TDF 2020 - Stage 13: Châtel-Guyon - Pas de Peyrol (Le Puy Mary) 191.5km *Spoilers*
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Francois Thomaseau was saying on the podcats that Prudy lobbies every year to get Puy de Dome back0
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OK, so a couple of km of serious ascent at the end of which 1.5 will be motored by fast domestiques and the last 45 seconds will be a battle royale with GC contenders going for the smallest gear they can spin at 120 rpm...
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My PTP hope is that a break survives to the end, however I also thought this could be Quintana's day, at least in the sense he attacks successfully and causes some mild GC mayhem.Lanterne_Rogue said:Feels like I ought to expose my ignorance and join in with the prediction game, so Quintana to attack early on the final climb. You heard it here first, and nowhere else ever again afterwards.
Although one might also expect Bardet to do the same – he comes from not far away and likely knows the final climbs very well.0 -
Didn't realise TJ was racing...0
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Top pedaling action"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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That's a lumpy days riding"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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Jaded jaded jaded man.ugo.santalucia said:OK, so a couple of km of serious ascent at the end of which 1.5 will be motored by fast domestiques and the last 45 seconds will be a battle royale with GC contenders going for the smallest gear they can spin at 120 rpm...
Hardly worth bothering to see X and Y losing 3 seconds on the line
I love this era of racing . Best it's ever been"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 -
See! I do read them!pblakeney said:
In the OP.Lanterne_Rogue said:
Thought Puy de Dome was now off limits as a summit finish? Can't remember where I saw it though, so hopefully someone else can confirm / deny.DeVlaeminck said:Interesting the route goes right by Puy de Dome - I still think that's a lost opportunity to market cyclo tourism but I may be biased. Such a lovely area anyone that hasn't visited really should - although don't do what I did and leave your wallet on top of the car and drive off at a petrol station in Clermont Ferrand .
"The most visited site in Auvergne is also, as a result, the most visited Massif Central summit by the Tour since the Puy de Dome is no longer accessible."0 -
The race is in bits and they haven't even reached a catagorised climb yet.
A lot of riders facing a long battle to avoid the dreaded OT."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Settled down a bit now, but I think it'll kick off again fairly shortly.
Might affect the race later on this - JV having to work hard to keep control and we've seen them run out of riders later on during other stages.0 -
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Chasing group closing up quite quickly according to the telemetry.0
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And you theory hit's the dust if GC guys go on the Nerroneugo.santalucia said:OK, so a couple of km of serious ascent at the end of which 1.5 will be motored by fast domestiques and the last 45 seconds will be a battle royale with GC contenders going for the smallest gear they can spin at 120 rpm...
Hardly worth bothering to see X and Y losing 3 seconds on the line'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'0 -
Anyone else get the impression that the second group is a couple of riders too big to work together properly to close the gap?0
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My PTP is hoping so....ddraver said:No one thinks JV are gonna lock it down until the last 50m and only let a group of nobodies go..?
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
A whole lot of chasse patating going on."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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The gap to the yellow jersey group is varying between a minute and two minutes constantly. It's like JV can't work out how to pace this - part of me wonders if it's the presence of Sivakov that's worrying them.0
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JV finally knock it off.
Chance for groups up the road to come together now.0 -
enjoy but it is not truffade which is more like a tartiflette with truffles.RichN95. said:Could really go for a truffle omlette for lunch tomorrow. I'm now fixated on having omelette for lunch tomorrow.
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Bennett could get back on here"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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Break has s distance chance but people need to work"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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Sivakov . What's the thinking there"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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Insurance? Check his feels before the Alps? Scare Jumbo into letting the break get the bonus seconds and stage?mididoctors said:Sivakov . What's the thinking there
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Save him from the cutoffmididoctors said:Sivakov . What's the thinking there
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Long way to Paris for Bennett . Is Bora's best chance is too wear him.down and make him.miss the cut in the Alps somewhere ? Think He will drag himself home today but not looking great"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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I like your thinking on that jedi mind trick on jumboNo_Ta_Doctor said:
Insurance? Check his feels before the Alps? Scare Jumbo into letting the break get the bonus seconds and stage?mididoctors said:Sivakov . What's the thinking there
Ineos bluffed them out of the stage finish on that day last week when Lutshenko won"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 -
Ignore"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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Why he's in the same position as Sagan?mididoctors said:Long way to Paris for Bennett . Is Bora's best chance is too wear him.down and make him.miss the cut in the Alps somewhere ? Think He will drag himself home today but not looking great
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Madouas giving us a prime example as to why the french can't win a modern Tour.
A big wasted effort in the middle of nowhere, ending in the inevitable result."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.1 -
Bennett yo yo ING for the next week oufff"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
