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

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    poor old latour.. embarrassing.
    "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
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Dan Martin closes.
    Guillaume Martin (2nd in white jersey) off the back
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Latour making it hard and dropping his main rival. Doesn’t seem to be helping Bardet though.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Latour attacks with Bardet

    Might have been more subtle to let each individual rider know first verbally, and then attack. :roll:
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Dig in Guillaume
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    come on bardet...
    "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
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Latour putting in a shift and stringing out, but still around 5 Sky left
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Latour attacks with Bardet

    Might have been more subtle to let each individual rider know first verbally, and then attack. :roll:

    Did Jose tell you that?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    ;).
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  • PiccolaAquila
    PiccolaAquila Posts: 5
    Well at least Latour/Bardet are attempting something, albeit not entirely succesfully
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    You’d think a pro rider would know how to change a front wheel.

    I'm always amazed at how bad they are at this. Although to be fair, I usually flip the bike upside down which would probably not be a racing move.

    I guess you de-skill when someone else does it all for you. Seriously though you would think it is something they’d practice as it could cost them a race in some situations.

    Didn't Cavendish act as mechanic in the commonwealth games for an Isle of Man team mate? I'm fairly sure they have the skills, but need race practice as you say.

    Piece linked on here t'other day had the GB Academy boys (back in 08) learning mechanic skills so they could strip and build a bike. Marginal gains...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Dig in Guillaume
    Aye. If he can keep in touch (just about) then he could profit if Latour blows up.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    look at sky .
    "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
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Bernal is last man in Sky line - either he's struggling or lining up for a dig...
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Although I guess you could say that about everyone
  • EnacheV
    EnacheV Posts: 235
    big LaTour forcing managed to shove 10 seconds from Alaphilippe lead .... 6 sky in group is another proof its only Aru faces but not a high speed.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,056
    OOOO, Sky leaders refuse their fluro yellow musettes, high drama on this stage. :lol:
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Soler caught and goes to the front
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    sky just not cracking at all here
    "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
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Latour doing an Aru.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Don’t know if they showed Phil Gil’s Tweet on UK TV? Hadn’t realised he finished yesterday with a broken kneecap. That’s just nuts!

    A look on his Instagram will show you how swollen it is now. Ridiculous, rode 60km with that

    I just looked and now I feel sick. :?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Pierre Latour - facial expressions designed by Thomas Voeckler.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    Looks fast now.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Latour gone, bet he’ll be chuffed at potentially losing his jersey for that!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Latour dropped
    Guillaume Martin is about a minute from the yellow group I think.... Could be interesting
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Latour's kit is really threatening to be see-through.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    mididoctors wrote:
    sky just not cracking at all here

    No, they have been solid each week.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Crowds are so much better in the Pyrenees.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Pross wrote:
    Crowds are so much better in the Pyrenees.

    Fewer tourists...
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    More Spanish

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