TDF Stage 13: St Etiennie - Chamrousse *spoiler*

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    6 team leaders out?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    josame wrote:
    mulletmaster wrote:
    No doubting he is a cheat, but without going down that tangent yet again, he isn't on his own there.
    I have no love for him, he's never a spectacular rider who lights up a race, but sometiomes think the vitriol directed towards him is a bit OTT.

    He's a constantly referenced for offending weazle, ok he goes up the road a bit, so what, so did scarponi, cunego and Di Luca, where are their fans?

    What are you trying to say about Cunego?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    TailWindHome wrote:
    6 team leaders out?
    One more to match this century's record of seven (in 2004)
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  • woody1545
    woody1545 Posts: 322
    mr_poll wrote:
    woody1545 wrote:
    I've been watching Euro Sport for 5 minutes. Ok. I get it. Its hot. NOW STOP TELLING ME THE DAMN TEMPERATURE!

    Has Carlton mentioned melting tarmac yet - I caught the highlights last night and he mentioned it 4 times within the opening 5 minutes, drove me nuts.


    I'm afraid so. Riders abandoning distracted him briefly but we're now back on topic. Its Hot.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Katusha slow starters but have now chopped two mins from the breakaway lead.
    RichN95 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    6 team leaders out?
    One more to match this century's record of seven (in 2004)

    How do you know that off the top of your head?!
    Contador is the Greatest
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    break at 2m48
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    About 40km to the top of the cat 1.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Katusha slow starters but have now chopped two mins from the breakaway lead.
    RichN95 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    6 team leaders out?
    One more to match this century's record of seven (in 2004)

    How do you know that off the top of your head?!
    No, I just did a scan of the startlists on Wikipedia as the thought had already crossed my mind.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Katusha slow starters but have now chopped two mins from the breakaway lead.
    RichN95 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    6 team leaders out?
    One more to match this century's record of seven (in 2004)

    How do you know that off the top of your head?!

    Have you ever seen Rich95 and Irishpeloton in the same room at the same time?
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    I worry about Porte in this heat.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Coriander wrote:
    Have you ever seen Rich95 and Irishpeloton in the same room at the same time?
    Well I've only ever been to Ireland three times, so it's unlikely.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Coriander wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Katusha slow starters but have now chopped two mins from the breakaway lead.
    RichN95 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    6 team leaders out?
    One more to match this century's record of seven (in 2004)

    How do you know that off the top of your head?!

    Have you ever seen Rich95 and Irishpeloton in the same room at the same time?

    Just checked out his twitter. Some interesting stats there.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Turfle wrote:
    I worry about Porte in this heat.

    Serious or sarcastic?

    Being Tasmanian it is unlikely he is used to such extreme heat.
    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Coriander wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Katusha slow starters but have now chopped two mins from the breakaway lead.
    RichN95 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    6 team leaders out?
    One more to match this century's record of seven (in 2004)

    How do you know that off the top of your head?!

    Have you ever seen Rich95 and Irishpeloton in the same room at the same time?

    Just checked out his twitter. Some interesting stats there.

    He's not always accurate though.

    I 've reposted a couple of his more interesting stats only to get a slap from Rich
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    RichN95 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Katusha slow starters but have now chopped two mins from the breakaway lead.
    RichN95 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    6 team leaders out?
    One more to match this century's record of seven (in 2004)

    How do you know that off the top of your head?!
    No, I just did a scan of the startlists on Wikipedia as the thought had already crossed my mind.


    Can you name the 7?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    I worry about Porte in this heat.

    Serious or sarcastic?

    Being Tasmanian it is unlikely he is used to such extreme heat.

    Serious, but I could be wildly wrong. Just going on how poorly he coped with that hot stage in the Dauphine.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Europcar join the chase. Sub 2mins.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Kadri will attack from the break
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Ticker doo dah on the Tour website looks good
    http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2014/us/live/aso/
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Apparently the descending side of the first climb today is called the Col De Porte

    Col de Porte has been 18 times on the route of the Tour de France, as far back as in 1907 (Emile Georget first at the top) but its downhill became famous during the 1977 Critérium du Dauphiné when Bernard Hinault went off the cliff, was about to pull out, went back on his bike with the help of DS Cyrille Guimard and eventually won at La Bastille in Grenoble.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYDo11b0 ... lpage#t=19
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Breakaway going to bits here
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    TailWindHome wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Katusha slow starters but have now chopped two mins from the breakaway lead.
    RichN95 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    6 team leaders out?
    One more to match this century's record of seven (in 2004)

    How do you know that off the top of your head?!
    No, I just did a scan of the startlists on Wikipedia as the thought had already crossed my mind.
    Can you name the 7?
    I can read them off Wiki: Hamilton (Phonak), Mayo (Euskaltel), Petacchi (Fassa B), Heras (Liberty S), Backstedt (Alessio), McGee (FdJ), Cipollini (Domina V)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    Start of the Palaquit, 1m04 the break, it is a nasty hot dusty climb up to Quaix, I suspect we'll see some immediate casualties.
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Apparently the descending side of the first climb today is called the Col De Porte

    Col de Porte has been 18 times on the route of the Tour de France, as far back as in 1907 (Emile Georget first at the top) but its downhill became famous during the 1977 Critérium du Dauphiné when Bernard Hinault went off the cliff, was about to pull out, went back on his bike with the help of DS Cyrille Guimard and eventually won at La Bastille in Grenoble.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYDo11b0 ... lpage#t=19

    It was actually on the ueber steep Bastille that Hinault wanted to pull out, the climb is 25 degrees in places although only 200 meters climbing.

    The Col de Porte is a regular on the Crit de Daupine.
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    Palaquit previously used in 1989 for the wonks.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    No KOM points for Voeckler today then
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    1.25 to Kadri and Jan Bak.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Still 3 or 4 Astana riders with Nibs up at the front
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    davidof wrote:
    The leaders raise their haggard faces to see the glaciers of the Belledonne twinkling in the distance.

    Great stuff.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    edited July 2014
    frenchfighter wrote:
    1.25 to Kadri and Jan Bak.
    De Marchi coming back to them... and dropping them?

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