Tour de France Stage 9 Gerardmer - Mulhouse *Spoilers*

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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    OPQS wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    All back together!

    This is possibly the most exciting part of the stage.

    Where are you watching it? ITV4 coverage doesn't start for another 2 hours.

    Not watching, just various tickers and twitters.

    Eurosport should be live in 30 minutes or so though.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Turfle wrote:
    All back together!

    This is possibly the most exciting part of the stage.

    Except for the 26 off the back ( Cheng is there). All to come together on the decent.

    As I'm writing Tony Martin goes away.......
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Cheng straggling!

    MOLARD R.176COF+00:45:09
    HAYMAN M.185OGE+00:45:42
    RENSHAW M.77OPQ+00:51:22
    SIEBERG M.139LTB+00:56:23
    KITTEL M.101GIA+01:08:56
    DEMARE A.121FDJ+01:12:42
    JI C.107GIA+01:34:40

    Riders off the back.
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Kittel and Demare also off the back
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Macaloon wrote:
    Cheng straggling!

    MOLARD R.176COF+00:45:09
    HAYMAN M.185OGE+00:45:42
    RENSHAW M.77OPQ+00:51:22
    SIEBERG M.139LTB+00:56:23
    KITTEL M.101GIA+01:08:56
    DEMARE A.121FDJ+01:12:42
    JI C.107GIA+01:34:40

    Riders off the back.

    and Bauer
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,538
    Fresh from ThomThom's man Lars Bak:

    Grupetto will need to be careful today, the stage isn't categorised as a mountain stage and the cut-off is set at 18%.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Macaloon wrote:
    Cheng straggling!

    MOLARD R.176COF+00:45:09
    HAYMAN M.185OGE+00:45:42
    RENSHAW M.77OPQ+00:51:22
    SIEBERG M.139LTB+00:56:23
    KITTEL M.101GIA+01:08:56
    DEMARE A.121FDJ+01:12:42
    JI C.107GIA+01:34:40

    Riders off the back.

    I read those gaps as hours, minutes and seconds at first, but the only way that can be is if Cheng has thought 'sod this' and is currently putting his feet up in a cafe near the start with a glass of cognac and a crafty Gauloise.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    Cheng straggling!

    MOLARD R.176COF+00:45:09
    HAYMAN M.185OGE+00:45:42
    RENSHAW M.77OPQ+00:51:22
    SIEBERG M.139LTB+00:56:23
    KITTEL M.101GIA+01:08:56
    DEMARE A.121FDJ+01:12:42
    JI C.107GIA+01:34:40

    Riders off the back.

    I read those gaps as hours, minutes and seconds at first, but the only way that can be is if Cheng has thought 'sod this' and is currently putting his feet up in a cafe near the start with a glass of cognac and a crafty Gauloise.

    Well it is, and he's not even LR any more (Ted King 7 sec back).
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    The grupetto is already 2 mins back. A regroup on the decent is looking less likely, especially since there is no valley road, it's straight up again.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    inseine wrote:
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    Cheng straggling!

    MOLARD R.176COF+00:45:09
    HAYMAN M.185OGE+00:45:42
    RENSHAW M.77OPQ+00:51:22
    SIEBERG M.139LTB+00:56:23
    KITTEL M.101GIA+01:08:56
    DEMARE A.121FDJ+01:12:42
    JI C.107GIA+01:34:40

    Riders off the back.

    I read those gaps as hours, minutes and seconds at first, but the only way that can be is if Cheng has thought 'sod this' and is currently putting his feet up in a cafe near the start with a glass of cognac and a crafty Gauloise.

    Well it is, and he's not even LR any more (Ted King 7 sec back).

    Ah, reality dawns - they're not timings on the road but their overall timing on GC this morning, aren't they? Please tell me this is true - I think I'm having a bit of a Jonathan Pearce moment.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Today's PTP picks...

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/12iyGOkGBIfG2DpdkHtEWSiTcXh3ebh--gt0ztpWbZ48/pub
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Stefano's gone for green trousers.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    underlayunderlay wrote:

    Ah, reality dawns - they're not timings on the road but their overall timing on GC this morning, aren't they? Please tell me this is true - I think I'm having a bit of a Jonathan Pearce moment.

    Yep. Copied from stragglers on le tour live.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,538
    Kadri will lose his spots today, he cant get back to the peloton.

    Purito trying to bridge to the break of two.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,538
    Chava and some others with Purito
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Today's PTP picks...

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/12iyGOkGBIfG2DpdkHtEWSiTcXh3ebh--gt0ztpWbZ48/pub

    I DNS'd, indulging in a moment of Cheng with the fecund morning photons. Bakelants will win this now, although I was encouraged to see he squandered an effort in the early break.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Evening All,

    Just dropping in briefly before watching Duck Quacks Don't Echo with Junior.
    Happy to see Stefano wearing some more interesting trousers, less happy to see Cheng off the back already.

    I work in an area of Hong Kong called Kowloon. The literal translation of this is, "Nine Dragons", and I fear the dragon's back profile of today's stage might mean Cheng gets burned...

    See you all later!
    Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs
  • OPQS
    OPQS Posts: 187
    I like seeing Juan Antonio Flecha on TV. He's pretty good.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    OPQS wrote:
    I like seeing Juan Antonio Flecha on TV. He's pretty good.


    I agree with LeMond that Flecha is better!

    Col de la Schlucht is a nice climb...

    Cheng keeping Marcel Kittel company in the bus so they will have plenty of time to bond!
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    OPQS wrote:
    I like seeing Juan Antonio Flecha on TV. He's pretty good.

    He has lovely hair.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • OPQS
    OPQS Posts: 187
    Five EuropCar in the break?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited July 2014
    Five riders including Navarro and Rolland have a minute on the peloton. Then Martin and De Marchi have almost 2.

    Kadri getting back on.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Oui. Also Cancellara and Purito
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Two at front as described, 8 or so at 40mins including the riders I mentioned and Edet. VanAv, Spilak, Mont something, Machado and a Europcar rider.

    Chava, JRod, Cancellara and quite a few others are behind them but there is little cohesion.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Rolland only 7 mins down. Could complicate things. Can't want to give him 3 or 4 minutes back.
  • mooro
    mooro Posts: 483
    Europcar going for it today it appears.

    Off topic - any ideas what the jersey is ned is wearing here?
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Mooro wrote:
    Europcar going for it today it appears.

    Off topic - any ideas what the jersey is ned is wearing here?

    its a Save the Herne Hill velodrome one, available from Miltag I think.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Turfle wrote:
    Rolland only 7 mins down. Could complicate things. Can't want to give him 3 or 4 minutes back.

    Machado is higher on GC than him so that gives two slight dangers.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • dang100
    dang100 Posts: 44
    There's something missing from this thread...

    Today's stage does, of course, head through fine cheese country.

    About Munster: Munster from Alsace is not the same cheese most Americans are familiar with. This cheese comes exclusively from an area spreading between the East of the Vosges in Alsace and the West of Lorraine (where the cheese is called Géromé). Back in the seventh century Irish monks settled in what is now called Munster Valley in Alsace. They created "Munster Kaes", their goal being to preserve milk and feed their people.

    Munster making: Farmers still use the traditional way to make Munster. The cheese is rubbed by hand with a solution of rock, salt and water. This will help the growth of bacteria giving a strong flavor to the cheese and preventing mold to developing. Maturation of farm Munsters initially takes place outside for one week. Munsters are then transferred into caves next to old Munsters. Every other day the Munsters are washed and brushed.

    Tasting Munster: Munster has a strong and powerful aroma.

    Tasting advice: In Alsace Lorraine, Munster is often eaten with baked potatoes and finely chopped onions.

    Munster and wine: With a beer! Or wines such as Alsace's Gewürztraminer or Pinot Noir, but also full bodied red wines such as Côte-Rotie or Chateauneuf-du-Pape (French Wine Guide)
  • mooro
    mooro Posts: 483
    BigMat wrote:
    Mooro wrote:
    Europcar going for it today it appears.

    Off topic - any ideas what the jersey is ned is wearing here?

    its a Save the Herne Hill velodrome one, available from Miltag I think.

    Found it thanks!

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