TDF 2019, Stage 20: Albertville > Val Thorens 27/07/2019 - 130 km *Spoilers*

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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,815
    Today's stage was probably killed as a spectacle by JA cracking so early. Pretty clear SK was happy with a podium place.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Well that was f@cking sh1t. Nibbles excepted.
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    edited July 2019
    Bardet keeps the polka dots. Odds at the start of the week on Bardet being the one that saves the day for the French in the tour?
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Bit of a damp squib at the very end but a great stage.

    Terrified about the future of Bernal vs Froome when on the same team.

    Epic ride by JA. Big shame for JA and TP.

    Ineos will back whoever has the most chance of winning in 2020.
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    RichN95 wrote:
    Bardet hangs on to the King of Mountains. He’d probably just about scrape into the Top 10 French climbers in this race


    This is why GT should have attacked - to wrap up all jerseys!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    the right guy wore yellow in the end I think but everyone will be debating it forever.
    "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
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    davidof wrote:
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Bit of a damp squib at the very end but a great stage.

    Terrified about the future of Bernal vs Froome when on the same team.

    Epic ride by JA. Big shame for JA and TP.

    Ineos will back whoever has the most chance of winning in 2020.

    Agree but it’s a shame not to see them race against each other.

    I know people are sick of ‘what ifs’ but Froome would have cruised this tour.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Movistar: Big names, small team.
    How do you miss the win, but get second and third? Their only "tactic was to chuck away Soler, instead of have him do a turn closing the gap.

    they went in with Quintana for the polka dots double up and missed both.
    "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: 18,908
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    davidof wrote:
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Bit of a damp squib at the very end but a great stage.

    Terrified about the future of Bernal vs Froome when on the same team.

    Epic ride by JA. Big shame for JA and TP.

    Ineos will back whoever has the most chance of winning in 2020.

    Agree but it’s a shame not to see them race against each other.

    I know people are sick of ‘what ifs’ but Froome would have cruised this tour.

    you got to be in it to win it.
    "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
    Well done Nibbles. You're a plonker who rides for Team Torture but that was impressive.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,815
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    davidof wrote:
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Bit of a damp squib at the very end but a great stage.

    Terrified about the future of Bernal vs Froome when on the same team.

    Epic ride by JA. Big shame for JA and TP.

    Ineos will back whoever has the most chance of winning in 2020.

    Agree but it’s a shame not to see them race against each other.

    I know people are sick of ‘what ifs’ but Froome would have cruised this tour.

    Well in reality he would only have had to beat Kruiswijk to win the Tour so yes.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    TwoToeBenny wrote:
    Not often u can say the alps leave you underwhelmed.

    Great ride by Nibs

    I’d say the Alps overwhelmed the Tour.

    top score
    "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
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Movistar only want the team competition, think they've lost something in translation!
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    Shirley Basso wrote:

    I know people are sick of ‘what ifs’ but Froome would have cruised this tour.

    I agree with you, this year he'd have been dominant and Bernal would have taken the Vuelta.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Has anyone ever met anyone who won an ITV4 competition..?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    What a stinking pile of sh*te. Brailsford f*cks over current tdf champ for Bernal. Wtaf! Lost every shred of respect I ever had for him.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    kleinstroker wrote:
    What a stinking pile of sh*te. Brailsford f*cks over current tdf champ for Bernal. Wtaf! Lost every shred of respect I ever had for him.

    I...erm.....what?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    ddraver wrote:
    kleinstroker wrote:
    What a stinking pile of sh*te. Brailsford f*cks over current tdf champ for Bernal. Wtaf! Lost every shred of respect I ever had for him.

    I...erm.....what?

    Is it because Bernal is black?
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Well done Nibbles. You're a plonker who rides for Team Torture but that was impressive.
    Hehe... it’s amazing the effect it has when your boss asks how the family are and would you like to see them after the race: at all?
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Forza Vincenzo!

    zero cares about the yellow now - blandola all over again ......
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    say what you like about Movistar they made that tour a hell of a spectacle to watch.... you can detonate Ineos early in a stage if you want too, they are not supermen...just highly paid.
    "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
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Forza Vincenzo!

    zero cares about the yellow now - blandola all over again ......
    Yeah awful that Colombia final win Tour.
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    edited July 2019
    Amazing tour. I'm not going to let the last couple of disrupted stages dampen that for me. In any other edition they would have been considered perfectly decently exciting stages, especially towards the very end of a tough race. All considered the fact we still had any competitive racing in the last few days is remarkable. Result was about right all considered too I think, despite the what ifs.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
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    Correlation is not causation.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    GT to come back and attack Vuelta vs Dumoulin vs Yates vs Someone From Movistar... before Worlds!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    zero cares about the yellow now - blandola all over again ......

    Is it because Bernal is black?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    edited July 2019
    An Ineos 1 2 is obvs. the ideal outcome for the team but surely being the reigning champ should give you team priority unless you're clearly not up to placing in a top GC position.

    That's how it always used to work wasn't it?
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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Wiggins a big Nibali fanboi like me
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    How many GT one-twos is that for Sky/Ineos now?

    Vuelta 2011
    TDF 2012
    TDF 2018
    TDF 2019

    Is that it? Have I missed any?
    Correlation is not causation.

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