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

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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    This is a bit early to be kicking things off isn't it? Doubt SK will have many mates left with 20km to go
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    The Jumbo train running low on engines already.
    I think Movistar will probably take over at some point.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,868
    wiggins in the booth at eurosport along with kelly and and hatch
    "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: 72,738
    Pace obviously not high enough as the peloton is it shrinking yet
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,868
    ShutupJens wrote:
    This is a bit early to be kicking things off isn't it? Doubt SK will have many mates left with 20km to go


    not a lot of road left in the tour...you have 29km to make the race.
    "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
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    What if there had been a meteorite strike?

    Valverde would be in yellow. Even if it hit him directly he'd have slipped through the gaps between molecules.

    :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,868
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Pace obviously not high enough as the peloton is it shrinking yet

    ineos shedding kiwai again
    "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
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Steve Cummings picked the right day to remember what he's here for...
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,234
    mididoctors wrote:
    wiggins in the booth at eurosport along with kelly and and hatch
    Wiggins now in Fred Perry.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    mididoctors wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Pace obviously not high enough as the peloton is it shrinking yet

    ineos shedding kiwai again

    That they used him from the start rather than on the climb is very telling.
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,234
    Kelly wearing hair shirt whilst being punched in knackers.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    If anyone wants to know why most stages are 200km, this is what happens when you pile on the pressure after 45 mins of racing: everyone still fresh and less of a selection
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    Poels dropped?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,868
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Pace obviously not high enough as the peloton is it shrinking yet
    yes
    "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: 16,868
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Poels dropped?

    going out the back
    "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
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    If anyone wants to know why most stages are 200km, this is what happens when you pile on the pressure after 45 mins of racing: everyone still fresh and less of a selection

    What, you shake Poels, the mountain domestique par excellence, to the back of the group?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    If anyone wants to know why most stages are 200km, this is what happens when you pile on the pressure after 45 mins of racing: everyone still fresh and less of a selection

    What, you shake Poels, the mountain domestique par excellence, to the back of the group?

    Group is still what, 25 riders?
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    That they used him from the start rather than on the climb is very telling.
    He’s had a shocker of a tour. Can only assume he’s ill?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,868
    jumbo doing the thing
    "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: 16,868
    jumbo splitting the 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
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    De Gendt holding off the peloton still
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    If anyone wants to know why most stages are 200km, this is what happens when you pile on the pressure after 45 mins of racing: everyone still fresh and less of a selection

    What, you shake Poels, the mountain domestique par excellence, to the back of the group?

    Group is still what, 25 riders?

    27km of climb still to go.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    Is that Viviani still up there??
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    De Gendt holding off the peloton still

    Fooled by the time gap
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  • alanparsons
    alanparsons Posts: 529
    lettingthedaysgoby wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    That they used him from the start rather than on the climb is very telling.
    He’s had a shocker of a tour. Can only assume he’s ill?

    You could argue the fact they didn't need Kwatio or Poels, as they are sitting 1st and 3rd without using them in the final of any uphill stage this year.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    A lot of Movistar jerseys at the back
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    A lot of Movistar jerseys at the back

    It's probably a bit of a stretch, but maybe Poels is keeping an eye on them?

    Nah. That's a big stretch.
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  • alanparsons
    alanparsons Posts: 529
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    A lot of Movistar jerseys at the back

    They have got their stage win, as long as 3 of them stay in-touch they win the team competition. Job done.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    van Baarle pushes a big gear doesn’t he?
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,234
    Jumbo in danger of blowing their own brains out, no?

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