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

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    It's my daughter's graduation ceremony at 4pm today. Why do they not take major events into consideration when organising these things?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Barguil a minute behind after his mum had a bit of a panic over his wheel. :P
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • craigus89
    craigus89 Posts: 887
    Pross wrote:
    It's my daughter's graduation ceremony at 4pm today. Why do they not take major events into consideration when organising these things?

    But you know the outcome of that event. Easy choice.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    Which will be heavier by the end of the week, Valverde or his bike?
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Any update on Valverde's weight?

    Cheers.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Pross wrote:
    Thought Bora might have gone hard early to try to eliminate some pure sprinters.

    I think Sagan just has to remain upright in Paris
    "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
  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 403
    FocusZing wrote:
    Any update on Valverde's weight?

    Cheers.

    People are saying he's the skinniest he's ever been. Only seen it mentioned a couple of times though so no idea if true or not. Definitely hasn't been shown on camera at any point.
  • joe_totale-2
    joe_totale-2 Posts: 1,333
    FocusZing wrote:
    Any update on Valverde's weight?

    Cheers.

    Weights will have to be placed on Valverde in strategic places to keep him above the weight limit
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Joe Totale wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    Any update on Valverde's weight?

    Cheers.

    Weights will have to be placed on Valverde in strategic places to keep him above the weight limit
    17kg loss I heard
    "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
  • KnightOfTheLongTights
    KnightOfTheLongTights Posts: 1,415
    FocusZing wrote:
    Any update on Valverde's weight?

    Cheers.

    He's been spotted with a pair of panniers on the back to maintain traction on the steeper ramps of Le Planche.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    hanshotfirst wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    Any update on Valverde's weight?

    Cheers.

    People are saying he's the skinniest he's ever been. Only seen it mentioned a couple of times though so no idea if true or not. Definitely hasn't been shown on camera at any point.

    Thanks.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    So break, which is decent, has 7 minutes.

    Winner from there, or too soon to say?
    _
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Fiesty competition on these mountain sprints
    "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
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    So break, which is decent, has 7 minutes.

    Winner from there, or too soon to say?


    I can't see them making it in my mind's eye. But someone behind has to accelerate soon. On the ballon pick it up a bit.
    "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 2019
    It is very slow.

    Not even a gropetto yet.
    _
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    mididoctors wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    So break, which is decent, has 7 minutes.

    Winner from there, or too soon to say?


    I can't see them making it in my mind's eye. But someone behind has to accelerate soon. On the ballon pick it up a bit.
    The finish is so hard that time will be wiped out quickly
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Keeping an eye out for Van Garderen

    Is Pinot staying at home tonight and feeding the goats its only 14 miles away from the top of Belle Filles
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    So break, which is decent, has 7 minutes.

    Winner from there, or too soon to say?


    I can't see them making it in my mind's eye. But someone behind has to accelerate soon. On the ballon pick it up a bit.
    The finish is so hard that time will be wiped out quickly

    You thinking it will be 7 mins at the base of the final 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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Brian Smith seems to have contradicting ideas about Ineos and tactics.
    On the one hand he doesn't think Geraint is quite up to it just yet, on the other, he thinks they will want to go for the stage win, possibily taking the jersey in the process and test the rest.
    To me, Adam Blythe's view of: why should they take it up when they don't need to? is the more logical.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Brian Smith seems to have contradicting ideas about Ineos and tactics.
    On the one hand he doesn't think Geraint is quite up to it just yet, on the other, he thinks they will want to go for the stage win, possibily taking the jersey in the process and test the rest.
    To me, Adam Blythe's view of: why should they take it up when they don't need to? is the more logical.

    Suits to give anyone in that break a few minutes, no?
    _
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Brian Smith seems to have contradicting ideas about Ineos and tactics.
    On the one hand he doesn't think Geraint is quite up to it just yet, on the other, he thinks they will want to go for the stage win, possibily taking the jersey in the process and test the rest.
    Adam Blythe's view of: why should they take it up when they don't need to? is the more logical.


    Peloton is acting pretty scared of this stage. Conservative.
    "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
    edited July 2019
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Brian Smith seems to have contradicting ideas about Ineos and tactics.
    On the one hand he doesn't think Geraint is quite up to it just yet, on the other, he thinks they will want to go for the stage win, possibily taking the jersey in the process and test the rest.
    To me, Adam Blythe's view of: why should they take it up when they don't need to? is the more logical.

    Suits to give anyone in that break a few minutes, no?

    I don't see a problem with it, unless one considers Ciconne a GC threat.
    Maybe Teuns might be a bit more of a concern, but why not?
    Nibali or Porte would be left with all the work, without the actual reward on their shoulders.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • KnightOfTheLongTights
    KnightOfTheLongTights Posts: 1,415
    mididoctors wrote:
    You thinking it will be 7 mins at the base of the final climb?

    If it is, I'd fancy Ciccone for the stage and yellow. But can't see DQS relinquishing yellow that easy - and they have been riding on the front all day, so doesn't that indicate they want to try and eventually reel in the break?
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    mididoctors wrote:
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    So break, which is decent, has 7 minutes.

    Winner from there, or too soon to say?


    I can't see them making it in my mind's eye. But someone behind has to accelerate soon. On the ballon pick it up a bit.
    The finish is so hard that time will be wiped out quickly

    You thinking it will be 7 mins at the base of the final climb?

    doubt it -2-minutes max?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    pace is higher now - groenewegen out the back.
    _
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Selection occuring by attrition in lead group
    "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
    Edet abandons, so he was sick after all.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Bunch going slowly now means that the pace is going to be brutal up the final climb. Get ready for the time comparisons! Good job it's a different route or that Armstrong/Pantani never rode it
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    hanshotfirst wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    Any update on Valverde's weight?

    Cheers.

    People are saying he's the skinniest he's ever been. Only seen it mentioned a couple of times though so no idea if true or not. Definitely hasn't been shown on camera at any point.

    He hasn't been seen on camera at any point because he has lost so much weight he is now invisible to the naked eye.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Ineos taking up the front
    "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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