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

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    gsk82 wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    The winds suddenly died down up here...

    Where are you, have you got a sign?

    And any reports from the Aubisque descent that was repaired after the landlside?

    Im on the final hairpin bend of the tourmalet climb.

    I descended the aubisque yesterday. Its as god as new.

    Lovely, give us a wave! What are you wearing :lol:

    I guess the Aubisque descent is, technically, new. Might be a melting tarmac issue though.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    What are Katusha doing?

    Chasing Jungels for Zakarin.

    This kind of crowdsourcing commentary helps a lot.

    Cheers
    _
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    The winds suddenly died down up here...

    Where are you, have you got a sign?

    And any reports from the Aubisque descent that was repaired after the landlside?

    Im on the final hairpin bend of the tourmalet climb.

    I descended the aubisque yesterday. Its as god as new.

    Lovely, give us a wave! What are you wearing :lol:

    I guess the Aubisque descent is, technically, new. Might be a melting tarmac issue though.

    It's not that warm. Only mid 20s at that sort of attitude.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    What are Katusha doing?

    Chasing Jungels for Zakarin.

    This kind of crowdsourcing commentary helps a lot.

    Cheers

    Yeah I know, I get so much more out of watching a race when there's an active spoiler thread.

    Interesting, Katusha seem to be launching an attack, with Landa following.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,599
    Really hope Sagan can hold on, whilst I find his domination of the green jersey a little bit tedious there is absolutely no doubt he has earned it. I guess his hopes for winning the Champs stage are over though no matter what.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Katusha launch Zakarin, but have Landa in tow.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Katusha launch Zakarin, but have Landa in tow.

    AG2R come to the front to chase Landa. All the lower placed GC doing the work for Sky today
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Bardet goes...
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Bardet goes on a huge attack.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Bardet is off too.

    Hooray!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Fuglsang and Majka go...
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Fuglsang goes as well
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    well i guess they have nothing to lose.
    "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
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited July 2018
    Oh man that's right where Ulrich attacked in '03. ( I think)
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Glad to see Landa finally have a crack to make a race of it.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    they need numbers on the flat after the tourmalet. its good news for roglic and TD
    "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
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Thomas on the radio hmm.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Poels has suddenly beamed onto the rear of the GC group.
    Excellent Zubeldiaring that man.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    poels hanging on the back trying to nurse himself over the tourmalet.
    "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: 18,912
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Poels has suddenly beamed onto the rear of the GC group.
    Excellent Zubeldiaring that man.

    yeah i spotted that too
    "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
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    Hasn't Poels done that just a few days ago?
    'Poels dropped. No, wait, he is leading the team train!'
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,599
    Poels seems to have a very definitive role in the team. Very rarely seen in the first two weeks, doesn’t really take a turn in the train but is there to be called up when needed over the last few mountain stages.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    edited July 2018
    Its now a light back wind at the top of the tourmalet
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Keep the updates coming everyone. At work and no means to watch or listen!
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Pross wrote:
    Poels seems to have a very definitive role in the team. Very rarely seen in the first two weeks, doesn’t really take a turn in the train but is there to be called up when needed over the last few mountain stages.

    I'm sure his defined role isn't to get dropped, then work hard to get back to the group and go to the front. Maybe it is, he did the same on Portet
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Sagan now safe, as he is with Demare.

    Is Landa up the road for Quintana or himself, I wonder?
    Maybe Nairo is feeling yesterday's tumble.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    edited July 2018
    Pross wrote:
    Poels seems to have a very definitive role in the team. Very rarely seen in the first two weeks, doesn’t really take a turn in the train but is there to be called up when needed over the last few mountain stages.
    Sky is absurdly strong...having this reserve man tactic is a sign of their strength in depth... options to defend / attack is a function of that strength. your options shrink if your team is weaker.
    "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: 22,730
    Mmm, Landa now droppong Zakarin and Bardet.
    Majka chasing Landa, but he never helps.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    mididoctors wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Poels seems to have a very definitive role in the team. Very rarely seen in the first two weeks, doesn’t really take a turn in the train but is there to be called up when needed over the last few mountain stages.
    Sky is absurdly strong...having this reserve man tactic is a function of their strength in depth... options to defend / attack is a function of strength. your options shrink if your team is weaker.

    Ned claiming he's been dropped again...
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Poels seems to have a very definitive role in the team. Very rarely seen in the first two weeks, doesn’t really take a turn in the train but is there to be called up when needed over the last few mountain stages.
    Sky is absurdly strong...having this reserve man tactic is a function of their strength in depth... options to defend / attack is a function of strength. your options shrink if your team is weaker.

    Ned claiming he's been dropped again...

    his aim is to get over and rejoin.... hopefully landas acceleration leaves him behind.
    "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

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