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

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    #62
    [Deleted User]
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    Oh wow look at the difference in speed after that.


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    #63
    dahat
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    Some Jaw dropping descending here from Anaphillpe.


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    #64
    Boscoirl
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    Alaphilipe looks like he is on rails going through those bends


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    #65
    ED E
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    Boscoirl wrote: »
    Alaphilipe looks like he is on rails going through those bends

    Whatever tyres he's on I want some!


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    #66
    [Deleted User]
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    ED E wrote: »
    Whatever tyres he's on I want some!

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


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    #67
    hinault
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    Feel sorry for Yates.

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


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    #68
    CrowdedHouse
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    And another club run for the main contenders #sake

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #69
    fat bloke
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    I think he's great. He's some dude. Great to see a lad enjoying himself. Great style on the bike as well.


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    #70
    py
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    Ugh, don't let sky control the descent. :rolleyes:


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    #71
    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


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

    "BOOOOOOOO"

    :pac:


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    #72
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    Great GC battle that :rolleyes:


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    #73
    retalivity
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    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


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    #74
    dahat
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    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.


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    #75
    dahat
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    Did Yates hand slip off the drops rather than wheel go from underneath him?


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    #76
    dastardly00
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    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


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    #77
    ED E
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    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


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    #78
    tuxy
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    Ouch, no chance of recovery when the front wheel moves out of line.


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    #79
    dahat
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    It's hard to be sure really, you'd hope the wheel went tbh.


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    #80
    CrowdedHouse
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    Ah feck it - I just wish Sagan was better in the mountains, we might see some racing.

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #81
    wpd
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    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


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    #82
    wpd
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    Yates is on the pirelli tyres - think they are the only team on them


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    #83
    Pa8301
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    Did any of the gc guys even try to attack today? If so I missed it. Pretty disappointing stuff.


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    #84
    Lusk_Doyle
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    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.


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    #85
    Brian?
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    Yep. Worst mountain stage ever.

    they/them/theirs


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




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    #86
    Inquitus
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    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!


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    #87
    Doc07
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    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


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    #88
    mloc123
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    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


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    #89
    Inquitus
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    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!

    TeL2ny9.png


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    #90
    Boscoirl
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    Gilbert abandones

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


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    #91
    happytramp
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    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


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