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

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  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    Jeez, ski towns are FUGLY
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    I wonder how far Lotto and Sunweb will let Landa get up the road, before they do the usual TDF thing?
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Going the other way this section is superfast.

    Straight, steep, wide.
    _
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    Jeez, ski towns are FUGLY

    Not watching, but presume they just been through La Mongie? That ski town is really hideous.

    Only useful as an indication of the gradient of the climb as you're going through.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Yates dropped from the lead group.

    Balls.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    The commentary on Eurosport is 97% verbal diarrhoea and 3% Sean Kelly, it would be much more watchable if they left the sound to the be the mics on the motorbikes.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    bardet falters at high altitude again.
    "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
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    What a view.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    Jeez, ski towns are FUGLY

    I climbed to Puy St Vincent Station 1600 yesterday just because form a distance it looks ridiculous, like a Bond Villain's hideout, I wanted to see what it looked like up close. And well, it is butt ugly I can tell you. Like some crazy set of dominos deposited onto the side of the mountain.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    edited July 2018
    mididoctors wrote:
    bardet falters at high altitude again.
    Watching Zakarin drop Bardet was lols

    Back on now though.

    They've caught Yates.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    edited July 2018
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    bardet falters at high altitude again.
    Watching Zakarin drop Bardet was lols

    what? didn't drop him just proved his worth
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Zakarin makes it, Bardet only just.

    They have to catch the lead group before the descent or else they are likely doomed...
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    bardet falters at high altitude again.
    Watching Zakarin drop Bardet was lols

    what?
    Zakarin rode away from Bardet onto the group they were chasing. Then Bardet got back on.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Above The Cows wrote:
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    Jeez, ski towns are FUGLY

    I climbed to Puy St Vincent Station 1600 yesterday just because form a distance it looks ridiculous, like a Bond Villain's hideout, I wanted to see what it looked like up close. And well, it is butt ugly I can tell you. Like some crazy set of dominos deposited onto the side of the mountain.

    From the photos, it looks like someone grounded a cruise ship up there.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Anyway Romain Bardet cements his French Exchange Student credentials by starring in a French Levis advert. It is as you can imagine it. Terrible. With some upturning collar action and everything.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Anyway Romain Bardet cements his French Exchange Student credentials by starring in a French Levis advert. It is as you can imagine it. Terrible. With some upturning collar action and everything.

    Are we talking French double-denim here?
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    Jeez, ski towns are FUGLY

    I climbed to Puy St Vincent Station 1600 yesterday just because form a distance it looks ridiculous, like a Bond Villain's hideout, I wanted to see what it looked like up close. And well, it is butt ugly I can tell you. Like some crazy set of dominos deposited onto the side of the mountain.

    From the photos, it looks like someone grounded a cruise ship up there.

    Yes that's a very good description.

    Anyway nice climb from Vallouise. About 7km at 6-7% or so. Top half had just been resurfaced so that's nice.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Good luck catching Alaphilippe on the descent....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Anyway Romain Bardet cements his French Exchange Student credentials by starring in a French Levis advert. It is as you can imagine it. Terrible. With some upturning collar action and everything.

    Are we talking French double-denim here?

    Of course.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Canadian Tuxedo? I'd have never guessed!
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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    mfin wrote:
    The commentary on Eurosport is 97% verbal diarrhoea and 3% Sean Kelly, it would be much more watchable if they left the sound to the be the mics on the motorbikes.
    let me guess it's Kirby is it ?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,719
    please to hear that Moto 1's gear changes are as clunky as mine...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Looks as if the three groups are descending at pretty much the same pace.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Above The Cows wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Anyway Romain Bardet cements his French Exchange Student credentials by starring in a French Levis advert. It is as you can imagine it. Terrible. With some upturning collar action and everything.

    Are we talking French double-denim here?

    Of course.

    Oh God. I had to look. I just had to.

    http://wheesper-prod.com/portfolio-item/levis/
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Anyway Romain Bardet cements his French Exchange Student credentials by starring in a French Levis advert. It is as you can imagine it. Terrible. With some upturning collar action and everything.

    Are we talking French double-denim here?

    Of course.

    Oh God. I had to look. I just had to.

    http://wheesper-prod.com/portfolio-item/levis/

    He looks good.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    So when I was heading in the opposite direction to where they are now, through the valley from the Aubisque which I'd just gone over, to the Tourmalet, I still had the Tourmalet, Aspin and Perysourde to go.

    Guy I was with was being overly chirpy banging on about how pretty it was.

    "Rick, I mean, wow, look at this scenery"

    "Seriously, shut the f*** up".
    _
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Anyway Romain Bardet cements his French Exchange Student credentials by starring in a French Levis advert. It is as you can imagine it. Terrible. With some upturning collar action and everything.

    Are we talking French double-denim here?

    Of course.

    Oh God. I had to look. I just had to.

    http://wheesper-prod.com/portfolio-item/levis/

    He looks good.

    giphy.gif
    Correlation is not causation.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    I do love a glacial valley. :)
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    So when I was heading in the opposite direction to where they are now, through the valley from the Aubisque which I'd just gone over, to the Tourmalet, I still had the Tourmalet, Aspin and Perysourde to go.

    Guy I was with was being overly chirpy banging on about how pretty it was.

    "Rick, I mean, wow, look at this scenery"

    "Seriously, shut the f*** up".

    You'd hate to climb with me, I distract myself from the pain by waxing lyrical about the scenery, sometimes just to myself :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Grubs up in the group.
    Meanwhile the front group chain gang are being chased solo by Amador into a headwind....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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