinters teams can't get their men over the few cat 4s tomorrow then I predict a breakaway win for Tommy V with Martin to take take a few secs from Froome with Contador right behind him.


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    #44
    at1withmyself
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    retalivity wrote: »
    one of the reports i read earlier had contador losing 6 seconds or so to froome, that doesnt seem to be the case anymore?

    He pulled back a few seconds all right but didn't see where....


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    #45
    dastardly00
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    retalivity wrote: »
    one of the reports i read earlier had contador losing 6 seconds or so to froome, that doesnt seem to be the case anymore?

    The provisional results indicated that the commissionaires had decided that there were gaps between some of the riders that finished in the lead bunch. So Contador (23rd) lost some time to Froome (8th). But then there was a change of mind and everyone from 2nd place to 30th got the same time.


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    #46
    dastardly00
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    Brian? wrote: »
    The Euroaport commentary was so bad it actually spoiled quite a good finish.

    Carlton's current favourite rider is Sebastian Reichenbach. He wouldn't shut up about him during the stage finale!


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    #47
    Lusk_Doyle
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Carlton's current favourite rider is Sebastian Reichenbach. He wouldn't shut up about him during the stage finale!

    Atapuma must not be riding this race.


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    #48
    neris
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    Are itv showing it live? They have a highlights show on in the evening. Ned boulting is alot more bearable then carlton.


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    #49
    neris
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Atapuma must not be riding this race.

    Atapuma is so 2015. He moved onto simon clarke a while back but sounds like he got bored of him and has moved on


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    #50
    CramCycle
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    neris wrote: »
    Are itv showing it live? They have a highlights show on in the evening. Ned boulting is alot more bearable then carlton.

    They had the prlogue live on ITV 3 or 4, but didn't see it again the following days


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    #51
    pelevin
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    neris wrote: »
    Are itv showing it live? They have a highlights show on in the evening. Ned boulting is alot more bearable then carlton.

    I'd beg to differ. Kirby definitely is much better when with Sean Kelly all right, who manages to tone Kirby down. However last year I remember I finding Boulting with David Millar just totally unbearable. The whole point of the cycling seemed was for them an excuse to non-stop intellectualise about what was going on beneath the surface, so to speak, rendering it for me anyway impossible to just relax into the racing.


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    #52
    Andy Magic
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    neris wrote: »
    Atapuma is so 2015. He moved onto simon clarke a while back but sounds like he got bored of him and has moved on

    He got bored because he couldn't practice his french pronunciation with such a normal name.


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    #53
    Pudsy33
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    neris wrote: »
    Atapuma is so 2015. He moved onto simon clarke a while back but sounds like he got bored of him and has moved on

    He realised Simon Clarke was actually Lawson Craddock


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    #54
    neris
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    ah ffs i tune in for the last 100 meters and looks like i missed something good


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    #55
    happytramp
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    neris wrote: »
    ah ffs i tune in for the last 100 meters and looks like i missed something good

    Afraid so. I'm sure it'll be on later though.


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    #56
    Daroxtar
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    That was a somewhat exciting last few km!!


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    #57
    oconnpad
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    neris wrote: »
    Atapuma is so 2015. He moved onto simon clarke a while back but sounds like he got bored of him and has moved on

    Think Steve Cummings is his current favourite.

    That was some dodgy river crossing with 4km to go, hit one of those white bits in maps image below and it's a long way down. They must have been hitting 60kph turning on to that.

    https://www.google.ie/maps/@45.0669767,4.7809384,3a,75y,161.72h,72.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srD1u2SWhJVEyKKOo8CcwAw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en


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    #58
    fat bloke
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    That was some awesome last 15k!! Chapeau, chapeau, chapeau.


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    #59
    Pudsy33
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    Sam has a good chance tomorrow. He beat Kristoff in a similar uphill finish in Norway last season. Although he has Degenkolb, EBH, and Bouhanni to deal with too.


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    #60
    MPFGLB
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    https://twitter.com/irishpeloton/status/740665590562619392


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    #61
    dastardly00
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    Yep he's spot on.

    In the UCI Regulations, Part XII: Discipline and Procedures, Article 12.1.040, Race incident 9.1.2, a 'flying-relay' amongst team mates results in a fine of 200 CHF and a 10 second penalty.


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