Dauphine *spoilers*

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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Talansky tears!!!
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Great stage, pity those time splits were completely bollx by the look of it.
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    No mates Contador gets his timely kick up the butt! Happy days! :D
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  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    I hope somebody is on suicide watch for FF. What an epic stage. Sky don't let stuff like that go down when they are in front.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Great stage and a great race
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Absolutely brilliant Dauphine. Great duel on the Col de Beal and yesterday between Froome and Contador. Kelderman and Yates showing a bright future. Crazy final stage.
  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    Magnificent for Talansky. Great solo effort from Contador, but he'd have won it if he'd gone with Nibali. Wonder if others in the Tour (e.g. Valverde, JRod) will be looking to take advantage of Froome/Contador p!ssing match for overall GC win?

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    How the hell did Talansky get in a break?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    OK I just got in a switched on to see the final few hundred metres. Looks like I've missed a cracker, what the hell happened? :shock:

    Well done Talansky and Nieve. Yates up there again. Talansky looks to be turning into a real GC contender now. Presumably Froome is feeling the effects of injury hence Nieve being allowed to ride for the stage?
  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    Pross wrote:
    OK I just got in a switched on to see the final few hundred metres. Looks like I've missed a cracker, what the hell happened? :shock:

    Well done Talansky and Nieve. Yates up there again. Talansky looks to be turning into a real GC contender now. Presumably Froome is feeling the effects of injury hence Nieve being allowed to ride for the stage?

    You missed the end of a cracking stage. It would definitely be a 3 out of 10 on the Iainometer.

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Above The Cows wrote:
    How the hell did Talansky get in a break?
    Considering Nieve, Porte and Lopez were in that break too, it could well have been a grand Froome attack plan he tagged on to.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    ratsbeyfus wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    OK I just got in a switched on to see the final few hundred metres. Looks like I've missed a cracker, what the hell happened? :shock:

    Well done Talansky and Nieve. Yates up there again. Talansky looks to be turning into a real GC contender now. Presumably Froome is feeling the effects of injury hence Nieve being allowed to ride for the stage?

    You missed the end of a cracking stage. It would definitely be a 3 out of 10 on the Iainometer.

    I think Iain may even have bumped it up to four or fivee:
    Yay Talansky. Congrats to all the riders for producing ace race
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    FJS wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    How the hell did Talansky get in a break?
    Considering Nieve, Porte and Lopez were in that break too, it could well have been a grand Froome attack plan he tagged on to.

    This is why I wish they'd show more of the stage. The first kms are always so fascinating.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    What a fantastic day's racing!
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Not a consolation at all for Froome but he keeps the points jersey.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    I wonder where Talansky will be riding next year.
  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    Above The Cows wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    How the hell did Talansky get in a break?
    Considering Nieve, Porte and Lopez were in that break too, it could well have been a grand Froome attack plan he tagged on to.

    This is why I wish they'd show more of the stage. The first kms are always so fascinating.

    Yep - would love to see what the other Tinkoff riders do during the early part of the stages.

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • powerbookboy
    powerbookboy Posts: 241
    Is Yates going to the Tour btw? Wonder if he fancies a white jersey.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    edited June 2014
    Pross wrote:
    Presumably Froome is feeling the effects of injury hence Nieve being allowed to ride for the stage?

    Nieve said that Froome was suffering and not 100% at the finish today.

    As an aside Nieve was the most approachable of the sky riders at the stage start at Grenoble, taking the time to speak to my son.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    powerbookboy wrote:
    Is Yates going to the Tour btw? Wonder if he fancies a white jersey.

    He said it was too soon for him. Vuelta maybe.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Nieve gets himself a lovely cow.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Fair Play to Andrew Talansky! Nice words in the interview too. Please for him and for Garmin
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    A week ago lots of people saying that Froome was on fire but the team looked weak. Well a week on, there's good and bad news.....
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Froome and Contador basically stuff each other up.
    Clearly, his crash impacted the race, more than first thought.
    Bertie is ridiculously strong, though. Had he launched when they started to muck about.....
    Bluff and counter bluff, backfires, Talansky, VDB and young Yates benefit.

    Overall, a super Dauphine.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Froome and Contador basically stuff each other up.
    Clearly, his crash impacted the race, more than first thought.
    Bertie is ridiculously strong, though. Had he launched when they started to muck about.....
    Bluff and counter bluff, backfires, Talansky, VDB and young Yates benefit.

    Overall, a super Dauphine.

    I think that is a fine conclusion adding in that the Sky team are not looking as shabby as previously thought.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • powerbookboy
    powerbookboy Posts: 241
    Turfle wrote:
    powerbookboy wrote:
    Is Yates going to the Tour btw? Wonder if he fancies a white jersey.

    He said it was too soon for him. Vuelta maybe.

    Mmm. Isn't the Vuelta even more brutal this year? Admittedly it's less predictable, but I'm not sure it'll be significantly easier, assuming they're worried about burning him out.
  • jackc6549
    jackc6549 Posts: 30
    Good to see Talansky acknowledging Ryder's hard work. Hoping Nibali will be a bit more prominent in the tour, if not it look like the Froome/Contador opera looks like it could be an epic...can't wait!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    edited June 2014
    powerbookboy wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    powerbookboy wrote:
    Is Yates going to the Tour btw? Wonder if he fancies a white jersey.

    He said it was too soon for him. Vuelta maybe.

    Mmm. Isn't the Vuelta even more brutal this year? Admittedly it's less predictable, but I'm not sure it'll be significantly easier, assuming they're worried about burning him out.

    Vuelta is a heck of a lot less stressful. He must be due a month off the bike soon too.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Sensational sport. #LetRacersRide

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Not sure where to start with the congratulations...unbelievable stage.
    Very happy for Talansky and Garmin but I was so hoping Contador could take it...he has never won the Dauphine. Huge effort from him in the end - I wonder if he played it differently and hadnt stayed with Froome he may have won...however he may also have blown earlier. Wilco as well...crazy good.
    Very happy for Nieve. I have a lot of time for him. His Giro win in 11 is my second favourite win of all time. Today's one is close.
    Shame Froome cracked big time especially when his team did so well today. These things happen though. Its not over until its over.

    Fortune favours the brave. What a move by Talansky. This stage goes into history. Fans have had an abundance of excitement today. Joy.
    davidof wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Presumably Froome is feeling the effects of injury hence Nieve being allowed to ride for the stage?

    Nieve said that Froome was suffering and not 100% at the finish today.

    As an aside Nieve was the most approachable of the sky riders at the stage start at Grenoble, taking the time to speak to my son.

    Good to hear. Sky are very lucky to have him. Home grown Basque rider who knows about cycling history and has not been brought to where he is by a corporate organisation.
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