TDF 2016 Stage 19 *SPOILERS*

kleinstroker
kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
edited July 2016 in Pro race
Whoop Whoop!

Albertville - Saint Gervais Mont Blanc 146km

Pretty much the last chance for the places 2 - 6 to rearrange themselves and fight for place on the podium behind King Froome of Kenya

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Weather looks to be tricky with Thunderstorms predicted to start around 1pm and last for a couple of hours.

ITV4 has coverage Live: 12pm-4.30pm so should get most of the early action

Cheese Porn..

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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
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    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    If we see Froomey and Ritchie up the road today, I can see a stage win and some bonus seconds being gifted to the little man. Looks like it's going to be an exciting finish, that's for sure.
    Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/scalesjason - All posts are strictly my personal view.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    The only thing we will see up the road before the final few kms is the breakaway and this:-

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    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    weather update..

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  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,141
    JSCL wrote:
    If we see Froomey and Ritchie up the road today, I can see a stage win and some bonus seconds being gifted to the little man. Looks like it's going to be an exciting finish, that's for sure.

    There's someone with a huge capacity to get excited :roll:
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    If there's lightning they'd have to neutralise surely? I certainly don't think we'll be seeing a great deal on TV
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,606
    You gotta be trolling now Rich with comments like that, surely?

    :?
    _
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,606
    It's like you're wishing everything possible to happen to neutralise racing so your beloved team sky & Froome can do well....!
    _
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Looks like De Gendt is teeing himself up to get in the breakaway today.
    Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/scalesjason - All posts are strictly my personal view.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    At least the start in Albertville is bone dry, if overcast.
    Yes, TdG riding to the fore.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    You gotta be trolling now Rich with comments like that, surely?

    :?
    Is it safe to cycle in lightning? It's certainly not safe to fly TV helicopters.

    Anyway the weather looks decent at the moment
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    It's like you're wishing everything possible to happen to neutralise racing so your beloved team sky & Froome can do well....!
    I'm actually at home for this stage so I want to see a race.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
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    Oy that's my schtick! :wink:

    I apologise for my tardiness this morning.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,558
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    You gotta be trolling now Rich with comments like that, surely?

    :?
    Is it safe to cycle in lightning? It's certainly not safe to fly TV helicopters.

    Anyway the weather looks decent at the moment

    Unlikely to be struck by lightening while on a bike non? Rubber tyres and all that?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    It's like you're wishing everything possible to happen to neutralise racing so your beloved team sky & Froome can do well....!

    I thought some folks have felt they have been watching neutralisation for the last 3 weeks.
    At least it saves them the trouble of wasting 4 hours, with the same result. :wink:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,606
    dish_dash wrote:
    Unlikely to be struck by lightening while on a bike non? Rubber tyres and all that?

    If it can make it from the sky to a car - it can make it from the car to the ground...!

    It's just unlikely. Period.
    _
  • xbnm
    xbnm Posts: 116
    dish_dash wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    You gotta be trolling now Rich with comments like that, surely?

    :?
    Is it safe to cycle in lightning? It's certainly not safe to fly TV helicopters.

    Anyway the weather looks decent at the moment

    Unlikely to be struck by lightening while on a bike non? Rubber tyres and all that?

    Because 1 inch of rubber clearly offers more electrical resistance than 2 miles of air !
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    No official figures for the number of starters on Race Centre this morining. Anyone her know of any riders dropping out?

    Edit: 177 - figure has just appeared on Race Centre
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    If they let the break get an uncatchable lead again maybe they deserve a few (non-lethal) bolts of lightning.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    dish_dash wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    You gotta be trolling now Rich with comments like that, surely?

    :?
    Is it safe to cycle in lightning? It's certainly not safe to fly TV helicopters.

    Anyway the weather looks decent at the moment

    Unlikely to be struck by lightening while on a bike non? Rubber tyres and all that?

    But if riders and bikes are already soaking wet? Not an unlikely scenario in a thunderstorm...
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,558
    XBNM wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    You gotta be trolling now Rich with comments like that, surely?

    :?
    Is it safe to cycle in lightning? It's certainly not safe to fly TV helicopters.

    Anyway the weather looks decent at the moment

    Unlikely to be struck by lightening while on a bike non? Rubber tyres and all that?

    Because 1 inch of rubber clearly offers more electrical resistance than 2 miles of air !

    Still not the most obvious target unless you're solo on a barren mountain, non?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    That was quick to say the least.
    Breakaway gone because all the usual suspects have made it, I suppose.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,606
    edited July 2016
    dish_dash wrote:
    XBNM wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    You gotta be trolling now Rich with comments like that, surely?

    :?
    Is it safe to cycle in lightning? It's certainly not safe to fly TV helicopters.

    Anyway the weather looks decent at the moment

    Unlikely to be struck by lightening while on a bike non? Rubber tyres and all that?

    Because 1 inch of rubber clearly offers more electrical resistance than 2 miles of air !

    Still not the most obvious target unless you're solo on a barren mountain, non?

    They say Chris is like a stick don't they ;)
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    edited July 2016
    Mechanism wrote:
    If they let the break get an uncatchable lead again maybe they deserve a few (non-lethal) bolts of lightning.
    The problem is other teams expect Sky to chase the break, but it's against Sky's interests to do so.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    It is not raining at moment in Areches Beaufort - which is pretty close to the HC climb
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    It's like you're wishing everything possible to happen to neutralise racing so your beloved team sky & Froome can do well....!
    Rick, we all know who tends to do well out of neutralisations, and it isn't Sky or Froome...
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    RichN95 wrote:
    Mechanism wrote:
    If they let the break get an uncatchable lead again maybe they deserve a few (non-lethal) bolts of lightning.
    The problem is other teams expect Sky to chase the break, but it's against Sky's interests to do so.

    5 out of 6 mountain breaks have made it to the finish.
    So something definitely not in common with Postal.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Narrow road this.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    The breakaway already 5 minutes behind the slowest schedule.
    The bunch, closer to 10.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Well, this is very different. :D
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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