Criterium du Dauphine stage 5 **Spoiler*
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Was I seeing things or was there a Sky rider riding back down the course?0
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yourpaceormine wrote:1s over Porte, Yates and Martin 19, Bertie 21s0
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I cheated and missed Bertie crossing the line because I was being talked at by first born, so replayed it on Sky.
Froome leads Porte by 7, Bertie 27, Martin 37, Alaphillipe 420 -
GC
Froome
Porte +7
Contador +27
Martin +37
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I got interrupted and missed the end BOOOO0
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d.mart wrote:Was I seeing things or was there a Sky rider riding back down the course?0
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ah of course, just seemed a little soon to be letting finishers ride towards guys racing for places0
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Daniel T in polka dot. :-)0
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Surprised at the way Contador crumbled, today.
I really thought that he might be the strongest climber at this point in the Tour prep.
A Sky 1-2. 8)
All this debate over the 3km rule and a handful of seconds, but it's Bardet that I feel sorry for.
Clearly one of the strongest in the race."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Any decent coverage of tomorrow's stage? By my reckoning eurosport will join after col de la madelaine and may well miss Montée des Frasses. I guess all the big guns will almost certainly hold fire until the MTF - but would be nice to see the Madelaine0
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If Richie Porte can just put together 3 weeks without illness. Froome, Quintana, Porte, +others would be a spectacle.0
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Have we heard Contador's explanation yet?
Sore toe? Sticky handlebars? Dodgy heart rate monitor?0 -
imatfaal wrote:Any decent coverage of tomorrow's stage? By my reckoning eurosport will join after col de la madelaine and may well miss Montée des Frasses. I guess all the big guns will almost certainly hold fire until the MTF - but would be nice to see the Madelaine
Haven't checked but itv were sposed to show sat and sun stages live0 -
bigcgilmour wrote:imatfaal wrote:Any decent coverage of tomorrow's stage? By my reckoning eurosport will join after col de la madelaine and may well miss Montée des Frasses. I guess all the big guns will almost certainly hold fire until the MTF - but would be nice to see the Madelaine
Haven't checked but itv were sposed to show sat and sun stages live
ITV 4
3pm-4-45pm tomorrow
12-30pm-2-15pm Sunday"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:bigcgilmour wrote:imatfaal wrote:Any decent coverage of tomorrow's stage? By my reckoning eurosport will join after col de la madelaine and may well miss Montée des Frasses. I guess all the big guns will almost certainly hold fire until the MTF - but would be nice to see the Madelaine
Haven't checked but itv were sposed to show sat and sun stages live
ITV 4
3pm-4-45pm tomorrow
12-30pm-2-15pm Sunday
The only coverage starts at 3pm, that's all ASO are providing by the looks of things.0 -
I don't know why people are expecting so much of contador. He's already been beaten twice this year by skys number 3"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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gsk82 wrote:I don't know why people are expecting so much of contador. He's already been beaten twice this year by skys number 3
(Happy birthday Andy - 31 today. A month younger than Froome. I wish he was still going)Twitter: @RichN950 -
Daniel Friebe is doing some great work as on the ground reporter for ITV - hope he continues this role at the Tour0
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So, it's not just the flat stages that Bertie needs neutralised from the 3km to go mark."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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RichN95 wrote:gsk82 wrote:I don't know why people are expecting so much of contador. He's already been beaten twice this year by skys number 3
(Happy birthday Andy - 31 today. A month younger than Froome. I wish he was still going)
To add to this - Sick Boy (or Graeme Obree) knows the score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQD-dXfHrvk
So there you go. The 2014 Vuelta was The Name of the Rose and the 2015 Giro was The UntouchablesTwitter: @RichN950 -
Good stage that and an all Anglophone top 4 to upset the French. Froome seems to be making a trademark of looking in trouble before going on a blistering attack, good poker tactics. I still struggle with the Yates twins, is Adam the one who has always been considered the more likely to be a GT contender?0
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Pross wrote:Froome seems to be making a trademark of looking in trouble before going on a blistering attack, good poker tactics.Twitter: @RichN950
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I think Froome's a cannier rider than people give him credit for. At least nowadays anyway.0
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Pross wrote:Good stage that and an all Anglophone top 4 to upset the French. Froome seems to be making a trademark of looking in trouble before going on a blistering attack, good poker tactics. I still struggle with the Yates twins, is Adam the one who has always been considered the more likely to be a GT contender?Twitter: @RichN950
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Yeah, I remember one was touted as a climber and the other as someone who had a decent sprint after hilly races and thought it was Adam who fell into the latter category.0
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Adam, imo, came from almost nowhere at L'Avenir. I didn't think he had any chance of a World Tour ride. After that I had Simon as the more punchy, one-day rider, and Adam less explosive, less dynamic, but better in the high mountains. And then Adam went and won San Sebastian. So, basically, who knows.0