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

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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    edited July 2014
    Oh, hang on, they've got Cavendish on ITV4 to comment. They'll have to hold up pieces of paper for him with small sentences that he can manage to read all written in crayon.
  • TimB34
    TimB34 Posts: 316
    edited July 2014
    Stage win and Mountains jersey (Majka) for Tinkov-Saxo then?

    New top ten (from letour.fr):


    1. NIBALI Vincenzo 41 ASTANA PRO TEAM 73h 05' 19''
    2. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 11 MOVISTAR TEAM 73h 09' 56'' +04' 37''
    3. +1 PINOT Thibaut 127 FDJ.FR 73h 10' 25'' +05' 06''
    4. +2 PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe 81 AG2R LA MONDIALE 73h 11' 27'' +06' 08''
    5. -2 BARDET Romain 82 AG2R LA MONDIALE 73h 11' 59'' +06' 40''
    6. -1 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 141 BMC RACING TEAM 73h 14' 44'' +09' 25''
    7. +1 KONIG Leopold 201 TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA 73h 14' 51'' +09' 32''
    8. +1 TEN DAM Laurens 67 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 73h 16' 31'' +11' 12''
    9. +7 KWIATKOWSKI Michal 74 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 73h 16' 47'' +11' 28''
    10. -3 MOLLEMA Bauke 61 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 73h 16' 52'' +11' 33''
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    40 minutes of action makes the GC look like this:

    1. NIBALI Vincenzo 41 ASTANA PRO TEAM 73h 05' 19''
    2. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 11 MOVISTAR TEAM 73h 09' 56'' + 04' 37''
    3. PINOT Thibaut 127 FDJ.FR 73h 10' 25'' + 05' 06''
    4. PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe 81 AG2R LA MONDIALE 73h 11' 27'' + 06' 08''
    5. BARDET Romain 82 AG2R LA MONDIALE 73h 11' 59'' + 06' 40''
    6. VAN GARDEREN Tejay 141 BMC RACING TEAM 73h 14' 44'' + 09' 25''
    7. KONIG Leopold 201 TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA 73h 14' 51'' + 09' 32''
    8. TEN DAM Laurens 67 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 73h 16' 31'' + 11' 12''
    9. KWIATKOWSKI Michal 74 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 73h 16' 47'' + 11' 28''
    10. MOLLEMA Bauke 61 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 73h 16' 52'' + 11' 33''
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  • OPQS
    OPQS Posts: 187
    mfin wrote:
    Oh, hang on, they've got Cavendish on ITV4 to comment. They'll have to hold up pieces of paper for him with small sentences that he can manage to read all written in crayon.

    Don't be unkind.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    OPQS wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    Oh, hang on, they've got Cavendish on ITV4 to comment. They'll have to hold up pieces of paper for him with small sentences that he can manage to read all written in crayon.

    Don't be unkind.

    How many times did he say 'so happy'? I haven't seen the interview so I can only speculate.

    Rogers treating his team to a Chinese tonight?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Bellkin will rue not chasing that down even a bit.
    _
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    The winners today
    Rogers
    Pinot
    Peraud
    Konig
    Kwiatkowski
    Vachon

    The losers
    Bardet
    Lady Garden
    VdB
    Mollema (and RichN95 is looking less likely to win my fiver) :P
  • nevman
    nevman Posts: 1,611
    Those 7 seconds between BMC and Netapp look interesting for next stage.
    Whats the solution? Just pedal faster you baby.

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  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    Joelsim wrote:

    Rogers treating his team to a Chinese tonight?
    :D

    Well, he did say something about being hungry. I imagine that the asylum has gone into apoplectic melt down.
  • eh
    eh Posts: 4,854
    Geraint Thomas up to best placed Sky rider in 16th. You wonder where he'd have been if not working for others.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited July 2014
    eh wrote:
    Geraint Thomas up to best placed Sky rider in 16th. You wonder where he'd have been if not working for others.
    15th
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • cesco
    cesco Posts: 252
    Looks like someone will lose his accreditation tonight:
    BtKCj4ACEAAi9Lx.jpg

    Rogers, class guy!
  • MartinB2444
    MartinB2444 Posts: 266
    Joelsim wrote:
    OPQS wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    Oh, hang on, they've got Cavendish on ITV4 to comment. They'll have to hold up pieces of paper for him with small sentences that he can manage to read all written in crayon.

    Don't be unkind.

    How many times did he say 'so happy'? I haven't seen the interview so I can only speculate.

    Rogers treating his team to a Chinese tonight?

    I haven't seen the interview either but generally I find him to be one of the most articulate and interesting of interviewees. Not in his word craft but in actually saying things as he sees them rather than spouting the usual banalities.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Amazing season for Rogers. Two Giro stage wins, including one on Monte Zoncolan, and now a Tour win over the Porte Bales. Chapeau.
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    MartinB2444 wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    OPQS wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    Oh, hang on, they've got Cavendish on ITV4 to comment. They'll have to hold up pieces of paper for him with small sentences that he can manage to read all written in crayon.

    Don't be unkind.

    How many times did he say 'so happy'? I haven't seen the interview so I can only speculate.

    Rogers treating his team to a Chinese tonight?

    I haven't seen the interview either but generally I find him to be one of the most articulate and interesting of interviewees. Not in his word craft but in actually saying things as he sees them rather than spouting the usual banalities.

    Likewise. People who trash talk him either seem to be snobs or just jealous. Which are you mfin? :lol:
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    Rogers looking awesome again!
    left the forum March 2023
  • Silly Old Hector
    Silly Old Hector Posts: 573
    MartinB2444 wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    OPQS wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    Oh, hang on, they've got Cavendish on ITV4 to comment. They'll have to hold up pieces of paper for him with small sentences that he can manage to read all written in crayon.

    Don't be unkind.

    How many times did he say 'so happy'? I haven't seen the interview so I can only speculate.

    Rogers treating his team to a Chinese tonight?

    I haven't seen the interview either but generally I find him to be one of the most articulate and interesting of interviewees. Not in his word craft but in actually saying things as he sees them rather than spouting the usual banalities.

    Spoke well in italian for RAI Sport 2 also - most impressed....
    All the gear, but no idea...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    You have got to respect Rogers. No GT wins then three in a row. Would have not been happy had he lost that given he forged the advance. Voeckler playing to the cameras even more than usual today. Glad I backed Rogers as did Contador, Riis and Oleg. Oleg hugged Rogers at his win at the Giro and Oleg hugged a crying Rogers at the finish again today. Contador tweeted his praise already. Big win.

    As for the GC ding dong I loved it. Pleased for Pinot showing whose boss of the French and that Peruad hung in while Bardet cracked. Nibali looked comfortable but was good to see him struggle a touch when Pinot attacked over the top. Love the climb love the descent.

    Porte lost 8mins on GC.

    Riblon did ok...maybe riding into some form.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    2014, Pinot, 47 mins
    2010, Contador, 47.37
    2007, Rasmussen, 49.36
    2012, JVB, 50.22
    Contador is the Greatest
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    [Obligatory boring post about how my boss raced with Rogers in his youth when they both did some time at AIS]

    I'm becoming a bit of a Pinot fan.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Class by Pinot to give Ag2r a slap for that attack yesterday
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    And remember that Pinot didnt have that many teammates as they were more for Demare. The guy deserves a whole team at his service.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Pinot on Valverde: "I hope I have great legs tomorrow and the next day so I can drop him again."

    +1
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    159 KOM points left in the race!!
    Contador is the Greatest
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Agree. Would love him to finish second.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    A beautiful move from Rogers. TV wouldn't want to chase, at least initially, and the other two had some thinking to do too. How to beat the old 1:2. Super impressive to operate like that at the end of a full-on escape.

    Kiryienka's ride was almost amazing. Making it as hard as possible might just have worked if Rogers wasn't on such form. Power like that should be deployed in service of Thomas. One day.
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  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    Loving Pinot. Been stuck in traffice for most of today so just finished the ITV4 coverage at my hotel. Top banana riding, lets hope he can crack Valverde.
    +++++++++++++++++++++
    we are the proud, the few, Descendents.

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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    RichN95 wrote:
    eh wrote:
    Geraint Thomas up to best placed Sky rider in 16th. You wonder where he'd have been if not working for others.
    15th

    He'd probably have been in contention until Paris to be fair.

    Then fallen off a few kms from the Champs.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Taylor Phinney ‏@taylorphinney · 4h
    Hey I have a copyright on the bow @mickrogers !! ;) The Dude, @tejay_van can bounce back. 50+km time trial will put everybody I their place.


    Robbie McEwen ‏@mcewenrobbie · 1m
    @taylorphinney @mickrogers @tejay_van sorry fella’s but I busted out the bow in Jan 2000 on final stage of Tour Down Under #originals
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    MartinB2444 wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    OPQS wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    Oh, hang on, they've got Cavendish on ITV4 to comment. They'll have to hold up pieces of paper for him with small sentences that he can manage to read all written in crayon.

    Don't be unkind.

    How many times did he say 'so happy'? I haven't seen the interview so I can only speculate.

    Rogers treating his team to a Chinese tonight?

    I haven't seen the interview either but generally I find him to be one of the most articulate and interesting of interviewees. Not in his word craft but in actually saying things as he sees them rather than spouting the usual banalities.

    Likewise. People who trash talk him either seem to be snobs or just jealous. Which are you mfin? :lol:

    Neither of the two things you mention, I just find him not too articulate and a bit thick. As far as he goes as a cyclist I think he's been the best at what he specifically does, meaning within the team tactics he (normally) needs to get most of his wins. He's incredibly gifted, everyone knows that.

    Anyway, great stage today. Good TDF!

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