TDF 2013 Stage 18 L'Alpe d'Huez *Spoilers*
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GSVBagpuss wrote:ddraver wrote:Personally I'm more concerned about Contador's bike change just as Race Radio announced that the UCI will be weighing bikes at the finish....
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ddraver wrote:Above The Cows wrote:Well now we have another controversy. Sky just do this to keep Twitter in business ahead of a Murdoch buy out later in the year. You heard it here first.
Personally I'm more concerned about Contador's bike change just as Race Radio announced that the UCI will be weighing bikes at the finish....
Heh heh
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ddraver wrote:mididoctors wrote:disgruntledgoat wrote:donrhummy wrote:Only 47 seconds separates 2nd from 5th place. without Froome, this TDF would be up in the air!
Throw him out for snaffling some gels and you'll have an amazing next 2 days.
worth considering
I would give him a time penalty min
Porte took the gels, and i suspect would take any time penalty you give him...
well yeah but it was well cynical"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
mididoctors wrote:ddraver wrote:mididoctors wrote:disgruntledgoat wrote:donrhummy wrote:Only 47 seconds separates 2nd from 5th place. without Froome, this TDF would be up in the air!
Throw him out for snaffling some gels and you'll have an amazing next 2 days.
worth considering
I would give him a time penalty min
Porte took the gels, and i suspect would take any time penalty you give him...
well yeah but it was well cynical
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So just to clarify why is it illegal to take foord/water like that?Scott Speedster S20 Roadie for Speed
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n+1 is well and truly on track
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I'm sure an illegal feed is just a standard race penalty, like excessive car drafting, peeing in the wrong place etc..... It's not anything unusual is it?
Fine in CHF and that will be it.0 -
ddraver wrote:Personally I'm more concerned about Contador's bike change just as Race Radio announced that the UCI will be weighing bikes at the finish....
Well, they should weigh any bike that's been ridden during the stage really, otherwise people could just change bikes.
(It might be more of a concern if Contador had ever cheated before... oh, hang on ) 0 -
hammerite wrote:I'm sure an illegal feed is just a standard race penalty, like excessive car drafting, peeing in the wrong place etc..... It's not anything unusual is it?
Fine in CHF and that will be it.
Yes but keep it down mate youre ruining a spiffing forum row!We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Has that level of punishment been applied to others who have done the same in the race ?......if it has not then why should it be in this case ?DeadCalm wrote:
But it is cheating. And he clearly saved time as a result. He should therefore be penalised time. Nothing excessive mind. 20 minutes would seem reasonable.r0bh wrote:Or maybe they'll apply the rules, which will be a fine. Geez guys all he did was take a gel, calm down!Gasping - but somehow still alive !0 -
hammerite wrote:I'm sure an illegal feed is just a standard race penalty, like excessive car drafting, peeing in the wrong place etc..... It's not anything unusual is it?
Fine in CHF and that will be it.
Porte will not be allowed his chocolate Nesquik before bed.Correlation is not causation.0 -
YELLOW JERSEY IN NOT ACTUALLY BREAKING THE RULES SHOCK!0
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Because I said so?Moray Gub wrote:
Has that level of punishment been applied to others who have done the same in the race ?......if it has not then why should it be in this case ?DeadCalm wrote:
But it is cheating. And he clearly saved time as a result. He should therefore be penalised time. Nothing excessive mind. 20 minutes would seem reasonable.r0bh wrote:Or maybe they'll apply the rules, which will be a fine. Geez guys all he did was take a gel, calm down!0 -
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ITV saying he might have been fined 20 seconds. Happy now? 0
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Suggestion that Froome has been penalised 20s on itv 40
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I really want one of those Young Rider stuffies. The little dude in the hat and shades looks cool. 8)Correlation is not causation.0
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ITV specualting he's been penalised 20 seconds.0
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hammerite wrote:goonz wrote:So just to clarify why is it illegal to take foord/water like that?
you can't feed in the last 20km of a race usually unless it's really hot. I think it's so there can be a safe close to a stage.
Surely a little unfair on a stage like that with effectively 2 HC climbs together??Scott Speedster S20 Roadie for Speed
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ITV saying he has been penalised 20 secs.....if true it would be interesting to see what previous punishments have been in this race ?Gasping - but somehow still alive !0
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r0bh wrote:ITV saying he might have been fined 20 seconds. Happy now?
No I will not be happy until I get both Froome and Porte's first born children.Correlation is not causation.0 -
Froome to ride the rest of the stages with 50 spare gels stuffed into his pockets.0
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RichN95 wrote:20 seconds seems about right. I think that's what Leipheimer got in 2007 (and Roche in 1987)
Good memory!0
