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

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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Does the lone FDJ rider get all the teams musettes to himself.
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Kidl abandoning doesn't seem very popular on here then, a bit like his stage wins.

    Oh well, these things happen, a bit gutting.
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    mfin wrote:
    Kidl abandoning doesn't seem very popular on here then, a bit like his stage wins.

    Oh well, these things happen, a bit gutting.

    I enjoyed kidl winning strongest rider, didn't need his team most the time
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Darth!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,333
    Kiriyenka's musette

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,818
    Don't you just love UAE? :roll:

    The battle for 8th place hots up.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Macron is younger than Zubeldia.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Anyone know the bookies odds for at least one FDJ rider making it to Paris?

    Plus has any team, ever, started but not made it to the end of a grand tour?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    Adverts. I've seen more of Bradley Wiggins than Bahrain Merida this Tour
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  • pollys_bott
    pollys_bott Posts: 1,012
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Kiriyenka's musette

    52339709.jpg

    I hope not, those batteries are years out of date...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,333
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Anyone know the bookies odds for at least one FDJ rider making it to Paris?

    Plus has any team, ever, started but not made it to the end of a grand tour?

    Aside from '98, which doesn't count, I heard Kelme in 89.
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  • andcp
    andcp Posts: 644
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    what a beautiful part of the world

    Will be there in 2 weeks :D
    Me too, along with 6 others - it's nearly as nice as Derbyshire... :wink:
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Plus has any team, ever, started but not made it to the end of a grand tour?

    You obviously had 'food poisoning' incidents in the 90s but that's probably not what you mean.

    I do, tho, vaguely remember ag2r being ironically referred to as ag1r due to their only having one rider. Was back when I was drinking so someone will have to confirm the race.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ouch Pantano is going to struggle for the rest of the stage.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    Orica finished the Giro with two one year. Sky all dropped out of the 2010 Vuelta, but that involved a death.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,006
    Bertie calling for the e-bike
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Bertie calling for the e-bike
    :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    edited July 2017
    Someone had to point out to mollema that contador had a mechanical : D
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  • pirnie
    pirnie Posts: 242
    Battery change for Contador
  • EnacheV
    EnacheV Posts: 235
    and again the motorized bike is dumped after the record Croix de Fer hahaha what a piece of trash this Contador.

    UCI should stop Trek car and control that bike immediately.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    lolol "something of a rarity in the TDF, someone from FDJ" LOLOLOLOL
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    The_Boy wrote:
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Plus has any team, ever, started but not made it to the end of a grand tour?

    You obviously had 'food poisoning' incidents in the 90s but that's probably not what you mean.

    I do, tho, vaguely remember ag2r being ironically referred to as ag1r due to their only having one rider. Was back when I was drinking so someone will have to confirm the race.

    Yes, obviously excluding [theatrical winking] food poisoning and police raids [/theatrical winking]...



    Ned and Holy confused by Swift riding for Sky: Occam's razor - Swift has forgotten which team he now rides for.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Is Mollard looking to leave FDJ and wants a Trek contract instead ?
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,818
    Contador gets a bit of 2 minute penalty help.....
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  • adambruntlett
    adambruntlett Posts: 257
    Looks like Brailsford has reactivated Skybot Swift - pulling on the front now in support of Froome.
  • reallyarunner
    reallyarunner Posts: 125
    Someone tell Ben Swift he no longer gets paid by sky....
    When a true genius appears in this world, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    So - ITV4 - Millar - Hipocrisy ? Swifty shouldn't ride for his team mate and thus helping Team Sky - but it's ok for the FDJ rider to drop back and help Contador - Trek - to come back up to the breakaway group ...

    Which is it Millar? Can't Swifty help a fellow brit if he wants?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    adambruntlett wrote:
    Looks like Brailsford has reactivated Skybot Swift - pulling on the front now in support of Froome.
    Isn't Contador threatening whatever top ten position Meintjes has?
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  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Anyone know the bookies odds for at least one FDJ rider making it to Paris?

    Plus has any team, ever, started but not made it to the end of a grand tour?
    Exceptional circumstances, but Leopard Trek - Giro 2011 after Weylandt's death.
  • adambruntlett
    adambruntlett Posts: 257
    RichN95 wrote:
    adambruntlett wrote:
    Looks like Brailsford has reactivated Skybot Swift - pulling on the front now in support of Froome.
    Isn't Contador threatening whatever top ten position Meintjes has?

    Battling for 8th position. The height of ambition.

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