TDF 2021: Stage 18, Pau > Luz Ardiden 129.7 km **Spoilers**
Comments
-
Not the Pyrenees, but doing the Izoard loop in the pissing rain resulted in three of us plus driver and bikes in a Fiat 500 L from Le Laus back to Briançon. Those things are ROOMY! Fiat can have that story for an advert if they want.Correlation is not causation.0
-
I considered one of those when I was looking at a family car last year. They do look very practicalabove_the_cows said:Not the Pyrenees, but doing the Izoard loop in the pissing rain resulted in three of us plus driver and bikes in a Fiat 500 L from Le Laus back to Briançon. Those things are ROOMY! Fiat can have that story for an advert if they want.
0 -
This describes the experience quite wellelbowloh said:
I did Tourmalet as part of L'etape in 2014. It started to get foggy and mizzly near the top, couldn't see sod all.rick_chasey said:I once did Luz Arididen after a long long day in the saddle. A "bonus" col as it was sold to me.
Real mistake. 2/3rds of the way up we all were bonking. Turned back down to the final cornershoppy place and I remember we walked in like zombies and just started eating stuff straight off the shelf. It was like i could feel the sugar coursing through my veins, all the way to ends of my fingers and toes.
Eventually the guy carrying the kitty shuffled over to the counter and just asked how much it all was.
The top is really disappointing. Just a big carpark. I was sold a stunning view but it was all in cloud.
On the descent, they had marshals posted on every corner blowing whistles, so you could hear where the corner was, as you couldn't see it!
At the bottom in the town (sorry don't know the name) the main square was full of hundreds of riders wrapped in foil blankets suffering from hypothermia. Me and my ride buddies went to a café to warm up and have coffee as we were shaking uncontrollably.
The course ended with a mountain top finish at Hautacam.
then had to cycle back down the way we came to actually get to the the pasta party place etc.
https://www.sportive.com/etape-du-tour/514656/wet-cold-and-hard-riding-the-2014-etape-du-tour0 -
Weren't in the race in 10neonriver said:
What did they win in 10 and 14?tailwindhome said:First Tour since there founding that Ineos/Sky haven't won anything
11 and 14 they took combativity awards on stages with Flecha and Nieve
Unless I've missed something, nothing this year“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Yes they weretailwindhome said:
Weren't in the race in 10neonriver said:
What did they win in 10 and 14?tailwindhome said:First Tour since there founding that Ineos/Sky haven't won anything
0 -
elbowloh said:
This describes the experience quite wellelbowloh said:
I did Tourmalet as part of L'etape in 2014. It started to get foggy and mizzly near the top, couldn't see sod all.rick_chasey said:I once did Luz Arididen after a long long day in the saddle. A "bonus" col as it was sold to me.
Real mistake. 2/3rds of the way up we all were bonking. Turned back down to the final cornershoppy place and I remember we walked in like zombies and just started eating stuff straight off the shelf. It was like i could feel the sugar coursing through my veins, all the way to ends of my fingers and toes.
Eventually the guy carrying the kitty shuffled over to the counter and just asked how much it all was.
The top is really disappointing. Just a big carpark. I was sold a stunning view but it was all in cloud.
On the descent, they had marshals posted on every corner blowing whistles, so you could hear where the corner was, as you couldn't see it!
At the bottom in the town (sorry don't know the name) the main square was full of hundreds of riders wrapped in foil blankets suffering from hypothermia. Me and my ride buddies went to a café to warm up and have coffee as we were shaking uncontrollably.
The course ended with a mountain top finish at Hautacam.
then had to cycle back down the way we came to actually get to the the pasta party place etc.
https://www.sportive.com/etape-du-tour/514656/wet-cold-and-hard-riding-the-2014-etape-du-tour
The photos like the ones in that always make me laugh. People spending £ks on aero bikes, then having to attach an A4-sized piece of card to the front0 -
Best result was a 2nd for Geraint Thomas behind Cancellara in the Cobbled stage
https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=178820 -
2011 EBH won two stages.tailwindhome said:
Weren't in the race in 10neonriver said:
What did they win in 10 and 14?tailwindhome said:First Tour since there founding that Ineos/Sky haven't won anything
11 and 14 they took combativity awards on stages with Flecha and Nieve
Unless I've missed something, nothing this yearCorrelation is not causation.0 -
Remember when Dave Brailsford said Sky would win the Tour in 5 years and everybody laughed? How times change.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 -
Does that mean UK drill is both black and Decker?No_Ta_Doctor said:
Carol Decker invented rap. In 1987. Which will come as something of a surprise to e.g. The Sugar Hill GangLanterne_Rogue said:On the other hand it lets me do my Carol Decker joke every year, so I quite appreciate going back t'Pau.
4 -
Mea Culpaabove_the_cows said:
2011 EBH won two stages.tailwindhome said:
Weren't in the race in 10neonriver said:
What did they win in 10 and 14?tailwindhome said:First Tour since there founding that Ineos/Sky haven't won anything
11 and 14 they took combativity awards on stages with Flecha and Nieve
Unless I've missed something, nothing this year
2010 was indeed the first Tour for Sky.
Flecha took a combativity award that year
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Great believer in the maxim that it's quicker to post something on the internet and have someone correct you than look it up for yourself
Occams Razor I believe it's called
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Should he manage it, does not Carapaz finishing on the podium count as something?tailwindhome said:
Mea Culpaabove_the_cows said:
2011 EBH won two stages.tailwindhome said:
Weren't in the race in 10neonriver said:
What did they win in 10 and 14?tailwindhome said:First Tour since there founding that Ineos/Sky haven't won anything
11 and 14 they took combativity awards on stages with Flecha and Nieve
Unless I've missed something, nothing this year
2010 was indeed the first Tour for Sky.
Flecha took a combativity award that year
(not much I know but.....)"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Was that the Hoogerland crash stage or was that the following year?tailwindhome said:
Mea Culpaabove_the_cows said:
2011 EBH won two stages.tailwindhome said:
Weren't in the race in 10neonriver said:
What did they win in 10 and 14?tailwindhome said:First Tour since there founding that Ineos/Sky haven't won anything
11 and 14 they took combativity awards on stages with Flecha and Nieve
Unless I've missed something, nothing this year
2010 was indeed the first Tour for Sky.
Flecha took a combativity award that year0 -
I assume there was some form of intelligence behind this as surely a random spot check would have been better focussed on UAE?r0bh said:Bahrain Victorious were raided by Les Flics last night- it's just like the good old days!
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/police-raid-bahrain-victorious-hotel-at-tour-de-france/0 -
-
Ebh won a stage 2010?neonriver said:
What did they win in 10 and 14?tailwindhome said:First Tour since there founding that Ineos/Sky haven't won anything
"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 -
Lol what year did ebh win a stage for them?tailwindhome said:
Weren't in the race in 10neonriver said:
What did they win in 10 and 14?tailwindhome said:First Tour since there founding that Ineos/Sky haven't won anything
11 and 14 they took combativity awards on stages with Flecha and Nieve
Unless I've missed something, nothing this year"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 -
mididoctors said:
Lol what year did ebh win a stage for them?tailwindhome said:
Weren't in the race in 10neonriver said:
What did they win in 10 and 14?tailwindhome said:First Tour since there founding that Ineos/Sky haven't won anything
11 and 14 they took combativity awards on stages with Flecha and Nieve
Unless I've missed something, nothing this yearabove_the_cows said:
2011 EBH won two stages.Correlation is not causation.0 -
According to this https://theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/15/police-search-bahrain-victorious-hotel-and-team-bus-at-tour-de-france it was some other team making allegations...Pross said:
I assume there was some form of intelligence behind this as surely a random spot check would have been better focussed on UAE?r0bh said:Bahrain Victorious were raided by Les Flics last night- it's just like the good old days!
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/police-raid-bahrain-victorious-hotel-at-tour-de-france/
"In June this year, anonymous doping allegations against the team were made by rival team managers in Le Parisien, after the team took second place overall in the Giro d’Italia and also three stage wins in the Critérium du Dauphiné stage race, in the French Alps."Correlation is not causation.0 -
Total speculation"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
-
Surely not?
Too easy if it is."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
I'm enjoying the fact that they took training data as evidence. Like we're going to see a criminal conviction based on someone riding 6.6 w/kg for 15 minutes at a training camp
Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
Whatever it was, I am sure it has nothing at all to do with Mark Padun's performance as that other ASO little number: the Critérium du Dauphiné.Pross said:
I assume there was some form of intelligence behind this as surely a random spot check would have been better focussed on UAE?r0bh said:Bahrain Victorious were raided by Les Flics last night- it's just like the good old days!
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/police-raid-bahrain-victorious-hotel-at-tour-de-france/"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
-
Yes, measuring output in professional sports to determine doping seems rather stupid.No_Ta_Doctor said:I'm enjoying the fact that they took training data as evidence. Like we're going to see a criminal conviction based on someone riding 6.6 w/kg for 15 minutes at a training camp
0 -
I'm loving the Tour this year, and the Giro back in May. Even though the weather has been pretty cack, it makes me yearn for the pre Covid/Brexit days when you could just load up your car and head off anywhere you wanted in Europe...
0 -
Isn't a podium worth a lot more than a few combativity awards?blazing_saddles said:
Should he manage it, does not Carapaz finishing on the podium count as something?tailwindhome said:
Mea Culpaabove_the_cows said:
2011 EBH won two stages.tailwindhome said:
Weren't in the race in 10neonriver said:
What did they win in 10 and 14?tailwindhome said:First Tour since there founding that Ineos/Sky haven't won anything
11 and 14 they took combativity awards on stages with Flecha and Nieve
Unless I've missed something, nothing this year
2010 was indeed the first Tour for Sky.
Flecha took a combativity award that year
(not much I know but.....)
I have absolutely no idea who's won any combativity awards in this Tour, although I would guess at Schelling having won a couple as he was in the break loads earlier on.
I couldn't tell you any combativity award winners in last year's Tour, but I can name the podium.0 -
What? You can't?davep1 said:it makes me yearn for the pre Covid/Brexit days when you could just load up your car and head off anywhere you wanted in Europe...
BASI Nordic Ski Instructor
Instagramme0
