Le Tour 2018 stage 16:Carcassonne - Bagnères-de-Luchon 218km

dastardly00

I think Yates has this in the bag

Itziger

Jeez , up to now the GC stuff is strikingly boring. Yawnfest.

CrowdedHouse

dastardly00 wrote: »

Arnaud Demare is 35 minutes behind... so he will most likely be over the time limit... another sprinter gone!

They might be lenient as he was one of the riders that got gassed and needed attention, though it's a massive gap.

dahat

Can't see Yates holding on...

LollipopJimmy

dastardly00 wrote: »

Link to video of Gilbert crash

https://video.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/tour-de-france/2018/tour-de-france-2018-miraculous-escape-for-philippe-gilbert-as-he-crashes-over-wall_vid1110018/video.shtml

Holy heart, lucky boy

Hurrache

dastardly00 wrote: »

I think Yates has this in the bag

Ahem

ED E

dastardly00 wrote: »

I think Yates has this in the bag

Nooooope.

dahat

dahat wrote: »

Can't see Yates holding on...

I'd have rather that didn't happen.in that manner.

dastardly00

dastardly00 wrote: »

I think Yates has this in the bag

Hurrache wrote: »

Ahem

ED E wrote: »

Nooooope.

Woops!

funnights74

Ah stop not again..

Oh wow look at the difference in speed after that.

dahat

Some Jaw dropping descending here from Anaphillpe.

Boscoirl

Alaphilipe looks like he is on rails going through those bends

ED E

Boscoirl wrote: »

Alaphilipe looks like he is on rails going through those bends

Whatever tyres he's on I want some!

ED E

ED E wrote: »

Whatever tyres he's on I want some!

Road CC suggests S-Works Turbo Allround 3 Tubular 290TPI

hinault

Feel sorry for Yates.

Some descending from the Alphilippe. I don't like him and his showboating.

CrowdedHouse

And another club run for the main contenders #sake

fat bloke

I think he's great. He's some dude. Great to see a lad enjoying himself. Great style on the bike as well.

py

Ugh, don't let sky control the descent. :rolleyes:

mr spuckler

"and the crowds are ready to acclaim the yellow jersey"

"BOOOOOOOO"

:pac:

Great GC battle that :rolleyes:

retalivity

The loss of nibali, porte, their teams and assorted domestiques crashing vs 1 sky guy kicked out have made this even more of a procession. Hopefully tomorrow stirs up something different

dahat

fat bloke wrote: »

I think he's great. He's some dude. Great to see a lad enjoying himself. Great style on the bike as well.

Same here... Love the guy.

dahat

Did Yates hand slip off the drops rather than wheel go from underneath him?

dastardly00

dahat wrote: »

Did Yates hand slip off the drops rather than wheel go from underneath him?

The front wheel had gone before his hand left the drops I think


https://video.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-de-france/2018/heartbreak-adam-yates-falls-on-final-descent-as-lead-evaporates_vid1110049/video.shtml

ED E

dahat wrote: »

Did Yates hand slip off the drops rather than wheel go from underneath him?

Thhhhhhink it was the wheel - he felt it go and went to save himself.
https://twitter.com/flobikes/status/1021779803396038658

tuxy

Ouch, no chance of recovery when the front wheel moves out of line.

dahat

It's hard to be sure really, you'd hope the wheel went tbh.

CrowdedHouse

Ah feck it - I just wish Sagan was better in the mountains, we might see some racing.

wpd

If you look at Gilbert there is something on the corner like a sheet of paper or metal at the kerb that i would say upset his line

wpd

Yates is on the pirelli tyres - think they are the only team on them

Pa8301

Did any of the gc guys even try to attack today? If so I missed it. Pretty disappointing stuff.

Lusk_Doyle

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Ah feck it - I just wish Sagan was better in the mountains, we might see some racing.

I wonder will he decide to try for a leaders jersey in one of the GTs as a challenge to himself. I see a lot of Sean Kelly in him as a rider and reckon he could do it on the right course.

Brian?

Yep. Worst mountain stage ever.

Inquitus

Demare makes the time cut despite being off the back on his own all day, some amount of shens keeping him in the race, be a tragedy if he wins in Paris!

Doc07

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

I wonder will he decide to try for a leaders jersey in one of the GTs as a challenge to himself. I see a lot of Sean Kelly in him as a rider and reckon he could do it on the right course.

I’ve just sent Sagan my foolproof weight loss plan and advice on sinusitis and asthma ‘treatment’....watch out Vuelta 2020

mloc123

Inquitus wrote: »

Demare makes the time cut despite being off the back on his own all day, some amount of shens keeping him in the race, be a tragedy if he wins in Paris!

Did he make the cut or they let him off? I suspected maybe his team would claim pepper spray had a big impact

Inquitus

mloc123 wrote: »

Did he make the cut or they let him off? I suspected maybe his team would claim pepper spray had a big impact

He came in on his own just inside the cut, he was over 20 minutes down before they hit the climbs, not sure how he only lost another 20 from thereon in, bet his arms got a good workout!

Boscoirl

Gilbert abandones

He couldn’t bend his knee and had to be helped in and out of the medical center and team bus

happytramp

I can't help but feel if Dan wasn't following sky and chasing a top 10 finsh he and Alaphillpe would have had some great battles for stage wins and the mountain Jersey

equivariant

It would be interesting to see the average speed for the 80km after the race resumed following the farmer's protest. It looked absolutely savage until the break finally got away.

Eamonnator

He didn't even lose his glasses.

neris

Deleted User wrote: »

"Meanwhile Neymar who went over the wall with Gilbert rolled out of the trees at the bottom of the hill 2 hours later holding his ankle and crying like a baby"

dastardly00

Gilbert has been diagnosed with a fractured kneecap.
How he managed to complete the rest of the stage I will never know.

Hard as fcuk!

Hurrache

I know a guy who fell on his commute, got back on and continued for another 20k to his office. Leg was a bit sore, got quite swollen so colleagues brought him to A&E at lunch. He broke his kneecap when he fell.

Apparently broken knee cap is not too debilitating, although I'd still never want one.

Lusk_Doyle

Hurrache wrote: »

Apparently broken knee cap is not too rehabilitating, although I'd still never want one.

Debilitating?

Hurrache

That's the one. I did have a struggle with autocompletion suggesting all sorts which I thought I had won, but obviously not.

Itziger

So, what are your predictions for the explosive (hopefully) little stage today? Movistar to try something which will help make it interesting but won't work for them in the end and our boy Sir Froome to attack with 5k to go and take the win and get yellow. Just. 
Last km is 10.2 %, correct?

dastardly00

hinault wrote: »

Some descending from the Alphilippe. I don't like him and his showboating.

I'm normally someone who doesn't like showboating before the finish etc., but I like Alaphilippe. Stylish rider with lots of charisma, flamboyance and panache. Magnifique!