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

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    ddraver wrote:
    Given that his rivals and the young guns are all droppin glike flies, one must doff one's feathered cap* at Herr Greipel...

    (cos in my head a feathered cap is sehr deutch nein?)

    What? For climbing off with better headgear?

    (he's already gone!)
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,721
    Above The Cows wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Some lovely rocks here, where's ddraver?

    playing with very tiny bits of rock...

    I thought you might be off instagramming cafes.

    One of those days where you just have to have the feed on like radio commentary cos I'm staring down a microscope
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,721
    Ach Nein!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Aaah I'm on a (very delayed and rerouted) train with no WiFi... Sounds like a cracker. Do we reckon Kruijswijk is just stage hunting or seriously wants to hold it to Paris?

    Some dude is on the viaduct between Stockport and Manchester, there's loads of police. Very exciting but not helping my journey.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,029
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Ag2r are the first to blink.

    I thought that, but I think the plan is to isolate Froome and Thomas.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Yates gone again.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Yates dropped
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    edited July 2018
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Aaah I'm on a (very delayed and rerouted) train with no WiFi... Sounds like a cracker. Do we reckon Kruijswijk is just stage hunting or seriously wants to hold it to Paris?

    Some dude is on the viaduct between Stockport and Manchester, there's loads of police. Very exciting but not helping my journey.

    That's a lovely viaduct, though. Been over it many times on the way to Whaley Bridge...
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Ag2r are the first to blink.

    I thought that, but I think the plan is to isolate Froome and Thomas.

    They still have 5.
    Castro towards the back of the bunch.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Ag2r are the first to blink.

    they got no bl00dy riders why bother.

    if they can accelerate over the cdf and drop a few sky guys thumbs up..if they just ride tempo and drag them up thumbs down.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,029
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Ag2r are the first to blink.

    I thought that, but I think the plan is to isolate Froome and Thomas.

    They still have 5.
    Castro towards the back of the bunch.

    Then just add it to list of weird tactics today that I am struggling to understand.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited July 2018
    Yates back. :)
    Frank gone leaving Bardet alone.
    meanwhile Latour.....
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Mattheus Franck suffering at the back...
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Yates gone again.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    They’re dropping riders but not taking a second out of Kruijswijk
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    RichN95 wrote:
    They’re dropping riders but not taking a second out of Kruijswijk

    Yeh, he's looking super strong at the moment.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Kruiswijk has 700m to the top..
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  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    Maybe just his day. But he'll pay for it
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,068
    Everyone ready to beat them up D'Huez in Zwift?

    ... After going into setting and changing their weight to 10Kg. :lol:
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,029
    They're catching the others.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Kruiswijk over the top with 6 mins on the yellow jersey
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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    why are movie star killing themselves to drag everyone back to valverde?
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556
    Gweeds wrote:
    They're channelling Super Mario this year

    Super Mario had 57 Grand Tour stage wins but only ever finished 6 of the 26 GTs he rode in. He was well known for dropping out before the hard mountain stages preferring to head out to the beach instead.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Soler pulls off.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,029
    If Quintana was feeling good then he could try to bridge to Valverde and Amador. Can't imagine he has the legs for that though.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    edited July 2018
    This isolating Froome strategy may need rethinking, lads. There are 15 or so in the favourites group and five of them are Sky.
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Castroviejo still hanging on the back?
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/41991871@N ... otostream/
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    This isolating Froome strategy may need rethinking. lads. There are 15 or so in the favourites group and five of them are Sky.

    And they've had a nice rest from chasing Kruiswijk!
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    This is one the most incredible descents to look at and to ride...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    BigMat wrote:
    Castroviejo still hanging on the back?

    Think so
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