TDF 2017: Stage 8 -Dole - Station des rousses 187.5kms *Spoilers*

Lanterne_Rogue

RichN95 wrote:

Now we wait for Demare

Yeah, now the real race begins. My money's on the podium presentations winning it by about ten minutes.

above_the_cows

That stage had everything minus some GC action and cows.

RichN95.

Calmejane in the polka dots too

r0bh

RichN95 wrote:

Now we wait for Demare

Currently 32" behind. Rowe is in that group too.

http://livetracking.letour.fr/#/stageprofile

lettingthedaysgoby

3rd place for Wanty 8)

Lanterne_Rogue

r0bh wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Now we wait for Demare

Currently 32" behind. Rowe is in that group too.

http://livetracking.letour.fr/#/stageprofile

Le Gac tracking Leezer, Rowe taking time to close the gap up a little.

Pross

r0bh wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Now we wait for Demare

Currently 32" behind. Rowe is in that group too.

http://livetracking.letour.fr/#/stageprofile

That's not to bad all things considered but it's pretty much uphill to the line. Any news on the cut off?

RichN95.

Pross wrote:

r0bh wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Now we wait for Demare

Currently 32" behind. Rowe is in that group too.

http://livetracking.letour.fr/#/stageprofile

That's not to bad all things considered but it's pretty much uphill to the line. Any news on the cut off?

46 minutes according to Inner Ring. So they should be fine.

FocusZing

Thomas ranks the stage 8-9 in pain. Also went down collecting bottles, is ok though.

ocdupalais

In the last few Kim's of the stage, you could really see Calmjane utilising that grit he developed from digging in at the 8 mile mark in all those evening 10 mile TTs he did.

ben@31

Now the coverage is over, I wonder if the autobus has some sticky bottles ?

EnacheV

BMC lost hope in Richie
GVA and Roche emptied themselves today for a stage win ...

BelgianBeerGeek

I am also knackered. My man Pauwels didn't, in the end, come good. Boo.
Super day, though. Sky look pretty frightening, when they get going. Kwiatkowski was amazing.
I did dig into some Westvleteren 8, which was nice. At this rate, mt stocks will be depleted and a shopping trip will happen :roll:

above_the_cows

I've just realised that tomorrow they ride on my all time favourite piece of road.

The D210 to the Côte de Jongieux. 5 hairpins through the vineyards. Magic.

smithy21

smithy21 wrote:

One for Gesink today??

Disappointed for Gesink but couldn't really dispute a deserved win for Calmejane.

Had a little bet on Gesink so when Calmejane started to cramp I was getting pretty excited.

above_the_cows

EnacheV wrote:

BMC lost hope in Richie
GVA and Roche emptied themselves today for a stage win ...

Or they got in the break to make Sky work with the hope of tiring them out before tomorrow.

EnacheV

Above The Cows wrote:

EnacheV wrote:

BMC lost hope in Richie
GVA and Roche emptied themselves today for a stage win ...

Or they got in the break to make Sky work with the hope of tiring them out before tomorrow.

Lance : "GVA and Roche will be crispy tommorow. I don't understand what BMC were thinking."

salsiccia1

EnacheV wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

EnacheV wrote:

BMC lost hope in Richie
GVA and Roche emptied themselves today for a stage win ...

Or they got in the break to make Sky work with the hope of tiring them out before tomorrow.

Lance : "GVA and Roche will be crispy tommorow. I don't understand what BMC were thinking."

I think I read or heard somewhere that there's a bit of a civil war between DSs at BMC. Maybe a symptom?

above_the_cows

EnacheV wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

EnacheV wrote:

BMC lost hope in Richie
GVA and Roche emptied themselves today for a stage win ...

Or they got in the break to make Sky work with the hope of tiring them out before tomorrow.

Lance : "GVA and Roche will be crispy tommorow. I don't understand what BMC were thinking."

Lance who?

EnacheV

Above The Cows wrote:

EnacheV wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

EnacheV wrote:

BMC lost hope in Richie
GVA and Roche emptied themselves today for a stage win ...

Or they got in the break to make Sky work with the hope of tiring them out before tomorrow.

Lance : "GVA and Roche will be crispy tommorow. I don't understand what BMC were thinking."

Lance who?

the best GT rider of all times, that Lance.

above_the_cows

EnacheV wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

EnacheV wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

EnacheV wrote:

BMC lost hope in Richie
GVA and Roche emptied themselves today for a stage win ...

Or they got in the break to make Sky work with the hope of tiring them out before tomorrow.

Lance : "GVA and Roche will be crispy tommorow. I don't understand what BMC were thinking."

Lance who?

the best GT rider of all times, that Lance.

Did he win anything?

salsiccia1

Don't. Please don't. For your sanity and everyone else's.

TheBigBean

I doubt GVA is riding the tour to be a domestique for Porte

ben@31

Demare finished +37' 33"




.

dabber

Btw, what was Rowe's problem that he was so far back?

FocusZing

On Saturday, one rider, Alexis Vuillermoz of AG2R La Mondiale, got a hero’s welcome by his hometown of Saint-Claude at the start of the final climb before the finish line.

This moment was special for several reasons. First is the fact that Team Sky, the men in the yellow helmets, let Vuillermoz come to the front as a friendly gesture. They had been driving the peloton and were racing to close the gap with several breakaways ahead of them. They were able to put aside their ambitions to let Vuillermoz have his moment, however. This sort of sportsmanship is a common occurrence in cycling. For example, earlier in the stage, yellow jersey wearer Chris Froome slipped off the road on a descent, and the peloton waited for him to catch up.

Second — see all those yellow signs that the spectators are holding up that kinda look like Pikachu? That’s because they are Pikachu. “Pikachu” happens to be Vuillermoz’s nickname.

No_Ta_Doctor

FocusZing wrote:

On Saturday, one rider, Alexis Vuillermoz of AG2R La Mondiale, got a hero’s welcome by his hometown of Saint-Claude at the start of the final climb before the finish line.

This moment was special for several reasons. First is the fact that Team Sky, the men in the yellow helmets, let Vuillermoz come to the front as a friendly gesture. They had been driving the peloton and were racing to close the gap with several breakaways ahead of them. They were able to put aside their ambitions to let Vuillermoz have his moment, however. This sort of sportsmanship is a common occurrence in cycling. For example, earlier in the stage, yellow jersey wearer Chris Froome slipped off the road on a descent, and the peloton waited for him to catch up.

Second — see all those yellow signs that the spectators are holding up that kinda look like Pikachu? That’s because they are Pikachu. “Pikachu” happens to be Vuillermoz’s nickname.

I missed the Pikachu at the time. I did think that has to be the record for the fastest off-the-front-and-wave-to-the-home-village of all time.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Froome slipped off the road? Am I a bar steward for thinking if I was GC contender not in Sky, we make Froome and his domestiques pay by taking advantage of the situation?

I would think more of Quintana etc. grabbing this opportunity over the recent "Doumoulin incident."

rick_chasey

Are you guys getting any interviews with Aru?

Seems he doesn't speak to the Dutch press.

rick_chasey

TheBigBean wrote:

I doubt GVA is riding the tour to be a domestique for Porte

Quite right.