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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Surprised Gesink isn't doing better....
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    That's why it's the most confusing day of the year! OPQS at the front in all 3 races I'm watching.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    What's going on in France?

    Pineau in the attack?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    In Holland Terpstra has 1.45 and it's growing.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    What's going on in France?

    Pineau in the attack?

    All together - 16km to go.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Langeveld keeps riding,the rabo boys let him...
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    As a Dutchie, NOS commentary has some real facepalm moments.

    Showed a clip of Tersptra passing the chase group going the other way, him down, them up.

    Commentator goes "Well, there's always two side/perspectives to a hill, one up, one down".


    picard-facepalm2.jpg?w=450&h=302
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Meanwhile in GB:
    Dowsett, Stannard, Beckinsale, Briggs, Hampton
    1'45 to Moses, Hutchings, Mc Laughlin, and young Josh Edmondson
    then Falder and Horton somewhere in the middle.
    7 minutes to Pelton, led by Endura

    about 100k to go I think
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    2.06 for Terpstra now.

    Looks like he's done it. Seems the weather's caused some serious damage. Terpstra's lapping 3 minutes slower than they were at the beginning of the race, and pulling 20 secs out on the chase group.

    Hilly as well, 3300m climbing in total.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Shame Terpstra's not riding the Tour....

    10km to go 2.06. He looks pretty shagged...
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Bunch sprint coming in France?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    2.26 now for Terpstra with a lap to go.
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  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    5km to go in France. Bunch sprint on. FDJ leading out
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Boom's gone after Terpstra on his own, now only 2.06 behind.

    Lindeman, who's been dropped about 27 times has caught up with Boom and even took the lead.

    Looks like he's pedalling through treacle. Would easily be ride of the day if it wasn't for Terpstra.
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  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Demare FTW maybe?
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Demare!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Bouhanni

    Nice sprint that.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Yeah, be interesting to be in the FDJ bus post podium
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Demare not too happy
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Looked to me like Demare just went too early. If you can win, you should win. He was clearly faster than Demare today.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Terpstra's won and already giving interviews before 2nd and third come in.

    Boom 2nd, Lindeman 3rd.
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  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    55km to go in Belgium with a group ahead with 3:08. Who's up there?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    55km to go in Belgium with a group ahead with 3:08. Who's up there?


    Amorison, Armee, Maes, Scherlinx, van der Sande and Wynants
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    In Belgium it's too flat to do much. Teams have tried to break it up with the cross winds with little effect.

    Boonen is VERY attentive at the front. OPQS have done quite a lot of work it seems.

    Fingers crossed eh?
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  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Thanks. Time coming down
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    2nd race bouhanni has won recently.

    Very impressive by Terpstra.

    Hopefully these Belgian no namers will get pulled in and we will see a top rider(s) make a move from far, not an unimprrssive sprint. Italian race currently owning this for now. So much for boonen etc saying this race was hard and if you get 30secs your out of sight.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Some other winners:

    Germany: Wegmann
    Slovakia: Sagan
    Czech Rep: Rabon
    Switzerland: Kohler
    Kazakhstan: Bazayev
    Ukraine: Grivko
    Italy TT: Cataldo
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Going out again. Peloton isn't interested.
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  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Some stopping for a natural break with 45km to go:\
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Of the results so far, in the Tour next week are:

    Vorganov (Rus)
    Grivko (Ukr)
    Sagan (Svk)

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