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

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Backaert from Wantygroup went old school today and put a lettuce leaf in his helmet to keep his head cool.

    Suffered from sunstroke yesterday.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Classic bit: Dutch rtl journo goes around asking people what they think of Aru....

    You can imagine the rest.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Jan Jansen also upset the rest of the peloton didn't step on the gas when Froome took a detour.

    Regails stories of when Poulidor crashes everyone else got on it.

    "It's his fault he crashed!!"
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  • EnacheV
    EnacheV Posts: 235
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Jan Jansen also upset the rest of the peloton didn't step on the gas when Froome took a detour.

    Regails stories of when Poulidor crashes everyone else got on it.

    "It's his fault he crashed!!"

    Froome didnt crashed, he took a detour and he was never dropped. This Jensen guy needs to calm the f down.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Oh calm down.

    It's all tongue in cheek.

    You prosbably don't know who he is anyway.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Jumbo's AC is broken!!
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    lettingthedaysgoby wrote:
    3rd place for Wanty 8)

    That was G Martin . That put him in 20th place so Latour and Martin in top 20 and 2nd and 5th in white jersy

    Martin is 6 months younger than Calmejane
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Jumbo's AC is broken!!



    Oof. It's 78f here at 22:45, and it ain't going below 70 all night/early hours
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
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    Sorry RR, I have no idea what you're on about ;).
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Rick Chasey wrote:
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    Sorry RR, I have no idea what you're on about ;).


    Chuffing heck
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    ben@31 wrote:
    Demare finished +37' 33"
    Afterwards he said ""Je manque de glycogène. Je ne me sens pas malade mais je suis nul".
    He clearly needs to eat more dried apricots.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    imatfaal wrote:
    I'm worn out. That was a great watch. Merci et Felicitation Lilian
    Merci might be what his DS, Jean-Rene Bernadeau, said to Lilian, because it was a birthday present of a kind - Bernadeau was 61 years old today.
  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 583
    Above The Cows wrote:
    That stage had everything minus some GC action and cows.
    They went through a village that had cut out images of cows on every lamppost. I hoped you saw it as they were cute.
    Sorry can not remember where it was now.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Are you guys getting any interviews with Aru?

    Seems he doesn't speak to the Dutch press.

    Nothing on UK coverage.

    If he were wearing a UKIP jersey he'd be on every bloody programne, including Blue Peter, Gardener's World and Ten Thirty Being A Bit Racist With Extra Nigel Farage, but y'know, good looking Italian jersey so bugger all.
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Interesting contrasting views on Sky today from two podcasts:

    The Cycling Podcast (mostly the French guy): Sky worked too hard. Should have let Landa go. Will pay for it tomorrow

    Stages (Armstrong): Sky got a free ride. Their big riders never saw the front. Look out tomorrow.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    Interesting contrasting views on Sky today from two podcasts:

    The Cycling Podcast (mostly the French guy): Sky worked too hard. Should have let Landa go. Will pay for it tomorrow

    Stages (Armstrong): Sky got a free ride. Their big riders never saw the front. Look out tomorrow.

    In commentary, David Millar made the observation that for the first third of the race, Sky had been able to sit on wheels and let others, interested in getting into the break, chase.
    Then, no GC action and no time taken back on the break on the final climb.

    Armstrong right twice, in a matter of days.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    BM5 wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    That stage had everything minus some GC action and cows.
    They went through a village that had cut out images of cows on every lamppost. I hoped you saw it as they were cute.
    Sorry can not remember where it was now.

    I did not see it! How did I not see it? It must have been when I went to make a cup of tea. Bl00dy hell, I see everything else and miss the most important part of the stage.
    Correlation is not causation.

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