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Le Tour '18 stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice > Alpe d'Huez 175k

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    #152
    neris
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    Doc07 wrote: »
    Dan lost 1’45. Could have been a lot worse as he lost wheel around 6km to go. Actually it’s impressive

    The way things are looking Dan could be winning a sprint on the champs elysse


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    #153
    neris
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    Matt Rendell pull your tongue out of Geraints bum.


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    #154
    Sprinter Sacre
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    neris wrote: »
    Time for movistar to give up this 3 leader crap and back Landa. Quintanas a busted flush and has been for a long time

    I have no idea what has happened Quintana tbh. Landa looked stale today but recovered well. Marc Soler needs to be given more credit as well, he should be number 3 in the leaders ranking and let Valverde donkey it out and maybe grab a stage in time to come.


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    #155
    irishrover99
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    dahat wrote: »
    Nibali collided with a Moto according to the World of Twitter.

    He should get that time back.
    If Froome isn't in the race, their is not so much hysteria from the crowd.

    Didn't Froome get the same time on vonteux a few years ago


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    #156
    gordongekko
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    check_six wrote: »
    His Achilles Heel perhaps?

    Sky are running tests on this. Its known that he has suffered from achilles heel since he was much younger. The tue is on its way, sure it's only a marginal gain.


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    #157
    Hurrache
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    Burkie1203 wrote: »
    So thomas did the alpe dhuez a few seconds quicker then Lance.

    Dan was also quicker than him the other day too up the Colombiere. He must have been in the midst of a dodgy batch of EPO back them.


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    #158
    Doc07
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    Hurrache wrote: »
    Dan was also quicker than him the other day too up the Colombiere. He must have been in the midst of a dodgy batch of EPO back them.

    Thomas time might not even be in the top 100 of all time. Atleast 4 mins slower than Pantani.


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    #159
    Lusk_Doyle
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    De Bhál wrote: »
    They did say there was a tailwind

    How does a tailwind help on a climb with so many switchbacks and direction changes?


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    #160
    eagle eye
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    gordongekko wrote:
    Sky are running tests on this. Its known that he has suffered from achilles heel since he was much younger. The tue is on its way, sure it's only a marginal gain.


    I'd imagine Salbutomol would sort the heel out.


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    #161
    Sal Butamol
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    eagle eye wrote: »
    I'd imagine Salbutomol would sort the heel out.

    He has lovely heels


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    #162
    De Bhál
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    How does a tailwind help on a climb with so many switchbacks and direction changes?

    I did wonder that too and just reckoned there must be a wind direction that's advantageous. But yeah I don't understand how really.


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    #163
    funnights74
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    Nibali taken to hospital with a suspected Fractured vertebrae. If so he's out. Some performance to finish today under those circumstances.


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    #164
    fishfoodie
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    Weepsie wrote: »
    Nobody wonders this about Dumoulin though? Strange that.

    They do; but when you've a velociraptor in the room, the tiger suddenly doesn't seem so significant.


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    #165
    retalivity
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    https://www.strava.com/activities/1713450044

    Kruijswijks strava from today. He went up alpe d'huez in 46:27, and had just over 4mins lead. Thomas ended up finishing 53 secs ahead, so he went up 5mims quicker, or around 41:30.

    From stickybottle today, the 35 fastest times - http://www.stickybottle.com/blogs/cycling-fastest-times-alpe-dhuez/
    Puts thomas around 25th, in 'illustrious' company, but not crazy times


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    #166
    Lusk_Doyle
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    funnights74 wrote: »
    Nibali taken to hospital with a suspected Fractured vertebrae. If so he's out. Some performance to finish today under those circumstances.

    Meh. Since Dan did it last year it must be normal.


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    #167
    mloc123
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    neris wrote: »
    Fed up hearing itv & eurosport giving out about the booing of sky & froome. They've ruined the race and brought cycling into disrepute

    Woah... I hate Sky as much as the next guy, but I don't think they were the people to bring the sport into disrepute


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    #168
    neris
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    https://twitter.com/procycletrumps/status/1020026969088561152


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    #169
    fishfoodie
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    retalivity wrote: »
    https://www.strava.com/activities/1713450044

    Kruijswijks strava from today. He went up alpe d'huez in 46:27, and had just over 4mins lead. Thomas ended up finishing 53 secs ahead, so he went up 5mims quicker, or around 41:30.

    From stickybottle today, the 35 fastest times - http://www.stickybottle.com/blogs/cycling-fastest-times-alpe-dhuez/
    Puts thomas around 25th, in 'illustrious' company, but not crazy times

    How much faster would it have been if the main players hadn't farted about freewheeling until Bardet attacked ?


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    #170
    Eamonnator
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    neris wrote: »
    Fed up hearing itv & eurosport giving out about the booing of sky & froome. They've ruined the race and brought cycling into disrepute

    Sky has brought cycling into disrepute?

    Team Sky was formed in 2009.
    Are you saying cycling was reputable before that?
    Festina?
    Armstrong?
    Pantani?
    E.P.O.?
    Blood doping?
    etc.


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    #171
    Lusk_Doyle
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    retalivity wrote: »
    https://www.strava.com/activities/1713450044

    Kruijswijks strava from today. He went up alpe d'huez in 46:27, and had just over 4mins lead. Thomas ended up finishing 53 secs ahead, so he went up 5mims quicker, or around 41:30.

    From stickybottle today, the 35 fastest times - http://www.stickybottle.com/blogs/cycling-fastest-times-alpe-dhuez/
    Puts thomas around 25th, in 'illustrious' company, but not crazy times

    Sure didn't that Canadian fella do it in about a half hour on his rollers on Zwift?


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    #172
    retalivity
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    I missed the last 8km or so due to some busybody talking to me at work, so just watching it back now. I didn't realise froome attacked when nibali crashed - what an absolute sh1thouse


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    #173
    Eamonnator
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    Nibali is out.
    Fractured T10 vertebra.


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    #174
    Eamonnator
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    retalivity wrote: »
    I missed the last 8km or so due to some busybody talking to me at work, so just watching it back now. I didn't realise froome attacked when nibali crashed - what an absolute sh1thouse

    I thought it was Bardet, who went first and Froome followed him.


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    #175
    py
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    What sort of gap would Thomas need over Froome/Domoulin going in to the TT to take yellow?


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    #176
    Zoncolon
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    scott1974 wrote: »
    That's true but Tom didn't do a "Landis"...

    I do, but who the f**k am I


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    #177
    Zoncolon
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    mloc123 wrote: »
    Woah... I hate Sky as much as the next guy, but I don't think they were the people to bring the sport into disrepute

    agreed but we have to deal with the here and now. TBH Sky is the scab underneath you have a septic wound of the UCI + WADA


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    #178
    Kerry Cowboys Ted
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Meh. Since Dan did it last year it must be normal.

    Cant watch tonight. Where is Dan overall today?


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    #179
    tuxy
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    Kerry Cowboys Ted wrote: »
    Cant watch tonight. Where is Dan overall today?

    He lost a good few minutes :(
    10th 5' 11'' down


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    #180
    Dr. Bre
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    Thomas is a good time trialist so he will only need a minute lead on Froome and Dumoulin who are excellent


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    #181
    fat bloke
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    How are Sky so consistently out-budgeting everybody? Dan's Arab patrons can't be short of cash to buy a fleet of botox-foreheaded super domestiques surely?


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