TDF 2018, Stage 11: Albertville > La Rosière Espace San Bernardo 18/07/2018 - 108,5 km *Spoilers

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ah look at those mountain views! Wowzers. I can feel the clean, thin air.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    edited July 2018
    Nice view of a crazy bloke in a red T-shirt


    Walking across a tight-rope


    Im waiting for the helicopter downwash to blow him off
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,143
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ah look at those mountain views! Wowzers. I can feel the clean, thin air.

    Not that clean I'm afraid: https://www.atmo-auvergnerhonealpes.fr/
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Must be so frustrating when you burn off most of the domestiques bar the specific climbers of all the teams, send a GT winner up the road and see sky with 5 possibly 6 riders leading the peloton. Ugh.
    _
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,765
    Alaphilippe paying for his earlier sprint.
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ah look at those mountain views! Wowzers. I can feel the clean, thin air.

    Yep, does look fantastic.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,864
    Alaphillipe now paying for his extravagant riding.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,810
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ah look at those mountain views! Wowzers. I can feel the clean, thin air.

    remind me why I'm not there again? :|
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Alaphilippe paying for his earlier sprint.

    With tomorrow, too much enthusiasm.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    davidof wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ah look at those mountain views! Wowzers. I can feel the clean, thin air.

    Not that clean I'm afraid: https://www.atmo-auvergnerhonealpes.fr/

    Leave me to my dreams :cry:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Surprised given his relative position in GC that he's not provoked more of a reaction - I know it's "only" Valverde, but still...
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ddraver wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ah look at those mountain views! Wowzers. I can feel the clean, thin air.

    remind me why I'm not there again? :|

    Because Leiden is really instagrammable.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Alaphillipe now paying for his extravagant riding.


    He's like my dog - runs around like a nutter and then realises he's out of gas, and he has the rest of the day to get through
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,765
    Moscon checks out for the day.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,810
    Above The Cows wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ah look at those mountain views! Wowzers. I can feel the clean, thin air.

    remind me why I'm not there again? :|

    Because Leiden is really instagrammable.

    Well played
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,765
    edited July 2018
    Kingstonian wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Alaphillipe now paying for his extravagant riding.


    He's like my dog - runs around like a nutter and then realises he's out of gas, and he has the rest of the day to get through

    Is your dog called Spot(s)?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,765
    Valverde joins up with Soler
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,765
    Barguil gets the HC points
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,143
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Valverde joins up with Soler

    wasn't soler going backwards?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,765
    davidof wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Valverde joins up with Soler

    wasn't soler going backwards?

    Yes, was sent up the road in the break just for this.
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Imo, Alaphillipe wasting energy with an overly long sprint for the KoM points.

    Not if Alaphillipe isn't interested in the GC and his only goal in this years TDF is to win the polka dot jersey.
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  • curium
    curium Posts: 815
    Big gamble from Sky, allowing Valverde to take this much time. The final climb is not as selective.

    Where do they expect to take the time back from Valverde, in the Pyrenees?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    ddraver wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Ah look at those mountain views! Wowzers. I can feel the clean, thin air.

    remind me why I'm not there again? :|

    Because Leiden is really instagrammable.

    Well played

    Cafe Berrara ftw
    _
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,765
    ben@31 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Imo, Alaphillipe wasting energy with an overly long sprint for the KoM points.

    Not if Alaphillipe isn't interested in the GC and his only goal in this years TDF is to win the polka dot jersey.

    Yeah, but he broke on the second HC climb, giving all the points to Barguil.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    curium wrote:
    Big gamble from Sky, allowing Valverde to take this much time. The final climb is not as selective.

    Where do they expect to take the time back from Valverde, in the Pyrenees?

    46km to go mate.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    curium wrote:
    Big gamble from Sky, allowing Valverde to take this much time. The final climb is not as selective.

    Where do they expect to take the time back from Valverde, in the Pyrenees?

    46km to go mate.
    _
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Cav 24 minutes down and on his own. Tough day.
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    FocusZing wrote:
    Cav 24 minutes down and on his own. Tough day.
    Potentially terminal day.
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    This is more like it. Soler has towed Valverde 1.5 minutes clear of the Froome group.
  • curium
    curium Posts: 815
    Why didn't Nibali or Bardet go with Valverde?

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