TdF 2016 Stage 12 *Contains spoilers*

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    So we are expecting a 3pm finish?

    Should be home by 2.30...

    Weird that the peloton are seemingly having an easy day, would have thought they'd want to see how knackered Froome is from yesterday and make things hard.
    Later than 3pm. I think that's about the time the break will reach the base of Ventoux.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    edited July 2016
    ECHELONS!!!!!! behind the peloton
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Who's got the klaxon?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    ECHELONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Sagan dropped. :oops:

    Barguil out the back for one.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
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    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Does anyone have the stats on speed? Is this the slowest tour since the 80s?

    I've found the answer in case anyone else is interested. Current average speed is 40.493 km/hr. I guess that is only going to decrease over the mountains.

    1981 38.96
    1982 38.059
    1983 36.23
    1984 35.882
    1985 36.232
    1986 37.02
    1987 36.645
    1988 38.909
    1989 37.487
    1990 38.261
    1991 38.747
    1992 39.504
    1993 38.709
    1994 38.383
    1995 39.193
    1996 39.227
    1997 39.23
    1998 39.983
    1999 40.273
    2000 39.556
    2001 40.02
    2002 39.93
    2003 40.94
    2004 40.553
    2005 41.654
    2006 40.781
    2007 38.98
    2008 40.5
    2009 40.31
    2010 39.585
    2011 39.788
    2012 39.83
    2013 40.545
    2014 40.69
    2015 39.64
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Froome and Quintana on the front :)
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Quintana comes to the front and asks Etix to please stop what they are doing. :lol:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    edited July 2016
    Greipel wins the intermediate sprint

    EDIT - no he doesn't:
    1. Iljo Keisse, 20 pts
    2. Bertjan Lindeman, 17 pts
    3. André Greipel, 15 pts
    4. Bryan Coquard, 13 pts
    5. Thomas De Gendt, 11 pts
    6. Dani Navarro, 10 pts
    7. Daniel Teklehaimanot, 9 pts
    8. Serge Pauwels, 8 pts
    9. Cyril Lemoine, 7 pts
    10. Sylvain Chavanel, 6 pts
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    So, the team that had two of the biggest "safety" critics yesterday have their team drilling it on the front, today?

    Go figure.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Problem for Aru, swaps bikes with a teammate
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Angelo Tulik (Direct Energie) abandons
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Is there any reason EQS are riding other than due to their ineptitude yesterday?
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is there any reason EQS are riding other than due to their ineptitude yesterday?
    I wondered if they might nail it to try and set Martin up for a stage win, but they've let the break go out a long way for that.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Aru bike change again?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Graeme_S wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is there any reason EQS are riding other than due to their ineptitude yesterday?
    I wondered if they might nail it to try and set Martin up for a stage win, but they've let the break go out a long way for that.

    Indeed it might have been better to cook up the plan a little earlier in the day. I wondered if it was for Martin on GC, but it seems like a lot of effort for that. It would have been a lot easier for them to have put in 10 mins of work yesterday....
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Graeme_S wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is there any reason EQS are riding other than due to their ineptitude yesterday?
    I wondered if they might nail it to try and set Martin up for a stage win, but they've let the break go out a long way for that.
    Martin's still 3rd on GC. Etixx's are no different to Sky's - trying to put GC rivals in difficulty.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    coriordan wrote:
    Aru bike change again?

    Commissaries whistling at him/Astana for too much magic spanner
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    RichN95 wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is there any reason EQS are riding other than due to their ineptitude yesterday?
    I wondered if they might nail it to try and set Martin up for a stage win, but they've let the break go out a long way for that.
    Martin's still 3rd on GC. Etixx's are no different to Sky's - trying to put GC rivals in difficulty.

    If that was the plan, doing it yesterday would have been helpful.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    BMC riding for Sky.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Stannard takes out the sky team.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    F'uck off, Cancellara.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Cancellera doing his usual.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Froome stopping...
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Stannard takes out the sky team.
    Ah be fair - it was Gerrans who took out the team
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Movistar think about it....
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Ridiculous, this.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Graeme_S wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Stannard takes out the sky team.
    Ah be fair - it was Gerrans who took out the team

    Really? I need a replay.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    That crash was nasty... Froome went for a p1ss to neutralise the race and let people back on.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Stannard takes out the sky team.
    Ah be fair - it was Gerrans who took out the team

    Really? I need a replay.
    He was on the front and went down first, Stannard didn't manage to avoid him

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