TDF 2018, Stage 15: Millau > Carcassonne 22/07/2018 - 181,5 km *Spoilers*

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Sagan gets bored, decides to try and force a break by just riding people off the wheels.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Sky and Movistar join forces to say "enough of this shít"

    Big group gone. Sagan made it with a hard effort.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    FINALLY!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • topper_harley
    topper_harley Posts: 597
    Break formed
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    29 riders, some big names. Plenty of potential stage winners.
    GVA, Calmajane, Valgren, Pozzovivo, Mollema, Majka....
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  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    I totally get people being fed up people waxing lyrical about Sagan all the time, but....
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    I totally get people being fed up people waxing lyrical about Sagan all the time, but....

    It's nuts, isn't it. That was a huge pull.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Well, that was very busy, but now the rear peloton are rejoining the yellow jersey part.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    I totally get people being fed up people waxing lyrical about Sagan all the time, but....

    He's powering across to the break while fellow sprinters are getting shelled in the first 10km.

    I love watching the break go, I used to think these big ones were just the bunch saying whoever wants to go is allowed and then they ride off. But actually, trying to compare the efforts to what some of us will be familiar with, it's actually like riding a hard crit (40 mins) then a chainy for a couple of hours then a road race
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    COWS!!!!!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Just went into the bar on a French campsite with a fairly even split of Brits, French and Dutch and it’s showing Formula 1 and the golf. Probably sums up the way cycling is going in France. By contrast a friend was in a pub in Tenby yesterday that had the Tour on the big screen. How things have changed in 10 years!
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    I totally get people being fed up people waxing lyrical about Sagan all the time, but....

    He's powering across to the break while fellow sprinters are getting shelled in the first 10km.

    I love watching the break go, I used to think these big ones were just the bunch saying whoever wants to go is allowed and then they ride off. But actually, trying to compare the efforts to what some of us will be familiar with, it's actually like riding a hard crit (40 mins) then a chainy for a couple of hours then a road race

    It's like a sufferfest video
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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Pross wrote:
    Just went into the bar on a French campsite with a fairly even split of Brits, French and Dutch and it’s showing Formula 1 and the golf. Probably sums up the way cycling is going in France. By contrast a friend was in a pub in Tenby yesterday that had the Tour on the big screen. How things have changed in 10 years!
    Where are you camping out of interest. I'm taking family on 5 week tour while we don't need visas.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Not surprised a bar in Tenby was showing the Tour. Quite apart from the Geraint Thomas situation, I've been visiting Pembrokeshire for well over thirty years (since a toddler) and the number of cyclists has sky-rocketed in the last five years. Loads of groups out when I was down there last month.

    They're particularly noticeable whimpering their way up the hill at Newgale...
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    Dan?
    What?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Dan Martin has attacked from the group of favourites right at the bottom of the climb..
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    He's simply irrepressible.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Idiot fan trying to get a photo almost knocks Majka off, then for an encore nearly gets run over by the following moto.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    This top part of the climb looks like it could be in the Peaks or Scotland
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Magnus Cort is putting in a hell of a ride
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Why is one of the sky team (4th or 5th one back, in front of Thomas) wearing a slightly different jersey?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Why is one of the sky team (4th or 5th one back, in front of Thomas) wearing a slightly different jersey?

    Polish champion, Kwiatkowski.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,127
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    This top part of the climb looks like it could be in the Peaks or Scotland
    With shades of the Ventoux
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  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    it is noticeable though there are definitely more pubs even in areas without strong cycling presence,willing to show the TdF than 10 years ago, when most pubs just showed football/rugby and boxing
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    I can't help but think that while what Dan is going is courageous, it's not exactly energy well spent.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Why is one of the sky team (4th or 5th one back, in front of Thomas) wearing a slightly different jersey?

    Polish champion, Kwiatkowski.

    Thank you! I couldn't see his race number to help me look it up.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Just went into the bar on a French campsite with a fairly even split of Brits, French and Dutch and it’s showing Formula 1 and the golf. Probably sums up the way cycling is going in France. By contrast a friend was in a pub in Tenby yesterday that had the Tour on the big screen. How things have changed in 10 years!
    Where are you camping out of interest. I'm taking family on 5 week tour while we don't need visas.

    Brittany, Les Ormes just outside Dol-de-Bretagne. It’s a great site, we came a few years ago too. It was a bargain as well £650 for 3 people including the ferry in their pre-assembled tents although there are pitches for your own as well. For the second year running I’ve done my holiday in France a week after the Tour has been through the area (they went up a climb within 1k of our site last year a week before we got there!). If G is still in yellow next week I’m thinking of jumping on a train from Rennes to Paris though. Again, annoyingly, we are off to Disneyland next Tuesday. If we’d been going there on the Monday we could have just booked the hotel for an extra night. I ought to think these things through more.
  • topper_harley
    topper_harley Posts: 597
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    This top part of the climb looks like it could be in the Peaks or Scotland
    the roads they are now remind me of the local drovers roads up here
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The top of this climb is really eerie with the scrubby trees and then grass.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Pross wrote:
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Just went into the bar on a French campsite with a fairly even split of Brits, French and Dutch and it’s showing Formula 1 and the golf. Probably sums up the way cycling is going in France. By contrast a friend was in a pub in Tenby yesterday that had the Tour on the big screen. How things have changed in 10 years!
    Where are you camping out of interest. I'm taking family on 5 week tour while we don't need visas.

    Brittany, Les Ormes just outside Dol-de-Bretagne. It’s a great site, we came a few years ago too. It was a bargain as well £650 for 3 people including the ferry in their pre-assembled tents although there are pitches for your own as well. For the second year running I’ve done my holiday in France a week after the Tour has been through the area (they went up a climb within 1k of our site last year a week before we got there!). If G is still in yellow next week I’m thinking of jumping on a train from Rennes to Paris though. Again, annoyingly, we are off to Disneyland next Tuesday. If we’d been going there on the Monday we could have just booked the hotel for an extra night. I ought to think these things through more.
    TdF is out by a week, don’t beat yourself up Pross. If you want to watch some bike racing on a campsite, NL is your best bet. I would say BE but some of them can’t be bothered either. Oh and the French haven’t exactly had a good tour, which may affect the attitude of the locals. But you know that.
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