TDF 2018, Stage 17: Bagnères-de-Luchon > Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet 25/07/2018 - 65 km *Spo

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  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    At least froome can be satisfied that the race got away from him on the road and that it wasn't the case that team orders held him back. Tour giro vuelta in a row is still some achievement.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    edited July 2018
    Dolan Driver wrote:
    At least froome can be satisfied that the race got away from him on the road and that it wasn't the case that team orders held him back. Tour giro vuelta in a row is still some achievement.

    He'll probably only go and win the Vuelta now. :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    good mountain to race up thou. steeper than most french mega climbs
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Where is Sagan?
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,056
    Not enough altitude training by Froome to cope with today?

    Not that I watch pro races much, but that's the first time I've seen him crack on a mountain top finish.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    mididoctors wrote:
    good mountain to race up thou. steeper than most french mega climbs
    Yeah I'm sure they'll be using that one again!
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Froome could struggle to stay on the podium now. Recovery day tomorrow though? Surprising how little the Giro seems to have affected Tom's legs so far.
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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    Sagan got back on.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    adr82 wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    good mountain to race up thou. steeper than most french mega climbs
    Yeah I'm sure they'll be using that one again!

    tourist boards of the French mountain departments should search out these high pasture access gravel roads and pave a few more.
    "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
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,978
    You've got to love Dan Martin... what a gutsy guy.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Dan martin does a good interview.
    "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
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    FocusZing wrote:
    Sagan got back on.

    Ouch...
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,978
    I thought Alaphilippe comes out of this so well.... great riding plus a really nice touch with Yates today. Class.
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Theory - the time gaps would have been bigger at the finish had this been a 220km stage.
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  • dyrlac
    dyrlac Posts: 751
    Cheers to whoever called the E/W on Martin, a cool £130 to the good.
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    dish_dash wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    Sagan got back on.

    Ouch...

    Sagan has won three world's and can do wheelies n stuff. In other words stop p1ssing on his chips.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Dyrlac wrote:
    Cheers to whoever called the E/W on Martin, a cool £130 to the good.

    Nice one. good job you ignored my comments :).
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Kingstonian wrote:
    Shows what the Giro did to Froome, tough to come from that to the Tour and blow everyone away

    its a real ask... TD doesn't look as sharp either.

    Add in the Salbutamol bo11ocks, and it's no wonder Froome's flagging.

    Plus Michelle's about to have a baby. He'd be forgiven for having his head elsewhere.

    Explains my erratic behaviour :P.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,907
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Theory - the time gaps would have been bigger at the finish had this been a 220km stage.

    Indeed, but it will be argued that this stage was the most exciting of the race, so next year there will be 30km stage.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Kingstonian wrote:
    Shows what the Giro did to Froome, tough to come from that to the Tour and blow everyone away

    its a real ask... TD doesn't look as sharp either.

    Add in the Salbutamol bo11ocks, and it's no wonder Froome's flagging.

    Plus Michelle's about to have a baby. He'd be forgiven for having his head elsewhere.

    Explains my erratic behaviour :P.

    It's a pertinent observation that no sportsman bloke would like to admit...
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Theory - the time gaps would have been bigger at the finish had this been a 220km stage.
    Either bigger or nonexistent.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Theory - the time gaps would have been bigger at the finish had this been a 220km stage.

    one way to find.
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  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Kingstonian wrote:
    Shows what the Giro did to Froome, tough to come from that to the Tour and blow everyone away

    its a real ask... TD doesn't look as sharp either.

    Add in the Salbutamol bo11ocks, and it's no wonder Froome's flagging.

    Plus Michelle's about to have a baby. He'd be forgiven for having his head elsewhere.

    Explains my erratic behaviour :P.

    It's a pertinent observation that no sportsman bloke would like to admit...
    ...sportsperson...
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Kingstonian wrote:
    Shows what the Giro did to Froome, tough to come from that to the Tour and blow everyone away

    its a real ask... TD doesn't look as sharp either.

    Add in the Salbutamol bo11ocks, and it's no wonder Froome's flagging.

    Plus Michelle's about to have a baby. He'd be forgiven for having his head elsewhere.

    Explains my erratic behaviour :P.

    It's a pertinent observation that no sportsman bloke would like to admit...

    He already has a kid, he seemed to manage with that. He's just a bit cooked.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Sportsperson bloke
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Geraint seems to give less of a toss about his position than anyone on here.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Theory - the time gaps would have been bigger at the finish had this been a 220km stage.

    Shoulda done 3 laps
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Theory - the time gaps would have been bigger at the finish had this been a 220km stage.

    Shoulda done 3 laps

    4 and you have a decent worlds course.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Kingstonian wrote:
    Shows what the Giro did to Froome, tough to come from that to the Tour and blow everyone away

    its a real ask... TD doesn't look as sharp either.

    Add in the Salbutamol bo11ocks, and it's no wonder Froome's flagging.

    Plus Michelle's about to have a baby. He'd be forgiven for having his head elsewhere.

    Explains my erratic behaviour :P.

    Ahhh Gefeliciteerd!
    Correlation is not causation.

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