TdF 2016 Stage 9 *Contains spoilers*

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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Is contador finished?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    French tv just interviewed Sean Yates.
    A bit non committal.
    Tinkoff's sport director Sean Yates told Francetelevisions from his team car: “Alberto [Contador] had a bit of fever this morning. He told us at the beginning of the race that he wasn't feeling super and it's obvious.

    Erviti nasty tumble.
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Reckon this break is gonna stick.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Oooof just got in and turned the telly on and they look like I feel.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    JSCL wrote:
    Reckon this break is gonna stick.

    To the molten tarmac?
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:

    And look what you get on a google image search if you type in 'Andorran Horse'! :D

    I thought we were told it was a Camargue horse. Someone needs to track down the horse and work out its ethnicity.
    Definitely a Camargue horse. Looking at the Andorran website, the picture has been selected for horse's legendary loveliness rather any connection to Andorra.

    Maybe it's on holiday. Would certainly explain why the horse is looking so ridiculously smug.

    As for today's stage, a few years ago I'd have expected Garmin to have used it to blow everything up and see who came through the rubble, but that part of their DNA seems to have been left behind when they merged with Cannondale. Suspect we'll get anticlimax instead.

    It really is a lovely horse. Frenchie wasn't wrong. But it is definitely a Camargue.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Look at that geology!

    The rock is pink :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    8)
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Look at that geology!

    The rock is pink :shock:

    British expat rock struggling with the heat..
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Just turned it on and heard Millar and Boulting talking about the way Contador's team are behaving towards him - what's that all about?
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Gweeds wrote:
    Just turned it on and heard Millar and Boulting talking about the way Contador's team are behaving towards him - what's that all about?

    Just stepped off
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Contador has climbed off
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    And Bertie abandons
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Bye bye Bertie.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Having dropped the excuse, Bertie quits.
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Contador has climbed off

    :)
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Contador climbs off
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    That's a sad sight.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    That's a pity, but very sensible. Hopefully see him back for the Vuelta.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Most exciting GC rider quits.

    Nooo.
    _
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Most exciting GC rider quits.

    Nooo.

    Yep - any race is better for having him there
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  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    The team dynamics there look pretty broken, will Tinkoff send him to the Vuelta if he's so clearly a Trek rider in all but name?
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    The_Boy wrote:
    Contador climbs off

    Nearly got into the Trek car by mistake... :):wink:
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  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    Gweeds wrote:
    Just turned it on and heard Millar and Boulting talking about the way Contador's team are behaving towards him - what's that all about?

    Contador had a long conversation with his mechanic in the back of the car instead of the DS in the front.

    Could be a language thing or part of the breakup of the team.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Most exciting GC rider quits.

    Nooo.
    Most exciting? Still? He's only won three GT stages since his ban. And two of them were by wheel sucking Froome.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    jam1e wrote:
    The team dynamics there look pretty broken, will Tinkoff send him to the Vuelta if he's so clearly a Trek rider in all but name?

    Can't see them not sending him, he'll want to ride and he's still by far their best bet for any GC
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Contador fans: Suffering since 2011.
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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Very sad to see Contador pull out. He's not very lucky is he? 2 crashes and now a fever. Don't suppose the heat helped today
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    jam1e wrote:
    The team dynamics there look pretty broken, will Tinkoff send him to the Vuelta if he's so clearly a Trek rider in all but name?

    Can't see them not sending him, he'll want to ride and he's still by far their best bet for any GC

    I can see them not sending him, because Oleg.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Afternoon folks
    What's the story so far?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Yates and Contador apparently not speaking. CN forum rumour mind, so get the salt out.
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