TDF 2018, Stage 18: Trie-sur-Baïse > Pau 26/07/2018 - 171 km *Spoilers*

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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    BBC 2 sport said that Thomas avoided a a crash. I imagine this was nothing? No one has mentioned it.
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    I think Sky might have something with this Earth-saving malarkey. It's damn hot here and around Europe. Where's the rain?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,878
    There is 19km to go in case anyone wanted a race update.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    FocusZing wrote:
    I think Sky might have something with this Earth-saving malarkey. It's damn hot here and around Europe. Where's the rain?

    I think we had some in mid June, for a couple of days. It's insane, it's basically been hot and sunny since the beginning of May.
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    On the final climb - has the FDJ car pulled up to Demare yet?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    someone is going to take a flyer if this carries on
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    fdj wont be able to keep the pace high enough for 15k
    "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
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    edited July 2018
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    I think Sky might have something with this Earth-saving malarkey. It's damn hot here and around Europe. Where's the rain?

    I think we had some in mid June, for a couple of days. It's insane, it's basically been hot and sunny since the beginning of May.

    Yeah, it's mad.


    Sagan near the front. It was obvious he was going to win.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    mididoctors wrote:
    fdj wont be able to keep the pace high enough for 15k
    They’re using old HTC tactics which are out of date now. They’ll be swamped by smaller units coming fast in the last 2km.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Dinyull wrote:
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Jesus this privacy popup comes on every time I switch pages now

    Same. At least they value it.
    I'm getting it come up twice every time
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    RichN95 wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    fdj wont be able to keep the pace high enough for 15k
    They’re using old HTC tactics which are out of date now. They’ll be swamped by smaller units coming fast in the last 2km.
    They're already well back
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Very happy to open the site up and only see 4 pages in the spoiler thread, I’ll be nervous for G until he finally crosses that line on the Champs!
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,181
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Dinyull wrote:
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Jesus this privacy popup comes on every time I switch pages now

    Same. At least they value it.
    I'm getting it come up twice every time

    I've managed to tweak an add-on that we aren't allowed to mention to kill it now.
    (An ad - off, if you will)
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,181
    Sagz is still interested
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,878
    Why do colleagues insist on talking to me when there is only 2km to go. Happens every day.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    well they did all the work :)
    "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
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,181
    Demare in case anyone cares
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    Démare made all his suffering in the mountains worth it.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,103
    Bit naughty closing Laporte out like that - I reckon the Cofidis man had a chance of taking that in a clean sprint.
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  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    FocusZing wrote:
    I think Sky might have something with this Earth-saving malarkey.
    Anyone else see the irony in covering their kit with logos about ditching plastic, while they're sat on predominately plastic bikes, wearing plastic clothing and probably shoes, with plastic helmets on their heads, using and then discarding 10+ plastic bidons every day, as well as countless plastic gel wrappers?

    I don't think there's any other way to do the race, and better they get the message out than not, but still seems rather ironic...
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Why do colleagues insist on talking to me when there is only 2km to go. Happens every day.

    They get a clear message from me that now is not the right time!
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    With barely any real sprinters left, of whom Demare is clearly struggling and Sagan took a whack yesterday, the fight to get into the break might be the most interesting part of today's stage as people gamble on nobody working to bring them back later.

    A Laporte win would be the praline on the almond for me

    Aaaàagh
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    TGOTB wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    I think Sky might have something with this Earth-saving malarkey.
    Anyone else see the irony in covering their kit with logos about ditching plastic, while they're sat on predominately plastic bikes, wearing plastic clothing and probably shoes, with plastic helmets on their heads, using and then discarding 10+ plastic bidons every day, as well as countless plastic gel wrappers?

    I don't think there's any other way to do the race, and better they get the message out than not, but still seems rather ironic...

    That's a small amount of destruction for the greater good of Earth-saving.
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    TGOTB wrote:
    I don't think there's any other way to do the race, and better they get the message out than not, but still seems rather ironic...
    There is certainly another way to do the race. There’s no need to leave a trail of bidons and (worse) gel wrappers on the ground. I thought Sky would unilaterally stop doing that while wearing those jerseys, but they didn’t even make that minimal effort (unless I’m mistaken).

    Meanwhile, the rules should be changed to ban the littering for all riders. The practice adds nothing to the race and legitimatises the bad behaviour I see from weekend warriors. Like a lot of things in cycling, it’s pointless, backwards looking, and trivially fixed. So of course nothing is done about it.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,053
    edited July 2018
    TGOTB wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    I think Sky might have something with this Earth-saving malarkey.
    Anyone else see the irony in covering their kit with logos about ditching plastic, while they're sat on predominately plastic bikes, wearing plastic clothing and probably shoes, with plastic helmets on their heads, using and then discarding 10+ plastic bidons every day, as well as countless plastic gel wrappers?

    I don't think there's any other way to do the race, and better they get the message out than not, but still seems rather ironic...

    They should make teams have pre-determined pitstops (not necessarily at the same place in a stage) where their riders pull over and refill their same water bidons all race, while discarding their rubbish instead of throwing it to the roadside (which some planks in amateur riding won't twig that TDF have rubbish pickers to clean the circus mess up) etc.

    Edit: Not to mention the lack of eco-friendliness of all those motorised vehicles ahead, in-between and behind the riders.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,103
    I thought they'd introduced rules that littering had to take place in certain zones which were then cleaned. Bidons can be chucked at fans ( in the Tour anyway - not all races have fans on the road) and are likely to be hoovered up as souvenirs - gel wrappers should be put in pockets and if they are wearing a pocketless skinsuit well it's easy to legislate on tha.
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  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 581
    NitrousOxide wrote:
    They should make teams have pre-determined pitstops (not necessarily at the same place in a stage) where their riders pull over and refill their same water bidons all race, while discarding their rubbish instead of throwing it to the roadside (which some planks in amateur riding won't twig that TDF have rubbish pickers to clean the circus mess up) etc.
    I have a print photo of the riders doing just that on my loo wall - taken in the 1921 tour
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,181
    ^Do you get many pro-teams visiting there?

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