Stage 17 TdF 2015 Digne-les-Bains / Pra Loup *SPOILERS*
Classic Stage, same as last months Dauphiné. 161km, 6k final climb.
Where this happened on 40 years ago on the 13th July 1975 . The end of Eddy Merckx (kind of) with Thévenet putting paid to his 6th Tour. 2km before the finish there will be a temporary monument to Thévenet.
Also this..Giancarlo Ferretti threw the Bianchi team car over the edge of the col d'Allos
Where this happened on 40 years ago on the 13th July 1975 . The end of Eddy Merckx (kind of) with Thévenet putting paid to his 6th Tour. 2km before the finish there will be a temporary monument to Thévenet.
Also this..Giancarlo Ferretti threw the Bianchi team car over the edge of the col d'Allos
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My shout is that Bertie strikes a long range attack from the Col Saint Michel
having gone the wrong way, he'll need to do something drastic
Haha, proper parcours unlike today's training ride.
Where is the transparency?!
Dopers!
Race reports
Bike Aero Data
Elbows out, all the greats have style.
This has done me!
no stem watching though. perhaps they are ashamed in not having them slammed?
He also, for the first time ever, fails to mention how everything was better in his day and this lot are as pygmies compared to the men he rode against.
@gietvangent
Surely these are the wrong way round.
This is France, the only nation on earth where "philosopher" is a job title.
@gietvangent
In the 17th century?
Watch any French current affairs programme and I can all but guarantee that at some point a "philosopher" will be asked for their opinion.
I think they see their philosophers slightly different to us. To the French, the likes of Christopher Hitchens would be seen as a philosopher rather than a journalist.
@gietvangent
More likely to see the real battle towards the top of the Allos with an opportunity to stretch the gap on the descent.
French economic statistics claim an eyebrow raising level of productivity, or efficiency. Cameron needs to demand that Hollande puts his numbers up for independent analysis, by Nigel Farage.
My favourite French economy statistic is that despite being possessed of 3 car brands, only one car is 100% assembled in France.
It's the Toyota Yaris.
@gietvangent
In my experience, French companies have a Special Ops unit lurking in procurement. Their mission is to sabotage as many purchasing projects as possible, keeping spending down. It drove my American employers crazy. A total success.
That's because there's no French word for entrepreneur.
By that logic 'Expert' is a job title in the UK.
Neither interesting or unusual, tbf.
EDIT. He's back in the bunch. He wasn't 3:30 of the back - he's 3h:30m down on GC.