TDF 2018, Stage 3: Cholet > Cholet 09/07/2018 - 35,5 km - Team Time-Trial *Spoilers*

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Pross wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    A technical course with gradients makes it harder to keep the team together so strength in depth will be important.

    Movistar are an interesting one because presumably their plan must be to get all of the three amigos to the finish in the front 4

    A chance for Valverde to gain time on his rivals before the mountains. Expect to see him drilling it in the crosswinds as Landa and Quintana are trying to get back on after their turn rolling through.

    :lol:
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Once were Orica though first check at 14'13"
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Sky through first check at same time, though noted at 1" slower.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Sky were 1 sec down on Orica at first check
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Rowe dropped. Not good for Sky.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rowe dropped. Not good for Sky.

    I trust you can guess what my thoughts are on this particular development...
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rowe dropped. Not good for Sky.

    I trust you can guess what my thoughts are on this particular development...
    He has a title to defend. Brave attack.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Once were Orica through the 2nd check at 29:06
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Woet Poels now dropped by Sky
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Pouls also dropped. Millar assuming -ve splits.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rowe dropped. Not good for Sky.

    I trust you can guess what my thoughts are on this particular development...
    He has a title to defend. Brave attack.

    If Le Gac and Ten Damn Laurens go the same way it'll be like getting the band back together...
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Poels also dropped.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Castroveijo sitting behind Froome looks like a kid who's sneaked out on the club run.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Sky past second check 3.6 faster than Michelton Scott
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    BMC past the first check same time as Sky
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Off go AG2R having dug their TT bikes out of the back of the garage.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Movistar lose a rider.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Seems that Dumoulin was spot on. He said the time gaps would be small.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    BMC numbers flapping away... Rolf Sørensen is outraged.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    MS set the bench mark at 38'-55"
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Michelton Scott finished in the current fastest time....


    ;-)
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  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    edited July 2018
    Is that FDJ time correct? 41s down at the 1st checkpoint?
    Bianchi C2C - Ritte Bosberg - Cervelo R3
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Movistar shipping time to Sky & Orica - 27 secs so far
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Meanwhile, in the Movistar Hunger Games, we're down to five riders...
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Movistar down 26 secs. Is that really correct?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Oh look its a pod of orcas.

    orca_pod_87458.jpg
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Movistar dropped another rider, come through second check 27" down
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Sky knock 5" off the time.
    Got to say it was a good ride from Michelton Scott.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Sky coming home in 38' 50
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Sky 4:78 secs lead at the finish.

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