TDF 2018, Stage 19: Lourdes > Laruns 27/07/2018 - 200,5 km *Spoilers*

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  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    Dumoulin and Froome take turns with 2.5km to go as it flattens out, gap 16 sec
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Roglic has 12 secs
    Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,703
    Roglic gap is 17"
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    Watching Froome and Dumoulin swap turns is pretty good
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    ddraver wrote:
    GAP CARLTON FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHATS THE GAP!!!

    The skill gap between people who descend using basic techniques and the chap who decides the hoods are better who keeps going out of control on the corners? Massive.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Sporza saying Roglic has 20 seconds
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Well, the drama is pretty much done now. Good watch that was.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,742
    G'wan Primoz

    Fully deserves a stage victory
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,703
    Chapeau Roglic.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    ddraver wrote:
    lostboysaint wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    lostboysaint wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    (i don't like descending in the drops either...)
    Yeah but you're not a team leader at the Tour de France.

    Still don't get why you wouldn't though, it's faster, more stable and you have better control of the brakes.

    Negilgable, disagree...meh


    Behave, it's not negligible at all. And no-one has mentioned the weight forward and lower on the drops giving you a much better technique and ability to pressure the front tyre to create more grip.


    No, sorry, that's body position. Hands are irrelevant there

    Good one. Can't wait to see you descend on either an MTB or road bike, or corner a motorbike (trackday?! I seem to remember that you ride motorbikes) and let's see how it goes.

    You have drops on a motorbike??

    (Or an MTB?? Mine's actually got a "riser" bar on it for better descending)
    I can't believe we're arguing about this, if it was that negligible road bikes wouldn't have drops on them would they.

    You can't pretend it doesn't drop your CoG.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ah not happy about the moto pulling Roglic off the group.
    _
  • AndrewCowley
    AndrewCowley Posts: 51
    Great stage.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,703
    Thomas mugs Dumoulin for the 2nd place, Bardet 3rd.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,734
    So Thomas gets a net gain of 6 seconds in the end.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • G Hincapie
    G Hincapie Posts: 78
    ddraver wrote:
    G'wan Primoz

    Fully deserves a stage victory

    Phew! That was awesome sauce.
  • effillo
    effillo Posts: 257
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Ah not happy about the moto pulling Roglic off the group.

    Ooo Matron!!
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    To be fair, Zakarin didn't lose much time.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/41991871@N ... otostream/
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    Geeeee takes 2nd and time bonus with it :)
    Trail fun - Transition Bandit
    Road - Wilier Izoard Centaur/Cube Agree C62 Disc
    Allround - Cotic Solaris
  • G Hincapie
    G Hincapie Posts: 78
    G has a nice sprinting style.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,915
    ouff was getting nervous on that descent
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,734
    ITV 4 shambles.

    Gorka, Jungels and Bernal home.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    BigMat wrote:
    To be fair, Zakarin didn't lose much time.

    No, but he lost loads of control with his comedy skids.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,915
    edited July 2018
    BigMat wrote:
    To be fair, Zakarin didn't lose much time.

    plus points for katusha.. switching the race 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
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Thomas to win the sprint on the Champs
  • AndrewCowley
    AndrewCowley Posts: 51
    Will there be a final twist tomorrow?
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    AndrewCowley wrote:
    Will there be a final twist tomorrow?

    Naa.
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Roglic could do some damage tomorrow.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,742
    bobmcstuff wrote:

    You can't pretend it doesn't drop your CoG.

    Sit on your bike

    Put your hands on the drops

    Without moving your shoulders (relative to bike/floor) move your hands onto the drops.

    Elbows bent, loads of "flex" for suspension. hands hooked in behind lever tops

    Sorted.

    Trouble is roadies forget they have elbows...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Well done Ski Jump Boy. That was awesome.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • G Hincapie
    G Hincapie Posts: 78
    adr82 wrote:
    Thomas to win the sprint on the Champs

    In the yellow jumper. I would LOL so hard :mrgreen:

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