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

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    TheBigBean wrote:
    I don't think we need broken collar bone sound effects. Actually, don't think we need the pictures either.

    Not sure it wasn't his arm or shoulder, rather than collar bone, but totally agree that we didn't need extended footage of it. Hope he makes a swift recovery.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    INRNG reporting that Gesink also abandoned as a result of that crash
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Gesink in an ambulance, according to TV2.dk, from french commentators.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,648
    Sh!t Gesink out
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    So, Luke Rowe took the day off.
    He's on the front today.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,648
    What happened????
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,648
    Has to be the unluckiest rider
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    The break of 32:
    BETANCUR C.
    24MOV+00:03:17
    FEILLU B.
    213TFO+00:03:32
    VUILLERMOZ A.
    19ALM+00:03:33
    SEPULVEDA E.
    218TFO+00:04:10
    CHAVANEL S.
    174DEN+00:11:47
    LUTSENKO A.
    57AST+00:11:51
    BAKELANTS J.
    12ALM+00:13:41
    BARGUIL W.
    143SUN+00:14:13
    NAVARRO D.
    157COF+00:14:47
    KISERLOVSKI R.
    124KAT+00:14:50
    PANTANO J.
    38TFS+00:14:54
    ROLLAND P.
    181CDT+00:15:00
    BENOOT T.
    133LTS+00:15:08
    GALLOPIN T.
    135LTS+00:17:33
    TEN DAM L.
    147SUN+00:17:42
    MOLLEMA B.
    37TFS+00:18:01
    MACHADO T.
    127KAT+00:20:18
    POLJANSKI P.
    117BOH+00:22:05
    EDET N.
    153COF+00:24:15
    PINOT T.
    78FDJ+00:24:48
    ROGLIC P.
    166TLJ+00:28:35
    ARNDT N.
    142SUN+00:31:41
    STYBAR Z.
    107QST+00:31:59
    MOINARD A.
    45BMC+00:33:06
    DURASEK K.
    64UAD+00:33:27
    ALBASINI M.
    82ORS+00:33:36
    MATTHEWS M.
    141SUN+00:33:59
    HERRADA J.
    27MOV+00:35:40
    LAENGEN V.
    65UAD+00:35:49
    PERICHON P.
    216TFO+00:36:23
    VAN BAARLE D.
    189CDT+00:37:48
    WELLENS T.
    139LTS+00:38:34
    DOMONT A.
    13ALM+00:39:06
    DE GENDT T.
    134LTS+00:41:10
    GRMAY T.
    198TBM+00:41:26
    GESCHKE S.
    145SUN+00:42:04
    MORENO BAZAN J.
    199TBM+00:42:09
    DE MARCHI A.
    43BMC+00:43:55
    KOZHATAYEV B.
    56AST+00:49:53
    VOECKLER T.
    171DEN+00:50:33
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  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    What happened????
    Wet road 4 came down. Two abandons (Mori and Gesink), another Lotto Jumbo rider down too.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Has to be the unluckiest rider

    Didn't see the cause of the crash, or even whether it was uphill or downhill. Roads are damp and could be a few wet leaves about though.

    Didn't look as unlucky as Mori tbh.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Peanut hunting mountain points.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    At 3'17" down on the GC, Betancur could be in yellow tonight.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Peanut hunting mountain points.

    This post best read to the tune of Whale's Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,648
    My man pantano looking tasty
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    I don't know why Sky don't think to send Geraint up the road and let the rest panic.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I don't know why Sky don't think to send Geraint up the road and let the rest panic.
    Because all it will achieve is to wear out Thomas
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    RichN95 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I don't know why Sky don't think to send Geraint up the road and let the rest panic.
    Because all it will achieve is to wear out Thomas

    And if he did get into the break, it would seriously piss off every other team that had made it.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    RichN95 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I don't know why Sky don't think to send Geraint up the road and let the rest panic.
    Because all it will achieve is to wear out Thomas

    How so?
    All he has to do is sit on the back of the break, as opposed to his spot in the train at the front of the Peloton.

    As for Sunweb and Matthews. They must realise intermediate sprint comes after the 2 HC climbs....
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    And if he did get into the break, it would seriously wee-wee off every other team that had made it.

    Exactly. :wink:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Wellens pushing it on the descent.....
    Leaving the rest of the break behind.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    All he has to do is sit on the back of the break, as opposed to his spot in the train at the front of the Peloton.

    Interesting use of the word 'all' there...

    The break would be ridden down within 500m if Thomas were in it. If the elastic was even allowed to snap in the first place. Thomas would need to be driving it on, or it isn't going anywhere.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    "All" as in he doesn't have to contribute.

    Luke Rowe reportedly had a light concussion after fall yesterday.
    Sepulveda has crashed.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    "All" as in he doesn't have to contribute.

    Luke Rowe reportedly had a light concussion after fall yesterday.
    Sepulveda has crashed.

    Yeah, but he has to get into a break in the first place. Given the likely reaction of literally every other team with GC ambitions, that's going to require a hell of a lot of work.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,791
    should have hutch for the tester days.
    "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
  • Alan Ha Ha
    Alan Ha Ha Posts: 88
    Polka Dot rain cape... never seen one of them before.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Henao wheel change. Slow.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Alan Ha Ha wrote:
    Polka Dot rain cape... never seen one of them before.

    Tony Martin had one the other year,rolled the sleeves up though. Very odd look
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I don't know why Sky don't think to send Geraint up the road and let the rest panic.
    Because all it will achieve is to wear out Thomas

    How so?
    All he has to do is sit on the back of the break, as opposed to his spot in the train at the front of the Peloton.
    Because the break won't stay together over the two HC climbs. They will be in smaller groups with 90km still to ride.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Not really the point I was making but anyhow, moving on.

    Way ahead of the fastest schedule, even with the delay at the start and the somewhat wet descent.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Betancur in virtual yellow.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Demare watch: 10 minutes behind, with three HC climbs ahead of him
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