Paris - Nice 2014 *Spoilers*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Blood trickling down his legs...adrenaline must have been high after the crash and chase.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,710
    A nothing stage. A crash and a narrow road blocked.
    Then some less than classy riding by Giant and a number of riders
    out of the GC contention before the race has begun.
    Lesson 1: On narrow roads, don't swan around at the rear.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Bardet, Westra, F Schleck 1min down
    Andy still no form and 2mins down
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,160
    Another skinsuit - looks like this is going to be the norm this year.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Another skinsuit - looks like this is going to be the norm this year.

    Don't see how they're much more of an advantage over a similarly tight aero jersey & shorts combo?

    I doubt the onesie adds that much more value.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Another skinsuit - looks like this is going to be the norm this year.


    Bouhanni wore for sprints throughout last season - loves the skinsuit, does Nacer
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Coquard was barriered with some dangerous riding from someone?

    Farrar
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Coquard was barriered with some dangerous riding from someone?

    Farrar

    Surely not? Farrar gets all upset at dangerous riding and tries to storm team buses!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Pross wrote:
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Coquard was barriered with some dangerous riding from someone?

    Farrar

    Surely not? Farrar gets all upset at dangerous riding and tries to storm team buses!

    Isn't Farrar supposed to be a Buddhist? If so he's about as good a Buddhist as he is a sprinter.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMeMr1pzGcA

    Still makes me laugh.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    edited March 2014
    For we fans of BSE, les blancs are visible again today with Delaplace (IAM) in a 2 man break. Gap is 8'30" with 77km to go

    Today's finishing circuit sounds a little tempting re crashes. Hope not though. Narrow roads...

    ...and crosswind action forecast for the final hour
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Coquard was barriered with some dangerous riding from someone?

    Farrar
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    He's having a good look at him in that pic. I may have been a bit premature - they all jumped to the right to get the inner line on the bend but Farrar did it to excess - sprinters only shake their heads when a major intrusion has occurred (apart from Italians :) )
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Matt Goss is being discussed as a contender for this stage.

    How long will Goss continue to be discussed as a contender?*


    *He'll only go and win it now.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Longer than Andy I suspect.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Andy back with the peloton after being dropped.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Matt Goss is being discussed as a contender for this stage.

    How long will Goss continue to be discussed as a contender?*


    *He'll only go and win it now.

    As long as you don't include the "H" word in his name he may be a contender. His demise seemed to coincide with the use of that.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Matt Goss is being discussed as a contender for this stage.

    How long will Goss continue to be discussed as a contender?*


    *He'll only go and win it now.

    As long as you don't include the "H" word in his name he may be a contender. His demise seemed to coincide with the use of that.
    @JaunePeril

    Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Quick Step won't be chasing now.

    Or at least they shouldn't.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Kiry dropped :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,541
    Who's in the break? It has a reasonable gap.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Matt Goss is being discussed as a contender for this stage.

    How long will Goss continue to be discussed as a contender?*


    *He'll only go and win it now.

    As long as you don't include the "H" word in his name he may be a contender. His demise seemed to coincide with the use of that.

    Matthew HARLEY Goss. He might win more if he used one.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    OGE certainly thinking that Goss has a shot. Still smarting from losing to Sky in whatever the thing theyre doing is...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Who's in the break? It has a reasonable gap.

    Saramontins who has now distanced Delaplace.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Meersman down
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Skyfall and a falling tree.

    Oh and Meersman.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    EBH, Albassini, Boom, Meersman on the deck

    Meersman looking bad
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited March 2014
    No way. Farrar is down... Shock.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    edited March 2014
    And you can have 3 guesses as to who the Garmin is... :roll:

    Edit - (or you could have if Thom hadnt given it away ;) )

    EditEdit - Meersman back up fine, but pushing his luck behind the team car
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