TDF-Stage 16: Carcassonne–Bagnères-de-Luchon: *Spoiler*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    According to TuttoBici, Nibali got into the spirit of things during the rest day, by handing his credit card to trainer Paolo Slongo and asking him to take Astana’s soigneurs and mechanics out to dinner as a thank you for their efforts to date.

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    VDB apparently has bacteria in his blood and been on antibiotics for a few days.

    Langeveld also suffering from something or other.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    [VDB apparently has bacteria in his blood and been on antibiotics for a few days.

    Langeveld also suffering from something or other.

    There's a lot of illness about. Shame.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    Above The Cows wrote:
    There's a lot of illness about. Shame.

    Team photo at Lampre, this morning

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ha ha ha ha ha!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Break caught
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Breaks going everywhere...sort of stage you want to see the start.

    @daniellloyd1
    In the 2010 stage that finished in Bagnéres de Luchon, it took over 100km of attacks for the early break (with Voeckler) to go.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    These guys off the front now with about 30 secs:
    Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo), Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol), Greg van Avermaet (BMC), Jon Izagirre (Movistar), Jose Serpa (Lampre-Merida), Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), Jens Keukeleire (Orica-GreenEdge), Tom Jelte Slagter (Garmin-Sharp), Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge), Jeremy Roy (FDJ), Matteo Montaguti (AG2R-La Mondiale), Kevin Reza (Europcar), Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R-La Mondiale), Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne Séché Environment), Vasil Kiryienka (Sky), Florian Vachon (Bretagne Séché Environment), Bernard Eisel (Sky), Roger Kluge (IAM Cycling).
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Sagan, VDB, Porte and JRod regain contact with a handful of others.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    After 80km done and break attempts galore, the average speed is only 43 km/h.
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Got a feeling this stage is going to be very complicated.
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    edited July 2014
    Ridgerider wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Orica bus driver has knocked over a sign :roll:

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    ...and gone the wrong way down a one way street.

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    Is it the same driver? It has to be the same driver... :lol::lol::lol:

    I think he always rides a bike and he hasn't realised that a bus is bigger.
  • Coachb
    Coachb Posts: 68
    Reza has been very impressive this year. He has been in so many breaks and working his As5 off.
    Top man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Break established. 4mins lead.
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    edited July 2014
    RideOnTime wrote:
    Ridgerider wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Orica bus driver has knocked over a sign :roll:

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    ...and gone the wrong way down a one way street.

    rgw6pz.jpg


    Is it the same driver? It has to be the same driver... :lol::lol::lol:

    I think he always rides a bike and he hasn't realised that a bus is bigger.


    I checked that no-one was seriously hurt.

    No-one was seriously hurt.


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    Look what happened in London when the OGE Team stopped for a Mc D's.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Orica bus driver has knocked over a sign :roll:

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    It wouldn't happen with the Lotto bus.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Break established. 4mins lead.

    Bernhard Eisel and Vassil Kiriyenka (Sky), Jon Izagirre (Movistar), Michael Rogers (Tinkoff), Jan Bakelants and Michal Kwiatkowski (OPQS), Samuel Dumoulin and Matteo Montaguti (AG2R), Tom-Jelte Slagter (Garmin), José Serpa (Lampre), Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Tony Gallopin (Lotto), Greg van Avermaet (BMC), Cyril Gautier, Kévin Reza and Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), Michael Albasini and Jens Keukeleire (Orica), Roger Kluge (IAM), Anthony Delaplace and Florian Vachon (Bretagne) are in the lead.

    BERNIE is in a break! I have NEVER seen BERNIE in a break. Yay. My Tour is saved. :D
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    Above The Cows wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Orica bus driver has knocked over a sign :roll:

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    It wouldn't happen with the Lotto bus.


    That driver is just such an attention seeker.

    I think he'll be going for the sprint on the Champs Elysees. Possibly in the wrong direction though!
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    edited July 2014
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    115km to go. Break nearing 7min advantage. I suspect this may last given the rest will take it somewhat easy given the hard stages coming up.

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    If Voeckler can win in Bagnères-de-Luchon it will be the third time he's done it and the first rider to do so since Charly Gaul took his third victory in Grenoble in 1961. Two other riders have won three times in the same town, with François Faber winning in Lyon in 1907, '08 and '09, and Nicolas Frantz taking victories in Nice in 1926, '27 and '28. Thank you to Daniel Friebe for that little nugget of information.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Voeckler in the break. Hotly tipped by Condé due to his demon descending. If Kwiatkowski tries to go away at any point, they'll try to reel the break in. Promising stuff.
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Macaloon wrote:
    Voeckler in the break. Hotly tipped by Condé due to his demon descending. If Kwiatkowski tries to go away at any point, they'll try to reel the break in. Promising stuff.

    When did Voeckler get tagged as a "demon descender"? I remember him ending up in someone's front garden in 2011...
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    You would normally think the break is nailed on to stay away here given the riders and the race situation but Astana seem able to ride everything down so you never know.

    Surprised no Katusha riders are in the break.
  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    OPQS wrote:
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    I wonder if Festina would ever sponsor a Pro Tour Team again?
    Yes .... but only when the time is right!

    bum-tsch! :lol:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Break at nine minutes with 95km to race.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Fair flying along considering the wind hasn't been favourable.
    Sporza has been live for 10 minutes. There's 96kms to go.
    JVDB is out the back with Greipel, Chava, and Purito, apparently.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    r0bh wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    Voeckler in the break. Hotly tipped by Condé due to his demon descending. If Kwiatkowski tries to go away at any point, they'll try to reel the break in. Promising stuff.

    When did Voeckler get tagged as a "demon descender"? I remember him ending up in someone's front garden in 2011...

    I see Voeckler as in the same category as Nibali. They get down hill fast but not technically 'good' descenders. They just chuck the bike into the corners and hope it sticks. When it doesn't you end up in someone's back garden.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Break at nine minutes with 95km to race.

    I have 95kms and 9 minutes now, on tv.................
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    frenchfighter wrote:
    115km to go. Break nearing 7min advantage. I suspect this may last given the rest will take it somewhat easy given the hard stages coming up.

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    If Voeckler can win in Bagnères-de-Luchon it will be the third time he's done it and the first rider to do so since Charly Gaul took his third victory in Grenoble in 1961. Two other riders have won three times in the same town, with François Faber winning in Lyon in 1907, '08 and '09, and Nicolas Frantz taking victories in Nice in 1926, '27 and '28. Thank you to Daniel Friebe for that little nugget of information.

    But some people have won four times........ :wink:
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    r0bh wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    Voeckler in the break. Hotly tipped by Condé due to his demon descending. If Kwiatkowski tries to go away at any point, they'll try to reel the break in. Promising stuff.

    When did Voeckler get tagged as a "demon descender"? I remember him ending up in someone's front garden in 2011...

    :D The original "abandon thread". Demonic in the thrill-seeking sense.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Milton50 wrote:
    r0bh wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    Voeckler in the break. Hotly tipped by Condé due to his demon descending. If Kwiatkowski tries to go away at any point, they'll try to reel the break in. Promising stuff.

    When did Voeckler get tagged as a "demon descender"? I remember him ending up in someone's front garden in 2011...

    I see Voeckler as in the same category as Nibali. They get down hill fast but not technically 'good' descenders. They just chuck the bike into the corners and hope it sticks. When it doesn't you end up in someone's back garden.
    Yup. It seems be "willingness to attack on descents" and not "staying on your bike during said attacks" that qualifies you as an amazing descender as far as most commentators are concerned.

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