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

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    There's a few in the front group who are only a couple of minutes back on the GC
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    edited July 2017
    RichN95 wrote:
    Orica are going to need to chase a bit with Buchmann up there.
    .. don't panic. Buchmann is going to fry in the third. Play the long game if i was Orica. yates is bloodied over 3 weeks.

    that said I picked Buchmann as my PTP today
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Did I see that right; Cannondale rider just sprinted through the feed zone scattering helpers on the way - two minutes later he was holding out his bidon calling up the team car
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    This is freaking nuts. NUTS I TELL THEE!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Demare group over 11 mins down
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Sky a bit caught between here - they've got Rowe in the Demare group...

    Not sure Rowe's 100% fit though - hes been dropping off unexpectedly and was blown out the back early today -so Sky might accept that they were always likely to lose him. Doubt the time to the finish is now within Sky's control anyway.
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    edited July 2017
    Why is Demare over 10km back ? Is he injured or just bonked ?
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    If you go to the non-commentary feed on Eurosport you get much more of a sense of how fast they're going because you can here the engines.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Above The Cows wrote:
    If you go to the non-commentary feed on Eurosport you get much more of a sense of how fast they're going because you can hear the engines.

    Don't go starting that rumour again...
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    ben@31 wrote:
    Why is Demare over 10km back ? Is he injured or just bonked ?

    Whhhaaattttttt???

    Already? Surely getting into to elimation territory there?
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    ben@31 wrote:
    Why is Demare over 10km back ?

    Dropped on the first climb (uncategorised) and then killed off by the incessant pace as the break tried to form for the first 80km.
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    ben@31 wrote:
    Why is Demare over 10km back ?

    Team said yesterday that night before he had "a very disturbed night" which everyone assumed was shorthand for a bit poorly. A day like this would exacerbate any slight illness
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    ben@31 wrote:
    Why is Demare over 10km back ?

    Dropped on the first climb (uncategorised) and then killed off by the incessant pace as the break tried to form for the first 80km.

    I missed that. Long lonely day for him up ahead.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Still an average speed of 46.5 km/h to this point. Nuts.
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    who is that on ITV4 - just turned sound back on and do not recognize him
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    ben@31 wrote:
    Why is Demare over 10km back ? Is he injured or just bonked ?

    Whhhaaattttttt???

    Already? Surely getting into to elimation territory there?

    The TDF website says the autobus is +12 mins 31 sec. Demare dropped 33 places in the virtual GC
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • Alan Ha Ha
    Alan Ha Ha Posts: 88
    imatfaal wrote:
    who is that on ITV4 - just turned sound back on and do not recognize him

    Russ Downing
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    The big question is who else is in the Demare autobus?
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    If you go to the non-commentary feed on Eurosport you get much more of a sense of how fast they're going because you can hear the engines.

    Don't go starting that rumour again...

    :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    The big question is who else is in the Demare autobus?

    Someone mentioned Renshaw a few pages ago and Rowe has been mentioned on the commentary.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    imatfaal wrote:
    who is that on ITV4 - just turned sound back on and do not recognize him

    Matt Smith and Russ Downing
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    The big question is who else is in the Demare autobus?

    And how much further back will he slip when they hit the cat climbs?
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I need to make a cup of tea but this is too exciting.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    The big question is who else is in the Demare autobus?
    The Tour website just says two other FdJ riders. Maybe Rowe and others are ahead of them
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Sun Dodger
    Sun Dodger Posts: 393
    Sporza reporting a group with Rowe & Wellens at 5 mins from the main peloton
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited July 2017
    Sun Dodger wrote:
    Sporza reporting a group with Rowe & Wellens at 5 mins from the main peloton
    Wellens :roll: What a PTP pick that was. And to think I changed from De Gendt
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    No let up from the bunch. So the belief that today is a break day could have killed that idea!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Oh no Bernie with a hurty :cry:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    :shock: Lordy


    I'm in Lamoura. I'm 2 beers and an assiette to the good already
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    This is brilliant stuff, my afternoon popping to B&Q has gone out the window :D

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