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: 14,535
    QS down to 5
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    QS down to 5

    Going pretty fast though.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Astana in a 52" - think they'll be happy with that in the circumstances
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    QS down to 5

    Going pretty fast though.

    I keep seeing holes though.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Meetings over.

    This is really quite exciting isn't it.

    Big changes in the GC.

    At least Froome and Porte lost some time on stage 1 otherwise this wold be silly.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Sagz dropped!
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Sagan dying
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,605
    Peter Sagone
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Gweeds wrote:
    Peter Sagone

    You are Carlton Kirby and I claim my five pounds.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    QS coupld put Gilbert in the jersey here
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    That was bloody close, GVA takes yellow. He was bloody crapping it there :-D
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Nice work by QS. Not good enough but a good ride.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Gilbert still within a couple of seconds of yellow, good few days racing on the way I hope
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,605
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Gweeds wrote:
    Peter Sagone

    You are Carlton Kirby and I claim my five pounds.

    Eurosport just signed me.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,531
    1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 9:08:55
    2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
    3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:03
    4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:05
    5 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:07
    6 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:07
    7 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:11
    8 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:00:11
    9 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:11
    10 RIGOBERTO URAN 0:00:35
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,531
    I hadn't realised that GVA was named after LeMond.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    The PTP leaders after stage 3

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    TheBigBean wrote:
    I hadn't realised that GVA was named after LeMond.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,702
    The GC candidates current standings from Thomas.

    GERAINT THOMAS 8 TEAM SKY
    TOM DUMOULIN 32 TEAM SUNWEB + 00h 00' 08''
    RIGOBERTO URAN 11 TEAM EF + 00h 00' 35''
    RAFAL MAJKA 114 BORA - HANSGROHE + 00h 00' 47''
    JAKOB FUGLSANG 121 ASTANA + 00h 00' 48''
    RICHIE PORTE 81 BMC + 00h 00' 48''
    ILNUR ZAKARIN 141 TEAM KATUSHA + 00h 00' 49''
    ALEJANDRO VALVERDE 78 MOVISTAR + 00h 00' 50''
    MIKEL LANDA MEANA 75 MOVISTAR + 00h 00' 50"
    CHRIS FROOME 1 TEAM SKY + 00h 00' 52''
    ADAM YATES 61 MITCHELTON - SCOTT + 00h 00' 57''
    VINCENZO NIBALI 51 BAHRAIN - MERIDA + 00h 01' 03''
    ROMAIN BARDET 21 AG2R + 00h 01' 12''
    STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK 161 TEAM LOTTO NL + 00h 01' 12''
    PRIMOŽ ROGLIC 166 TEAM LOTTO NL + 00h 01' 12"
    BAUKE MOLLEMA 191 TREK + 00h 01' 13"
    DANIEL MARTIN 91 UAE TEAM EMIRATES + 00h 01' 35''
    NAIRO QUINTANA 71 MOVISTAR + 00h 02' 05''
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    So Movistar down to 2 leaders then.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    The GC candidates current standings from Thomas.

    GERAINT THOMAS 8 TEAM SKY
    TOM DUMOULIN 32 TEAM SUNWEB + 00h 00' 08''
    RIGOBERTO URAN 11 TEAM EF + 00h 00' 35''
    RAFAL MAJKA 114 BORA - HANSGROHE + 00h 00' 47''
    JAKOB FUGLSANG 121 ASTANA + 00h 00' 48''
    RICHIE PORTE 81 BMC + 00h 00' 48''
    ILNUR ZAKARIN 141 TEAM KATUSHA + 00h 00' 49''
    ALEJANDRO VALVERDE 78 MOVISTAR + 00h 00' 50''
    MIKEL LANDA MEANA 75 MOVISTAR + 00h 00' 50"
    CHRIS FROOME 1 TEAM SKY + 00h 00' 52''
    ADAM YATES 61 MITCHELTON - SCOTT + 00h 00' 57''
    VINCENZO NIBALI 51 BAHRAIN - MERIDA + 00h 01' 03''
    ROMAIN BARDET 21 AG2R + 00h 01' 12''
    STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK 161 TEAM LOTTO NL + 00h 01' 12''
    PRIMOŽ ROGLIC 166 TEAM LOTTO NL + 00h 01' 12"
    BAUKE MOLLEMA 191 TREK + 00h 01' 13"
    DANIEL MARTIN 91 UAE TEAM EMIRATES + 00h 01' 35''
    NAIRO QUINTANA 71 MOVISTAR + 00h 02' 05''


    Froome and Porte would seem to be the GC riders down on where they would have expected to be at this point.

    Nibali, Uran and Valverde would have taken that on the start line.
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  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    smithy21 wrote:
    So Movistar down to 2 leaders then.
    Might be true, but it's the same as it was after stage one. Wouldn't shock me if Nairo takes some time back once it gets steep, meaning they have 3 riders fighting to be team leader/top ten finisher again...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Dumoulin's sitting in a good spot right now.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    smithy21 wrote:
    So Movistar down to 2 leaders then.
    Might be true, but it's the same as it was after stage one. Wouldn't shock me if Nairo takes some time back once it gets steep, meaning they have 3 riders fighting to be team leader/top ten finisher again...

    Fair enough. I hadnt even looked at GC until today.

    Although not a chance Quintana takes time out of Landa in the mountains in my view.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    smithy21 wrote:
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    smithy21 wrote:
    So Movistar down to 2 leaders then.
    Might be true, but it's the same as it was after stage one. Wouldn't shock me if Nairo takes some time back once it gets steep, meaning they have 3 riders fighting to be team leader/top ten finisher again...

    Fair enough. I hadnt even looked at GC until today.

    Although not a chance Quintana takes time out of Landa in the mountains in my view.

    I imagine he'll be allowed to attack, and Landa & Valverde will mark counters. Fairly standard tactic really. I don't see it as a big issue yet. Froome / Thomas will likely do similar.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    It was quietly advantage Nibali this morning...

    Not so much this evening.

    (lol @ Kruiswijk being a 'GC contender' :lol:)
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    That disorganised section probably cost Gilbert yellow. Pozzovivo impressed me today to be one of the 4 survivors. The early crash has done a great job of balancing out the TTT and Froome et al are going to have a battle to take time back on Tom D.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Pross wrote:
    That disorganised section probably cost Gilbert yellow. Pozzovivo impressed me today to be one of the 4 survivors. The early crash has done a great job of balancing out the TTT and Froome et al are going to have a battle to take time back on Tom D.
    I have a feeling Tom D will find the Giro catches up with him. He's never done back to back GTs before and doing the Tour was an afterthought rather than a plan.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,570
    Dumoulin has no chance.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    RichN95 wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    That disorganised section probably cost Gilbert yellow. Pozzovivo impressed me today to be one of the 4 survivors. The early crash has done a great job of balancing out the TTT and Froome et al are going to have a battle to take time back on Tom D.
    I have a feeling Tom D will find the Giro catches up with him. He's never done back to back GTs before and doing the Tour was an afterthought rather than a plan.

    On the other hand, it would be bloody hysterical if he did win it, almost by accident.
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