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Tour de France stage 10: Albertville to Valence (190.7km)

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    #32
    Darkglasses
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    Splits forming, but Pog and Cav are well placed at the front


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    #33
    ratracer
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    Cav ain’t even gonna break a sweat to win this I’d say!

    Sagan is in the front group, is Corbrelli?

    Edit, see him there now!


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    #34
    [Deleted User]
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    Carapaz right up there.


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    #35
    Dr. Bre
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    Even Pog doing a bit of work at the front


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    #36
    happytramp
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    ratracer wrote: »
    Cav ain’t even gonna break a sweat to win this I’d say!

    Sagan is in the front group, is Corbrelli?

    Yeah, moving up now.


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    #37
    Morris Garren
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    No sign of Cheese Bowl at all they say?


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    #38
    [Deleted User]
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    DSM rider pulling over shagged after that chase back on.


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    #39
    Darkglasses
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    Somewhere, Carlton Kirby is preparing to weep at another magnificent Cavendish victory.


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    #40
    Dr. Bre
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    You won’t see an easier win


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    #41
    neris
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    Close


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    #42
    marvin80
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    "If we weren't talking about that record before we certainly will now"

    :rolleyes:


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    #43
    Doc07
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    It helps that there are no other sprint trains left apart from DQS but he still has to finish it off.
    If he can hauls himself up Ventoux twice he might break the record yet, 2 more to go
    Poor Sam and Ewan could have nabbed a few each this year.


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    #44
    Tim76
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    Quick Step bossing it


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    #45
    Car99
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    Good work by quickstep


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    #46
    nc6000
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    Sam Bennett must be raging.


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    #47
    Cartman78
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    Never in doubt...

    What's happened to Sagan lately? Always seems to be in the mix towards the end but seems to give up in the last 100m


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    #48
    neris
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    Cartman78 wrote: »
    Never in doubt...

    What's happened to Sagan lately? Always seems to be in the mix towards the end but seems to give up in the last 100m

    Caleb Ewand & tarmac


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    #49
    Weepsie
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    neris wrote: »
    Caleb Ewand & tarmac

    Plus he has a giro in his legs


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    #50
    Weepsie
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    neris wrote: »
    Close

    It was only close because he started celebrating before the line. A comfortable win really


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    #51
    dahat
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    Straightforward & finished really well by Cav. Easiest one so far.


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    #52
    Cartman78
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    neris wrote: »
    Caleb Ewand & tarmac

    Cheers.... totally forgot about that tbh


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    #53
    Tim76
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    dahat wrote: »
    Straightforward & finished really well by Cav. Easiest one so far.

    Never looked in doubt tbf


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    #54
    Inquitus
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    Merckx record really at risk now, if he can get over Ventoux twice tomorrow!


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    #55
    Darkglasses
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    Green jersey standings:

    Cavendish 218
    Matthews 159
    Colbrelli 136
    Philipsen 133
    Bouhanni 117
    Alaphilippe 99
    Sagan 92


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    #56
    dastardly00
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    Merckx record really at risk now, if he can get over Ventoux twice tomorrow!


    Just having a quick look at the stage profiles, Stages 12, 13 and 19 could all finish in a big bunch sprint. And then there is Stage 21 in Paris obviously.


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    #57
    equivariant
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    he could easily end up with 5 or 6 stage wins in this race, which would be a pretty amazing result given where he has come from.

    Also there is an awful lot of nonsense on here about how this is a 'weak field'. There is Bouhanni, Sagan, Philipsen, Matthews, Van Aert, Colbrelli, Greipel and others. Cavendish is the fastest man in the field (he won from the front today) and I would point out that none of the riders that are missing from the field have ever won 3 stages in a single Tour AFAIK. This is the 4th or 5th time Cavendish has done it I think.

    Edit: Correction Ewan won 3 in 2019


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    #58
    happytramp
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    nc6000 wrote: »
    Sam Bennett must be raging.

    With Eddy Merckx not too far behind him.


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    #59
    happytramp
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    equivariant wrote: »
    he could easily end up with 5 or 6 stage wins in this race, which would be a pretty amazing result given where he has come from.

    Also there is an awful lot of nonsense on here about how this is a 'weak field'. There is Bouhanni, Sagan, Philipsen, Matthews, Van Aert, Greipel and others. Cavendish is the fastest man in the field (he won from the front today) and I would point out that none of the riders that are missing from the field have ever won 3 stages in a single Tour AFAIK. This is the 4th or 5th time Cavendish has done it I think.

    Bennett, Ewan, Ackermann, Viviani, Groenewegen, Demare, Merlier, Nizzolo, Gaviria all missing.... that's four of the top five ranked sprinters of 2020 absent. The fifth is Sagan who was injured early on. Cav can only beat who's in front of him but it is a weak field.


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    #60
    Macy0161
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    equivariant wrote: »
    There is Bouhanni, Sagan, Philipsen, Matthews, Van Aert, Colbrelli, Greipel and others.
    Griepel hasn't been competitive for nearly as long as pre-tour of turkey 2021 Cav!

    Sagan, Matthews, Van Aert and Colbrelli are more reduced bunch finishers/ classic riders.

    You have to be in it to win, but there's no way anyone could claim it's a strong sprint field.


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    #61
    MPFGLB
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    Jeez Michael Morkov could win in this field
    Of course you can only beat who is in the race but Cav has got very lucky this year with the field of sprinters, either injured or not in the race


    Talking of Morkov he is such a magnificent lead out man I fear Sam Bennett will be at a loss next year without him


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