TDF 2018, Stage 16: Carcassonne > Bagnères-de-Luchon 24/07/2018 - 218 km *Spoilers*

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  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,537
    Pics on itv fairly conclusive, in the old days the gendarme just used to take out their batons and beat the shit out of folk!
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Stereotypically classic French police action causing more harm than good. A bit harsh on the gendarmerie as they do a good job most of the time, but I can't help but let the Daily Mail reader in me come out on that one...
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    FocusZing wrote:
    The Police are like, "Don't stand so close to me".
    Hat :mrgreen:
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    lettingthedaysgoby wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    The Police are like, "Don't stand so close to me".
    Hat :mrgreen:

    It was a message in a bottle.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,702
    Race underway again.
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  • bigmitch41
    bigmitch41 Posts: 685
    TwoToeBenny wrote:
    Pics on itv fairly conclusive, in the old days the gendarme just used to take out their batons and beat the shoot out of folk!

    Hopefully they save that for when the tv cameras have moved on.... :evil:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    Who got sprayed?
    _
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    Did the farmers not get the agreement to show what they wanted from the helicopter cameras or something?

    Too early to be protesting against bears and wolves.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    edited July 2018
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Who got sprayed?
    Haussler seemed to get the worst of it. But quite a few effected.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Who got sprayed?

    Sagan was having his eyes washed out. Think it was probably everyone. The guy who was being held by the polis was just by the side of the road as they went past.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    edited July 2018
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Who got sprayed?

    Allegedly farmers were protesting, attempt to block the road. A policeman sprayed a protester with pepper spray. The wind directed towards the riders.
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    The Gendarmerie were excellent at the stage we saw - helpful, and suggested where we should go to get a good view - but then it was the flat one from La Baule - so early on before too much hoo har - and the riders were going at a fair lick...

    Our little Slowbike loved it - loved the caravan more though ... need to get one of those horns for my car!! ;)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    FocusZing wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Who got sprayed?

    Allegedly farmers were protesting, attempt to block the road. A policeman sprayed a protester with pepper spray. The wind directed towards the riders.

    No I literally mean who - which riders?
    _
  • natrix
    natrix Posts: 1,111
    [quote="Rick Chasey"

    So shouldn't be too bad.

    The Alp has always been the worst for this stuff.[/quote]

    Well, it wasn't quite what I predicted, but......................
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  • indyp
    indyp Posts: 735
    Now passing celebratery display by farmers in field.

    Looked like riders close to incident caught some spray, probably 10-20. Most were fine and used the stop to have a break
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,531
    So, to summarise, the gendarmerie protected the riders from the hostile farmers by pepper spraying the riders.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Why don't they just send out Hinualt on a derny 1k out?
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    TheBigBean wrote:
    So, to summarise, the gendarmerie protected the riders from the hostile farmers by pepper spraying the riders.

    Looks like they had only just got the hay bales out of the road when the riders got there.

    Getting a faceful of pepper spray doesn't seem like an ideal start to a long day riding in 31 degrees.
  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    FocusZing wrote:
    Why don't they just send out Hinualt on a derny 1k out?
    :lol:
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    FocusZing wrote:
    The Police are like, "Don't stand so close to me".

    Did it sting?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,702
    We have wet roads for the first time.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,702
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    The Police are like, "Don't stand so close to me".

    Did it sting?

    Not as bad as roxanne stuff.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    The Police are like, "Don't stand so close to me".

    Did it sting?

    With every breath they took
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    edited July 2018
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    The Police are like, "Don't stand so close to me".

    Did it sting?

    Not as bad as roxanne stuff.

    In a battle of puns, I can't stand losing. You?

    Meanwhile, with the outbreak of rain and people protesting about farming stuff rather than Sky, does it feel to anyone else like a stage has been pasted in from an entirely different Tour?
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    The Police are like, "Don't stand so close to me".

    Did it sting?

    With every breath they took

    De doo doo doo, de daa daa daa, is all I've got to say to that.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,702
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    The Police are like, "Don't stand so close to me".

    Did it sting?

    With every breath they took

    ....at least they don't have to put on the lantern rouge.....
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  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    ....at least they don't have to put on the lantern rouge.....
    We have a winner...
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  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
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    You don't have to put on the red light....


    ....it's just a figure of speech
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    It seems French police can't deal with big events... Euro 2016 was an utter disaster, the Tour is often plagued by accidents of all sorts caused by the public...
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Bahrain rider took a large cross-field detour there.
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