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

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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Gaviria abandon.

    Froome to win on the Champs. You've heard it here first.

    doing a Hinault......that would show him
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    i presume if Stefan gets to the Alpe solo he'll get a 100k dutch pushing him up the climb
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    This is one the most incredible descents to look at and to ride...
    Apart from the nasty little kick up in the lower half...
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    This is one the most incredible descents to look at and to ride...


    Even the downhill goes up! :)
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Anyone know why Craddock threw his food on the ground in a temper tantrum there?

    I think he realised that he wasn't going to win
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    adr82 wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    This is one the most incredible descents to look at and to ride...
    Apart from the nasty little kick up in the lower half...
    yeah, bit of a party pooper, that...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Sky lead the descent.

    Rolf Sørensen happy that Movistar's insanity has apparently subsided.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    1 hour and 9 minutes for Kruiswijk to climb the Croix de Fer
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    why are movie star killing themselves to drag everyone back to valverde?

    Because he's a threat to their position on GC.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    This is one the most incredible descents to look at and to ride...

    I hit 91kph down there.... :shock:
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    CN live feed says headwind in the valley, could cost Crashbike time.

    I wish I had a TV :(
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Nibali having problems with those sticky bottles again
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    inseine wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    This is one the most incredible descents to look at and to ride...

    I hit 91kph down there.... :shock:

    On a bike?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Nibz has to fetch his own water. Seemed to have issue with the bottle getting released, drivers fingers must be really stiff or something. Took ages.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    low water line on the resivoirs
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    inseine wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    This is one the most incredible descents to look at and to ride...

    I hit 91kph down there.... :shock:

    Were you off your bike and falling down the side of the mountain at the time?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Milton50 wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    This is one the most incredible descents to look at and to ride...

    I hit 91kph down there.... :shock:

    Were you off your bike and falling down the side of the mountain at the time?

    That was just after
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Nibz has to fetch his own water. Seemed to have issue with the bottle getting released, drivers fingers must be really stiff or something. Took ages.
    Last time I rode down there my hands froze up, and I could hardly move them. Probably the same thing...
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    inseine wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    This is one the most incredible descents to look at and to ride...

    I hit 91kph down there.... :shock:

    Were you off your bike and falling down the side of the mountain at the time?

    That was just after

    Reminds me, how is Kruiswijk at long Alpine descents?
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    remember he does have one arm longer than the other
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    BigMat wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    This is one the most incredible descents to look at and to ride...

    I hit 91kph down there.... :shock:

    Were you off your bike and falling down the side of the mountain at the time?

    That was just after

    Reminds me, how is Kruiswijk at long Alpine descents?

    All good so far. He's falling faster than a poorly-maintained lift. Time gap dropping a bit, though.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Valverde not happy the others aren't towing him along...
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    Where are all the excited Dutch rider loving forumites? Ridge Rider, Rick etc.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Valverde group caught now.

    Gap now coming down to Kruisjwiksijik (one day I'll learn how to spell his name)
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Where are all the excited Dutch rider loving forumites? Ridge Rider, Rick etc.

    I think Rick is drinking his Groenwegen sorrows into oblivion.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Valverde group caught now.

    Gap now coming down to Kruisjwiksijik (one day I'll learn how to spell his name)
    The trick is to know that ij is a single letter
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    A minute has sneaked off the lead....
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  • tommasi
    tommasi Posts: 40
    ITV commentators putting me to sleep. Nothing interesting happened then
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    This is where Kruijswijk really needs support.

    I'm having flashbacks to 2006 with T-Mobile frantically chasing Landis across the valley.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    So, what's the plan here? Get to Dutch corner first and the fans will do the rest, one way or another?

    *only half joking*
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