83rd Tour de Suisse, June 15th-23rd 2019 *Spoilers*

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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    iainf72 wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Tried to find a final kms video for stage two and ended up watching Velon's little highlights video instead - which showed precisely naff all. Sanchez attacking, a two second clip of him riding solo and then his celebration, didn't even see the rest cross the line


    Are you.... are you suggesting that Velon's content is a bit rubbish?

    Yes yes I should have known better.. it's a point that doesn't need making
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Thomas on the deck
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Thomas currently on the tarmac and it doesn't look good.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    30km to go and a very familiar sight as we see G sat on the deck looking very dazed. Looks to have tangled with an Astana rider, looks like TdS is over for both of them
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Headbanger. Sitting up but looks finished for the race.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Thomas crashes....
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Insane!
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Collarbone gone.....
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Doesn't look great
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    G shoulder/collar looks ok
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Arms seem to be moving alright now but still sat still, maybe just a concussion? Hopefully nothing broken
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Yeah seems to be moving both arms quite well.
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  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    Have just emailed Brailsford to let him know I'm available for the Tour.

    Obviously this means I'm gonna crash on my commute home
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    He is moving his arms, but he's not going on, so his prep screwed at the very least.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    Have just emailed Brailsford to let him know I'm available for the Tour.

    Obviously this means I'm gonna crash on my commute home
    Take pillows!
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Can't be a co-incidence:

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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Viviani outsprints Sagan and Matthews
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Wow, that was underwhelming. Viviani from Matthews and Sagan.
    Not that you could tell as Viv looks a bit sad.
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  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Wow, that was underwhelming. Viviani from Matthews and Sagan.
    Not that you could tell as Viv looks a bit sad.
    just a bit. Sagan launched at exactly the right time though. good win. Viviani's positioning this year has been below par.
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    There must have been a tester waiting for him in the bus.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Wow, that was underwhelming. Viviani from Matthews and Sagan.
    Not that you could tell as Viv looks a bit sad.

    Proper Tour sprinters should really all be at ZLM.
    _
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Alejandrosdog wrote:
    There must have been a tester waiting for him in the bus.

    Saw someone suggesting that Adam Yates dropped out of the Dauphine to avoid doping controls. After spending a couple of days in yellow.. couldn't make this sh1t up
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Alejandrosdog wrote:
    There must have been a tester waiting for him in the bus.

    Saw someone suggesting that Adam Yates dropped out of the Dauphine to avoid doping controls. After spending a couple of days in yellow.. couldn't make this sh1t up

    it's all over the asylum when you look in there. If you win you are doping, but instead if having fluctuating form it's riders choosing not to win to avoid controls.. In which case why even bother racing !!

    You can also tell if a rider is cheating just by watching TV as well. Not sure why the UCI \ ASO pay for drug testers etc that method is so outdated :mrgreen:
  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    Have just emailed Brailsford to let him know I'm available for the Tour.

    Obviously this means I'm gonna crash on my commute home

    The crash scene is on my commute. I didn't see it, I was heading to the finish, but it’s a fairy innocuous bit of road. I'd just been saying that if there was to be a crash it would be on the descent from Hochwald, a couple of k from where it happened. Now that’s a good test of your bottle for us mere mortals

    I like the loops they put into several of the finishes in recent years, gives you an opportunity to see a bit more of the action.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Term1te wrote:

    I like the loops they put into several of the finishes in recent years, gives you an opportunity to see a bit more of the action.

    Agree, but I guess the problem is that the loop has to be long enough to cope with big gaps in the groups, and so roadblocks need to be in place for much longer.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    It’s no coincidence that the 2 who were riding with the 2 Ineos team leaders when they crashed are also the 2 riders next in line for leadership at the Tour. “Accidents”, my @rse. It’s the famed old Colombian/Dutch alliance rearing it’s ugly head again...
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  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    I think blocked roads are only an issue in the UK, I haven't heard any real complaints about it over here. They even block one of the local hills on a Saturday afternoon, for what is effectively a club competition.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Term1te wrote:
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    Have just emailed Brailsford to let him know I'm available for the Tour.

    Obviously this means I'm gonna crash on my commute home

    The crash scene is on my commute. I didn't see it, I was heading to the finish, but it’s a fairy innocuous bit of road. I'd just been saying that if there was to be a crash it would be on the descent from Hochwald, a couple of k from where it happened. Now that’s a good test of your bottle for us mere mortals

    I like the loops they put into several of the finishes in recent years, gives you an opportunity to see a bit more of the action.

    Apparently it was just a random bit of road narrowing with a bit of curb sticking out. Zeits hit and went down right in front of GT.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,215
    The proposed Queen stage on Sunday has "fallen in the water" as the Sustenpass failed its season-opening safety inspection.
    Discussions are ongoing as to how they will finish this race, as there is no reasonable diversion route around the closed pass.

    https://www.srf.ch/sport/mehr-sport/rad/aus-sicherheitsgruenden-koenigsetappe-der-tour-de-suisse-ohne-sustenpass
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    A bit of a shambles, then, just like the tv coverage.
    Talk for ages, show the last few kms.

    Sagan ftw.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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