TdF 2017: Stage 17 La Mure - Serre-Chevalier 183kms *Spoilers*

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  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    this should be safe now, good road surface, dry and not brutal. oth theyre pushing as hard as they can
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    How much flattish is there as we get to Serre-Chevalier - is there enough of a drag to seriously hamper a solo rider
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Where the hell did Landa come from??
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,694
    MotoCam earning his money wth that shot!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    15 seconds between Froome group and Martin/Aru group
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    ddraver wrote:
    MotoCam earning his money wth that shot!

    The one next to the barrier? was good wasnt it
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I have a feeling that we will finish exactly as we started.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    larkim wrote:
    Where the hell did Landa come from??
    joined back up before the summit
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Some time bonuses going the way of the GC riders though surely?
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    edited July 2017
    ddraver wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    NitrousOxide wrote:
    In this day and age, I don't know how the crowd are allowed to get right in the face of these athletes reaching a HC summit!
    Ridiculous isn't it. Looks like they only bothered to barrier the last 100m...

    Sorry, no.

    It's the iconic image of cycling.
    Iconic and ridiculous aren't mutually exclusive, and I don't believe there were as many people on the roadside a few decades back either. All it takes is a flag in someone's spokes or mech and we have another Froome/Ventoux-style controversy to overshadow the actual racing.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,694
    larkim wrote:
    Where the hell did Landa come from??

    He never really left....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I have a feeling that we will finish exactly as we started.


    You might be right but its been another great stage :)
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    larkim wrote:
    Where the hell did Landa come from??

    He parachuted from the helicoptor because everybody knows a lady loves Cadbury's Milk Tray.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,107
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I have a feeling that we will finish exactly as we started.

    If Bardet gets second and Aru isn't third, he takes second place.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Froome slotted in front of Landa after his turn. Could be repaying a bit of debt, could be setting Landa up for an attack.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ha I hit 70kph on this bit of road once! They're rubbish.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Or just wants Landa behind in case of a mechanical - difficult to spot and respond to if you're ahead at that speed.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,107
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I have a feeling that we will finish exactly as we started.

    If Bardet gets second and Aru isn't third, he takes second place.

    (if it all comes back together)
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Roglic about to cross the 45th Parallel.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Landa keeps having to close gaps, might be a touch cooked.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Aru nearly 30s back?
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,430
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    r0bh wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    dam Contador caught by the sky jiffy bag boys
    :lol::lol::lol: Bertie cleaner than Sky - oh my aching sides

    this is a great race today lets not spoil it by denying the facts infront of our noses.

    Let's just enjoy the race, eh?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    The_Boy wrote:
    Aru nearly 30s back?

    More like 35
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  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    The_Boy wrote:
    Aru nearly 30s back?
    Over 30s and growing.

    Yates over 1min back.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    imatfaal wrote:
    How much flattish is there as we get to Serre-Chevalier - is there enough of a drag to seriously hamper a solo rider

    No.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Yates and Pauwels just crossed the 45th Parallel.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,107
    Carlton seems to be thinking he's going to get caught, and they've taken the moto out.

    The graphic says he's 1.3km ahead.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    Aru nearly 30s back?

    More like 35

    More like 40
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Roglic just went through the red light in Le Monêtier-les-Bains.

    Naughty naughty.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    He's got this unless he completely blows. What a ride.

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