The Lanterne Rouge Thread 2017 **Spoilers**
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underlayunderlay wrote:I'm with the BBC on this. It's not working that Rowe needs to concentrate on.
Avoiding physical work maybe, but surely disappearing just enough on such an iconic stage requires vast amounts of tactical work?0 -
Amended: W x ElTim = x + (TH + (N+?) + FLD (N+?) + S + ELD + MM + GJMFL+ RLI*)
*Red Light Indices: B00t = Cu3Zn2 x p2 / MHr.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I want images on Sun of Rowe proudly carrying a lanterne0
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underlayunderlay wrote:Above The Cows wrote:Joncomelately wrote:The BBC have got this all wrong, surely the real work is just beginning?
It's the BBC discussing cycling, of course they've got it all wrong.
I'm with the BBC on this. It's not working that Rowe needs to concentrate on.
I'm very good at working at not working.Richmond Racer 2 wrote:I want images on Sun of Rowe proudly carrying a lanterne
You know he'd do it too.
One like this would do nicely:
Correlation is not causation.0 -
Pointless racing at the wrong end of the race. Disappointing lack of thunder, lightning, or anything else that Freddie Mercury might find very very frightening. Enter three riders:
First rider: When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second rider: When the hurly burley's done. When the lanterne's lost and won.
Third rider: That will be ere the set of sun, the rate Luke Rowe's going. Honestly, whose bloody idea was this?
First rider: Where the place?
Second rider: Upon the Izoard. There to meet with-
Third rider: Hang on, we've done this bit. It's bloody Luke Rowe, isn't it?
Luke Rowe (for 'tis he): Hail, foul sisters!
Riders: Oi!
Third rider:It's not our bloody fault the organisers of La Course forgot to arrange any showers for us! Whole thing's been a total cock-up, frankly...
First rider: Anyway, hail, Luke Rowe, Slow of pace!
Second rider: Hail, Luke Rowe, that shalt be Lanterne Hereafter!
Third rider: Hail, Luke Rowe! Little balls of ice that fall from the sky and make a really annoying sound on your helmet!
(the other riders stare at her)
Third rider: Now what? Can't a woman crack one lousy joke around here? Anyway, let's go and see to the team coaches and see if Barguil's got his kit off yet. Off, damned spots!
from The Historical Tragedy of MacLay, by Will "IAM Cycling" Shagspere
So yeah, boring, boring neutralised mountain stages shouldn't provide much excitement, and Luke Rowe was never put in serious danger - using the first categorised climb to drop gracefully back down to the incipient autobus and simply mark Leezer. Elsewhere Cofidis finally bothered turning up for this year's tour, putting four riders out the back with the ludicrous claim that their legs were tired from working so hard. Ha! Claeys had a badly timed burst of form, falling ahead of Borut and Phinney, but otherwise it was a fairly quiet day on LR. Join us tomorrow to discover TEN DAM LAURENS YOU WON'T BELIEVE APPEAR IN THE TOUR RESULTS EACH DAY.
Top of the form:
160 HALLER MARCO 122 TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 05H 10' 29'' - - + 29' 56''
161 GOGL MICHAEL 35 TREK - SEGAFREDO 05H 10' 29'' - - + 29' 56''
162 KRISTOFF ALEXANDER 125 TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 05H 10' 29'' - - + 29' 56''
163 PETIT ADRIEN 176 DIRECT ENERGIE 05H 10' 29'' - - + 29' 56''
164 BURGHARDT MARCUS 114 BORA - HANSGROHE 05H 11' 16'' - - + 30' 43''
165 CIMOLAI DAVIDE 72 FDJ 05H 12' 13'' - - + 31' 40''
166 SIMON JULIEN 159 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 05H 12' 26'' - - + 31' 53''
167 BOUHANNI NACER 151 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 05H 12' 26'' - - + 31' 53''
168 LEMOINE CYRIL 155 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 05H 12' 26'' - - + 31' 53''
169 LAPORTE CHRISTOPHE 154 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 05H 12' 30'' - - + 31' 57''
Back of the class:
160 TIMMER ALBERT 149 TEAM SUNWEB 82H 21' 12'' + 04H 12' 53''
161 LE GAC OLIVIER 76 FDJ 82H 22' 21'' + 04H 14' 02''
162 SENECHAL FLORIAN 158 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 82H 22' 37'' + 04H 14' 18''
163 CLAEYS DIMITRI 152 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 82H 23' 11'' + 04H 14' 52''
164 BOZIC BORUT 194 BAHRAIN - MERIDA 82H 23' 28'' + 04H 15' 09''
165 PHINNEY TAYLOR 186 CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 82H 25' 34'' + 04H 17' 15''
166 WAGNER ROBERT 169 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 82H 30' 19'' + 04H 22' 00''
167 SELIG RÜDIGER 119 BORA - HANSGROHE 82H 32' 01'' + 04H 23' 42''
168 LEEZER TOM 164 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 82H 34' 17'' + 04H 25' 58''
169 ROWE LUKE 8 TEAM SKY 82H 41' 23'' + 04H 33' 04''0 -
Contrary to the analysis of Underlay, I thought it was a tactical masterpiece by Le Gap gone wrong.
Le Gap spent most of the night texting all his French pals telling them about the viscous rumour that the Commissaires were going to hit the autobus hard in an unprecedented move by eliminating all of them should they go over the time limit.
Their underlying twin motive said Le Gap: to get rid of the Rost biff and punish those who tried to make the tour interesting. They did it to Hopkirk et al in '66, why not here in the modern era along with the two fingered political statement pointed at Royaume Uni? (a gesture riddled in irony).
Initially it worked; the Autobus got a head start on every one just to make sure. The only problem in this master plan was the obvious differences from the scheming, sweaty stick men and the brave but tardy Glass crankers. However, Le Gap had one key idea missing in his text: the autobus should have made Le Grande depart at 7am sharp, way before the main 4 protagonists (Broome Broome, Duran Duran, Worry Glue and Brigitte Bardot) even started pouring milk on their Coco Pops. Despite the fact they all slept in, they started the move on a wave of hysteria of the possibility of not reaching the Brothels of Paris as heros and getting a group discount.
(Apparently, Aroo will not be sending Le Gap a Christmas card.)
So Row, row, row your boat (In Heidelberg, Cambridge, Newport Pagnell - it's immaterial) managed by the skin if his teeth to increase his lead on his competitors by 3 minutes and he now stands clear at 34 seconds over his rivals*. This, without knowledge of the terrible Shagsperian conspiracy taking shape in the back rooms of the team buses.
* Calculated using the undisputed and highly accurate Burgundy formula.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
There's too much money in sport now, a hollow victory for Rowe... rather like those talking of Froome having a mechanical on Sunday's TT to allow the French rule bender to win the GC.larkim wrote:McLay abandoned. Always sad to see the leader have to pull out, a Pyrrhic victory for Rowe on the cards?
I hope the UCI review the CCTV from the local MacDonalds to see whether anyone slipped McLay an extra cheeseburger to climb off.'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP0 -
Of the many singular adventures I have shared with Mr Sherlock Holmes there are many I have not yet had the time or space to report. There are still more that I will not trouble the reader with because they do not show the full genius of Mr Holmes, nor the degree of original insight and wit that he could bring to cases that had defeated the brightest minds of Scotland Yard.
One such case was that of the Five Orange Cyclists, the full details of which have already been documented by the pictorials, along with some informative and educational engravings of young women that show why Scotland Yard were so keen to investigate entirely the wrong kind of Basque.
This affair of the Five Orange Cyclists had, however, a bearing on the case which I am about to relate, for it was during that investigation that Holmes developed a long-lasting and deep affection for the sport of professional cycling. As was his habit, he had invited me to the south of France to witness a stage of the Grand Tour, and was holding forth on his favourite cycling topic. Holmes was a man of very few vices, but I will confess his obsession with Froome’s VO2 max on Ventoux had become wearying. Fortunately we were interrupted by a knock at the door, and the hotelier presently showed a young gentleman in.
“Ah, Mr Leezer, we meet at last,” said Holmes.
“However did you know my name?” asked the young Dutchman.
“Why, it was a simple trick. Nothing more. I observed from your general body shape and distinctive tanlines that you must certainly be a professional cyclist, a fact further supported by the fact that you arrived in full team kit and were pursued by a team car. Your gait has been affected by constant pedalling, and I recommend that you correct that slight discrepancy in your shoulders by turning the left shifter half a degree inwards."
To Mr Leezer's incomprehension, Holmes continued with his explanation. "Thus far I only knew you were a cyclist, and the rest – I confess – was conjecture based upon nothing more than the fact this is a piece of metafiction on a forum discussing professional bike racing, in a thread concerning the Lanterne Rouge, and the author is almost certainly running out of jokes about Luke Rowe.”
“ My gosh, Holmes!” I ejaculated. “You mean he’s about to resort to cheap jokes based on the fact that I ejaculate a lot in the original books?”
“I fear he already has, Dr Watson, and can only be thankful Mr Cummings is higher up the rankings. Now, to Mr Leezer. Please, sir – sit down and explain your problem.”
The young man sat down with a weary sigh, and seemed to collapse into the very fabric of the chair. It was clear that a weighty matter was on his mind, but it was some time before he spoke. Indeed, I gained a strong impression that he was reluctant to do anything quickly if he could possibly help it.
“It’s funny that you should have mentioned Mr Rowe,” he said. “For he is a great competitor of mine and we are currently vying for the most important prize in cycling.”
“Indeed,” said Holmes. “I have been following your progress with interest.”
“Then you must already know that all is lost!” cried Mr Leezer. “For whenever I’m lingering at the back of the peloton to make my attack, he is nowhere to be found, yet each day he appears to have gained more time. How can this be possible, Mr Holmes?”
“This is indeed most perplexing,” said Holmes. “For if it were Haimar Zubeldia I should have no problem believing that a man could be overlooked so easily, but Luke Rowe is altogether more noticeable. Neither can the gentleman in question evade detection by riding for Bahrain-Merida. This is a most interesting problem, Mr Leezer, and I’m grateful to you for bringing it to me. Dr Watson, if you would please be so kind as to order another bottle of Chablis? I fear that my archnemesis Morikirby may be involved in this, and will need something to take the edge off his criminal standard of commentary.”
- from The Case of the Lanterne Rouge, by Sir Arthur Vichot Doyle.
I'd like to make it sound like today was a swashbuckling day of massive breakaways, dramatic reversals of fortune, and huge moves on LR. It wasn't.
Luke Rowe rolled in on the same time as all the other contenders, demonstrating his superiority ahead of tomorrow's time trial by daring to finish as high up as 26th on the stage. There's worrying talk that he will be encouraged to ride hard tomorrow in order to secure Sky's meaningless team classification, but I'm sure that they will see sense after a good night's sleep and realise that securing the most important title in cycling is far more important than wearing stupid yellow helmets like a cut-price team of Bob The Builder fanatics.
Join us tomorrow to discover SHOCK CLAIMS ADRIEN PETIT MAY ACTUALLY BE A LARGE STANDING FAR AWAY.
(As a further point of order, I'm away in London for the Women's Cricket World Cup this weekend, and Saturday and Sunday's updates may be posted later than usual. Having seen this through almost to the end, I'm sure you'll understand that I'd quite like the honour!)
Diamond dogs:
158 TULIK ANGÉLO 179 DIRECT ENERGIE 05H 18' 36'' - - + 12' 27''
159 GENE YOHANN 175 DIRECT ENERGIE 05H 18' 36'' - - + 12' 27''
160 VOECKLER THOMAS 171 DIRECT ENERGIE 05H 18' 36'' - - + 12' 27''
161 CLAEYS DIMITRI 152 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 05H 18' 36'' - - + 12' 27''
162 VACHON FLORIAN 219 TEAM FORTUNEO - OSCARO 05H 18' 36'' - - + 12' 27''
163 BOUDAT THOMAS 172 DIRECT ENERGIE 05H 18' 36'' - - + 12' 27''
164 BODNAR MACIEJ 112 BORA - HANSGROHE 05H 18' 36'' - - + 12' 27''
165 PETIT ADRIEN 176 DIRECT ENERGIE 05H 18' 36'' - - + 12' 27''
166 CIMOLAI DAVIDE 72 FDJ 05H 18' 36'' - - + 12' 27''
167 DE MARCHI ALESSANDRO 43 BMC RACING TEAM 05H 18' 36'' - - + 12' 27''
Hounds of the Baskervilles:
158 TIMMER ALBERT 149 TEAM SUNWEB 87H 39' 48'' + 04H 12' 53''
159 LE GAC OLIVIER 76 FDJ 87H 40' 57'' + 04H 14' 02''
160 SENECHAL FLORIAN 158 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 87H 41' 13'' + 04H 14' 18''
161 CLAEYS DIMITRI 152 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 87H 41' 47'' + 04H 14' 52''
162 BOZIC BORUT 194 BAHRAIN - MERIDA 87H 42' 04'' + 04H 15' 09''
163 PHINNEY TAYLOR 186 CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 87H 44' 10'' + 04H 17' 15''
164 WAGNER ROBERT 169 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 87H 48' 55'' + 04H 22' 00''
165 SELIG RÜDIGER 119 BORA - HANSGROHE 87H 50' 37'' + 04H 23' 42''
166 LEEZER TOM 164 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 87H 52' 53'' + 04H 25' 58''
167 ROWE LUKE 8 TEAM SKY 87H 59' 59'' + 04H 33' 04''0 -
underlayunderlay wrote:As a further point of order, I'm away in London for the Women's Cricket World Cup this weekend, and Saturday and Sunday's updates may be posted later than usual. Having seen this through almost to the end, I'm sure you'll understand that I'd quite like the honour!
I'll try my best but if indeed the mind were to go of on one as indeed EVB did, I doubt I could match the depth of your research and obvious relationship with Doyle and Sassoon even if I did load up my pipe.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Surely the person who posts last on this thread goes away with the honour anywayPinno wrote:underlayunderlay wrote:As a further point of order, I'm away in London for the Women's Cricket World Cup this weekend, and Saturday and Sunday's updates may be posted later than usual. Having seen this through almost to the end, I'm sure you'll understand that I'd quite like the honour!
I'll try my best but if indeed the mind were to go of on one as indeed EVB did, I doubt I could match the depth of your research and obvious relationship with Doyle and Sassoon even if I did load up my pipe.Twitter: @RichN950 -
RichN95 wrote:
Surely the person who posts last on this thread goes away with the honour anywayPinno wrote:underlayunderlay wrote:As a further point of order, I'm away in London for the Women's Cricket World Cup this weekend, and Saturday and Sunday's updates may be posted later than usual. Having seen this through almost to the end, I'm sure you'll understand that I'd quite like the honour!
I'll try my best but if indeed the mind were to go of on one as indeed EVB did, I doubt I could match the depth of your research and obvious relationship with Doyle and Sassoon even if I did load up my pipe.
A competition to be last?! What a good idea.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Luke saying he's been presented with a red lantern and, as he put it, he's effectively spent the equivalent of an extra stage riding.0
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Very unconvincing attempt at appearing embarrassed whilst discussing it. More media training needed.0
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There was at least 3 and a half interesting stages in this year's TdF. Thank christ for this thread.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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'Twas brilling, and the Lanterne Rouge
Did gyre and gimble in Marseille
All drugsy was the Clinic chat
Whilst Luke Rowe lanterne rode.
Beware the chronoclock, my son!
The seconds tick! The minutes catch!
Beware the Leezer gaining time and shun
Hors delai right at the last!
For those of us writing this from a budget hotel somewhere in the wilds of Elstree, the great question was whether our hero could sign off with a stage win at the last to secure his lanterne in the grand style, or whether he'd play it safe in order to secure his prize without flirting with the time cut off. Rolling in 101st suggests that Rowe either forgot what it meant when Mickey's hand was pointing at the five, or that he played it extremely safe indeed. There's no shame in this - the prize is awarded as much for consistency as for panache - but it did allow Leezer the opportunity to gain some time back and he duly delivered. Timmer suffered another jour avec (or just an angry DS) and dropped out of the top ten, allowing Groenewegen to come and annoy my spellchecker instead. Dishy Le Gac continued his late run of form by overhauling Essential Oil and Claeys found some sort of redemption for Cofidis by ensuring they had at least a top five to prvove they'd actually come to this year's tour. Stage honours were taken by Pantano, who was always my favourite Thundercat, just ahead of Bono, who apparently rode on the Edge.
Join us later for an update on the Girls of Pedally Towers, and tomorrow for SHOCK NEWS AS LANTERNE CORRESPONDENT DOESN'T GET TO SEE THIS ONE EITHER:
Bandersnatch:
158 CHAVES JOHAN ESTEBAN 81 ORICA - SCOTT 32' 26'' - - + 04' 11''
159 CURVERS ROY 144 TEAM SUNWEB 32' 26'' - - + 04' 11''
160 BOUHANNI NACER 151 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 32' 38'' - - + 04' 23''
161 LEEZER TOM 164 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 32' 39'' - - + 04' 24''
162 CLAEYS DIMITRI 152 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 32' 39'' - - + 04' 24''
163 AMADOR ANDREY 22 MOVISTAR TEAM 32' 40'' - - + 04' 25''
164 KRISTOFF ALEXANDER 125 TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 32' 47'' - - + 04' 32''
165 MORENO BAZAN JAVIER 199 BAHRAIN - MERIDA 32' 53'' - - + 04' 38''
166 BONO MATTEO 63 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 33' 00'' - - + 04' 45''
167 PANTANO JARLINSON 38 TREK - SEGAFREDO 33' 25'' - - + 05' 10''
Cumberbatch:
158 GROENEWEGEN DYLAN 163 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 88H 11' 28'' + 04H 16' 12''
159 SENECHAL FLORIAN 158 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 88H 12' 28'' + 04H 17' 12''
160 LE GAC OLIVIER 76 FDJ 88H 12' 37'' + 04H 17' 21''
161 PHINNEY TAYLOR 186 CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 88H 13' 31'' + 04H 18' 15''
162 BOZIC BORUT 194 BAHRAIN - MERIDA 88H 13' 57'' + 04H 18' 41''
163 CLAEYS DIMITRI 152 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 88H 14' 26'' + 04H 19' 10''
164 WAGNER ROBERT 169 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 88H 19' 29'' + 04H 24' 13''
165 SELIG RÜDIGER 119 BORA - HANSGROHE 88H 21' 59'' + 04H 26' 43''
166 LEEZER TOM 164 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 88H 25' 32'' + 04H 30' 16''
167 ROWE LUKE 8 TEAM SKY 88H 31' 08'' + 04H 35' 52''0 -
SKY should all have red bar tape on their Dogma's tomorrow to celebrate the LR win ... If the French don't like the guy in first place maybe they'll like the guy in last ...Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.0
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"I say, Karol-Ann, have you heard about Nikola and Ratty?", whispered Ursa.
"I know!", said Karol-Ann CanCan-Uel. "Sadistic Games Mistress Ms Prudhomme is throwing a perfect stinker about it! Who would have thought two girls of Pedally Towers would hold up a tandem at knife-point and set out for Paris together?"
"I know!" cackled Ursa. "Best academic grades in the country and the silly twits nick a tandem. Paris is miles away!"
"Better than being stuck here in stinky old Marseille though."
"That's true. Although I suppose at least we know more about France now than that useless history teacher Ms Farage. She gave a lesson about Napoleon last year and I'd swear she didn't know her Arcole from her Elba."
"Another extra-proof ginger beer, Ursa?"
"Don't mind if I do, Karol-Ann."
- from The GIrls of Pedally Towers, by Beryl Blyton
And so to La Course, where the unusual pursuit format promised fireworks, as long as the fireworks in question were submerged in a barrel of liquid nitrogen and stored in a specially-designed spark-proof chamber. The organisers did their best to pretend that the first stage hadn't happened - at least to judge by the official classifications which have wiped pretty much everything of interest and jiggered the rest - but the follow up wasn't much better. As far as I can work out from the limited information, the Lanterne candidates called a truce, rode around together, and had a track-stand competition on the line to find out who lost.
Ludwig got entirely the wrong idea and rode off on her own, but CanCan-Uel and Harold Pinter's slower sister duked it out with Kirchman for the win, with Pinter taking the title after a well-practised pause. Congratulations, and here's hoping that - despite the Lanterne again providing close competition - they sort the format out next year.
Belles of the Ball:
10. COLSANABRIA SANCHEZ Ana Christina 196 SERVETTO GIUSTA 37' 38'' + 04' 46''
11. SWENILSON Hanna 103 BTC CITY LJUBLJANA 37' 38'' + 04' 46''
12. NEDSTULTIENS Sabrina 91 TEAM SUNWEB 38' 01'' + 05' 09''
13. FRAFERRAND PREVOT Pauline 43 CANYON SRAM RACING 38' 01'' + 05' 09''
14. DENLUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup 15 CERVELO BIGLA PRO CYCLING TEAM 38' 01'' + 05' 09''
15. JPNYONAMINE Eri 36 FDJ NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE 38' 03'' + 05' 11''
16. NEDENSING Janneke 141 ALE CIPOLLINI 38' 05'' + 05' 13''
17. CANKIRCHMANN Leah 92 TEAM SUNWEB 38' 36'' + 05' 44''
18. CANCANUEL Karol-Ann 165 BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM 38' 36'' + 05' 44''
19. SLOPINTAR Ursa 104 BTC CITY LJUBLJANA 38' 36'' + 05' 44''0 -
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
- Prospero or, for those a romantic nature, Shakespeare himself waving goodbye in The Tempest.
And so to Paris, just in time to see Dylan go electric and blow his top ten position at the last. Chris Froome was shown celebrating Rowe's win with a celebratory glass of champagne, but it clearly went to his head as he later insisted the entire Sky team made a fuss about his new sweater. Any expectations that the Lanterne would be neutralised for the final stage went out the window - because unlike every other classification this is proper racing - and Windy Jacobite was expertly paced by teammate Cummings (a man who presumably spent his entire school career at the back of the class chatting instead of working) to the rear to seize an excellent sixth place. Dimitri Claeys did even better but sadly just failed to catch Little Bobby Wagner, and to add insult to injury he was pipped for stage honours by La Tour, which apparently gained sentience and started entering itself. Which is weird.
Cheers all, and thanks for the company, jokes, encouragement and patience. Above all, congratulations to Luke Rowe, who has taken his honour in pretty good spirit and ridden a superb race to secure it.
Escape to Victory:
158 VOECKLER THOMAS 171 DIRECT ENERGIE 02H 29' 17'' - - + 03' 38''
159 SICARD ROMAIN 178 DIRECT ENERGIE 02H 29' 17'' - - + 03' 38''
160 VENTER JACOBUS 99 TEAM DIMENSION DATA 02H 30' 31'' - - + 04' 52''
161 CUMMINGS STEPHEN 93 TEAM DIMENSION DATA 02H 30' 31'' - - + 04' 52''
162 MARTENS PAUL 165 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 02H 30' 31'' - - + 04' 52''
163 ROGLIC PRIMOZ 166 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 02H 30' 31'' - - + 04' 52''
164 GESCHKE SIMON 145 TEAM SUNWEB 02H 30' 31'' - - + 04' 52''
165 TEN DAM LAURENS 147 TEAM SUNWEB 02H 30' 31'' - - + 04' 52''
166 CLAEYS DIMITRI 152 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 02H 31' 30'' - - + 05' 51''
167 LATOUR PIERRE-ROGER 17 AG2R LA MONDIALE 02H 31' 41'' - - + 06' 02''
Escape to cancel:
158 LE GAC OLIVIER 76 FDJ 90H 38' 16'' + 04H 17' 21''
159 PHINNEY TAYLOR 186 CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 90H 39' 10'' + 04H 18' 15''
160 BOZIC BORUT 194 BAHRAIN - MERIDA 90H 39' 36'' + 04H 18' 41''
161 SENECHAL FLORIAN 158 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 90H 40' 12'' + 04H 19' 17''
162 VENTER JACOBUS 99 TEAM DIMENSION DATA 90H 41' 11'' + 04H 20' 16''
163 CLAEYS DIMITRI 152 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 90H 45' 56'' + 04H 25' 01''
164 WAGNER ROBERT 169 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 90H 46' 07'' + 04H 25' 12''
165 SELIG RÜDIGER 119 BORA - HANSGROHE 90H 47' 38'' + 04H 26' 43''
166 LEEZER TOM 164 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 90H 53' 16'' + 04H 32' 21''
167 ROWE LUKE 8 TEAM SKY 90H 56' 47'' + 04H 35' 52''0 -
Bravo Underlay, bravo.
(The Vuelta is on 4 weeks
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RichN95 wrote:It turns out Luke Rowe rode most of the Tour with a broken rib after a crash in week one.
Epitomises the Lanterne, really - and precisely the reason I've always followed it, because it leads you to discover riders who wouldn't otherwise get coverage or stories you wouldn't hear.0 -
As an ex curator of the Lanterne Thread, I'd like to congratulate Mr CarpetBottom CarpetBottom on a job exceptionally well done. I can't quite fathom how much work went into that, to produce updates of such quality. Handing over the reins has never been so pleasurable! I tip an entire Ascot of hats to you, Sir.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
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RichN95 wrote:It turns out Luke Rowe rode most of the Tour with a broken rib after a crash in week one.
Obviously depends on the break, but riding with broken ribs isn't that bad.
FWIW I have done that; broke ribs in a commuting accident on a Monday morning and I still commuted (and hard) for the rest of the week.
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Rick Chasey wrote:...It's sleeping that's more difficult real problem.
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Rick Chasey wrote:RichN95 wrote:It turns out Luke Rowe rode most of the Tour with a broken rib after a crash in week one.
Obviously depends on the break, but riding with broken ribs isn't that bad.
FWIW I have done that; broke ribs in a commuting accident on a Monday morning and I still commuted (and hard) for the rest of the week.
It's sleeping that's more difficult real problem.
Chapeau to comparing commuting to work with riding the tour.
Well played there. Your commute must be awesome if it occasionally goes over the Galibier. ;-)0
