TdF 2016 Stage 14 *Contains spoilers*

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    If Kittel wants to protest he ought to protest to his team for leaving him out in the headwind with 250m to go, he'd lost that as soon as Cav drew level and knew it.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Cav. Kristoff. Sagan?


    Looked like it. Kittel spits the dummy - may have cost him third
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  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    What on Earth is Kittel whinging about there? Cav just ruined him, end of.
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,536
    Cav moved off his line, but can't see how Kittel could have won.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    I could only call one winner at the start of today and it was Cav.

    You could tell the moment Kittel opened it up with Cav on his wheel that he was going to take it. I'm not really sure why Kittel feels the need to take it from the front every time.

    Good finish that.
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  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    RichN95 wrote:
    Kittel is proving to be just as good a lead out man as Renshaw.
    :lol:
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,605
    Yep -Cav's definitely done Kittel mentally as well as physically.
    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.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    You f*cking beauty!

    I turned the TV off again and it worked. This is my new strategy. I'm not superstitious but... :D:D:D:D:D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    Imagine how good Cav could have been if he wasn't finished.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Pross wrote:
    If Kittel wants to protest he ought to protest to his team for leaving him out in the headwind with 250m to go, he'd lost that as soon as Cav drew level and knew it.

    ^exactly
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    zebulebu wrote:
    What on Earth is Kittel whinging about there? Cav just ruined him, end of.
    Yeah, Kittel was never coming back from that. Sour grapes.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Pross wrote:
    Imagine how good Cav could have been if he wasn't finished.

    Kittel's finished. And Greipel.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    Really can't understand why EQS don't stick a man on Kittel's wheel to stop Cav getting a lead out. Either that or lead him out to 150m so that there's less chance to get around.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Four more and he's equal with Merckx
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  • newton98
    newton98 Posts: 35
    Kittel sort of has to lead from the front because he's the size of a house, he'd get no advantage trying to wheelsuck any of his competitors.

    Great work Cav.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    Nice of Millar to come dressed as a caracature Frenchman, do you reckon he has a string of onions and a beret too?
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,857
    Maclay boxed by coquard there
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Watching the overhead, looks more like Kittel moved into Cav as he came past...
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,536
    Greipel not having a good tour.

    1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 05:43:49
    2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
    3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
    4 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
    5 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step
    6 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
    7 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie
    8 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida
    9 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
    10 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    edited July 2016
    Zut Alors! Millar is dressed as Jean Paul Gaultier. :shock:

    jean-paul-gaultier-a-lui-aussi-ete-parrain.jpg
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  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    Pross wrote:
    Really can't understand why EQS don't stick a man on Kittel's wheel to stop Cav getting a lead out. Either that or lead him out to 150m so that there's less chance to get around.

    Seems obvious tactics doesn't it, maybe in the maelstrom of a sprint Cav simply has the coolest head and the quickest brain - this Tour for certain anyway. He knows if he sits on Kittel's wheel he's got a perfect lead out.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Honest views from Kristoff there. Happy with his improving form and second place, but says that Cav is the fastest at the moment.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    Kittel actually came towards Cav in the first instance than Cav veered slightly towards Kittel after appearing to lose balance.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,536
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Kittel / EQS have protested. Commissaires have reviewed the footage and stuck with the results.

    Cavendish wins.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    Nice to see Degenkolb getting his mojo back.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    JSCL wrote:
    Kittel / EQS have protested. Commissaires have reviewed the footage and stuck with the results.

    Cavendish wins.
    Good. Toys out the pram from Kittel, nothing more.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    adr82 wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Kittel / EQS have protested. Commissaires have reviewed the footage and stuck with the results.

    Cavendish wins.
    Good. Toys out the pram from Kittel, nothing more.
    He's like a footballer.

    It's the equivalent of rolling on to the ground in hope of a free kick.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    It was Chainring.

    Nighty night. :wink:
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,235
    Lost a little bit of respect for Kittel after that.

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