Tour de France Stage 8 Tomblaine - Gerardmer *Spoilers*

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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Worth the watching - happy winner!

    Nibali? Difficult to hold the lead from here, yet he still looks the best to me.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Pross wrote:
    Really pleased for Kadri, one of my favourite riders. Decent day for the French all round. Anyone know if Talansky's crash was in the last 3km? Think he took G down so hoping it was. Also, which time do they get in that situation when the group they were with gets split all over the place?

    Not on a hilly stage like today. He'll lose his full 2'20 to Bert.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    Porte lost ground as Valverde let a gap go. Pretty much held the distance.

    Can we put the Porte has no form debates to bed now? Chuffed for the wee pet.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Pross wrote:
    Really pleased for Kadri, one of my favourite riders. Decent day for the French all round. Anyone know if Talansky's crash was in the last 3km?
    Doesn't matter. That rule doesn't apply to uphill finishes.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Really pleased for Kadri, one of my favourite riders. Decent day for the French all round. Anyone know if Talansky's crash was in the last 3km? Think he took G down so hoping it was. Also, which time do they get in that situation when the group they were with gets split all over the place?

    Thought last 3km rule only applied to flat stages?

    I blame King Kelly, he was talking about whether it was within 3km.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Talansky's becoming a liability!
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    @ammattipyoraily: #TDF, GC (Stage 8/21):
    1. Nibali,
    2. Fuglsang +1:44,
    3. Porte +1:58,
    4. Kwiatkowski +2:28,
    5. Valverde +2:27,
    6. Contador +2:34.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Disappointed in Stefano's conservative trouser choice.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Great finishing 30kms spoiled by French coverage (understandably) of French riders.
    Hate it when the breakaway gets in the way of the GC battle.
    Great ride by Kadri, though.

    Astana looked frail, in the end, Nibali looked pale.
    Two more weeks of getting attacked?
    Porte podium possibility confirmed.

    Panache man Piti almost falls at the first hurdle.
    Just hasn't got what it takes to be a great GC champion.

    Talansky...... :oops:
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    Porte lost ground as Valverde let a gap go. Pretty much held the distance.

    Can we put the Porte has no form debates to bed now? Chuffed for the wee pet.

    Don't be silly. The wee man could be in yellow and there'd still be people carping.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Above The Cows wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ooops Pitbull with a problem.

    G down as well - first time this tour.

    Was it G? I thought it was Kiry? Number 3 is Kiry no?

    Think it was 8 which is G.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Pross wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ooops Pitbull with a problem.

    G down as well - first time this tour.

    Was it G? I thought it was Kiry? Number 3 is Kiry no?

    Think it was 8 which is G.

    Definitely not Kiri he was already out the back
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Disappointed in Stefano's conservative trouser choice.

    Yes. I'm assuming the bad weather has influenced his decision to go with the same trousers as yesterday.

    Lets hope for some sun tomorrow to hopefully bring out the bright colours...
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    That podium girl's a tall one...
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Pross wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ooops Pitbull with a problem.

    G down as well - first time this tour.

    Was it G? I thought it was Kiry? Number 3 is Kiry no?

    Think it was 8 which is G.

    Ah OK, 3 looks like 8 and I am actually due some new glasses.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Yates came in 6 minutes down
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  • rob churchill
    rob churchill Posts: 272
    pottssteve wrote:
    Yates came in 6 minutes down

    Expect good things from him in years to come.
    I have a policy of only posting comment on the internet under my real name. This is to moderate my natural instinct to flame your fatuous, ill-informed, irrational, credulous, bigoted, semi-literate opinions to carbon, you knuckle-dragging f***wits.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Bardet vs. Pinot for white jersey?

    hmm, perhaps drawing too many conclusions from pretty short punchy climbs. Monday should tell more
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    FJS wrote:
    Bardet vs. Pinot for white jersey?

    hmm, perhaps drawing too many conclusions from pretty short punchy climbs. Monday should tell more

    Looks like it. Didn't realise that the second ag2r rider over the line was jcp, though I'm sure as you say it'll be different on a full on mountain stage.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Rodriguez arrived down at 16'22".
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Beaky Mollema finished 9th again. He's as consistent as Sagan!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    The_Boy wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Bardet vs. Pinot for white jersey?

    hmm, perhaps drawing too many conclusions from pretty short punchy climbs. Monday should tell more

    Looks like it. Didn't realise that the second ag2r rider over the line was jcp, though I'm sure as you say it'll be different on a full on mountain stage.
    Peraud would almost certainly be in 4th now if he hadn't had that mechanical on stage 5 when in the Talansky group and given his time trialling ability would be a genuine threat for the podium. The guy has had zero luck in this race recently. Still, a good day for AG2R generally today. :)
  • OPQS
    OPQS Posts: 187
    TheBigBean wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Bertie isn't strong enough. Big psychological win for Nibs

    Nibali threw him a psychological life line right at the end there.

    It's still too early to say, we need to see them on a stage with more climbing before deciding who is better. I was expecting more fireworks from Contador, but it's foolish to say that Bertie isn't strong enough. He took 3 seconds out of Nibs in less than 50m. Tomorrow should be more indicative.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    OPQS wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Bertie isn't strong enough. Big psychological win for Nibs

    Nibali threw him a psychological life line right at the end there.

    It's still too early to say, we need to see them on a stage with more climbing before deciding who is better. I was expecting more fireworks from Contador, but it's foolish to say that Bertie isn't strong enough. He took 3 seconds out of Nibs in less than 50m. Tomorrow should be more indicative.
    The way Saxo was riding suggested Contador wasn't strong enough to do what he wanted and had planned to do. Of course that doesn't mean he's not strong enough over three weeks, but those 3 seconds won't worry Nibali at all. Tomorrow won't indicate much at all. Monday might.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    edited July 2014
    DeadCalm wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Bardet vs. Pinot for white jersey?

    hmm, perhaps drawing too many conclusions from pretty short punchy climbs. Monday should tell more

    Looks like it. Didn't realise that the second ag2r rider over the line was jcp, though I'm sure as you say it'll be different on a full on mountain stage.
    Peraud would almost certainly be in 4th now if he hadn't had that mechanical on stage 5 when in the Talansky group and given his time trialling ability would be a genuine threat for the podium. The guy has had zero luck in this race recently. Still, a good day for AG2R generally today. :)

    Yup. I'm fairly confident that he would have scoreboard a podium finish last year had he stayed healthy. Got the impression he was quietly confident of winning that TT before he came a cropper.
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587
    pottssteve wrote:
    Give that woman in the yellow hat a job!

    That woman was a man in a kilt.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Alan A wrote:
    pottssteve wrote:
    Give that woman in the yellow hat a job!

    That woman was a man in a kilt.

    Was it?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    FJS wrote:
    The way Saxo was riding suggested Contador wasn't strong enough to do what he wanted and had planned to do. Of course that doesn't mean he's not strong enough over three weeks, but those 3 seconds won't worry Nibali at all. Tomorrow won't indicate much at all. Monday might.

    That's what I thought too. A few people have been saying Contador doesn't look as strong as he did in the Dauphine.

    To be fair on Bert, he did say before the stage that he didn't expect anything on this stage and Monday is where it's at.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    OPQS wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Bertie isn't strong enough. Big psychological win for Nibs

    Nibali threw him a psychological life line right at the end there.

    It's still too early to say, we need to see them on a stage with more climbing before deciding who is better. I was expecting more fireworks from Contador, but it's foolish to say that Bertie isn't strong enough. He took 3 seconds out of Nibs in less than 50m. Tomorrow should be more indicative.

    Tomorrow, the final climb is 40kms from the finish.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Contador
    "I wanted to see how Nibali was doing and I was surprised he kept so close. I wasn't sure whether there was anyone ahead of me, that's why I moved. I saw there was someone ahead of me and then I decided to take a little bit of time off Nibali. I'm happy. The team was extraordinary and the legs responded well. We'll have to see day by day. Nibali is a great rider like all the great riders ahead of me. I must keep hoping and try to take time with each stage."
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