Pais Vasco

Richmond Racer 2
Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
edited April 2017 in Pro race
No time to do anything other than say...

It's ON


Alaphilippe just attacked with 5km to go...only to puncture at 3.2km :(
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Piti doing his usual

    Nico being perky


    Bah. Sprint win by irritating Matthews
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    Contador seems to have had another chute on the run in.
    In which case he's just shipped a minute on GC.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Piti doing his usual

    Nico being perky


    Bah. Sprint win by irritating Matthews

    Does he still call himself Bling?
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Contador seems to have had another chute on the run in.
    In which case he's just shipped a minute on GC.

    Or perhaps not.
    Alberto Contador se ha caído en los últimos 700 metros.

    I thought it had happened about 4.5kms out when there was a distinct split in the bunch.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    Just watched this, did the motorbike break Alaphilippe's bike? He seemed to blame them but (unsurprisingly) Kirby missed it
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Just watched this, did the motorbike break Alaphilippe's bike? He seemed to blame them but (unsurprisingly) Kirby missed it

    He was still in front of everybody at the 3km mark, yet somehow has been given at 2'19" down.
    Since they have already corrected the times of those held up in the later crash, it looks as if he's been shafted.

    Kirby had one of his days where you'd think the commentary box must be full of nitrous oxide.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Just watched this, did the motorbike break Alaphilippe's bike? He seemed to blame them but (unsurprisingly) Kirby missed it

    He was still in front of everybody at the 3km mark, yet somehow has been given at 2'19" down.
    Since they have already corrected the times of those held up in the later crash, it looks as if he's been shafted.
    Seems daft to me. He was inside the 3km when he stopped (I assume he stopped). Commissaires must go by that as they can't usually tell where a mechanical originated, only where it was fixed.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    For the Cannondale fans, Uran was mixing it in the sprint yesterday. Maybe he'll show some form here...
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    dish_dash wrote:
    For the Cannondale fans, Uran was mixing it in the sprint yesterday. Maybe he'll show some form here...

    You know you've listened to too much Carlton Kirby when you start saying things like that.
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    Some stage profiles:

    1 Monday April 3 153 km
    profile-01.jpg

    2 Tuesday April 4 173 km
    profile-02.jpg

    3 Wednesday April 5 161 km
    profile-03.jpg

    4 Thursday April 6 174 km
    profile-04.jpg

    5 Friday April 7 140 km
    profile-05.jpg

    6 Saturday April 8 27.7 km
    profile-06.jpg
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    Stage 3 - 131.7 km.

    What the hell is that?!
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    It's not this race...
    Half man, Half bike
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Looks like another decent chance for Matthews today
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Stage 3 - 131.7 km.

    What the hell is that?!

    This thing OT089Hg.png?
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    No the fact that at 131.7 you need a very long ladder..
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Milton50 wrote:
    Looks like another decent chance for Matthews today

    Nothing against the lad, but I sincerely hope not if only because it will stop CK trotting out his "Bling does his thing" line again.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    josame wrote:
    No the fact that at 131.7 you need a very long ladder..
    It's a mistake on the profile. It should look like this:

    2u7qcmr.png
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    33km to go. Gap falling fast to two doomed breakaways - now at 1 min. Breakaway riders are Mate (Cofidis) and Ferrari (Caja Rural)
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Caja Rural's twitter congratulates their man "Flying Ferrari" for taking the intermediate sprint uncontested
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Quick Step and Sunweb on the front. 30km to go and 40 seconds lead for the break
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    RichN95 wrote:
    josame wrote:
    No the fact that at 131.7 you need a very long ladder..
    It's a mistake on the profile. It should look like this:

    2u7qcmr.png

    Another option for stage 3 seems to be:

    stage-3-profile.jpg
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Out onto the finish loop - gap back out to 1:12
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    Mechanism wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    josame wrote:
    No the fact that at 131.7 you need a very long ladder..
    It's a mistake on the profile. It should look like this:

    2u7qcmr.png

    Another option for stage 3 seems to be:

    stage-3-profile.jpg
    It's a Spanish plot. We've threaten to go to war over less than this.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Mas Bonet mops up the last point at the intermediate to keep the lead in the blue jersey competition - ahead of his teammate Ferrari
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Mate ditches Ferrari - slogging into the headwind alone now. 20s with 17.7km to go.
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    That's the end of the breakaway. 16km to go. Sky hit the front for the turn to crosswind
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Quickstep trying to split things. Unsuccessfully
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    3km to go. Alaphillipe doing a long turn on the front. Lining up behind him
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Fdj hit the front, lotto jumbo challenging
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Crazy fast run in

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