TDF 2013 Stage 18 L'Alpe d'Huez *Spoilers*

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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,584
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Alan A wrote:
    If you haven't figured it out I am back from maternity assessment.

    Thankfully no. 2 has decided against his/her early breakaway and has been reeled back in by the peloton, where hopefully he/she will remain for another 10 days before sprinting to the finish faster than Kittel or Cav, but definitely not Greipel - Mrs does not want to give birth to a gorilla sized baby.

    if the nipper pinches the midwife's ars* while the umbilicial is being cut, let us know. We'll being keeping tabs on the future talent.


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  • Cleat Eastwood
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    NapoleonD wrote:
    Just had a tweet favourited by George Hincapie. My life is complete.

    I didnt know he'd moved to Cranage :lol:
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    prawny wrote:
    Not much going on at the mo then :lol:

    Whatever gave you that impression? :lol:
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Just had a tweet favourited by George Hincapie. My life is complete.

    Don't tell Mad Rapper. He'll get banned again.


    *I had a quick look. Was a funny tweet.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    r0bh wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    r0bh wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    Nearly at the Ornon. With wrath about to come my way I'll admit to riding up this a couple of years ago in a triathlon. As a climb it's just a long straight drag and relatively boring.

    Descent back down to Bourg d'Oisans was a bit tasty in torrential rain, I was frozen.

    Me too! 2011? Bit wet wasn't it!

    yes 2011. Very wet. I ended up having to go up a side road on a bend coming down the Ornon, couldn't slow enough and didn't fancy the drop of a few hundred metres the other side of a knee high wall!

    Remember it well, fast descent off the Ornon in the wet with a huge drop to the right with just a foot high wall separating the road from the abyss! Agree with your synopsis of the climb up the Ornon, long drag up the valley then a fairly short, fairly dull climb. The first climb was good though, and of course the Alpe. I can release my power data for the Alpe if anyone wants it but I don't think a 68 minute ascent is going to raise too much suspicion!

    The other guy said 2 hours

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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Just had a tweet favourited by George Hincapie. My life is complete.

    I didnt know he'd moved to Cranage :lol:

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  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    does anyone know the time gaps between the break and the two chasing tinkers?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    prawny wrote:
    Not much going on at the mo then :lol:

    I just made a cup of tea.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Any idea what the two saxo boys are up to? Fiendish plot by Bertie perhaps?
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Above The Cows wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Not much going on at the mo then :lol:

    I just made a cup of tea.

    I just had another double espresso. Shaking like a sh!tting dog now.
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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Any idea what the two saxo boys are up to? Fiendish plot by Bertie perhaps?

    Target for a bertie attack.
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  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    r0bh wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    r0bh wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    Nearly at the Ornon. With wrath about to come my way I'll admit to riding up this a couple of years ago in a triathlon. As a climb it's just a long straight drag and relatively boring.

    Descent back down to Bourg d'Oisans was a bit tasty in torrential rain, I was frozen.

    Me too! 2011? Bit wet wasn't it!

    yes 2011. Very wet. I ended up having to go up a side road on a bend coming down the Ornon, couldn't slow enough and didn't fancy the drop of a few hundred metres the other side of a knee high wall!

    Remember it well, fast descent off the Ornon in the wet with a huge drop to the right with just a foot high wall separating the road from the abyss! Agree with your synopsis of the climb up the Ornon, long drag up the valley then a fairly short, fairly dull climb. The first climb was good though, and of course the Alpe. I can release my power data for the Alpe if anyone wants it but I don't think a 68 minute ascent is going to raise too much suspicion!

    You'd have been quite a bit up the road from me (my swimming is best described as controlled drowning). My Strava stuff says 1.10 for Alpe, but the splits from the race show more than that for the climb. Just checked, 50 mins for the Ornon - felt like a lot longer!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Any idea what the two saxo boys are up to? Fiendish plot by Bertie perhaps?

    I'm assuming he's planning on trying to bridge at some point. A bit like Schleck did in 2011 with Montfort on the Galibier stage.
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  • MrSweary
    MrSweary Posts: 1,699
    Above The Cows wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Could we have an update please?

    Well I've just had a cheese sandwich, the break has 7'35" and Sky are on the front of the peloton.

    Pickle?

    Mayonnaise.

    :shock: In the name of all that is good and holy, WHY?

    Oh the humanity.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I may have a coffee. Perhaps a specaloo
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Above The Cows wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Not much going on at the mo then :lol:

    I just made a cup of tea.


    Ooh good idea.

    In other news, I had a maxibon cookie at lunch. It was delicious.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    MrSweary wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Could we have an update please?

    Well I've just had a cheese sandwich, the break has 7'35" and Sky are on the front of the peloton.

    Pickle?

    Mayonnaise.

    :shock: In the name of all that is good and holy, WHY?

    Oh the humanity.

    I live in the Netherlands. Pickle is rarer than hills.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    prawny wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Not much going on at the mo then :lol:

    I just made a cup of tea.


    Ooh good idea.

    In other news, I had a maxibon cookie at lunch. It was delicious.

    Ooo, I'm going to have a speculaas.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    prawny wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Not much going on at the mo then :lol:

    I just made a cup of tea.


    Ooh good idea.

    In other news, I had a maxibon cookie at lunch. It was delicious.

    Where did you get a maxibon from??? Ive been looking for them - to no avail - for ages.
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Above The Cows wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Just had a tweet favourited by George Hincapie. My life is complete.

    Don't tell Mad Rapper. He'll get banned again.


    .[/size]
    Must have missed that why did he get banned ?
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    MrSweary wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Could we have an update please?

    Well I've just had a cheese sandwich, the break has 7'35" and Sky are on the front of the peloton.

    Pickle?

    Mayonnaise.

    :shock: In the name of all that is good and holy, WHY?

    Oh the humanity.

    Cheese and mayo sarnies are fantastico. I can't remember how I accidentally fount that out but, mmmmmmmmmmmmm
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,857
    Movistar coming to the front as they start the Ornon
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Chocolate chip shortbread for me from Costco. They're big and really quite nice.

    Calm before the storm? Those on the Alpe will be able to see the helicopter soon and the noise level will go up a notch or two.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Moray Gub wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Just had a tweet favourited by George Hincapie. My life is complete.

    Don't tell Mad Rapper. He'll get banned again.


    .[/size]
    Must have missed that why did he get banned ?

    Potty mouth and personal attacks.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • MrSweary
    MrSweary Posts: 1,699
    Above The Cows wrote:
    MrSweary wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Could we have an update please?

    Well I've just had a cheese sandwich, the break has 7'35" and Sky are on the front of the peloton.

    Pickle?

    Mayonnaise.

    :shock: In the name of all that is good and holy, WHY?

    Oh the humanity.

    I live in the Netherlands. Pickle is rarer than hills.

    Well at least you aren't just living up to lazy national stereoty... oh wait.. :)
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  • prawny
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    MrTapir wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Not much going on at the mo then :lol:

    I just made a cup of tea.


    Ooh good idea.

    In other news, I had a maxibon cookie at lunch. It was delicious.

    Where did you get a maxibon from??? Ive been looking for them - to no avail - for ages.


    :oops: I tweeted Nestle the other day to have a rant, they're available from Ice Cream Vans and Kiosks. I stalked Birmingham like a starved puma.
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,857
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Movistar coming to the front as they start the Ornon


    ...and then back off again :|
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Movistar coming to the front as they start the Ornon

    What the hell has that got to do with sandwiches?!
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,161
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ooo, I'm going to have a speculaas.

    Unfortunately the only thing that sounds like to me is a surgical implement described repeatedly in 'The Cider House Rules'.
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,857
    NapoleonD wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Movistar coming to the front as they start the Ornon

    What the hell has that got to do with sandwiches?!

    Wholemeal pittas for me, houmous and gherkins.

    With Worcester Sauce Fench Fries, an all time favourite

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