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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    Keep the commentary coming please :)
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    Arndt
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  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    loll who's the loon dressed asa dinosaur that knocked contador off. hahahaha
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    loll who's the loon dressed asa dinosaur that knocked contador off. hahahaha
    whhhaaatttt?????????
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  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    That was an exciting last few Ks. Great racing so far.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    loll who's the loon dressed asa dinosaur that knocked contador off. hahahaha
    whhhaaatttt?????????

    :):):)
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    I prefer style personally. I like to see attacking racing.
  • tuneskyline
    tuneskyline Posts: 370
    Here is some style

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeMUN1A5A38
  • the article don
    the article don Posts: 578
    much easier doing that on a gradient :wink:
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    tuneskyline wrote:
    Here is some style

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeMUN1A5A38

    Nice :)
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    French TV coverage stopped just before the finish to switch to questions in the Senate! :x
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    What an horrendous run in for a sprint.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    I watched Stage 2 on the way home today. Great racing. I was really pleased to see how AC did, nothing between him and CF. It was clear they were both at the limit. Bodes well for the TdF.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Just seen stage 2 too, and that was a very promising last few kms. More of that over the weekend please. Contador in so much better shape during the Dauphine than in previous years.

    Kelderman is going to be good, isn't he.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Milton50 wrote:
    What an horrendous run in for a sprint.

    This. Heart in mouth stuff in the last 1.6km. That chicane and then the roadworks narrowing were ridiculous. Did someone let the Giro organisers loose on the stage? Incredible that there wasn't a pile up.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Turfle wrote:
    The TJVG went backwards quickly today too. Lost even more time than Kwiatkowski.

    The reason, small hip fracture from Romandie:

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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Worrying to lose that amount of time though given he is suppsed to be leading a major team at the Tour.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
    Worrying to lose that amount of time though given he is suppsed to be leading a major team at the Tour.


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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
    Worrying to lose that amount of time though given he is suppsed to be leading a major team at the Tour.


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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pross wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    What an horrendous run in for a sprint.

    This. Heart in mouth stuff in the last 1.6km. That chicane and then the roadworks narrowing were ridiculous. Did someone let the Giro organisers loose on the stage? Incredible that there wasn't a pile up.

    Kind of looks fine to me. Maybe the adrenaline of watching it live made it seem worse. Two corners which were able to be taken at speed and the last one had a wide clearance.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Stage 4 is a classic. Descent into gap...ASO love this one. It can produce some very exciting solo wins.

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    Was used last year in TdF where Rui Costa solo'd in for the win.
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    awesome late climb...
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    edited June 2014
    13 riders in the lead
    A breakaway is gone at km 21 with: Andriy Grivko (Astana), Christian Meier (Orica-GreenEdge), Imanol Erviti (Movistar), Maxime Bouet (AG2R), Romain Sicard (Europcar), Pim Lightart (Lotto), Gustav Larsson (IAM), Damiano Caruso (Cannondale), Bob Jungels (Trek), Peter Velits (BMC), Yuriy Trofimov (Katusha), Jan Bakelants (OPQS) and Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Belkin).

    4'40" gap. Captain euphoria in the break.

    Interesting stuff on the ticker. Will be an outrage if Giant-Shimano folds.

    Guiberteau: "Video was a key for our success"

    French media reported about the missed opportunity for French sprinter Arnaud Démare yesterday. The Four Days of Dunkirk and Tour de Picardie winner admitted that he and his team failed in the preparation of the sprint in Le Teil but the outcome also had to do with the recon and the perfect work done by the Giant-Shimano team. “We gave our riders a video of the last kilometers of the stage”, directeur sportif Christian Guiberteau told letour.fr. “For two days, they watched it, and again and again. They were very curious about the tricky finale so they knew exactly what to expect when they reached Le Teil. They have behaved with even more professionalism than what we expected from them. It's great to have a group of riders who are united and focused. The initial plan was to work for Reinhardt [Janse van Rensburg] but Nikias Arndt has been smart enough to improvise and go for the win.”
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I love me a bit of Jan Bakelants! :D
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Having mulled over picking him for PTP and decided not to, I'm preparing myself for Bakelants to take the win...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Remind me again folks, which descent is this? The one where Bertie fell off or the one where there was an all mighty thunderstorm? Coasta won both those stages.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I love me a bit of Jan Bakelants! :D

    Tour-de-France-Jan-Bakela-005.jpg

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    What an horrendous run in for a sprint.

    This. Heart in mouth stuff in the last 1.6km. That chicane and then the roadworks narrowing were ridiculous. Did someone let the Giro organisers loose on the stage? Incredible that there wasn't a pile up.

    Kind of looks fine to me. Maybe the adrenaline of watching it live made it seem worse. Two corners which were able to be taken at speed and the last one had a wide clearance.

    Look further back, there was a double narrowing around 1.6km out and then a sudden narrowing that appeared due to roadworks around the 1km to go mark. The final couple of corners were technical but fine and helped split the bunch a bit. It also narrowed suddenly after the line and the Lotto rider skidded to a halt and almost crashed avoiding the spectators.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Remind me again folks, which descent is this? The one where Bertie fell off or the one where there was an all mighty thunderstorm? Coasta won both those stages.


    Where Bertie met tarmac
    Where Froome unclipped and gave Bertie the evils
    Where Bertie gave a sarky thumbs up to Nairo for not holding up the pace etc....at which Valverde took umbrage and clattered over to the Saxo team bus afterwards to have Spanish words with Bertie about it

    That one.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Remind me again folks, which descent is this? The one where Bertie fell off or the one where there was an all mighty thunderstorm? Coasta won both those stages.


    Where Bertie met tarmac
    Where Froome unclipped and gave Bertie the evils
    Where Bertie gave a sarky thumbs up to Nairo for not holding up the pace etc....at which Valverde took umbrage and clattered over to the Saxo team bus afterwards to have Spanish words with Bertie about it

    That one.

    You forgot Bertie not doing a turn and making the blameless Froome drag them both back up to Nairo etc.

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