TDF 2018, Stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs > Alpe d'Huez 19/07/2018 - 175,5 km *Spoilers*

above_the_cows

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Greipel packs his bags.......

So that leaves Gaviria then...

Lanterne_Rogue

No tA Doctor wrote:

Ladies and gentlemen, you're just not at the races today, some of those puns have been complete pony.

Fine, fine. We'll rein them in a little.

pottssteve

RichA wrote:

pottssteve wrote:

Greipel and Gav still in?

1 down...

Odds on Dan just got better! Degenkolb still in, though

TheBigBean

No tA Doctor wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

Strange move by Kruiswijk. He will need support in the valley.

He's still got a load of mountain before that. Just gaining a little time to be able to chill while they catch back up.

Why not just chill now behind Gesink?

blazing_saddles

So, Kruisjwijk is committed to pulling off a Froome Finestre.
Okay......................

inseine

Sagan out the back; 2 mins down on the peloton.

above_the_cows

underlayunderlay wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Ladies and gentlemen, you're just not at the races today, some of those puns have been complete pony.

Fine, fine. We'll rein them in a little.

Hay, hold your horses.

No_Ta_Doctor

Zabel abandon. [Insert joke about his dad, who never won in Paris]

pottssteve

Poljanski still in, apparently

No_Ta_Doctor

Above The Cows wrote:

underlayunderlay wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Ladies and gentlemen, you're just not at the races today, some of those puns have been complete pony.

Fine, fine. We'll rein them in a little.

Hay, hold your horses.

The pair of you should be put out to pasture.

TheBigBean

They are all no doubt making Cav feel better.

pottssteve

Blazing Saddles wrote:

So, Kruisjwijk is committed to pulling off a Froome Finestre.
Okay......................

No snow bank to break his fall today, though...

TheBigBean

So how many Sky doms do people think will be left by the bottom of Alp d'Huez?

pottssteve

No tA Doctor wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

underlayunderlay wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Ladies and gentlemen, you're just not at the races today, some of those puns have been complete pony.

Fine, fine. We'll rein them in a little.

Hay, hold your horses.

The pair of you should be put out to pasture.

This is the final straw...It's getting pasture joke. Man, you're all really bad at these horse gags...

bigmat

pottssteve wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

So, Kruisjwijk is committed to pulling off a Froome Finestre.
Okay......................

No snow bank to break his fall today, though...

To be fair, if he were to pull it off it would be more of a Landis than a Froome.

pottssteve

Kruiswijk has over 1 minute on the second group.

above_the_cows

Some lovely rocks here, where's ddraver?

RichN95.

TheBigBean wrote:

So how many Sky doms do people think will be left by the bottom of Alp d'Huez?

Three - Kwiatkowski, Bernal and Thomas

kleinstroker

Quite like G's colourscheme on his bike today. Much better than the garish all yellow jobbie

above_the_cows

pottssteve wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

underlayunderlay wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Ladies and gentlemen, you're just not at the races today, some of those puns have been complete pony.

Fine, fine. We'll rein them in a little.

Hay, hold your horses.

The pair of you should be put out to pasture.

This is the final straw...It's getting pasture joke. Man, you're all really bad at these horse gags...

Don't saddle me with these other nags.

ShutupJens

TheBigBean wrote:

ShutupJens wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

It's an unusual tactic. Let a large group of decent climbers go, so no other team has any incentive to chase.

I think they are (certainly in Valverde's case) letting the "1" man from the old 1-2 tactic just disappear for a bit. Rather than drive it to bring him back. They know that if they get to the bottom of the alpe without too much of a deficit, no one in the bunch will be able to ride off and no one up the read will have enough in the tank to help when they are caught from behind

If they arrive with a 3 min lead in a group of 23, do you think they will catch Kruijswijk?

Yes

pottssteve

Pierre Latour stretches his legs after Kruiswijk, who has almost 6 minutes on the peloton and Sky-bots

TheBigBean

RichN95 wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

So how many Sky doms do people think will be left by the bottom of Alp d'Huez?

Three - Kwiatkowski, Bernal and Thomas

Cheeky calling yellow a domestique!

No_Ta_Doctor

TheBigBean wrote:

So how many Sky doms do people think will be left by the bottom of Alp d'Huez?

Are we counting Thomas or not?


*hides*

bigmat

RichN95 wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

So how many Sky doms do people think will be left by the bottom of Alp d'Huez?

Three - Kwiatkowski, Bernal and Thomas

Poels could get back on on the descent and do a stint at the start of the climb (this is assuming he peels off before the top of the Croix de Fer).

onyourright

Anyone know why Craddock threw his food on the ground in a temper tantrum there?

RichN95.

Kruijswijk has two minutes now

TheBigBean

ShutupJens wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

ShutupJens wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

It's an unusual tactic. Let a large group of decent climbers go, so no other team has any incentive to chase.

I think they are (certainly in Valverde's case) letting the "1" man from the old 1-2 tactic just disappear for a bit. Rather than drive it to bring him back. They know that if they get to the bottom of the alpe without too much of a deficit, no one in the bunch will be able to ride off and no one up the read will have enough in the tank to help when they are caught from behind

If they arrive with a 3 min lead in a group of 23, do you think they will catch Kruijswijk?

Yes

Sadly we won't get to see now who would have been right.

mididoctors

well at least no one is riding to protect there top 10 GC position and leaving it to sky

No_Ta_Doctor

Gaviria abandon.