TdF 2016 Stage 12 *Contains spoilers*

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  • Sgt_Pepper
    Sgt_Pepper Posts: 172
    edited July 2016
    Omar Little wrote:
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    Chinarello :?:
  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    HaydenM wrote:
    They should send a Group B rally car up in front of the riders, should stir things up a bit.

    Valverde is saying "It's an accident of the race but these things happen in sport. They hit a moto and fell, but these things happen in cycling." I thought there was meant to be some sort of unwritten code in cycling where you are meant to be a gentleman about things...

    It's Valverde. Cycling's very own Dick Dastardly.

    I'm surprised Valverde was even that charitable, to be honest!
    Don't forget he's a drug cheating c**t too!!!
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    lochindaal wrote:
    Ned Boulting on twitter
    "To explain: They've given Porte and Froome the same time as Mollema."

    Thanks
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    RichN95 wrote:
    Emadden seems to have piped down.
    ??? Nope.

    I still think it was absolutely hilarious to see the maillot jaune running down the road. Completely farcical. I'm not going to start crying about it and go into a manic depression. Its sport, a spectacle and to me that was a funny scene
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,400
    adr82 wrote:
    RonB wrote:
    Where did they take the time from to get those differences?
    Must have been roughly what they were at the time of the crash while the 3 were still together, the Froome->Mollema gap hasn't changed from the start of the day.

    They have the GPS trackers on the bikes now so presumably they can take the gaps pretty accurately.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    emadden wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Emadden seems to have piped down.
    ??? Nope.

    I still think it was absolutely hilarious to see the maillot jaune running down the road. Completely farcical. I'm not going to start crying about it and go into a manic depression. Its sport, a spectacle and to me that was a funny scene

    I bet he wished he was on SPD cleats... :mrgreen:
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  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Seems the fairest solution. Commissares are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Practically, how else could they time it?
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Sgt_Pepper wrote:
    Omar Little wrote:
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    Chinarello :?:

    :)

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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    ugo.santalucia wrote:

    I bet he wished he was on SPD cleats... :mrgreen:

    Can you imagine the sparks? :lol::lol:
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,400
    emadden wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Emadden seems to have piped down.
    ??? Nope.

    I still think it was absolutely hilarious to see the maillot jaune running down the road. Completely farcical. I'm not going to start crying about it and go into a manic depression. Its sport, a spectacle and to me that was a funny scene

    Well I agree with all of that :D

    I'd prefer to see a proper competition though and think the commissaires made the right choice TBH. Although watching Froome get those 53s back would have been good to watch.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    How far from the finish did the crash actually happen?
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  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292

    Yes thanks I am aware of that. But they don't just boo him. They boo lots of other riders too. And they do worse than boo. I still don't understand it. If you think the sport is infected with cheats why waste your time and money to go and stand on the side of a mountain and watch a bunch of cheats? People are stupid.

    Yes I agree. Frankly I think if you're going to watch cycling you have to just enjoy it for what it is at the time otherwise where is the fun in watching it?
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  • reallyarunner
    reallyarunner Posts: 125
    So Froome finishes behind his GC rivals and extends his lead over them. Not sure i would be happy if i was yates, quintana etc.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    RichN95 wrote:
    How far from the finish did the crash actually happen?
    I think it was well inside the final 2k - saw a quote from Aru (who was in the main GC group behind) and he said he passed Froome around 700m to go.
  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    Yeah, but that gained time they had would make any potential victory extremely hollow. Personally I think he will smash them tomorrow in the TT and so it will be immaterial. Plus, the next mountain stage he'll probably smash them again.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    What an absolute shitshow.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    reallyarunner wrote:
    So Froome finishes behind his GC rivals and extends his lead over them. Not sure i would be happy if i was yates, quintana etc.
    The alternative was Froome riding away from most of his rivals and losing time to them, so either way someone was going to be unhappy.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,705
    edited July 2016
    RichN95 wrote:
    How far from the finish did the crash actually happen?

    Don't know exactly. Outside the kite but well inside 3kms. Around 1500 metres I'd guess.

    Lets be honest but for the uphill rule, this falls into the exactly the same category as the Adam Yates incident.
    Spectator/s > ASO equipment fail > rider/s crash.
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,787
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    emadden wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Emadden seems to have piped down.
    ??? Nope.

    I still think it was absolutely hilarious to see the maillot jaune running down the road. Completely farcical. I'm not going to start crying about it and go into a manic depression. Its sport, a spectacle and to me that was a funny scene

    I bet he wished he was on SPD cleats... :mrgreen:

    Though thankfully he's not a Speedplay man...
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    800m
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    reallyarunner wrote:
    So Froome finishes behind his GC rivals and extends his lead over them. Not sure i would be happy if i was yates, quintana etc.

    Did you see what happened?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,705
    mfin wrote:
    800m

    That would put it inside the barriers, surely?
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,538
    A very unpopular opinion I'm sure, but I really dislike the arbitrary way the commissaires pick and choose when to change things. There's been lots of incidents like this in the past when the results stood. The only difference here is that it involved the yellow jersey and that that would be really embarrassing for them. Cycling needs some rules and needs to enforce them whether that is riding on the pavement, crossing a level crossing or crashing on a mountain.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,787
    Thank goodness Porte didn't try to give Froome his bike!
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    If anyone's keeping a list, please put me into the 'Froome shouldn't get time back' camp. Mostly because the organisers are responsible for this in not relocating the barriers, and they should be the ones who have to live with making the race a farce,

    Really hope that Froome goes on to win this now, and by a margin that makes it irrelevant.
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  • rollemynot
    rollemynot Posts: 436
    From here going forward we need to see Froome open up a 54s extension to his lead - then there will be no doubt in years to come... Almost like a handicap race from here on in.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    800m

    That would put it inside the barriers, surely?

    Yeah but remember this wasnt the planned finish which is 5km up the road and where the last 3km have barriers. You can see that they only had barriers on one side of the road. The decision to move the finish was made just before stage start
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Really hope that Froome goes on to win this now, and by a margin that makes it irrelevant.
    That's a good point, I hope he does too!
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    This'll learn em

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    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.

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