TDF 2020 - Stage 5: Gap - Privas 183km *Spoilers*
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Can Yates keep it tomorrow?0
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Yeah, cos they all do that, all the time.specialgueststar said:He was handing an empty bidon back to the soigneur
No doubt that's excuse they will go to appeal with.
Not that they need one, when they have the Bardet precedent."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
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Not when the peloton is cranking out 60+km/h and the sprint trains are setting up. Could possibly be brought a bit closer to the finish, but it's essentially a safety issue. Besides, everyone knows it's there, you just need to make sure you got someone back to the car at around 25k out and get stocked up.m.r.m. said:That rule is stupid.
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Sure, but it's not like those on the side of the road take the bottle at 60. The others move past them. It's no different really to someone doing their turn and then pulling off to the side.
This isn't going to be the hill I want to die on defending, but it seems needlessly rulesy.
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It is a bit odd that you have the season destroyed, and luckily they’ve managed to put on the biggest race of them all and they don’t feel the need to make a bit of a spectacle.
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Except, they aren't going to appeal.blazing_saddles said:
Yeah, cos they all do that, all the time.specialgueststar said:He was handing an empty bidon back to the soigneur
No doubt that's excuse they will go to appeal with.
Not that they need one, when they have the Bardet precedent.0 -
Who exactly? When it comes to riders, it just seems like some are lacking form; like Sagan or even Bennett when considering how he has been dropped off regularly, or Ineos so far.PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230
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Yeah, ahem, me too...Harry182 said:WVA!!
(I would have had him for PTP but was convinced JV wouldn't let hem off the leash.)0 -
I'm assuming QS knew what they were doing and wanted rid of the jersey.Half man, Half bike1
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"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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I get a feeling that the teams are largely just going to bugger about during all the stages this year ( barring stage 20) releasing their sprinters as and when appropriate, to keep the finishes mildly interesting, then pin everything on the only TT in this year’s Tour, for the G.C. with all G.C. contenders ( remaining ) on insignificant time gaps at the start of stage 20, then bugger about all the way back to Paris, releasing any remaining sprinters for a ‘grandstand finish’. That’s if Covid allows it to reach Paris.0
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Basicallygweeds said:What’s the reason for this rule? Safety?
"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 pm0 -
Yates won't be happy getting the jersey like that"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 pm0
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They should have known better, it's not a new rule. If the rule is there you can't just arbitrarily ignore it because it's the yellow jersey, or because a Frenchman is in yellow. Froome got the same penalty for an illegal feed in 2013 while in yellow (I had to look up the year and the penalty).
Kennaugh on the ITV highlights reckons the soigneur might have parked in the wrong place perhaps.0 -
I wonder if Yates will actually put on the yellow jersey tomorrow.0
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Of course he will.0
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He’ll get fined, at least, if he doesn’tDorset_Boy said:I wonder if Yates will actually put on the yellow jersey tomorrow.
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Not feeling this tbh ... Seems harsh but whatever .b"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 pm0
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Plenty have inherited the jersey in the past due to another's misfortune and not worn it.cq20 said:
He’ll get fined, at least, if he doesn’tDorset_Boy said:I wonder if Yates will actually put on the yellow jersey tomorrow.
I'll also caveat my comments in that I have been out helping with our club TT so only just seen this news, and hadn't seen that Adam seems to have been given the jersey on the podium.0 -
I think he said in his interview that he would be wearing it.Dorset_Boy said:
Plenty have inherited the jersey in the past due to another's misfortune and not worn it.cq20 said:
He’ll get fined, at least, if he doesn’tDorset_Boy said:I wonder if Yates will actually put on the yellow jersey tomorrow.
I'll also caveat my comments in that I have been out helping with our club TT so only just seen this news, and hadn't seen that Adam seems to have been given the jersey on the podium.0 -
When Alaphilippe was interviewed about the incident, he seemed a bit embarrassed, and more so when he was asked if he was aiming at tomorrow's stage – which will now of course be easier as not in yellow and the team not needing to control things.blazing_saddles said:
On the other hand, it was DS Tom Steels birthday today, and maybe the backup team started celebrating with the Champagne a bit early, and then lost track of how far they were already along the route.0 -
One of cycling's unwritten rules, but only applies if the previous jersey wearer crashes out of the race.Dorset_Boy said:
Plenty have inherited the jersey in the past due to another's misfortune and not worn it.cq20 said:
He’ll get fined, at least, if he doesn’tDorset_Boy said:I wonder if Yates will actually put on the yellow jersey tomorrow.
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The last time Yates was given yellow was also in the kind of circumstances in which you don't want it, when froome went running up that hill. It was then taken off him before he wore it though.
There's no debate here. Everyone knows the rule. They just messed up."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
It was his trainer and cousin Franck ala who gave him the bottle...0
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Never, ever, offer your family work experience gigs.shirley_basso said:It was his trainer and cousin Franck ala who gave him the bottle...
(from a purely selfish perspective I am gutted - gutted, I tell you - that his cousin wasn't called Jerome)1 -
Is that the same guy who was linked to a previous indiscretion by a female French rider?shirley_basso said:It was his trainer and cousin Franck ala who gave him the bottle...
"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/julian-alaphilippe-angry-cousin-coach-linked-epo-positive-438227gsk82 said:
Is that the same guy who was linked to a previous indiscretion by a female French rider?shirley_basso said:It was his trainer and cousin Franck ala who gave him the bottle...
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Surprised there hasn't been more talk about what might have been in the bottle...
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