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Tour de France 2023 ***spoilers*** Warning in OP

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    #452
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    Alez Lou-Lou!!

    Edit: Never mind...



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    #453
    tawfeeredux
    Registered Users Posts: 795 ✭✭✭tawfeeredux


    One man Jumbo train vs 6 man Jumbo train.



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    #454
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,375 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Bit of an anti-climax for the stage not to finish on Tourmalet?

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



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    #455
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120813564#Comment_120813564

    My money's on Wout 😂



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    #456
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120813452#Comment_120813452

    Mais NON?!?! Lou-Lou!!!?



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    #457
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 38,172 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Does Kuss look stronger than Vingegaard?



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    #458
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,648 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120813570#Comment_120813570

    Yeah bit shite but at least the finish isn’t flat after the descent



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    #459
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    Same old Movistar, always acting the ****



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    #460
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    What's the plan here... see if JV can drop Pog before linking up with Wout, and get Wout to stick on the diesel afterburners to pull him clear?



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    #461
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,718 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Had to step away because of stupid work. What the Pog has just happened.

    Was it an attack or did Jai blow up.



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    #462
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,918 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    I think Vingegaard and WVA's priority will be to catch the guys at the head of the race so WVA doesn't have to work solo on the flat (what little there is) and be dead on his feet by the time of the final climb.



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    #463
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,918 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    My mistake as it looks like Wout is going to have to do all the work here regardless. Not sure how much use he will be on the climb but then it is Wout. Also how is Vingegaard after his efforts? Pog has played it smart and just sat on him.



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    #464
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    Pog to smash them all on the final climb...



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    #465
    tawfeeredux
    Registered Users Posts: 795 ✭✭✭tawfeeredux


    Only getting bits of this at work, but thought Vingegaard didn't look particularly comfortable coming to the top of the Tourmalet. Paying for efforts yesterday?



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    #466
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 38,172 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Pog looks very comfortable to me. It's going to be an interesting finish.

    WVA is incredible. Just when I think I know how awesome he is he goes and does even more.



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    #467
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 38,172 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Pog didn't even get out of the saddle when Vingegaard attacked. Is Pog going to do it today?



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    #468
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,918 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Good opportunity here for Pog I think. Vingo doesn't look as good as yesterday. Pog stayed in saddle for his attack.



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    #469
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,648 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Here we go



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    #470
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    Here we go!



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    #471
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,918 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Boom



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    #472
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,918 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Hes doing the nose thing. Must be feeling good. Best result for him is to not take the yellow just gain some time on him.



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    #473
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,648 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Not a horrible gap in terms of time even with the bonus seconds, but I think it’s more a statement of intent from Pog. Just reminding them it’s not going to be as easy as they think



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    #474
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 38,172 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Where's all those guys who said it was over?

    Chapeau Tadej Pogacar.



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    #475
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,918 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Yeah I'm more encouraged now that it won't be a procession but it is a 2 horse race now as predicted.



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    #476
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 38,172 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814023#Comment_120814023

    Yeah, that was predicted around this time last year. 😁



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    #477
    seaviewphotos
    Registered Users Posts: 198 ✭✭seaviewphotos


    Looks like Pog will have to win this on his own, looks like the UAE team aren't that much better than last year's team?



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    #478
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    You gotta love Pog. I was worried when he won his first TDF that he'd just Skytrain his way to annihilating the opposition. But when he does, he's does it with such panache that it's hard not to cheer for him.



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    #479
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,648 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Fabio Jakobsen is fighting the time cut, was 27 minutes down at the top of the tourmalet, 40 minutes will be the cutoff. Surrounded by loads of his teammates



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    #480
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,718 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814086#Comment_120814086

    He's only play acting for the documentary 😁



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    #481
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814059#Comment_120814059

    Not as strong as JV for sure, but I think he's just using them smartly. What's the point in trying to out-skytrain JV when you're as strong as Pog and able to look after yourself behind the JV train. Let JV burn their matches. When Pog needs them to dictate a stage you'll see them up there.

    Very few Super Doms as talented as Wout and Kuss. But after that I think UAE have enough firepower to dictate their own tactics.



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