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

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Meh.
    England managing the usual test match collapse I see.
    (cos there's not a lot happening atm)
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Demare watch: 10 minutes behind, with three HC climbs ahead of him

    Got the stage on in the background but Sunweb looked like they were pushing on earlier - is that to try and make Demare and possibly others miss the time cut ?
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    So I've been for an 80k ride, taken my bike for its annual service and hot footed it back home via the bakery to make it in time for The World's Prettiest Road™ all with a hangover caused by too many Zattes yesterday.

    What have I missed. Gesink uit?
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  • EnacheV
    EnacheV Posts: 235
    i love the excited ones that think Contador will attack and close 3min gap to breakaway , even with help from Mollema and Pantano.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    When was the last time Contador actually animated a race?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Jeetje Ten Dam and De Gendt are in the break again?

    Monsters.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    ShutupJens wrote:
    When was the last time Contador actually animated a race?

    Does it really matter if he never does it again?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    They're going 12km/h in the peloton on a 10% section. That makes me feel better about my climbing ability. OK I know they're not really trying but still...
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Demare off the back. Unfortunately I have experience of needing to finish a stage but getting shelled as soon as the flag dropped on an uphill start. Another long day ahead. Luckily that stage race was 2 days and not 3 weeks

    Me too, sat on the back on the uphill neutralised section and the flag dropped as soon as the front crested the hill. Cue 55 miles of solo racing through the South Wales valleys and finishing 45 minutes down!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Tim Wellens now heading in the opposite direct to earlier. Out the back on the Biche.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Stevo in his rightful place at the back.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    What on earth does Michael Matthews have on his face masquerading as glasses?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Ten Dam on a 100km TT, just with 30 odd riders sitting on his wheel...
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Demare 3.8 km behind
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  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Stevo in his rightful place at the back.
    Been quiet all race. Did he try / miss the break yesterday?

    What stage would he be looking to target? Saving energy for 2/3 weeks when everyone else is tired? Stage 13?
    Rich
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Ten Dam on a 100km TT, just with 30 odd riders sitting on his wheel...

    Pinot getting a nice ride in that group
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    RichA wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Stevo in his rightful place at the back.
    Been quiet all race. Did he try / miss the break yesterday?

    What stage would he be looking to target? Saving energy for 2/3 weeks when everyone else is tired? Stage 13?

    He had a go at making the later break, but it was still too chaotic.
    Everyone got excited that the break might actually form - even DK TV treats him as a bellweather for when the break will stick.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Ten Dam on a 100km TT, just with 30 odd riders sitting on his wheel...

    Pinot getting a nice ride in that group

    Peanut and Barguil both looking for mountain points - though De Gendt took the last cat 3.
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Ten Dam...my man.

    Showing!
    Half man, Half bike
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,907
    ShutupJens wrote:
    When was the last time Contador actually animated a race?

    March.

    Excluding the Dauphine, when was the last time he didn't?
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Demare 3.8 km behind

    Is he working for Delage again today? Might see him climb into LR if he is, as long as Demare doesn't overcook things.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Fuglsang down, gets a wheel from a teammate
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Demare 3.8 km behind

    Is he working for Delage again today? Might see him climb into LR if he is, as long as Demare doesn't overcook things.

    Yes, the mackerel has slipped away with him.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Bit of moisture.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Fuglsang down, gets a wheel from a teammate

    Gets passed by Kittel. Maybe Demare should've tried to hold on a bit longer and could've formed a proper autobus?
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Demare 3.8 km behind

    Is he working for Delage again today? Might see him climb into LR if he is, as long as Demare doesn't overcook things.


    Crafty tactics. We were all looking at Le Gac and then Delage bangs it it reverse almost a lead out train in reverse for the red light
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Demare 3.8 km behind

    Is he working for Delage again today? Might see him climb into LR if he is, as long as Demare doesn't overcook things.

    Yes, the mackerel has slipped away with him.

    KONOVALOVAS Ig is ahead of Demare in the lanterne, so the three of them are maybe hoping to seal the team comp?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    ShutupJens wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Fuglsang down, gets a wheel from a teammate

    Gets passed by Kittel. Maybe Demare should've tried to hold on a bit longer and could've formed a proper autobus?

    I think the other sprint teams are maybe trying to ride him out of the race. Doubt they'd form a proper autobus until he was dropped, unless completely necessary.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Or they're doing the old track stand up the climb, just like the epic tourmalet stage at the wrong end of the race in the mist with Schleck and contador. Both desperately want the big prize
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    If FDJ do lose Demare, what else have they got to ride for? Just wondering if there's a point at which they cut him loose to keep the other two in the race, or if the lack of other options means it makes no difference if they lose all three?
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