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Tour de France 2016, July 9, Stage 8: Pau / Bagnères-de-Luchon *SPOILERS*

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    #122
    mloc123
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    Dcully wrote: »
    Impressive from Froome for sure.
    Sagan has been doing it for a few years.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR3QoZWMkok

    Position is nothing new but pedalling at the same time, that I haven't seen?


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    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,408 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    mloc123 wrote: »
    Position is nothing new but pedalling at the same time, that I haven't seen?

    Sagan does it all the time. I've seen plenty of others do it as well. Froome just pedalled a lot more than normal because the descent wasn't the steepest.

    My 2c. It was a pretty straight and untechnical descent. Exceptional descending skills weren't really needed, just single mindedness and power. I'm not trying to detract from Froomes ride, it was grand. But he hasn't suddenly morphed into superb descending expert. The time gaps dropped a little every time there was hairpins. On a more technical descent Valverde would have caught him handily.

    Valverde didn't go full gas at that descent. He was "glass cranking". I have no idea why, but he put feck all into it. The 2 BMC guys didn't work well at all. Also bizarre. Dan Martin should have jumped after Froome, but didn't. Bizarre.

    The chasers made an absolute balls of it. Fair play to Froome, he took advantage of a terrible response to his attack.

    they/them/theirs


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




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    #124
    xxyyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭xxyyzz


    As a mountainbiker and Kerry road cyclist, that is the most terrifying position humanly possible. It's just asking to go over the bars at the merest hint of a pothole.


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    #125
    Raymzor
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    Froome had a 54 chain ring. Does that mean this was planned?


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    #126
    ednwireland
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    Raymzor wrote: »
    Froome had a 54 chain ring. Does that mean this was planned?

    Brailsford basically said so afterwards even though froome claimed it wasn't.

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    #127
    funnights74
    Registered Users Posts: 1,952 ✭✭✭funnights74


    xxyyzz wrote: »
    As a mountainbiker and Kerry road cyclist, that is the most terrifying position humanly possible. It's just asking to go over the bars at the merest hint of a pothole.

    :D He wouldn't try that on the roads of Ireland. The a+e's will be packed to the rafters.
    I knew there would be copycats.

    https://twitter.com/kidsracing/status/751854526299340800/video/1


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    #128
    Boscoirl
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    Froome was fined 200 francs for hitting the spectator


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    #129
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    Orica Bike Exchange's "Backstage Pass" for the day includes a clip of a young lad in a Sliabh Luachra CC jersey and flying a tricolour waving on Dan on the top of the Tourmalet, around 3:20 in the below


    https://youtu.be/5iNTLmSmm0Q


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