Paris-Nice 2016 **SPOILERS**
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Brilliant come back from Big Gee, Henao did a fantastic job towing him back up the last climb. Pure Sky.'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP0
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Cracking stage0
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I imagine Sky will be sending Lotto some Champagne tonight. Would've have won it without them.0
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so what would have happened if Bertie had won the stage and picked up another 4 seconds?
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Oof that was good viewing, I do love a stage into Nice0
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54 chainring for descent if required ... A marginal gain that worked!Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.0
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There was a clear second between Wellens and Contador. If it had mattered i'm sure that extra second would have been added to Contador."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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How many times did G say "Whoa... ' in that interview, he's clearly still blown away!'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP0
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I know he and Henao opened a gap on the rest of the group on the flat run in so obviously feeling good, but with a final winning margin of only 4 second I reckon Geraint owes Galloping Gallopin a few pints of Brains.Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0
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What. A. Race.
I need some of that there Meldonium for me heart after that0 -
Great to see him get a big win. Probably my favourite rider at the moment. Has worked tirelessly over the past few years for others and deserves his success. He's a top bloke to boot.0
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From INRNG on TwatsThe_Boy wrote:I know he and Henao opened a gap on the rest of the group on the flat run in so obviously feeling good, but with a final winning margin of only 4 second I reckon Geraint owes Galloping Gallopin a few pints of Brains.Gallopin tells Eurosport he chased in case of a sprint for the stage plus "I get on well with Thomas, we talk rugby, messages each other"0 -
They go by the exact times from the time trials, which are to the 100th of a second. After that or there is no time trial, they go by adding up all the stage places - lowest wins. If they are still equal they go by the position on the final stage.Mad_Malx wrote:so what would have happened if Bertie had won the stage and picked up another 4 seconds?
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Thrilling finish, what with that and the track cycling I've been spending far too much time shouting at the TV.0
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Joelsim wrote:inseine wrote:I don't especially like Contador, but massive respect to the man
Yep, agree. He is great to watch.
Same here, not his biggest fan but..... We'll miss him when he finally goes. Always shakes things up and "it's never over until it's over" with him.“You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”
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^^thanks Rich0
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Just noticed Tom Dumoulin cracked today. Or did he have a problem?Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0
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Wow. What a final stage. I have to say I didn't think they'd crack Thomas today given how good his climbing has been in the last few years.
Kind of puts into perspective all those comments about Contador being past it. Never ever discount him.0 -
Agree with all of the above
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It does show that a motivated team who throws caution to the wind can really mess sky up.
If Movistar grew some they could certainly take it to sky.0 -
Got to say, there's no one that can dig in quite like Thomas.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
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Rick Chasey wrote:It does show that a motivated team who throws caution to the wind can really mess sky up.
If Movistar grew some they could certainly take it to sky.
doing that to froome is a different story altogether"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
gsk82 wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:It does show that a motivated team who throws caution to the wind can really mess sky up.
If Movistar grew some they could certainly take it to sky.
doing that to froome is a different story altogether
So is doing it with a Quintana Valverde combo.0 -
So I shall watch the final stage on catchup then! Missed the rest of the race, busy week
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Rick Chasey wrote:gsk82 wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:It does show that a motivated team who throws caution to the wind can really mess sky up.
If Movistar grew some they could certainly take it to sky.
doing that to froome is a different story altogether
So is doing it with a Quintana Valverde combo.
They blew it last year. Didn't look after Quintana properly early days, and then let Sky do what they ALWAYS do - hammer the peloton on the first real summit finish
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Also once Gallopin made it back to group 2, Wellens stopped working in group 1 and rode third wheel until the sprint as he had his insurance policy in place.Slim Boy Fat wrote:
From INRNG on TwatsThe_Boy wrote:I know he and Henao opened a gap on the rest of the group on the flat run in so obviously feeling good, but with a final winning margin of only 4 second I reckon Geraint owes Galloping Gallopin a few pints of Brains.Gallopin tells Eurosport he chased in case of a sprint for the stage plus "I get on well with Thomas, we talk rugby, messages each other"Twitter: @RichN950 -
bobmcstuff wrote:So I shall watch the final stage on catchup then! Missed the rest of the race, busy week
Yeah, early finish meant I was nt back off our OmloopWe're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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