TDF 2018, Stage 5: Lorient > Quimper 11/07/2018 - 204,5 km *Spoilers*

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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    thats a nasty cobble right hander coming up!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Dion Smith has gone full polka dot! :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    GT style of racing has really changed over past 10 years.

    So often the peloton is properly flat out heading into a 'risky' section - as in, risk to fall off or be held up.

    Used to be a one day phenomenon only.
    _
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Calmejane in virtual Yellow (for the next few kms at least)
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    What is wrong with Kittel and Cavendish -.-
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Danish TV reporting Cav went to the team car on the first climb and said to them (of his radio) "Get this f@cking thing off me"
    Clearly struggling if he wants to drop about 200g of equipment.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Looks like Groenwegen is also with Cav and Kittel now, and some teammates (inc Renshaw) dropped back for them, group of 7
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Cheval-Breton_articleimage.jpg

    My god, that horse is built like a rhino!

    Magnificent beasts.

    But I couldn't eat two.
    Half man, Half bike
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Edet keeps getting dropped by Calamity Jane and Spoons, but fights back every time. How un-Cofidis.
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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Danish TV reporting Cav went to the team car on the first climb and said to them (of his radio) "Get this f@cking thing off me"
    Clearly struggling if he wants to drop about 200g of equipment.
    maybe the radio is just really uncomfortable or broken, didnt he have a problem yesterday.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    I just realised with sudden horror that I am now in the target age group for all these insurance ads on ITV4.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    I
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Danish TV reporting Cav went to the team car on the first climb and said to them (of his radio) "Get this f@cking thing off me"
    Clearly struggling if he wants to drop about 200g of equipment.
    maybe the radio is just really uncomfortable or broken, didnt he have a problem yesterday.

    It's still covered in leaves and twigs after he threw into the woods.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Greipel the latest of the sprinters to get dropped
  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,784
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Whatever happens in today's stage we have learnt why G always wears those old school white jawbones! They are prescription lenses. There's a mystery solved.

    See, I'm stuck with some Oakleys as they prescription lenses which cost a packet, so I cant afford to be fickle. I reckon if I was part sponsored by Oakley and earned a few million a year though, Id treat myself :lol:
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    CarbonClem wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Whatever happens in today's stage we have learnt why G always wears those old school white jawbones! They are prescription lenses. There's a mystery solved.

    See, I'm stuck with some Oakleys as they prescription lenses which cost a packet, so I cant afford to be fickle. I reckon if I was part sponsored by Oakley and earned a few million a year though, Id treat myself :lol:

    But when G lost his after Barguil put him into that telegraph pole the other year he didn't just want to settle for whatever replacement that Oakley had, he actually appealed on twitter to anyone who might have picked them up
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ShutupJens wrote:
    CarbonClem wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Whatever happens in today's stage we have learnt why G always wears those old school white jawbones! They are prescription lenses. There's a mystery solved.

    See, I'm stuck with some Oakleys as they prescription lenses which cost a packet, so I cant afford to be fickle. I reckon if I was part sponsored by Oakley and earned a few million a year though, Id treat myself :lol:

    But when G lost his after Barguil put him into that telegraph pole the other year he didn't just want to settle for whatever replacement that Oakley had, he actually appealed on twitter to anyone who might have picked them up

    Which would make sense if he has prescription lenses. However, you'd think Oakley would provide him with prescription lens Oakleys. I'm sure they would, he just likes the jawbones. Maybe the shape of them works better with his prescription.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Cummon guys, I'm on a train here - gaps, distance to go??
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Cummon guys, I'm on a train here - gaps, distance to go??

    25km to go, 39 seconds to the break.

    Peloton whitling down, nothing to report.
    _
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The peloton have just been through the narrow cobbled street with the buried treasure.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,142
    Back of the peloton keeps slowing down so much because of the pinch points they have to stop.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Descent very dangerous according to Chris Anker, who's just gone down it on a moto. Lumpy surface.
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  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556
    Tom Skujins (Trek) does enough to claim the mountains jersey for tomorrow
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Cav/Kittel and Phinney/Greipel groups now joined for a mini autobus

    Chava hanging off the back of the peloton
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Descent very dangerous according to Chris Anker, who's just gone down it on a moto. Lumpy surface.

    He was a rubbish descender, mind.
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    hommelbier wrote:
    Tom Skujins (Trek) does enough to claim the mountains jersey for tomorrow

    Not unless Chava drops 8 minutes.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Break caught.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Alaphillipe takes 3", GVA 2" Calamajane 1" (caught on the climb)
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    It's strange when you see how far off the front they go when they take the intermediate sprints.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Rein Taaramae (Direct Energie) goes with 10k to go.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Taaramae has jumped and apparently has pedigree.

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