TDF 2017: Stage 6 Vesoul - Troyes 216kms *Spoilers*

above_the_cows
above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
edited July 2017 in Pro race
Just a quick post to get the ball rolling. I will be back tomorrow with more.

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Overall outlook...

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,091
    Just checked the timings, and if it's anything like the last sprint stage you might as well tune in at about 1830 to catch the most exciting bit.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Probably very niche but when I hear Troyes I think of this...

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    And the wonderful way the 'Rie Skovgaard' character said his name.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Just checked the timings, and if it's anything like the last sprint stage you might as well tune in at about 1830 to catch the most exciting bit.

    Surely the exciting bit is waiting for the decisions from the race jury...
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,091
    The_Boy wrote:
    Just checked the timings, and if it's anything like the last sprint stage you might as well tune in at about 1830 to catch the most exciting bit.

    Surely the exciting bit is waiting for the decisions from the race jury...

    Check the timing in that post :roll:
  • Probably very niche but when I hear Troyes I think of this...

    lars_mikkelsen2_1864063c.jpg

    And the wonderful way the 'Rie Skovgaard' character said his name.



    wait wat is this
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,741
    Oh, well played Mrs Moo!

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,091
    Looks like pretty impressive flooding in that second picture, and I speak as a resident of York.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,741
    Probably very niche but when I hear Troyes I think of this...

    lars_mikkelsen2_1864063c.jpg

    And the wonderful way the 'Rie Skovgaard' character said his name.

    wait wat is this

    You don't know?

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    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,224
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    The race route goes NW: headwinds/crosswinds perhaps, mmn?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406

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    Is that Princess Anne with Camilla?

    Anyway a horse:

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    Some lovely Charolais:

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  • Just checked the timings, and if it's anything like the last sprint stage you might as well tune in at about 1830 to catch the most exciting bit.
    :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The weather:

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    Doesn't look like we'll get any echelon action, more's the piti.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,133
    Who's going to be the poor WGG lamb they leave hanging out in 34 degree heat for 5 hours today?
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Who's going to be the poor WGG lamb they leave hanging out in 34 degree heat for 5 hours today?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,133
    Are those chips the same colour as their Ritchey stems on their Cube bikes? See, it is worth them being out there.
  • ooh sweet potato fries? nomnomnom
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,133
    Nice chateau footage on the roll out before the departure real.
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Nice chateau footage on the roll out before the departure real.

    Yeah - it was gorgeous, a bit smaller than the usual but I could cope

    WGG rider has company today - break from very quickly after flag WGG, UAE and Direct Energie
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Three riders broke clear from the start: Perrig Quemeneur (Direct Energie), Frederik Backaert (Wanty) and Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE)
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,133
    Is Moto 3 not available today?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I'm not getting any cam options!

    #freetheMotos
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,200
    COWS! KLAXON! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    G looking good. Will be even better when thye're not the leading team. I like the flag on his sleeve.

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  • Had one of the best meals I've ever had in Trwa. Oeufs en Meurette to start then my first andouillette. Sadly, whenever I've tried one since it's been disgraceful...

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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    andouillette. Just the smell makes me want to vom.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,741
    edited July 2017
    I'm quite partially to a morsel of this.
    Not that well known. Stumbled upon it at a small Auberge we've used a few times, during my "Grand Tour" days.

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    Gets it's AC name from the small town a few kms South of Troyes.

    The French made a film about it called Manon des Chaource. :P
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,200
    Had one of the best meals I've ever had in Trwa. Oeufs en Meurette to start then my first andouillette. Sadly, whenever I've tried one since it's been disgraceful...

    andouillette_zpsq8rioeba.jpg

    As usual, the stage spoiler thread is full of tripe.
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  • I'm quite partially to a morsel of this.
    Not that well known. Stumbled upon it at a small Auberge we've used a few times, during my "Grand Tour" days.

    3195932194_d56865e4df.jpg?v=0

    Gets it's AC name from the small town a few kms South of Troyes.

    The French made a film about it called Manon des Chaource. :P



    GET OUT
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ha ha ha José Been is so bored she is getting very excited about this 'Chateau of the Day'. It is in the 'book' apparently.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,741
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    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.