TDF 2017: Stage 2 - Düsseldorf - Liège 203.5kms *Spoilers*

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    Sky well organised considering.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,819
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Think a Katusha rider slid and took out everyone.

    Sky rider was first down.

    No he wasn't.
    They all have yellow helmets.
    Ag2r rider on the inside, took the lot out.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,819
    It will be all a twitter again about Froome's poor bike handling, this evening.

    :lol: Pichon
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    Quite like the graphics.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,274
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Think a Katusha rider slid and took out everyone.

    Sky rider was first down.

    No he wasn't.
    They all have yellow helmets.
    Ag2r rider on the inside, took the lot out.

    True dat
  • amack
    amack Posts: 70
    Are those white Sky tops gilets or are they wearing short sleeve rain tops? A bit of drama I'm sure Sky would rather have avoided but at least the peloton sat up a bit and has made it easier for the crashed to catch up.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,602
    Would like Phinney to hold on after all he's been through. Won't happen though.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,602
    amack wrote:
    Are those white Sky tops gilets or are they wearing short sleeve rain tops? A bit of drama I'm sure Sky would rather have avoided but at least the peloton sat up a bit and has made it easier for the crashed to catch up.

    The white is their race jersey for the Tour (Kwia being the odd one out for some reason).
  • amack
    amack Posts: 70
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Quite like the graphics.
    The on screen ones? I thought that myself yesterday, nice and simple no fancy 3D embossing etc like someone had let the YTP guy loose with photoshop.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    Gap isn't shrinking fast enough.

    Will get very difficult to close with 5km to go.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,006
    Drying out now
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    Pross wrote:
    amack wrote:
    Are those white Sky tops gilets or are they wearing short sleeve rain tops? A bit of drama I'm sure Sky would rather have avoided but at least the peloton sat up a bit and has made it easier for the crashed to catch up.

    The white is their race jersey for the Tour (Kwia being the odd one out for some reason).

    Rain jacket.
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  • amack
    amack Posts: 70
    Pross wrote:
    amack wrote:
    Are those white Sky tops gilets or are they wearing short sleeve rain tops? A bit of drama I'm sure Sky would rather have avoided but at least the peloton sat up a bit and has made it easier for the crashed to catch up.

    The white is their race jersey for the Tour (Kwia being the odd one out for some reason).
    They look really lose to be their race top.
  • amack
    amack Posts: 70
    Phinney favourite now?
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    edited July 2017
    You can see the difference in handlebar shape / profile between Phinney's bike and Offredo's.

    Phinney looks like his bars have a deeper drop.

    I know its quite geeky but something I've never seen it so obvious before.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    Froome gonna lose a minute at this rate.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    Or is that the gap to the break?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,602
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Froome gonna lose a minute at this rate.

    He's back in the bunch as far as I'm aware.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,819
    To the break.
    At least the roads are now dry.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,333
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Or is that the gap to the break?

    He got back I thought, that's the gap to the break
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    ^^^

    I assume so, Rick. If froome was off the back he'd be all over our screens
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Froome gonna lose a minute at this rate.

    Kwiatkowski or whoever is in charge of his twitter account has tweeted that Froome is back in the peloton.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    I don't like the graphics....


    I back Offredo over Phinney in the sprint
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,602
    amack wrote:
    Phinney favourite now?

    Still in the favour of the sprint teams I reckon but they need to start getting organised very soon.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,333
    Sky are all up front now
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,645
    I don't think the break has much chance.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I have a friend from Liege, she loves it. I always have to keep my opinion to myself about Liege. The new train station is impressive mind.

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • amack
    amack Posts: 70
    TheBigBean wrote:
    I don't think the break has much chance.
    I think you're right but the teams would decide in the next km. I suppose the long flat finish is coming into play now.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,645
    A crash would help the break
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Reminds me of that stage in 2012 when Cav won.
    Correlation is not causation.

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