TDF 2019, Stage 18: Embrun > Valloire 25/07/2019 - 208 km *Spoilers*

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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    This is brilliant.
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Very Very Exciting
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Crackaphillipe....albeit 100m from the top

    (Other GC teams fail)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,815
    Julian cracks as Pinot moves.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,864
    alaphillipe is going to pass out if he isn't careful
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 5,846
    Kamikaze descent coming up by JA.
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Alaphilipe legs soft at the top, now hes on the descent but i dont think he has anything left for the downhill
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,815
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Tactically useless attack by Thomas

    Yer, I mean why would he want to blow up Alaphilippe. :roll:
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  • alanparsons
    alanparsons Posts: 529
    Bernal looking very sketchy on the descent.
  • KnightOfTheLongTights
    KnightOfTheLongTights Posts: 1,415
    Quintana matching Bardet's descending - gap is pretty much what it was when they went over the top.
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Somehow in amongst all those attacks, Quintana out to over 6 minutes again.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Tactically useless attack by Thomas

    Yer, I mean why would he want to blow up Alaphilippe. :roll:
    He needed to go earlier to make the difference really.

    I reckon Alaphillippe is going to get back on.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,734
    So why isn’t Thomas sitting on the front to slow it all down?

    Be the better teammate.
    _
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Alaphillippe back on.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    JA back on
  • alanparsons
    alanparsons Posts: 529
    Alaphillippe will take fly past them now. Two fingers in the air....
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,815
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Tactically useless attack by Thomas

    Yer, I mean why would he want to blow up Alaphilippe. :roll:
    He needed to go earlier to make the difference really.

    I reckon Alaphillippe is going to get back on.

    Today is just the hor d'oeuvre for tomorrow.
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    He’s back on!
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    I guess it pushes Alaphilippe deep into the red and makes him take big risks on the descent. Should be there for the taking tomorrow, but then I thought he was today if they'd put the hammer down earlier.
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  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,474
    Is this just a softening up exercise ahead of Friday / Saturday? It was too close to the top to really break JA, but pushing him to that point on a couple of consecutive days...
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,734
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Tactically useless attack by Thomas

    Yer, I mean why would he want to blow up Alaphilippe. :roll:

    Because he had a legit GC threat teammate up the toad
    _
  • bradsbeard
    bradsbeard Posts: 210
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Tactically useless attack by Thomas

    Agree. Needed to be made a lot further back.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Ha cracking skill, hope he doesn't overcook it.
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Alaphillipe WHAT a ride, well done hes back on!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,815
    lettingthedaysgoby wrote:
    He’s back on!

    You sound surprised. Why?
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  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,474
    JA is going to ride through and take time out of them at this rate!
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  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,253
    Back on and attacking!
  • KnightOfTheLongTights
    KnightOfTheLongTights Posts: 1,415
    what a rider JA is...!
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    JA PMSL if he drops them on the descent
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 5,846
    And now the tables turn, can they keep with JA? I doubt it.
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