TdF 2016 stage 3 **spoilers**

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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,554
    Gurning Tommy V, "the french housewife's favourite" has bridged the gap.
    68 kms to go, 2'26 back to the club run
    33.9 km/h average
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    the tour in 1998 had one stage where they just trundled round. admittedly it was almost a protest ride....
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    33.9km/h average - I actually could keep up!

    (assuming they let me sit in the bunch the whole time)
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    I'm certain Voeckler won't win... but I had £5 on him at 301/1.. so I hope he does!
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  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    I, somehow, expected Kiryenka and Stannard to shoot the place up from day 1, then mountain trains take over. Shows how little i know.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Is that Teklehaimanot on the front for DiDa - looks like the pace might be picking up a bit.
  • Sun Dodger
    Sun Dodger Posts: 393
    Well, the Sprint trains are all going to be well rested, so I'm predicting chaos in the last 10k...
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,978
    It must be bad... decided to go bushwhack the garden for 30 minutes... and it's 30+ degrees here.

    Did I miss anything? :lol:
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Today we are moving down through the Armoricain Massif and dropping into into the very edge of the Parisian basin (which actually takes up a large part of north central France despite the name).

    This means that the geology changes from the very ancient metamorphic paleozoic rocks of Brittany and into the late Cretaceous tuffeau (limestone), which is characteristic of the Loire valley. I know nothing about wine but I assume this has some significance in Loire valley wine making.

    The geology here has more in common with Dorset, which also has a lot of limestone, and the rocks are about 90 million years old.

    (Realised just how rusty my geology is!)

    Following on from this - you can now see in the helicopter shots how we've gone from the rolling countryside into flatter plains as we leave the north behind and move into Loire.
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    How is Bertie looking?
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Don't look back in angers.

    Contador looks like a fluro mummy.
    _
  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    In other news.... Chris Evans has just quit Top Gear.
    '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.' TSP
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    Lovely image
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Last time stage 3 was cycled this slow, this happened:

    https://youtu.be/BJNLMYpr2TM
    _
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Assuming they don't start going backwards, how long do you reckon we have to go until they finish?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Finished at 6 local time
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  • ic.
    ic. Posts: 769
    Man this is tedious
    2020 Reilly Spectre - raw titanium
    2020 Merida Reacto Disc Ltd - black on black
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    2018 Planet X Exocet 2 - grey

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    Boardman Road Comp - stolen
  • xbnm
    xbnm Posts: 116
    Bugger going to miss the finish on the way home
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    Just moved from Sky Go to the TV. That saved me 0.5km of watching.
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Last time stage 3 was cycled this slow, this happened:

    https://youtu.be/BJNLMYpr2TM

    2007 hnggggg where has that time gone!
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Just moved from Sky Go to the TV. That saved me 0.5km of watching.

    :lol:
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    7.9km to go.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    3.3km
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    Still quite slow. Not very spread out.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    Corner has split peloton
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    Cav then Greipel
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Oof
    _
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    Or maybe not
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    Greipel claimed it, but it was close. Very close.
  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    Straight up sprint with Griepel, Cav wins. Griepel's obviously finished now too.

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