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TDF Stage 12: 214.5km Pau-Peyragudes

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    #32
    Tigerandahalf
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    Weather has been quite poor in France this summer.


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    #33
    robyntmorton
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    Just seen the Alpecin team bus ad for the first time. What the actual f*ck was that?!


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    #34
    Weepsie
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    It's certainly a bit damp, could be some cagey descending possibly? Are sky doing all the work at the front too, or keeping it steady.


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    #35
    neris
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    robyntmorton wrote: »
    Just seen the Alpecin team bus ad for the first time. What the actual f*ck was that?!

    It's desperate isn't it


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    #36
    dragratchet
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    Tigerandahalf wrote: »
    Weather has been quite poor in France this summer.

    yeah it pissed rain everyday we were riding over there.. sometimes torrentially. got half the riding we hoped to do done.


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    #37
    robyntmorton
    Registered Users Posts: 4,263 ✭✭✭robyntmorton


    Fight for your hair!

    And I thought "German Engineering for Your Hair" was bad :pac:


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    #38
    neris
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    The front of the peloton is looking all to familiar and controlled


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    #39
    MPFGLB
    Registered Users Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    robyntmorton wrote: »
    Just seen the Alpecin team bus ad for the first time. What the actual f*ck was that?!

    Worse over acting I have ever seen ...


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    #40
    wanderer 22
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    DominoDub wrote: »
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    Nice Finish spot

    That is just stunning, you win today :D


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    #41
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Most teams seem to have someone up in the break. Sky (predictably) and Astana (who lost someone yesterday and Fuglsang's injured) don't.


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    #42
    dub_skav
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    robyntmorton wrote: »
    Fight for your hair!

    And I thought "German Engineering for Your Hair" was bad :pac:

    Unfortunately I lost the fight some years ago and no amount of caffeine is going to bring it back


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    #43
    CramCycle
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    dub_skav wrote: »
    Unfortunately I lost the fight some years ago and no amount of caffeine is going to bring it back

    I drink buckets of coffee and it is still getting worse :(


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    #44
    Itziger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,016 ✭✭✭Itziger


    So, c'mon, call this then.

    I'll start: Froomey beats 'em all. 30 seconds to second Quintana and Aru and Bardet. Dan loses 90 seconds to 2 mins.


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    #45
    MPFGLB
    Registered Users Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    CramCycle wrote: »
    I drink buckets of coffee and it is still getting worse :(

    Saw a picture of Valverde at home after his crash...seemed to have acquired alot of hair (from previous pictures) while in hospital


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    #46
    dastardly00
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    1. Froome
    2. Aru @20"
    3. Dan @ 45"

    DNF. Contador (rolls back down the runway at the finish and crashes)


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    #47
    Itziger
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    1. Froome
    2. Aru @20"
    3. Dan @ 45"

    DNF. Contador (rolls back down the runway at the finish and crashes)

    Kinda funny, but I also think it's sad when nobodies like you and me and probably everybody else on here ridicule one of the best riders in the history of the sport, if not since it began, then at least in last 40 years say.

    Multiple winner of Grand Tours. (Doping issues? Mais oui!)


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    #48
    Itziger
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    Wow! Quick Step with 4 near the front. Is there an Int Sprint coming up?? ;)


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    #49
    CramCycle
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    The TOF lads are going uphill faster than I can go down hill


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    #50
    MPFGLB
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    That finish suits Dan Martin ....surely this is the stage he wins


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    #51
    dastardly00
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    Itziger wrote: »
    Kinda funny, but I also think it's sad when nobodies like you and me and probably everybody else on here ridicule one of the best riders in the history of the sport, if not since it began, then at least in last 40 years say.

    Multiple winner of Grand Tours. (Doping issues? Mais oui!)

    Yeah I know, and agree.

    I do actually like Contador though because of his aggressive racing style. Although I would like to think of myself as being more anti-doping than the average cycling fan, so that does in effect paint me as a hypocrite.

    I'm really just making fun of Contador crashing all the time! :D


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    #52
    dragratchet
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    this thing looks like a flippin sportif atm... losing faith in the tour to have any excitement bar crashes and debates over unwritten rules...


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    #53
    neris
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    Itziger wrote: »
    Kinda funny, but I also think it's sad when nobodies like you and me and probably everybody else on here ridicule one of the best riders in the history of the sport

    fat blokes with beer bellys and 2 left feet have been doing the equivalent in football stadiums and on bar stools for decades


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    #54
    neris
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    dragratchet wrote: »
    debates over unwritten rules...

    dont start :mad:


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    #55
    Djoucer
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    Sky to ride at the front till 7km to go. Froome breaks on climb, gains time on descent and solos for stage win.


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    #56
    dastardly00
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    Fuglsang dropped from the peloton


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    #57
    [Deleted User]
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    Bertie :eek:


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    #58
    dastardly00
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    Go Go Go Bertie!


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    #59
    [Deleted User]
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    Awww not going to stick from the looks of it.


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    #60
    Doc07
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    Go Bertie says the romantic but Sky will claw him back.


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    #61
    Djoucer
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    Half arsed attempt by Bertie. Looks like he was trying to show he still has it. I reckon he'll be out the back on next climb. Unless he's had some steak.


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