TdF 2016 Stage 9 *Contains spoilers*

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95 wrote:
    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.

    Yeah. Most exciting.

    It's a relative thing.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    kleinstroker wrote:
    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
    He didn't look like he was suffering very much when he was waving to the camera after stepping off.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    kleinstroker wrote:
    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
    He didn't look like he was suffering very much when he was waving to the camera after stepping off.

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Afternoon folks
    What's the story so far?
    Break 6 minutes up the road. Majka & Pinot in it battling for KOM points. Sagan in it getting points. Two Movistar also there. Valverde and Contador were too initially, but Contador was dropped & Valverde sat up as Sky were reeling them in.

    Then Contador abandoned. He looked relieved more than anything.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    kleinstroker wrote:
    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

    The crash that was caught on camera was entirely his own fault. He's a serial crasher, probably the worst bike handler of all the gc riders (if you still class him as one)
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Yates and Contador apparently not speaking. CN forum rumour mind, so get the salt out.

    Oh Sean Yates. I was wondering what Bertie's beef was with Adam for a minute.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    gsk82 wrote:
    kleinstroker wrote:
    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

    The crash that was caught on camera was entirely his own fault. He's a serial crasher, probably the worst bike handler of all the gc riders (if you still class him as one)


    I think you are forgetting G "Crashy" Thomas, no?
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The_Boy wrote:
    8)
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Look at that geology!

    The rock is pink :shock:

    British expat rock struggling with the heat..

    :lol::lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I like looking to see what order the teams are positioned in the peloton at times like this. It's like a status symbol. BMC further back than expected. Maybe an inferiority complex.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Cancellara explaining that some of the inmates want to pee.

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    RichN95 wrote:
    I like looking to see what order the teams are positioned in the peloton at times like this. It's like a status symbol. BMC further back than expected. Maybe an inferiority complex.

    They're embarrassed because they look like this:

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Break has 9'30"
    Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Bullion by Post....seriously! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Hard to tell, but nearly all of this road is 5% gradient. The other side of town, there are some sections at 8-10%
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I've been to that spa. I was very disappointed as an 11 year old, I was expecting a water park.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    De Gendt takes some more KOM points
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    De Gendt channeling his inner Stelvio
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Barguil dropped at the crest of that last hill. Not gonna be fighting for white
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    TdG about to get off the bike by the look of it. Painful to watch.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    De Gendt gone pop
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Rock hard climb.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Pozzovivo is in the race? :shock:
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    ITV 4 simply have no idea when to take ad breaks.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    ITV 4 simply have no idea when to take ad breaks.

    If you want to switch over to Eurosport the coast is clear at the moment. Kirby isn't commentating.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Milton50 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    ITV 4 simply have no idea when to take ad breaks.

    If you want to switch over to Eurosport the coast is clear at the moment. Kirby isn't commentating.
    Spoke too soon.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Wow that's a cliff they're descending!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Must....stay...awake.....
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  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    JSCL wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    ITV 4 simply have no idea when to take ad breaks.

    If you want to switch over to Eurosport the coast is clear at the moment. Kirby isn't commentating.
    Spoke too soon.

    its ok theyve pulled the plug out again :lol:
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Back from dinner and it seems the predicted snooze fest has indeed materialised.

    I was really excited by the announcement of a British team but, as an only moderately jingoistic Brit, Sky are destroying my enjoyment of the Tour De France.
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    Other teams are allowed to try and win, they just generally choose not to.

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