TDF 2018, Stage 10: Annecy > Le Grand-Bornand 17/07/2018 - 158,5 km *Spoilers*

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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Good ride by GVA
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    There is a short flat coming up then a steep drag to the unpaved section
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Craddock spotted, I was getting worried he'd done something stupid like stayed up front.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Alaphilippe takes the first HC climb of the Tour and keeps going over the gravel.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Idiots with smoke canisters because clouds of white dust aren't enough for the riders to contend with.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The roadside display of French resistance fighters all got a little Les Revenants for a minute there.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Pross wrote:
    Idiots with smoke canisters because clouds of white dust aren't enough for the riders to contend with.

    They know Froome has asthma, so...
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Marmot on a bike!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    No interest in making things hard in the peloton so Rowe has been able to sit on the front the whole distance and the leaders have opened the lead to over 6 minutes. Very few riders shed so far. The break / attack / attack from the break could hold on here.
  • davidof
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    Alaphilippe wearing no. 45
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Peloton is in snooze mode.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Craddock could be losing big time to the sprinters here as he is still with the peloton.

    Froome punctures on the gravel but no panic.
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Hypothetically, should GVA be in yellow tonight with a 5 minute gap - could he conceivably defend that if he rode out of his skin for the next 2 weeks?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    How many times does he puncture a GT?
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    How many times does he puncture a GT?

    or a stage ?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    larkim wrote:
    Hypothetically, should GVA be in yellow tonight with a 5 minute gap - could he conceivably defend that if he rode out of his skin for the next 2 weeks?

    Nah.

    He'd need about 15 mins to think maybe.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Puncture for Froome.

    Meanwhile Bernie Eisel recounts a terrifying story of a spectator grabbing his musette while it was round his neck on a stage years ago that included the Telegraph, Galibier and Alpe d'Huez.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
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    Above The Cows wrote:
    The roadside display of French resistance fighters all got a little Les Revenants for a minute there.

    Looked like the Les Mis barricade scene from the distance. Peloton showing them a bit of respect.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Pross wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    The roadside display of French resistance fighters all got a little Les Revenants for a minute there.

    Looked like the Les Mis barricade scene from the distance. Peloton showing them a bit of respect.

    Lots of b&w stills alongside the footage on France2
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Remembering the fight against fascism seems oddly prescient these days.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Pross wrote:
    Craddock could be losing big time to the sprinters here as he is still with the peloton.

    Froome punctures on the gravel but no panic.

    Bit concerning then to look up and see Froome alongside our erstwhile no. 13.
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  • above_the_cows
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    Pross wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    The roadside display of French resistance fighters all got a little Les Revenants for a minute there.

    Looked like the Les Mis barricade scene from the distance. Peloton showing them a bit of respect.

    "Can you hear the people sing!"
    Correlation is not causation.
  • davidof
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    Above The Cows wrote:
    Remembering the fight against fascism seems oddly prescient these days.

    It does given that Macron has just passed a law letting him interfere in parliamentary debates (executive interfering in the legislative) and proposing a law to censor news.
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Jesus that was a solid lean from Alaphillipe
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    davidof wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Remembering the fight against fascism seems oddly prescient these days.

    It does given that Macron has just passed a law letting him interfere in parliamentary debates (executive interfering in the legislative) and proposing a law to censor news.

    Le Petit Emperor
    Correlation is not causation.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    Above The Cows wrote:
    davidof wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Remembering the fight against fascism seems oddly prescient these days.

    It does given that Macron has just passed a law letting him interfere in parliamentary debates (executive interfering in the legislative) and proposing a law to censor news.

    Le Petit Emperor

    Indeed

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  • blazing_saddles
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    They are on around about the slowest schedule, so a pretty late finish.
    May have to pop it on record.
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  • Pross
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    Above The Cows wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    The roadside display of French resistance fighters all got a little Les Revenants for a minute there.

    Looked like the Les Mis barricade scene from the distance. Peloton showing them a bit of respect.

    "Can you hear the people sing!"

    'Do you hear....'




    Sorry, watched / listened to / sung it far too many times :oops:
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    7'30" back to the peloton. :shock:
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Can't see G being happy as it seems likely he'll be deprived of a possible day in yellow.

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