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

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Groenewegen and Maclay making a break for the Lanterne as well.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Serge Pouwels and Chavanel have a few seconds. Chavanel suffering.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,331
    It's going to be a long day out the back if this doesn't settle down soon, isn't it?

    Don't think Cummings is bothered today.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Sprint in about 7km
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Sprint teams controlling for the moment.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Kittel looking good! He's up for this jersey isn't he
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,331
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Sprint in about 7km

    Looks like the prospect of the sprint has created a temporary truce as the sprinters teams start to assert themselves.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    It's going to be a long day out the back if this doesn't settle down soon, isn't it?

    Don't think Cummings is bothered today.

    Maybe biding his time, seeing how chaotic the first few minutes were, and that the sprint teams wanted the intermediate.
    Watch him attack straight after ;-)
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    edited July 2017
    :?
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Sprint in about 7km
    FdJ burnt out all their men then :?
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Sprint in about 7km

    Looks like the prospect of the sprint has created a temporary truce as the sprinters teams start to assert themselves.

    Well temporary truce, or stringing the peloton out - nobody is getting away either way :-D
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Anyone with ambitions in the finish wouldn't make it away from the bunch anyway. A bit gutted to see this as I backed matthews to win green yesterday
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Greipel, I think, with Mathews and Kittel
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,331
    And off we go again...
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    And normal service is resumed. Absolutely loving this, not managed to see a proper big break going before
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Greipel, Mathews, Kittel at the intermediate.

    The break fight chaos starts again.

    Mini autobuses still trickling over the sprint line, 3.5 minutes back
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Demare, Rowe and co. are 3' 20 down at the sprint point. They'll be hoping it calms down or they'll miss the cut off.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Danish commentators overjoyed that Stevo makes a move :-D

    "Den skal fejres!" (That has to be celebrated)
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,331
    Millar suggesting it means this one'll go, or at least one shortly.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Everyone else just wanting to sit on his wheel, he seems to have gained a reputation for spotting a successful break and everyone wants to join him.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Might be opportunity for break to gain time in the town.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    This is hard work, no doubt people will be moaning about a lack of attacking on the final climb forgetting all about the effort it has taken just to get there.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    There'll be a few guys very happy with Sky if they calm this down.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Knees all over the road blocking attempted escapes.
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Knees being a one-man roadblock. Fascinating racing today
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,331
    Sky looking like they'd be happy for this to just stop now - deliberately disrupting any chase.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Agree Pross, although I think the people who complain about the lack of attacking just don't get bike racing that well. Sometimes you just can't
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Danish TV reporting 60% chance of thunder storms - including possibility of hail. Evil.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Demare 5 minutes back. His team need to be blocking the front right now.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Moto dickhead nearly caused a crash, tried to get round the inside of a hairpin.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Front four getting caught. There's a group of about 20 inc. Henao closing them, few seconds ahead of Sky at front of peloton.
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