TdF 2017: Stage 9 Nantua - Chambéry 181.5KM *Spoilers*

ShutupJens

Uran's emergency handling was excellent, could have very easily gone down there

Pross

Lunged too early. Time gaps are looking more normal now, I'm not sure Landa is fully committed to Froome's cause either.

Dan remarkably unmarked and sticking the blame firmly at the organiser's door. It does feel like they are trying to out Giro the Giro.

lettingthedaysgoby

Rick Chasey wrote:

So worth watching the highlights then?

I'd go for a full 5 hour replay tbh.

And I'm not really joking

salsiccia1

TheBigBean wrote:

Dan Martin was very unlucky today. He would have had a great chance in that sprint.

Brave ride from him. Horrendous first crash, another we didn't see, and he still comes in only 1.15 down. Hat.

Pross

Salsiccia1 wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

Dan Martin was very unlucky today. He would have had a great chance in that sprint.

Brave ride from him. Horrendous first crash, another we didn't see, and he still comes in only 1.15 down. Hat.

Did he actually crash a second time? It seemed to just be Millar hearing that on race radio.

above_the_cows

imatfaal wrote:

If LRP & G & others (too many out due to crashes) weren't in back of ambulance I would have said that was as perfect a weekend of racing as imaginable

Yes. Those crashes have taken the shine off for me.

ShutupJens

Pross wrote:

Lunged too early. Time gaps are looking more normal now, I'm not sure Landa is fully committed to Froome's cause either.

Dan remarkably unmarked and sticking the blame firmly at the organiser's door. It does feel like they are trying to out Giro the Giro.

Not convinced by this, they tried it out in the dauphine and it was fine, resurfaced it for the tour. Any descent in those conditions is going to be dodge, same as the one where G went out

germcevoy

A shame that nobody seems to want to race Froome. Aru with a team mate and other GC contenders manage to isolate him and its Froomne himself that has a dig in the last few K's. A safe podium position is high enough for the rest.

richa

Any Demare update?

ddraver

@Mavic
@UranRigoberto had a bent hanger + couldn't shift accurately. He asked our mechanic to put it in the 11t and we obliged. Congrats Rigo!

#Legend

DeVlaeminck

Pross wrote:

Lunged too early. Time gaps are looking more normal now, I'm not sure Landa is fully committed to Froome's cause either.

Dan remarkably unmarked and sticking the blame firmly at the organiser's door. It does feel like they are trying to out Giro the Giro.

How so? Looks a balanced route to me.

poweredbyidris

Ummmm... did anyone else see Charley Wegelius having to do up his trousers when he got out of the car?

ddraver

RichA wrote:

Any Demare update?

Will depend on the size of the group he's in I reckon

cal_stewart

Is it me or does uran look younger than 5 years ago

blazing_saddles

Pross wrote:

Lunged too early. Time gaps are looking more normal now, I'm not sure Landa is fully committed to Froome's cause either.

Dan remarkably unmarked and sticking the blame firmly at the organiser's door. It does feel like they are trying to out Giro the Giro.

He might have a point if he'd said that after the Dauphine stage.

ShutupJens

ddraver wrote:

RichA wrote:

Any Demare update?

Will depend on the size of the group he's in I reckon

Looking at how far the other sprinters managed to hang on I'd think the chances are that he didn't manage to get a group together

imatfaal

Dan M's helmet kept him in the race.



I trashed a Spec helmet in the same way and my head rang for an hour later. How he made it down safely and limited gap

Chapeau! in more ways than one

Lanterne_Rogue

ShutupJens wrote:

ddraver wrote:

RichA wrote:

Any Demare update?

Will depend on the size of the group he's in I reckon

Looking at how far the other sprinters managed to hang on I'd think the chances are that he didn't manage to get a group together

Was reported as being outside the cut off time a long time ago with just two teammates and Renshaw for company. Doubt they'll have managed to get up to any autobus that did form.

above_the_cows

Martin did crash a second time according to him.

kingstongraham

As uran crossed the line, he had 31km to go.

TheBigBean

Dan Martin confirmed that he crashed twice

thegibdog

Salsiccia1 wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

Dan Martin was very unlucky today. He would have had a great chance in that sprint.

Brave ride from him. Horrendous first crash, another we didn't see, and he still comes in only 1.15 down. Hat.

If you factor in time bonuses it could've effectively cost him 1.29 vs Froome (10s for Martin and 4s less for Froome).

Pross

ShutupJens wrote:

Pross wrote:

Lunged too early. Time gaps are looking more normal now, I'm not sure Landa is fully committed to Froome's cause either.

Dan remarkably unmarked and sticking the blame firmly at the organiser's door. It does feel like they are trying to out Giro the Giro.

Not convinced by this, they tried it out in the dauphine and it was fine, resurfaced it for the tour. Any descent in those conditions is going to be dodge, same as the one where G went out

I'm not convinced that was a good idea so close to the race. The bitumen binder leeches out of new surfacing for a while and can be very slippery when it gets wet. If it needed resurfacing they should have done it as soon as the snows had cleared to give it time to settle. The organiser's do seem to be trying to get downhill racing that increases the risk of people pushing too hard. I don't have that big an issue with it myself as I think technical skills are part of racing but it does seem to have been a deliberate move.

mfin

Cal_Stewart wrote:

Is it me or does uran look younger than 5 years ago

Put a current photo of yourself and one from 5 years ago and we'll let you know.

Lanterne_Rogue

Above The Cows wrote:

Martin did crash a second time according to him.

Normally you'd add "and he should know", but having seen the state of his helmet I'm not so sure about that.

Pross

KingstonGraham wrote:

As uran crossed the line, he had 31km to go.

Wow, that's a wide line!

Seriously though, I started watching at pretty much that point. Demare may as well have saved the pain and got in a car hours ago.

above_the_cows

Pross wrote:

ShutupJens wrote:

Pross wrote:

Lunged too early. Time gaps are looking more normal now, I'm not sure Landa is fully committed to Froome's cause either.

Dan remarkably unmarked and sticking the blame firmly at the organiser's door. It does feel like they are trying to out Giro the Giro.

Not convinced by this, they tried it out in the dauphine and it was fine, resurfaced it for the tour. Any descent in those conditions is going to be dodge, same as the one where G went out

I'm not convinced that was a good idea so close to the race. The bitumen binder leeches out of new surfacing for a while and can be very slippery when it gets wet. If it needed resurfacing they should have done it as soon as the snows had cleared to give it time to settle. The organiser's do seem to be trying to get downhill racing that increases the risk of people pushing too hard. I don't have that big an issue with it myself as I think technical skills are part of racing but it does seem to have been a deliberate move.

Got to up the excitement levels for the full-stage coverage and the easily bored social media generation. Perhaps the organisers have decided this is the answer to all the criticisms of 'boring Tour' over the last few years.

ddraver

Trouble with blaming the route is that Richie is rather good at falling off by himself as it is...

above_the_cows

Pross wrote:

KingstonGraham wrote:

As uran crossed the line, he had 31km to go.

Wow, that's a wide line!

Seriously though, I started watching at pretty much that point. Demare may as well have saved the pain and got in a car hours ago.

You missed the World's Prettiest Road™ then.

adr82

Above The Cows wrote:

Pross wrote:

KingstonGraham wrote:

As uran crossed the line, he had 31km to go.

Wow, that's a wide line!

Seriously though, I started watching at pretty much that point. Demare may as well have saved the pain and got in a car hours ago.

You missed the World's Prettiest Road™ then.

If the local tourist board aren't paying you, they should be