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

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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    TheBigBean wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    GC nothing...

    They're resting up for tomorrow''s 65km.

    Better be worth it as I have cleared my diary...
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    A limp Landa move marked by Froome...

    Froome chased down by kwiato. It's Astana 2009 all over again!
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,542
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Yay PTP joy.

    Thought I'd finally nailed it too until Yates chute :cry:
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    dish_dash wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    GC nothing...

    They're resting up for tomorrow''s 65km.

    Better be worth it as I have cleared my diary...

    I hope you're not expecting big gaps.
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Anyone know how many KOM points available over the next 3 stages?
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    edited July 2018
    Demare still climbing solo over Portillon, according to the tracker. Poor bugger.

    EDIT: disappeared from tracker, so may have caught the broom waggon.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I've just got in from a quick mountain spin, have I missed anything?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    TheBigBean wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    GC nothing...

    They're resting up for tomorrow''s 65km.

    Better be worth it as I have cleared my diary...

    I hope you're not expecting big gaps.

    I expect minutes...
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,133
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I've just got in from a quick mountain spin, have I missed anything?

    No.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I've just got in from a quick mountain spin, have I missed anything?

    No.

    Merci beaucoup. I'm glad I went for a ride then.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I've just got in from a quick mountain spin, have I missed anything?

    Phil G and Yates binning it on descents whilst in the lead. Otherwise not much.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    TGOTB wrote:
    Anyone know how many KOM points available over the next 3 stages?
    138. 80 of which are on the final climbs of each stage (40 for each)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,133
    They didn't even get a good shot of that Grotte with 117km left to go.
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    RichN95 wrote:
    TGOTB wrote:
    Anyone know how many KOM points available over the next 3 stages?
    138. 80 of which are on the final climbs of each stage (40 for each)
    Ta. That's enough to keep it interesting!
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Looks like Demare got in within the cut.
    Wonder what Greipel makes of that....
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  • BikerGroveish
    BikerGroveish Posts: 183
    r0bh wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I've just got in from a quick mountain spin, have I missed anything?

    Phil G and Yates binning it on descents whilst in the lead. Otherwise not much.

    And the French take on chemically enhancing the Peleton.
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    I wonder if Bauke could have taken 3rd from Yatesy but didnt
  • shipley
    shipley Posts: 549
    FocusZing wrote:
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    Yeah Wolfpack !! :lol:

    Love it.
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    Shipley wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
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    Yeah Wolfpack !! :lol:

    Love it.

    The bloke is so twitchy he reminds me of the Sabertooth Squirrel from Ice Age!
    Top racer with good timing and, as Millar put it, rechargeable 'nitro boost'.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Looks like Demare got in within the cut.
    Wonder what Greipel makes of that....

    No doubt by hanging onto the odd vehicle or two.
    Meanwhile, Moaning Madiot to have another go at Sky cheating... :P


    All in all, that turned out to be a pretty easy day's work for the leader's team.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Reports are saying that Phil Gilbert is unlikely to start tomorrow. A blow for the Dogpound.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Looks like Demare got in within the cut.
    Wonder what Greipel makes of that....

    No doubt by hanging onto the odd vehicle or two.
    Meanwhile, Moaning Madiot to have another go at Sky cheating... :P


    All in all, that turned out to be a pretty easy day's work for the leader's team.
    You have such a chip on your shoulder, anyone would think you were Welsh.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Gilbert confirmed as a non-starter tomorrow
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    mamil314 wrote:
    The bloke is so twitchy he reminds me of the Sabertooth Squirrel from Ice Age!
    According to Voeckler, Alaphilippe can do Sagan-like tricks with a bicycle on a car bonnet. So twitching and all, he must be roughly in control.

    That descent looked dodgy though. Matt White was in the car behind Alaphilippe and reckoned he took lean angles he’d never seen before in his life.
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Reading the finish line quotes, Dan Martin just laughs of the pepper spray. Double-hard b-stard.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Looks like Demare got in within the cut.
    Wonder what Greipel makes of that....

    No doubt by hanging onto the odd vehicle or two.
    Meanwhile, Moaning Madiot to have another go at Sky cheating... :P


    All in all, that turned out to be a pretty easy day's work for the leader's team.
    You have such a chip on your shoulder, anyone would think you were Welsh.

    Wooooosh!

    Oh and the irony.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    What a bloody good pantomime this is.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    So much for a soft landing....

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    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Christ. That’s quite a drop.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    mamil314 wrote:
    Shipley wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    Di4UfvtXcAA4UzU.jpg:large


    Yeah Wolfpack !! :lol:

    Love it.

    The bloke is so twitchy he reminds me of the Sabertooth Squirrel from Ice Age!
    Top racer with good timing and, as Millar put it, rechargeable 'nitro boost'.

    Ha ha ha that is excellent!

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    Correlation is not causation.

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