TDF 2019: Stage 6, Mulhouse > La Planche des Belles Filles 11/07/2019 - 160,5 km *Spoilers*

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    I can see counter attacks on the first climb
    "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
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Joe Totale wrote:
    With the intermediate sprint so early and before any categorised climbs, could we see some sprinters in the breakaway?

    Greipel is.
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Above The Cows wrote:
    They're discussing the best snacks to grab in motorway service station Febo on Eurosport NL before things kick-off. I now feel as if the Tour has really begun.

    Krokets and Frikendal obviously!
    Half man, Half bike
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ridgerider wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    They're discussing the best snacks to grab in motorway service station Febo on Eurosport NL before things kick-off. I now feel as if the Tour has really begun.

    Krokets and Frikendal obviously!

    This was pretty much the consensus.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Joe Totale wrote:
    With the intermediate sprint so early and before any categorised climbs, could we see some sprinters in the breakaway?

    Greipel is.

    Sliding room or picking up points? He must already be absolutely miles behind in the standings
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    mididoctors wrote:
    I can see counter attacks on the first climb

    The break now have too much of a lead for that to work.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Deep joy.
    Hatch informs viewers that Kirby will be doing the pointy end of the race.
    Tough cheese those stuck with Mr Giggles.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Deep joy.
    Hatch informs viewers that Kirby will be doing the pointy end of the race.
    Tough cheese those stuck with Mr Giggles.

    Fair play for the content warning though.

    Spots of rain on the camera lenses at the moment. Roads don't look wet though.
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    There's definitely something of the D1ck Dastardly about moto-Contador

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Second tier

    Wanty Impressed with Meurisse - who hopefully will help Martin later

    Berhane there for Herrada and Edet going well ( I miss Navarro)

    Arkea - Barguil - your guess is as good as mine

    Total - Calmejane hopefully has the legs today
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    Step83 wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Dowsett looking for a contract

    So are the rest of the team though :lol:

    End could be fun, steep gravel section potentially in the wet.

    surely has to be an EF day then, isn't this what they've been training for with their 'alternative race programme'?
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Above The Cows wrote:
    There's definitely something of the D1ck Dastardly about moto-Contador

    latest?cb=20140115132422

    Not as much as route presentation wiggins mind

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Second tier

    Wanty Impressed with Meurisse - who hopefully will help Martin later

    Berhane there for Herrada and Edet going well ( I miss Navarro)

    Arkea - Barguil - your guess is as good as mine

    Total - Calmejane hopefully has the legs today

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this the first time we've actually seen one of the Riders of the Lost Arkea?

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Can't wait. Working hard this morning then decant to the living room for zero work. Annoyingly have a call 2.30-3.30

    hard work out the window. Now watching cricket.

    Adam Yates backing himself firmly for the stage, saying he knows the area well.
    Yeah I've absolutely screwed this up - should have WFH today not tomorrow.

    Still got the tour on my phone and set up a 3rd monitor for the cricket.

    Boss couldn't make it in because his car broke down. So that is something.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Second tier

    Wanty Impressed with Meurisse - who hopefully will help Martin later

    Berhane there for Herrada and Edet going well ( I miss Navarro)

    Arkea - Barguil - your guess is as good as mine

    Total - Calmejane hopefully has the legs today

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this the first time we've actually seen one of the Riders of the Lost Arkea?

    129803707.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1

    :lol::lol:
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Cows on Le Petit Balon!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Greipel going up the road for green points and not even winning the sprint against two non-sprinters. Major fail
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Meurisse for the KOM of course
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Going to be a slow day at the office, with the break anchored by Greipel, Politt etc and the DQS driven peloton anchored by Viviani.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Going to be a slow day at the office, with the break anchored by Greipel, Politt etc and the DQS driven peloton anchored by Viviani.
    Peloton is going to be pleased
    "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
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Second tier

    Wanty Impressed with Meurisse - who hopefully will help Martin later

    Berhane there for Herrada and Edet going well ( I miss Navarro)

    Arkea - Barguil - your guess is as good as mine

    Total - Calmejane hopefully has the legs today

    Edet out the back just now, talking to the doctor's car. Didn't look very chipper to me.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Above The Cows wrote:
    There's definitely something of the D1ck Dastardly about moto-Contador

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    This is clearly Valverde after his 7 kg weight loss, as clearly stated in my post regarding Ineos on lightweight Meilenstein Obermayers:
    M.R.M. wrote:
    I heard Valverde dropped so much weight, it's the equivalent of a smallish dog. Now if that dog happens to hit the lightweight wheel... devious plan by that Spanish Dastardly and Muttley. The cycling public certainly won't show any Piti for Ineos.

    Video referenced since most of you old gits probably don't remember :wink:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5aIah6aNaI
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Newsflash; I'm at the airport and earwigging Spanish tourists. I don't speak Spanish but I'm fairly sure they're saying they think Valverde is now down to the weight of a feral kitten.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    mididoctors wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Going to be a slow day at the office, with the break anchored by Greipel, Politt etc and the DQS driven peloton anchored by Viviani.
    Peloton is going to be pleased

    Track stands! Very slow
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Kwiat very articulate. Obviously very well briefed on the stage as well!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    OK I'm off to my meeting. I'm expecting Valverde to have shipped another few kilos when I return.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Lovely little wet/dry patches on the descent, no one in the bunch will be looking at getting down there in a hurry
  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 403
    Above The Cows wrote:
    OK I'm off to my meeting. I'm expecting Valverde to have shipped another few kilos when I return.

    I mean... if there was something dodgy at the dinner table last night and he does a Dumoulin I guess it's possible.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Barguil Mechanical?
    "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
    Thought Bora might have gone hard early to try to eliminate some pure sprinters.

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