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Tour de France: ITT is so uninteresting no one put up a thread AFAIK

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  • 23-07-2022 3:21pm
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    CramCycle
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    Did I miss the thread? My internet is patchy so wondered if anything of interest happened / is happening?



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    Squidgy Black
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    Nothing major so far to be honest, Ganna in the lead and Wout is currently gunning it and predicted to be a couple seconds ahead at the time check. Kung and Bissenger took it relatively handy, Bissenger had some issues with his gears



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    CramCycle
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    22 seconds ahead the last time my internet worked for WVA



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    dastardly00
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    Looks like WvA will set the fastest time... not sure if anyone will beat him.

    Great performance by Fred Wright. Currently has the third fastest time.

    The new TT sensation Bauke Mollema is currently on the road and looks like he will produce a good time.



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    CramCycle
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    Have to say I throughly enjoyed watching Fred yesterday and was disappointed he didn't make it.



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    CramCycle
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    WVA 28 seconds ahead now.



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    retalivity
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    Wiggins seems to be an even bigger tool today



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    happytramp
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    Kimmage adding another few paragraphs as we speak.



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    CramCycle
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119377166#Comment_119377166

    impossible, you cannot be more than 100% a tool. I imagine it is a perspective thing. Maybe he is closer to you today, and therefore appears a bigger tool but is actually still just 100% a tool.



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    Squidgy Black
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    Going to make a bold prediction and say that Pog will be tight making it into the top 5 for the stage today.

    Such a long course and a right killer at the end



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    happytramp
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    So dropped Pog yesterday, wins the TT today and he'll probably win the sprint tomorrow.


    Edit - or did I speak too soon?



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    retalivity
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    Thinking maybe Jonas is going balls out at the start and negative split in the end, to build up a buffer just in case anything happens and not to panic



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    CramCycle
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    He is certainyl not sitting up anyway



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    bmc58
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058255743/tour-de-france-itt-is-so-uninteresting-no-one-put-up-a-thread-afaik

    A fantastic race between two super stars of the future.You missed a classic Tour de France.



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    CramCycle
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    Have to say Thomas is putting in a solid performance, in the past his performance over the tour would have been a yellow jersey winner, even without the Sky train.



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    Squidgy Black
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119377302#Comment_119377302

    Which is absolutely mental when you consider Martinez and Yates were said to be the leaders going into the tour. Including Bernal, he was probably 4th choice as a leader for this tour.



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    #17
    CramCycle
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    Some time from him there



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    Squidgy Black
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    I’d imagine the jumbo DS is currently screaming down the radio telling him to slow down



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    Wout congratulates him and thens run away to ball his eyes out 😂



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    Squidgy Black
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    You have to be some arsehole of a photographer to be shouting “Jonas here” when the man’s embracing his partner and kid after winning the TdF



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    odyssey06
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    So the yellow and green and polka dot jerseys go to TJV... I wonder when last time that happened to same team and with different riders?

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #22
    Dr. Bre
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    Great thread title!



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    #23
    koutoubia
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    Jumbo Visma.....I want to believe!



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    #24
    Macy0161
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    Dunno if there was anything that extraordinary? WvA and MvP have been ripping up the road since they moved from CX. WvA probably did more in the mountains from the GC group in 2020, where as this year he was pulling after going as a satellite. Apart from satellite riders, Jonas was pretty isolated in the mountains.

    If anything, UAE out of nowhere to Peyragudes was more eyebrow raising than the team with the biggest budget, best riders, best equipment etc. performing all tour.



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