TdF 2016 stage 5 **spoilers**

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Time to reminisce. Most foolishly time gifts in the tour? Chiappucci and Pereiro spring to mind. Any others?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Majka once again riding for Majka.
    Should Contador require his services at a later date, I predict another sudden radio failure.

    Hmmm.... And how much work are Tinkoff doing today?

    About the same as everybody else.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Is that a missile or a fish?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Sun Dodger
    Sun Dodger Posts: 393
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Time to reminisce. Most foolishly time gifts in the tour? Chiappucci and Pereiro spring to mind. Any others?

    Kivilev in 2001 - ended up in 4th, courtesy of gaining 30+ minutes in a break
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Sun Dodger wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Time to reminisce. Most foolishly time gifts in the tour? Chiappucci and Pereiro spring to mind. Any others?

    Kivilev in 2001 - ended up in 4th, courtesy of gaining 30+ minutes in a break
    Roger Walkowiak in 1956, although only deejay can actually reminisce about that one
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  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    edited July 2016
    Is that a missile or a fish?
    A fish.

    leaders passed a sign for the cheese trail. Apart from that not much difference 48km ish to go gap 13'41"

    edit 47km to go, gap beginning to come down 13'10"
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Sun Dodger wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Time to reminisce. Most foolishly time gifts in the tour? Chiappucci and Pereiro spring to mind. Any others?

    Kivilev in 2001 - ended up in 4th, courtesy of gaining 30+ minutes in a break

    Good call. For some reason I don't remember that. It looks like he was given an overall lead of 13 mins over Armstrong whilst O'Grady got 35 mins. Presumably Kivilev started the day quite a long way back.

    Also found an article from Kivilev's son claiming that he should be awarded the overall win due the nefarious activities of the riders of the podium.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Is that a missile or a fish?
    A fish.

    I was getting crossover with Chilcot.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Nice shots of Puy Mary
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Is that a missile or a fish?
    A fish.

    I was getting crossover with Chilcot.

    Were the intel officers reporting WMD getting similarly confused at the time?

    "Is that a fish or a missile?"

    "Missile"

    "I was getting crossover from the TdF"
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ^LOL!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Why are Movistar on the front? Bit late isn't it?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Grivko hits the wall.
    Gallopin not got last year's form.
    Already done.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Why are Movistar on the front? Bit late isn't it?

    "Dave" thinks the catch is a possibility
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Nodded off for a bit. Guess not much has happened. Peloton in bits. 31km to go gap now 7'48". Movistar drilling it
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Oooh Sagan dropped
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Saga holiday time. :lol:
    Nibali already on the downhill. :oops:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Maybe Movistar are planning a late GC attack.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Nibali go pop
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Nibs struggling!
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Froome out the saddle,
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Steep this bit.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Pinot looks to be struggling
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Pinot looks ropey
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Magical mystery Movistar Tour.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ooo Sagz has a man bun.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    Landa still not recovered from the dodgy rest-day BBQ at the Giro.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    ITV 4 playing an ad break blinder for those stuck with them.

    GVA heading for yellow and the stage win?
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    edited July 2016
    Mechanism wrote:
    Landa still not recovered from the dodgy rest-day BBQ at the Giro.

    My mistake - looks like he's still there with the GC group.

    Correction again, he was dropped.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Who's GVA going to come second to now?