TDF 2019, Stage 14: Tarbes > Tourmalet Barèges 20/07/2019 - 117,5 km *Spoilers*

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    there is not a lot of structure...riders everywhere
    "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
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Is this a classic Movistar burning their matches too soon move?
    There’s still plenty of Ineos wheels for Quintana to choose from.

    Not as many as Movistar now.

    Mollema and Aru dropped.

    Castro holding on over the top.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Devenyns riding out of his skin.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    at least movistar are tryng.
    "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
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Can anyone see Valverde?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    dangerous descent this actually at the top
    "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
    5 Movistar (I assume that includes the man they had in the break), 4 Ineos and 2 DQS over the top. Not sure about Jumbo.
  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    Are we in for an afternoon of the camera constantly cutting to Bardet struggling up the Tourmalet?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Can anyone see Valverde?
    He’s up at the front
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    yep...sheeding the kilos over the summit
    "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
    Actually 3 DQS. Bardet 2'30 behind the favourites.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Can anyone see Valverde?
    Paging CERN.
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Nibs in full on psycho mode.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    RichN95 wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Can anyone see Valverde?
    He’s up at the front

    I'll get out my magnifying glass.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    if movistar are up front then dqs let them go then ineos have to chase in the valley.
    "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
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    mididoctors wrote:
    if movistar are up front then dqs let them go then ineos have to chase in the valley.
    Teeny Tana not in front.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    mididoctors wrote:
    if movistar are up front then dqs let them go then ineos have to chase in the valley.

    Movistar have dropped Quintana though!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    So Muppetstar have dropped Nairo.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    oh ffs!
    "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
    Looks like 6 Movistar left then but old habits die hard and Nairo is wheelsucking Ineos instead.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    there will be no one left to ride ineo off the wheels on the tourmalet if Movistar ride the valley.

    whats the spanish for tactics....lol
    "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
    well it will have blunted Ineos (and everyone else)
    "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
    Yates group coming back.....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Haig of all people tows Yates back.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Nibali just freewheeling down the descent while the other two have to pedal hard out of each corner to keep him in sight.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Bardet loses more or less another minute on the descent despite his usual abilities going downhill.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    ferocious speed today
    "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
    Pross wrote:
    Bardet loses more or less another minute on the descent despite his usual abilities going downhill.

    his mind is done in. team had bad luck going into the race ...always a ask even given the best circumstances.
    "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
    Wouldn't fancy Castroviejo's job here. Going to take a hell of an effort to get back to the front if he's going back for bottles.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Superb ride by Sagan, there'll be a few riders who were hoping to recover in the valley cursing him.

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