TDF 2019: Stage 3, Binche > Épernay 08/07/2019 - 215 km *Spoilers*

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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    50 mph down through the city street for alaphillipe
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Am very impressed.
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    a frenchman in yellow!
    and done with panache
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Superb race and what a way to win a stage
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Wow. What a brave breakaway and finish. Great to watch.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Get the sense that he would have walked that if he had waited for the sprint but didn't need it. Fantastic stuff
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    There may be some small time gaps at the finish. A big gap between the two Ineos riders looked more than a second.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Good show. Not something you can say about the third stage of the TDF very often.
    Jumbo won't see yellow again.
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  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Julian InthestyleofPhilip in yellow should be good for making sure he stays interested for the next few days.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    RichN95 wrote:
    There may be some small time gaps at the finish. A big gap between the two Ineos riders looked more than a second.

    10 THIBAUT PINOT 51 GROUPAMA - FDJ 04h 40' 55'' + 00h 00' 26'' - -
    11 TIESJ BENOOT 162 LOTTO SOUDAL 04h 40' 55'' + 00h 00' 26'' - -
    12 EGAN BERNAL 2 TEAM INEOS 04h 40' 55'' + 00h 00' 26'' - -
    13 GERAINT THOMAS 1 TEAM INEOS 04h 41' 00'' + 00h 00' 31'' - -
    14 JAKOB FUGLSANG 71 ASTANA PRO TEAM 04h 41' 00'' + 00h 00' 31''
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Classy ....there was a few gaps . Sagan stalled a bit.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Fast stage tailwind . High on the schedule.
    "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
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    There may be some small time gaps at the finish. A big gap between the two Ineos riders looked more than a second.

    10 THIBAUT PINOT 51 GROUPAMA - FDJ 04h 40' 55'' + 00h 00' 26'' - -
    11 TIESJ BENOOT 162 LOTTO SOUDAL 04h 40' 55'' + 00h 00' 26'' - -
    12 EGAN BERNAL 2 TEAM INEOS 04h 40' 55'' + 00h 00' 26'' - -
    13 GERAINT THOMAS 1 TEAM INEOS 04h 41' 00'' + 00h 00' 31'' - -
    14 JAKOB FUGLSANG 71 ASTANA PRO TEAM 04h 41' 00'' + 00h 00' 31''


    OOOOOH BERNAL DIDN'T WAIT FOR THOMAS

    RIFT WITHIN INEOS CAMP

    TEAM IN MELTDOWN

    LEADERSHIP STRUGGLE
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Get the sense that he would have walked that if he had waited for the sprint but didn't need it. Fantastic stuff

    For a while I thought he had blown it by going way to early
    "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
    mididoctors wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Get the sense that he would have walked that if he had waited for the sprint but didn't need it. Fantastic stuff

    For a while I thought he had blown it by going way to early

    He got a monster gap so fast.

    50 seconds in a KM basically.
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Get the sense that he would have walked that if he had waited for the sprint but didn't need it. Fantastic stuff

    For a while I thought he had blown it by going way to early

    He got a monster gap so fast.

    50 seconds in a KM basically.

    the bunch seemed to sit up as they reached the top.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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    Cracking move and win.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Great stage win and a well deserved yellow jersey. I came so close to changing my PTP pick for him yesterday and probably would have if I'd realised quite how steep that finish was going to be but stuck with Matthews so did OK anyway.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Alejandrosdog wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Get the sense that he would have walked that if he had waited for the sprint but didn't need it. Fantastic stuff

    For a while I thought he had blown it by going way to early

    He got a monster gap so fast.

    50 seconds in a KM basically.

    the bunch seemed to sit up as they reached the top.

    I don't really blame them.. I didn't think he would be able to hold it to the finish and they ate back into it pretty quickly but then stalled
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    No other split.
    Only Aru if he's still considered, lost just under a minute and Zakarin, who shipped three and a half.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Dennis sat up it seems.
    "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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Finding that Ned is starting to grate on me a bit, as he's grown in confidence in the main commentator role he seems to have fallen into the trap of backing everyone for the win or bigging up TT abilities of various riders..

    He was turning into Carlton at the end, didn't seem to be able to work out that the graphic showing the distance next to a chequered flag that kept reducing was actually the distance to the finish rather than the distance from the leader to the chasing group :roll:
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    46kph average.
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  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,542
    Who got the bonus seconds?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    TwoToeBenny wrote:
    Who got the bonus seconds?

    Matthews and Stuyven, a surprise interloper into the top 3.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TwoToeBenny wrote:
    Who got the bonus seconds?

    Matthews and Stuyven, a surprise interloper into the top 3.

    I assume he meant the hill bonus?
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Good stage
  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,542
    Pross wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TwoToeBenny wrote:
    Who got the bonus seconds?

    Matthews and Stuyven, a surprise interloper into the top 3.

    I assume he meant the hill bonus?

    Yeah sorry, not the ones at the finish but th earlier ones, think it was all lost when alaphillipe attacked!
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Pinot and Bernal the only GC guys on the right side of the 5 second split?
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    Other than the big punch off the front I reckon Alaphilippe gained most of his time on the descents.

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