TDF Stage 17:St Gaudens-St Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet *spoilers*

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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    The_Boy wrote:
    No. GPS problems
    Ah you're right, Valverde catching back on now
  • Crozza
    Crozza Posts: 991
    c'mon guys you need to up your game - I don't know what the feck is going on!
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Always nice to see the polka dots winning a MTF
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    adr82 wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    No. GPS problems
    Ah you're right, Valverde catching back on now


    Yeah, I got excited at the thought of valverde pulling his hair again.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    WOOOO OLEG IS LAUGHING

    ROE is insane. Showing clinical and boring Brailsford how to run a team.

    Riis is the master.

    BOOOOOOOM

    Congratulations Majka, Congratulations Tinkoff

    Stage win and massive lead in polka dot jersey.

    Very slow average speed at 34.7 km/h.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Crozza wrote:
    c'mon guys you need to up your game - I don't know what the feck is going on!
    Mission accomplished. We're done here everyone!
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Valverde steals another few seconds from Pinot at the line
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Valverde takes five seconds or so from pinot et al
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    Great ride Valverde, shows he has the guts to keep riding and steals a few seconds to keep his 2nd place.
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Peraud up to 8s behind Pinot now
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Disappointingly small amount of gaps in GC.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    Schleck 10th! How'd that happen? He might just keep his job.
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Top 5
    1. Rafal Majka (Tinkoff), 3.35.23
    2. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar), 0.29
    3. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), 0.46
    4. JC Péraud (AG2R)
    5. Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale), 0.49
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    type:epyt wrote:
    Schleck 10th! How'd that happen? He might just keep his job.
    He was sprinting to the line, good effort
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    RonB wrote:
    Top 5
    1. Rafal Majka (Tinkoff), 3.35.23
    2. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar), 0.29
    3. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), 0.46
    4. JC Péraud (AG2R)
    5. Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale), 0.49


    6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:52
    7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:12
    8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:00
    9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:25
    10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:35
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    GC
    1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 76:41:28
    2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:26
    3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:06:00
    4 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:08
    5 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:34
    6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:10:19
    7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:11:59
    8 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:12:16
    9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:13:15
    10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:18:03
    Contador is the Greatest
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    edited July 2014
    Nibs drops DeMarchi with a high cadence attack! Doper! Doper! They'll cry!!

    Fair play to Rafa for that

    Have to say that Frank Schleck's ride this tour had been outstanding!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    frenchfighter wrote:
    GC
    1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 76:41:28
    2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:26
    3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:06:00
    4 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:08
    5 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:34
    6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:10:19
    7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:11:59
    8 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:12:16
    9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:13:15
    10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:18:03
    If the French can't put someone on the podium from this position they only have themselves to blame
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Zubeldia in the top 10 (or not far off) and I can't remember seeing him in the whole race :D
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,710
    frenchfighter wrote:
    WOOOO OLEG IS LAUGHING

    ROE is insane. Showing clinical and boring Brailsford how to run a team.

    Riis is the master.

    BOOOOOOOM

    Congratulations Majka, Congratulations Tinkoff

    Stage win and massive lead in polka dot jersey.

    Very slow average speed at 34.7 km/h.

    Duh.
    That is between the two fastest predicted schedules.
    How fast are they supposed to climb 4 steep cols, with only 50kms of flat?
    Majka is doing his best Landis on the line impression as it it.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    ddraver wrote:
    Fair play to Rafa

    Have to say that Frank Schleck's ride this tour had been outstanding!

    I'm impressed but he's still 13 minutes away from the real racing ... Not bad for someone coming back into the peleton this year with the weight of his brother to deal with too.
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Very impressive from Majka considering he's already riddent the Giro and didn't know he was riding the Tour until the last minute.

    Going to be a very close battle for the podium tomorrow and Saturday. Peraud seems to be the second strongest rider at the moment and AG2R arguably have the strongest team.

    Nibali is in a different league but when you look at his performances in context it's nothing out of the ordinary. He's beating guys like Valverde by 50 seconds and couldn't quite distance Peraud today.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Is Nibali towing Péraud into second?
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    frenchfighter wrote:
    WOOOO OLEG IS LAUGHING

    ROE is insane. Showing clinical and boring Brailsford how to run a team.

    Riis is the master.

    BOOOOOOOM

    Congratulations Majka, Congratulations Tinkoff

    I'd calm down a bit. We've seen this kind of thing before and it often ends badly. Hopefully not.
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,643
    See that Konig had a bad day and is out of the Top 10. That's a shame...
  • TimB34
    TimB34 Posts: 316
    Milton50 wrote:
    Going to be a very close battle for the podium tomorrow and Saturday. Peraud seems to be the second strongest rider at the moment and AG2R arguably have the strongest team.

    Are Péraud and Bardet actually on the same team? Doesn't seem like it some of the time!
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    dish_dash wrote:
    See that Konig had a bad day and is out of the Top 10. That's a shame...

    In ninth, I think
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    TimB34 wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    Going to be a very close battle for the podium tomorrow and Saturday. Peraud seems to be the second strongest rider at the moment and AG2R arguably have the strongest team.

    Are Péraud and Bardet actually on the same team? Doesn't seem like it some of the time!

    With Nibali looking after JC, Bardet has the freedom to chance his arm.
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    type:epyt wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Fair play to Rafa

    Have to say that Frank Schleck's ride this tour had been outstanding!

    I'm impressed but he's still 13 minutes away from the real racing ... Not bad for someone coming back into the peloton this year with the weight of his brother to deal with too.

    To be honest mate at the start of the tour, i'd have expected im to be something like 1 hr and 13mins away from the racing by now...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    I'm so glad that we're seeing Valverde grimly hanging on to a podium spot by following wheels everyday rather than Quintana and Nibali tearing it up.

    Thanks Movistar

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