Dauphine Stage 3 - SPOILER

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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Bertie 5th at checkpoint 1..............
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    DaveyL wrote:
    Bertie 32 sec down on Brajkovic at the 15 km point. Lightweight.

    Dauphine Effect.

    Ya get me.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    iainf72 wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    Bertie 32 sec down on Brajkovic at the 15 km point. Lightweight.

    Dauphine Effect.

    Ya get me.
    I thought that would happen tomorrow, not this afternoon :evil:
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    iainf72 wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:

    How was that?

    Excellent. Thanks.

    Sorry for being an A/V purist bore. I've had Sky HD for so long my HD box is on it's last legs.

    Phone up Sky and ask how much notice you need to give before you can cancel because you want to switch to Virgin. Free box before you know it 8)
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    afx237vi wrote:
    Phone up Sky and ask how much notice you need to give before you can cancel because you want to switch to Virgin. Free box before you know it 8)

    They've offered me a 1TB box cheap already.

    Need one before the Tour, coz recording live (real) HD of stages chews up disk space
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    This coverage is awful. Done on the cheap. No start ramp, no helicopter.
    Bertie pulling a Lance.
    iainf72 wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Phone up Sky and ask how much notice you need to give before you can cancel because you want to switch to Virgin. Free box before you know it 8)

    They've offered me a 1TB box cheap already.

    Need one before the Tour, coz recording live (real) HD of stages chews up disk space

    Doesn't it just. Frightening.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Soler must have had a bad crash to lose so much time. That's him eliminated, by a country mile.
    Which begs the question: If he's that hurt, why carry on when you've got no chance to make the cut? :?

    Sometimes they look the other way if someone falls. But in a long tt? In order to get them to take pity on him for going that slow then i'd have thought he would have to be too injured to start tomorrow?
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Millar fastest at second time check.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    That section of potholes was ridiculous
    Contador is the Greatest
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    DaveyL wrote:
    Millar fastest at second time check.

    Careful, your man crush is showing
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Is this where we start talking about how a 58 kilogram climber can win a 50 km TT?
  • magicrhodes
    magicrhodes Posts: 123
    afx237vi wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    magicrhodes wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Cataldo had a nasty crash... ouch.

    Looks worse in HD! :)

    Does anyone want to say it for me?

    :wink:

    Magic, just because you are watching on ES HD, that does not mean the Dauphiné is being broadcast in HD. Even if the picture is better than SD, which indeed it is.

    How was that?

    Erm, what!?!
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Contador starting to complain that the motor bikes are too far away.
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    afx237vi wrote:
    Is this where we start talking about how a 58 kilogram climber can win a 50 km TT?

    Ah, but he's always been good.

    That's the right counter-argument, isn't it?
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    magicrhodes wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Magic, just because you are watching on ES HD, that does not mean the Dauphiné is being broadcast in HD. Even if the picture is better than SD, which indeed it is.

    How was that?

    Erm, what!?!

    This is not HD, it's a standard definition picture that is being upscaled. But never mind, it's only geeks like Iain who care about stuff like that :wink:
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    will Millar finish faster than brajkovic?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    DaveyL wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Is this where we start talking about how a 58 kilogram climber can win a 50 km TT?

    Ah, but he's always been good.

    That's the right counter-argument, isn't it?

    3 people picked him for PTP, so it must be.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    afx237vi wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Is this where we start talking about how a 58 kilogram climber can win a 50 km TT?

    Ah, but he's always been good.

    That's the right counter-argument, isn't it?

    3 people picked him for PTP, so it must be.

    He did a good one in the Vuelta a few years ago I think.
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  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    is it me or is contador looking abit 'pale'?
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    camerone wrote:
    is it me or is contador looking abit 'pale'?
    :wink:
    I'm sure he'll be sanguine about it later.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    camerone wrote:
    is it me or is contador looking abit 'pale'?

    You obviously need a new HD box. :P
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    camerone wrote:
    is it me or is contador looking abit 'pale'?

    You obviously need a new HD box. :P

    nope, i've tried adjusting the contrast too, still looking abit 'tony hancock'
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Brajkovic catches Thomas. :roll:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    A huge speedbump 10m from the finish. That is quite dodgy.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    So what we can summarise from today. If a rider is going well, it's possibly dodgy. If a rider isn't going well, it's possibly dodgy.

    Sweet.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Monster time there. The top 4 guys so far have pretty amazing times.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    6th place for Contador, at least that's 1pt for PTP

    1.46 down though, that's a lot.

    And I mentioned him earlier, Gretsch finished in the top-10
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    How did Grabsch get on? :wink::D
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    5 guys within a minute of eachother. Congratulations to them.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Dennis Menchov takes 50 seconds from Contador in the ITT.
    Yep, you can read so much into today's result. :wink:

    Brajkovic has this race in the bag.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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