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TdeF 2018, July 25, Stage 17: Bagnères-de-Luchon > Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet

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    #152
    LeoD
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    buffalo wrote: »
    TdF official channels said he was going again.

    21 mins back with less than 3k to go.


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    #153
    [Deleted User]
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    Asking to be held up. Left nothing on the road.


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    #154
    hinault
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    fat bloke wrote: »
    Jesus. Dan in some distress.

    Honest effort.

    Riders should looked bollowed after a stage of climbing like that.


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    #155
    equivariant
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    equivariant wrote: »
    ...Also I think
    that this tour has finally shown that Quintana is not good enough at the highest level. When the pressure came on he wasn't able to stay with the best climbers.

    Nairo must be checking boards on his Garmin :o


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    #156
    Doc07
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    So would Domoulin need to put a minute into Thomas on Friday to overhaul him in the TT?
    Unless he properly cracks or has an accident/mechanical etc can’t see Tom putting a minute into G on the last mountain stage.
    Wonder who Bernal will have to mid the most.


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    #157
    Eamonnator
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    LeoD wrote: »
    21 mins back with less than 3k to go.

    Will he make the time cut?


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    #158
    hinault
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    equivariant wrote: »
    Nairo must be checking boards on his Garmin :o

    You were right the first time.


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    #159
    dulpit
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    Dan is up to 9th. 6 minutes 33 back.


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    #160
    dulpit
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    fat bloke wrote: »
    Fr(b)oome

    Genuinely giggled at work. Nice work.


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    #161
    LeoD
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    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Will he make the time cut?

    Don't know - he was with a group of riders but can't follow live tracker now as riders seem to be heading back down the mountain so Dan Martin is just behind him now...


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    #162
    Itziger
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    hinault wrote: »
    fat bloke wrote: »
    Jesus. Dan in some distress.

    Honest effort.

    Riders should looked bollowed after a stage of climbing like that.
    Indeed.


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    #163
    tuxy
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    Doc07 wrote: »
    So would Domoulin need to put a minute into Thomas on Friday to overhaul him in the TT?
    Unless he properly cracks or has an accident/mechanical etc can’t see Tom putting a minute into G on the last mountain stage.
    Wonder who Bernal will have to mid the most.

    Froome will have to ride for Thomas now. Puts Thomas in the perfect position and hill climbing seems like it's no bother to him, I can't see him cracking.


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    #164
    [Deleted User]
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    Landa not at all looking like he did in the tour last year.


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    #165
    Lusk_Doyle
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Yeah I know.

    I think it gives an illustration that there is very little between the two riders during an ITT towards the end of a GT.

    How's it looking now?


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    #166
    dastardly00
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    How's it looking now?


    :confused:

    Today wasn't an ITT...


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    #167
    LeoD
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    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Will he make the time cut?

    Inside the time limit I believe
    Di9o4UXXoAAWVHE.jpg:large


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    #168
    f1000
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    Just seen Sagan cross the line and looking relieved to finish


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    #169
    CrowdedHouse
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    Bit shook looking

    https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/1022150847936045061

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #170
    Eamonnator
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    Looking at the results, Sagan had two team mates with him to the finish


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    #171
    retalivity
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Landa not at all looking like he did in the tour last year.

    As does castroviejo, although in the opposite direction


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    #172
    Lusk_Doyle
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    :confused:

    Today wasn't an ITT...

    Time gap with regard to what's to come.


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    #173
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    Is this a sign that Froome is not the number 1 any more at Sky?

    Depends on how many puffs he inhales tonight.


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    #174
    fat bloke
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    Jesus. Sagan was clean shaven on the start line!


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    #175
    Eamonnator
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    fat bloke wrote: »
    Jesus. Sagan was clean shaven on the start line!

    Yeah, he aged visibly today, by the look of that photo


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    #176
    dulpit
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    Any videos of what happened to Sagan? He looked well and truly battered...


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    #177
    Inquitus
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    Demare cheating again as highlighted by the Gorilla! Be a tragedy if, on Sunday, he robs someone who worked their bollox off to stay in the race legally.

    https://twitter.com/AndreGreipel/status/1022157726863052800


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    #178
    Macy0161
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    Doc07 wrote:
    Correct me if I’m wrong but was Thomas not hanging in with the best climbers 2 years ago until he smashed his head on a post
    Nothing suspicious as such with Thomas' career for me. Yes, he was on the track, then the classics and then the gc focus. He's progressed through the week long stage races, progressing in prestige.
    And yes, he was on course for a podium with Froome until a bad day, after doing a load of work for Froome in a similar first week to this tour.
    I feckin hate Team Sky, and I am a massive skeptic of Froome, but I really don't have the same question marks over Thomas. No more than I would over Dan, or Quintana or anyone else.

    I think it's incredibly lazy to make the same comparisons to even Wiggins, never mind Froome's donkey to race horse. It basically ignores his whole career.


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    #179
    mloc123
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    I'd love to know what Froome has written across his handlebars... He spends so much time staring at it.


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    #180
    [Deleted User]
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    mloc123 wrote: »
    I'd love to know what Froome has written across his handlebars... He spends so much time staring at it.

    Likely has the % and power or something and then the words look up evey other line, so that he doesn't crash :D


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    #181
    Boscoirl
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    Enjoyable stage despite the “grid”

    I love the ES player, managed to avoid the updates on the radio this afternoon(must be a slow news day in sport cos don’t remember there being much updates for other stages)

    Then was able to rewind the stage back to the start when I got home


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