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Tour de France 2024 - this time it’s personal

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    #722
    Dr. Bre
    Registered Users Posts: 7,652 ✭✭✭Dr. Bre


    Carapaz for the KOM jersey could be a good shout now that he’s lost a lot of time



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    #723
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,710 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    I still fancy Vingo for GC, like the previous two years he gets stronger as the race goes on.

    Obviously been off the bike for so long will weaken him but i still think he will have enough.



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    #724
    MangleBadger
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭MangleBadger


    Why have the smaller teams given up on breakaways on flat stages this year? Granted it is a thankless task but it would at least make the day slightly more entertaining.



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    #725
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,938 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    https://inrng.com/2024/07/when-nobody-attacks/

    Just published today



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    #726
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users Posts: 1,834 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    image.png

    Stage 10 result



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    #727
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,944 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Was a weirdly laboured looking sprint.

    Was it a false flat ?



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    #728
    CMcsporty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,734 ✭✭✭CMcsporty


    Philipsen

    ugh



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    #729
    Morris Garren
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭Morris Garren


    Well at least Sam is in the top 6-- I think his team are about as good as they are and Naesen has done huge work in the face of armchair critique; he is not at the same level as before so this result is as good as it gets. I noticed Degenkolb sprinting there too, so it suggests that Jakobsen is not up to much, even worse than SB. None of this can be easy when there is so much expectation to perform



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    #730
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,285 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    good positioning by Sam today. Just beaten by faster men on the day



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    #731
    standardg60
    Registered Users Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭standardg60


    Was gonna say Girmay pushed Sam out of the draft fairly easily there but he'd already dropped off the wheel at that stage.

    Form just isn't there.



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    #732
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,944 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    If this is a true reflection of Jasper and VdP's form then I think they will blitz everyone from here on in. Girmay isn't a truly top level sprinter and everyone else is in a similar funk to Bennett.



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    #733
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,263 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122359748#Comment_122359748

    how many sprint stages are left though?

    they/them/theirs


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




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    #734
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,747 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122359712#Comment_122359712

    Perfect summary, Sam needs a few things to fall his way to win at this level these days. He’ll win a smaller races here & there with current legs so all is not lost.



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    #735
    Large bottle small glass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭Large bottle small glass


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122359774#Comment_122359774

    Same answer as always; too many



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    #736
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,263 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122359787#Comment_122359787

    I actually looked ahead, there are loads left. I thought there were feck all. There’s enough for Jasper to take Green

    they/them/theirs


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




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    #737
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,434 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122359786#Comment_122359786

    And also, he should have a proper look at the cobbles next spring!



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    #738
    MangleBadger
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭MangleBadger


    From the look of it this year there is Philipsen, Merlier and maybe Milan. Then a gap. And everybody else. If Cav can win a sprint here so can Sam. But he will need a bit of luck for it.

    But I am ever an optimist.



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    #739
    seaviewphotos
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭seaviewphotos


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122359850#Comment_122359850

    My thoughts too, if Cav can win a stage surely Sam can win one too. I very confident he'll get a win before they get to Nice.



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    #740
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,285 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Philipsen gained 22 points on Grmay today. I don’t see him gaining 74 on the rest of the tour when they’re the only two trying for the intermediates (and breaks will happen more now)



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    #741
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,283 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Surely theres plenty of intermediate stages where grmay will get over in a break and pick up points and phillipsen will not? Would like to see him win it out



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    #742
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,285 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    If Grmay is jumping into a break, Philipsen will be glued to him

    Intermarche sent people up the road today to take points ahead of the group but it’s likely that they won’t have another slow day like today for a while



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    #743
    Morris Garren
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭Morris Garren


    Stage 12, 13 and 16 are the flat stages left; as to who will survive the climbs on other stages to contest the intermediate sprints, Girmay is by far the most likely of them all. He will won green comfortably



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    #744
    andyd12
    Registered Users Posts: 368 ✭✭andyd12


    Is it just me or is this an easier than normal tour? Loads of flat stages… personally I think the sprinting is very over hyped.

    More stages which would allow the likes of WvA, MvDP, Mohoric, Laporte, Bettiol etc to get up the road would be better imo



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    #745
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,944 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122360432#Comment_122360432

    Compared to very recent years it I believe has more sprints and also flat TT kilometres.

    But the norm was always to have an almost entirely flat first week and then a few transition stages plus Paris.



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    #746
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,938 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Stage 13 is technically a sprint stage but there are numberous opportunities for attacks in the final 50k. Of course the profile on PCS could be misleading as it sometimes is but I would back a non-sprinter to win that stage.

    Tomorrows stage, stage 17 and 18 are Ben's opportunities I think all assuming a break wins them.



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    #747
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 38,369 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122360432#Comment_122360432

    It's fun until the last week, there's five brutal stages and two difficult hilly stages in the last eight days.



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    #748
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,434 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122360432#Comment_122360432

    In recent years - 90's generally was a prologue and then a week of sprint stages. And then lots of transitional stages between the mountains (ffs I'm fecking old).



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    #749
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,871 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122361918#Comment_122361918

    For old times sake, they should do a throwback 90s itinerary :)

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



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    #750
    MangleBadger
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭MangleBadger


    Looks like it is going to be a busy morning of break formation. Sprinters are in for a rough day.



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    #751
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,747 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Mountain stage breakaway formations, the best part of any stage.



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