Paris - Nice 2018 SPOILERS

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,797
    Poels down.
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  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,439
    Great ride by LLS to maintain lead. Mollard sneaks away for another French win
  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,083
    Poels abandon. PTP hopes shattered
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,831
    That stage threatened much, but delivered very little.
    The outsider of the group just allowed to ride away, while the rest "finesse", whatever that means.
    Poels with what looked like a major misjudgment. Huge slide that.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Poels confirms broken collarbone.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    That stage threatened much, but delivered very little.
    The outsider of the group just allowed to ride away, while the rest "finesse", whatever that means.
    Poels with what looked like a major misjudgment. Huge slide that.

    Molard may have been the outsider of that elite group but his climbing skills over the last few years have been noticeable. Very smooth - one of those climbers that doesn't 'fuss' on the bike Never a big win but the last 2 years he's hung on to the first group in the mountains much longer than some other bigger names . He was a bargain buy for FdJ - who should never have got rid of Geniez - but I bet Molard was half the price . A moderate tester but on any ITT with a climb he's good . A good GT rider to have in a team

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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Cyclingnews ticker has riders dropping like flies today, race over for Dan Martin, Demare, Kristoff and about 6 others. Break being kept on a short leash as it contains de Marchi who is only 2:36 down
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,159
    Dan Martin has abandonned
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,831
    Live now with 47kms to go.
    Finish time moved forward for whatever reason.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Bahrain Merida split the bunch, Wellens is on the wrong side of that but not too far back to the main group
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Crash on a narrow twisty descent, BMC rider from the break (Roche or de Marchi) has fallen down quite a big drop
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    de Marchi it was but has climbed out with some assistance, that looked pretty worrying for a minute!
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Another crash, in the bunch this time. Ag2r rider looking thoroughly miserable sat on the floor
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    Simon Yates under the flamme rouge, might take the leaders jersey!
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    Yates wins, Theuns second, Izagirre 3rd.

    Yates gets the leaders jesery :-)
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  • stanislav
    stanislav Posts: 1,151
    Alaphilipe over 2min down, total collapse in fina ks
    PTP winner 2015.
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,927
    Great ride by Yates but what were those shades he was wearing. They reminded me of Dame Edna Everage.
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  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,083
    Stage 8 blown apart on the first climb.
    Alaphillipe, Fulgsang, Fraille have 40 seconds over a bunch of 20 containing the favourites
  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,083
    Conditions look sketchy at best: https://twitter.com/fritsch_nicolas/status/972789814255935490
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,831
    Live on various stations.
    Alaphillipe off the front by less than a minute with Fraile.
    Fuglsang has crashed. MS chasing and the weather, as reported, is poo.

    Edit: Fraile now dropping a tired looking Alaphilippe.
    Soler has attacked from the bunch.
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  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,083
    Riders dodging huge puddles and rockslides as they descend to Nice.
    MTS and BAH chasing virtual leader Marc Soler, who has de la Cruz and Fraile for company.
    Weather still poo.
  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,439
    Shambles as leaders catch up with tail end... wtf is going on?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    Yates miss out to Solar while De la Cruz bags the stage. The time gaps always disguise how good the racing is.
    Thought De la Cruz had done too much but he was obviously very strong.
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  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,083
    Bonus seconds proved critical. Yates took +1s at the first intermediate, Soler took +3s at the second intermediate and +2s at the finish.

    Good recovery from Yates though, he looked ready to give up when he got gang-banged by the Izagirres
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Just caught up with highlights on ES. Weather foul but the racing was as good as last year wih GC coming down to a matter of seconds. In a way the Izagirres crash nearly worked in Yates' favour as he could try to get back time in a chasing group, but to no avail.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,831
    This final stage never fails to produce all out action.
    As for taking the GC with a long range attack: young Marc Soler shows old man Contador how to do it. :lol:
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,008
    ^was just thinking about Contador just missing out in a similar split last year
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,008
    Just checked - I didn’t realise it was that similar - De la Cruz & Soler, with Bertie in the three up.
  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    Fantastic finish. Pleased De la Cruz won - big effort and Fraile would dick him in a sprint 9 times out of 10, so cracking ride from him. Feel for Yates a bit, but fair play to Soler - took the bonuses and deserved it
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
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  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    Another nail biter finish again this year :) Top racing.

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