TDF Stage 18: Pau - Hautacam *spoiler*

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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    dish_dash wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    It's amazing how many fans you see wearing polka dot kit compared to any of the other jerseys

    Doesn't the Carrefour float in the caravan chuck out plenty of the polka dot shirts as they go past... same as LCL seem to ensure that everyone in the finishing 100m is wearing a yellow LCL hat...
    I've no idea, but that would explain it!
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Pinot taking the lead over the top of a climb again to set himself up for the descent
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    No one in GC group going for the points despite there being some available (unless lots of riders went through and we were not shown).
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    adr82 wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    It's amazing how many fans you see wearing polka dot kit compared to any of the other jerseys

    Doesn't the Carrefour float in the caravan chuck out plenty of the polka dot shirts as they go past... same as LCL seem to ensure that everyone in the finishing 100m is wearing a yellow LCL hat...
    I've no idea, but that would explain it!

    Yeah they through a ridiculous amount out. I have about 20 at home.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Kadri starting to get dropped on the descent, but gets back on.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    frenchfighter wrote:
    No one in GC group going for the points despite there being some available (unless lots of riders went through and we were not shown).

    Yeah - lots of riders they didnt show so no points available.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    edited July 2014
    Valverde attacking.

    edit: has two ridres to bridge to as well.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    This is some great moto footage here
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Señor Hairplugs is on a charge on the descent.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Movi guys up the road being told to wait for him
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Valv's lieutenants told to sit up and wait for him. Could get interesting.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Valverde descending like sh*t of a shovel
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    This descent scared the living daylights out of me.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    The sound on this ITV stream sound like it's running slow.
    Like a 45 on at 33. *








    *Ask your dad.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    edited July 2014
    Valverde catches his teammates, 15-20s on the peloton

    FDJ chasing for now
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
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    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    I've too much work to do for this today.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Pretty impressive descending from Valverde but I think it will come to nothing.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Great screen grab.

    Nieve/Kadri with 1.30 then 3.45 to Valv and peloton at 4.05
    Contador is the Greatest
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    frenchfighter wrote:
    What is the consensus on the first clean rider on this list?
    Think it’s impossible to say. At a quick glance, I’d say about 40% of those listed were never caught doping, so who can say.
    Also, when in the case of Olano (17) it was only coffeine, but for others it was EPO, even within the dopers there are clearly significant differences.

    Even the second on your list (Leblanc) says his use of EPO was very controlled, just to lift his hematocrit value from his apparently normal 47% to just 48%, which is a big difference from how Mr. 68% Riis (1) behaved.

    To play safe, if not Olano, or Sastre or Evans, then Mottet at 97 (though Caritoux only took a couple of amphetamines).
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    TailWindHome wrote:
    The sound on this ITV stream sound like it's running slow.
    Like a 45 on at 33. *.


    They're now running fast

    They may start talking backwards and praising Armstrong.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    DeadCalm wrote:
    This descent scared the living daylights out of me.
    Love it!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Valv has 10s
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Valverde should be back in the bunch before too much longer
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    the Inner Ring ‏@inrng · 2m
    Laurens Ten Dam punctured on Tourmalet, still chasing to get back to the Nibali group. With headwind in the valley his top-10's at risk
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
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    Gap 3:12 to yellow now.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    TailWindHome wrote:
    the Inner Ring ‏@inrng · 2m
    Laurens Ten Dam punctured on Tourmalet, still chasing to get back to the Nibali group. With headwind in the valley his top-10's at risk

    He should avoid doing his famous faceplant on this descent again in the chase.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    That Valverde attack brought the gap down to 3:12 but the peloton might have a bit of a break now.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Milton50 wrote:
    That Valverde attack brought the gap down to 3:12 but the peloton might have a bit of a break now.
    Or not... maybe Nibali is after another stage here! Gap to 3 mins and dropping, Astana on the front
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    gap to yellow dozn to 2:30. Did I read something about a headwind?
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