Stage 20 TdF 2015 - Modane Valfréjus/Alpe d'Huez**SPOILERS**

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  • doug5_10
    doug5_10 Posts: 465
    so Perky is apparently a knife expert.

    And Boyaca should become 10 points on P&P bingo.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Decent enough article from DM
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3167945/A-crazy-car-chase-peloton-pee-break-stars-stay-90-Novotel-MailOnline-spends-day-Team-Sky-reveal-surreal-sights-never-shown-Tour-France-coverage-secrets-Chris-Froome-s-success.html

    And to bring you back to earth again, here's the story about someone from Geordie Shore. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3173786/Not-camera-shy-Geordie-Shore-s-Lillie-Gregg-Gareth-Gaz-Beadle-pose-storm-boastful-holiday-snapshots.html
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Luke Rowe's turn to fetch the travel scrabble from the car.
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  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    Fairly obv the main pick on PTP are for Froome and Quintana.

    PTP'ers have Quintana as fave 56% and Froome with 36%
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19663925#p19663925]Above The Cows[/url] wrote:
    Cav's trying to get in the break! :shock:


    Pat drives a hard bargain eh?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19663951#p19663951]The_Boy[/url] wrote:
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19663950#p19663950]No tA Doctor[/url] wrote:
    The big race today is the KOM.

    If the four riders in the break stay away and crest tile Croix de Fer then there are 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 points left to gain

    Current standings:

    1. FRABARDET Romain 12 AG2R LA MONDIALE 90 pts
    2. GBRFROOME Christopher 31 TEAM SKY 87 pts
    3. ESPRODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joachim 91 TEAM KATUSHA 78 pts
    4. DENFUGLSANG Jakob 3 ASTANA PRO TEAM 64 pts
    5. COLQUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 51 MOVISTAR TEAM 56 pts
    6. BELPAUWELS Serge 218 MTN-QHUBEKA 55 pts
    7. FRAROLLAND Pierre 121 TEAM EUROPCAR 54 pts
    8. ITANIBALI Vincenzo 1 ASTANA PRO TEAM 47 pts
    9. POLMAJKA Rafal 45 TINKOFF-SAXO 40 pts
    10. AUSPORTE Richie 35 TEAM SKY 40 pts

    So probably a little sprint between Gadret, Pauwels, Rolland and J-Rod, if they haven't been dropped.

    *Raises eyebrow*

    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19663950#p19663950]No tA Doctor[/url] wrote:
    The big race today is the KOM.

    If the four riders in the break stay away and crest tile Croix de Fer then there are 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 points left to gain

    Current standings:

    1. FRABARDET Romain 12 AG2R LA MONDIALE 90 pts
    2. GBRFROOME Christopher 31 TEAM SKY 87 pts
    3. ESPRODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joachim 91 TEAM KATUSHA 78 pts
    4. DENFUGLSANG Jakob 3 ASTANA PRO TEAM 64 pts
    5. COLQUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 51 MOVISTAR TEAM 56 pts
    6. BELPAUWELS Serge 218 MTN-QHUBEKA 55 pts
    7. FRAROLLAND Pierre 121 TEAM EUROPCAR 54 pts
    8. ITANIBALI Vincenzo 1 ASTANA PRO TEAM 47 pts
    9. POLMAJKA Rafal 45 TINKOFF-SAXO 40 pts
    10. AUSPORTE Richie 35 TEAM SKY 40 pts

    So probably a little sprint between Bardet, Pauwels, Rolland and J-Rod, if they haven't been dropped.


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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Peraud delivers again. Does he always wear odd shoes?
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Bardet deffo going fit the dots then.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Bloody French producer :D

    Just saw froome getting some gels down him with his team mates around him. Graphic showed "arrière du peloton". Got me excited for at least half a second.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Majka wants to lose his Movi shadow without paying the ride. Shaking his head like a tube.
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  • shortcuts
    shortcuts Posts: 366
    Stannard gone.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Double KOM points at the finish isn't it? Froome has to take it, surely.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    edited July 2015
    FFS. Reports of Sky vehicles harrassed at Dutch Corner.

    Time to humiliate some nutters. Must be on camera.
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  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Sky team cars getting grief on Alpe d'Huez apparently.
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  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    P&P reporting that Dutch Corner has been aggressive to Team Sky vehicles - trying to get in the cars etc.
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Trouble at Dutch corner for the Sky Vehicles? Reported on ITV. Doesn't sound likely - but if so very worrying.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19663976#p19663976]Macaloon[/url] wrote:
    FFS. Reports of Sky vehicles harrassed at Dutch Corner.

    Time to humiliate some nutters. Must be on camera.

    That's what happens when you leave a bunch of tokkies on a mountain for a week with beer.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Don't these philistines realise they are watching the greatest clean rider/team of thier generation!
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Heroic ride from JC. Gap down to 4'23".
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Fair play to Peraud, had a shocking couple of weeks but burying himself for the cause.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Richmond Racer has found an Euskaltel rider who got lost on the Alpe a few years ago.

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Geniez heard Bardet was closing (4') so jumps from the break.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    So looks like no-one is willing or able to take a risk and it's going to come down to the Alpe. Given the length of the stage I really can't see anyone losing minutes up there.
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Team leader and podium from last year - but buries himself to slightly improve odds of Polka dot for teammate - Kudos to JC
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19663979#p19663979]imatfaal[/url] wrote:
    Trouble at Dutch corner for the Sky Vehicles? Reported on ITV. Doesn't sound likely - but if so very worrying.

    They were attacked at Irish corner a couple of years back. apparently.

    I'll call the parent's in law, they are at Dutch corner today, see what the word on the street's is.
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    ASTANA!! Wooo Wooo
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Tasty. Nibali gets frisky. Immediate selection.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    If Movistar, Sky and AG2R still have a team at the bottom of the Alp, that is going to be super fast.

    Funny story about these hairpins the break are on at the moment. About 10 years ago now I was on a cycling holiday with my then club and a few of us rode from our hotel at the bottom of the Bourg side of the Croix De Ferre over the Glandon and back up the Croix de Ferre via the Mollard. On the way up the hairpins at the last bit of CDF, this guy just lost it. He got off his bike and said he was hailing the next car that came past and getting a lift to the top. After 5 minutes a renault 4 with a farmer and 2 goats in came past and that was the only vehicle we saw until we got to the cafe at the top.

    He sold his bike 2 weeks after we got back and never rode again.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Wow. Serious Mov moves.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Valverde slithers up the road!
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