TDF 2020 - Stage 18: Méribel - La Roche-sur-Foron 175 km *Spoilers*

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  • Harry182
    Harry182 Posts: 1,169
    Great finish! Enjoyed that stage.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,860
    Who won?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,691
    Van Aert lol
    _
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,041
    RichN95. said:

    Pross said:

    Would have been awkward if Carapaz had just rolled a bit faster there!


    I'm not 100% he didn't
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,860
    Kiwi side on its clear
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,041
    Great for Porte
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    rick_chasey said:

    Van Aert lol

    Aye.
    Handy to have your sprinter around to finish off these tortuous, mega mountain stages.
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  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    edited September 2020
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Weirdest photo finish ever

    Ineos will be after a copy so they can frame it.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,100
    Hirschi's crash spoilt that stage.

    Anyone with an idea what the time cut-off is?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,247
    Bennett now 31 minutes down, cut off at about 39 minutes?
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,470
    kingstongraham said:

    Bennett now 31 minutes down, cut off at about 39 minutes?

    The ineos guys showed down for the final 2k just to help the grupetto. They really are the peloton's team.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Blasted work! I only just finished a whole load of stuff and missed the stage.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,691
    blazing_saddles said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Van Aert lol

    Aye.
    Handy to have your sprinter around to finish off these tortuous, mega mountain stages.
    Nuts.

    Quite fun seeing the different between a sprinter and climbers sprinting.
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    DeadCalm said:

    Hirschi's crash spoilt that stage.

    But he had the best win of all: that combativity award.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    edited September 2020
    Carapaz with his finger on the brake just to be sure


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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,540
    DeadCalm said:

    Hirschi's crash spoilt that stage.

    Anyone with an idea what the time cut-off is?

    Don't think it did, it was an enjoyable stage. Yes, he would have made the Ineos pair work but you would think that Carapaz would have dropped him on the HC climb.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,247
    RichN95. said:

    Carapaz with his finger on the brake just to be sure


    Couldn't give a combativity award to either of them.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,620
    Kwiat said in interview that Hirschi was descending too fast and not doing any work anyway.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,860
    I enjoyed it and love the random puncture gravel
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 8,744
    Yes he didn't sound that sympathetic did he!

    Well that's pretty much that unless Roglic has a couple of mechanicals in the TT, when does the Giro start?
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    So the Toblerone didn't melt? Just more of a Toblerone crunchy situation... Highlights tonight for me.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,560
    DeVlaeminck said:

    Well that's pretty much that unless Roglic has a couple of mechanicals in the TT, when does the Giro start?

    Giro starts 3 October, and we've got the World Champs, Bink Bank Tour and Fleche Wallone before then

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,540
    So is Carapaz going to go to the Giro? He looks like he has ridden himself into form.
  • zest28
    zest28 Posts: 403
    davidof said:

    inseine said:

    So much for weak Ineos team

    Just weak team leader
    Yeah, Bernal was holding Ineos back. You could see that the other Ineos riders were looking back and slowing down for Bernal. One of them was even talking to Bernal while Bernal was doing his best.


  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    edited September 2020
    Word on the street is the KOM points in the TT are awarded on the climb time, not the stage position.

    Edit: Confirmed

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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,100
    Bennett and Ewan home inside the time cut.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,100
    RichN95. said:

    Word on the street is the KOM points in the TT are awarded on the climb time, not the stage position.

    Edit: Confirmed


    Big advantage to Carapaz but he's pretty much won it anyway has he not?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,540
    DeadCalm said:

    RichN95. said:

    Word on the street is the KOM points in the TT are awarded on the climb time, not the stage position.

    Edit: Confirmed


    Big advantage to Carapaz but he's pretty much won it anyway has he not?
    Only a two point lead, I think La Planche is a 1st cat climb and presumably double points for a summit finish.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,540
    That final uncategorised climb today would have been a 3rd cat on most stages, it looked pretty tough.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,100
    Pross said:

    DeadCalm said:

    RichN95. said:

    Word on the street is the KOM points in the TT are awarded on the climb time, not the stage position.

    Edit: Confirmed


    Big advantage to Carapaz but he's pretty much won it anyway has he not?
    Only a two point lead, I think La Planche is a 1st cat climb and presumably double points for a summit finish.
    You're right.only 2 points. Listening to Eurosport I'd got the impression that the lead was bigger. Pogacar's effort on the final climb more understandable now. My money is still on Carapaz who can afford to coast to the climb and then really hit it hard.
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