Tour de l’Ain and Critérium du Dauphiné 2020 *Spoilers*

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    G on the rivet
    "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: 18,907
    He's gone
    "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
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    well done Kirby 'Ineos are stalking' .... Thomas has been dropped
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    at 2.5km to go 1.31 to Formalo WHO'S STILL IN THE BIG RING IS HIS SHIFTER BROKEN
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,692
    Not to be a downer, but it's a line I've heard about many a town nestled in a valley ;)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Kuss isn't going to be needed.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    And of course as I say that he's on the front.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Kruiswijk dropped properly this time, having done his work.
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  • robnewcastle
    robnewcastle Posts: 241
    Kirby gets so many names wrong in situations when commentating
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    I like how Stephens just corrected Kirby's total nonsense straight after he finished speaking.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Dumolin sinking back as Kuss turns up the pace. they're i think 2km from the top.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    edited August 2020
    "It looks like Roglic has taken up the pace on the front himself"

    "No Carlton you retard, Kuss has come through" (what I assume he was thinking)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Formalo final km and 57s ahead. Fair play. Still in the big ring.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Group of maybe 15 riders still in the peloton under the red kite.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,692
    Trying to poke hopeful holes in the Jumbo dominance, it is interesting that TommyD isn't part of it...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Martinez of EF attacks. Sivakof leads the chase.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,692
    Vai Davide! Vai! Vai!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Bernal looks like he lost contact in the final KM.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Bernal grovelling a bit there. Surprising
    "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
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Roglic easily from the group. Looked like nobody else thought it was worth attacking after Roglic closed Martinez down so easily.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,100
    I'm a bit surprised by there being crowds at the finish
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    kingstongraham said:

    I'm a bit surprised by there being crowds at the finish

    Yeah, apart from the masks, it looks basically normal...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Mmmmm sky like from Jumbo, but I guess the change in jersey is novel.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I think Bernal riding these 5 mountain finishes off the back of l'Ain and Occitanie is a bridge too far.
    Think he's knackered.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    edited August 2020
    Mature ride by formolo. Bit knee popping.
    "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: 22,725
    All the French riders looking good here, too.
    Going to be a funny old season.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    edited August 2020
    rick_chasey said:

    Mmmmm sky like from Jumbo, but I guess the change in jersey is novel.


    Also a change in tactics. Ineos would wait until the last 5km to attack. Jumbo are waiting until the last 500m.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    blazing_saddles said:

    I think Bernal riding these 5 mountain finishes off the back of l'Ain and Occitanie is a bridge too far.
    Think he's knackered.

    Not Getting better is he.
    "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: 75,661
    blazing_saddles said:

    All the French riders looking good here, too.
    Going to be a funny old season.

    Yes Pinot looked comfortable didn't he?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Is MST bothering contesting the tour? Or on don't come good in the third secret sauce stratergy
    "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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