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  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,659
    all together
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Messy. Break caught and another attack goes. No team getting control.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Big ass pull from Bora dude to yank the peloton back up to the group. Sprint Trains all ruined

    Back together, 10to go
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,659
    pepping up a bit now...
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited March 2021
    Bit of a kick 8kms out. It will happen again there.

    Richie Porte DNF
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Porte has quit.
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,659
    Porte bailed
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,659
    looked to have damaged hip or glute
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    gethinceri said:

    Porte bailed

    :(
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  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,659
    7kms all calmed down, colour coded peloton
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    DQS getting an easy ride for Bennett here. I assume he's still in there?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Pile up in the final km
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,659
    chute at flamme rouge
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Superb sprint by Sam the Boss Bennett.
    Smashed the other sprinters to bits.
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,659
    Bennett
    great finish
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Bit of shoulder barging. Bennett comes through late for a comfortable win.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Pedersen edges out Demare for second.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    With the exception of the crash that was a textbook last 10km of a sprint stage.

    It's always quite fun watching Sam Bennett squish Bora Hansgrohe sprints.

    (Blythe is superb at calling sprints)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Interesting tactic by Grupama FDJ: Throw a rider down to block the road. :p
    Sam B different league. Others were struggling.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    Half the lead out guys sitting up in the middle of the road made a crash inevitable.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,659
    took a nice line to win from
    pederson demare
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    On the hoods like a 4th cat
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    That was intense. Bennett had to do that on his own.
    Bit of argy bargy between Demare and Trek, Pedersen got blocked pretty badly, think he might have taken it without that
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Demare given second on the results, didn't look the case in real time.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Pross said:

    Demare given second on the results, didn't look the case in real time.

    Just pipped it. Mads hadn't been able to open up fully until the last metres.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Porte ....
    "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
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Pross said:

    Pedersen edges out Demare for second.

    I keep forgetting how good he is as a sprinter. It's so weird. I know he is, but I never consider him that way.
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Pross said:

    Seems weird on a pont to point stage race to have a stage that is a loop.

    Might be a bit Covid.
    Think first stage is always a loop ( unless it's a TT)
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Missed an easy PTP there I reckon.

    Tried to do it at the top of Snake Pass at 11.55 but didn't have enough signal. Hey ho.

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