TDF 2021: Stage 18, Pau > Luz Ardiden 129.7 km **Spoilers**
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Didn't realise that there's a Souvenir Jaques Goddet available at the top of the Tourmalet. On researching this, I discovered that there's a statue to commemorate the time he was put in a box and sawn in half by an illusionist.
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Ineos win another Richie Porte so they have a matching set?above_the_cows said:
Are you sure?tailwindhome said:
Worth more yesbobmcstuff said:
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.
But it's not winning something
There's no prize awarded"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.2 -
"I do my best, but I just can't catch a break" he said.RichN95. said:Macron at the race to escape the rioting
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Short stages produce aggressive attacking racing I hear"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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Madouas joining the panache group.
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There cool those soaring birds"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 pm1
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8km into the climb and the DQS minibus has only lost just over 1:30 to the peloton.0
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There have been vulture visits to Northern Europe the last few years, including one that hung around in Yorkshire for ages. Think they came from Pyrenees. There's an issue there that for biosecurity they aren't allowed to leave carcasses out, so there's a lack of food sources.mididoctors said:There cool those soaring birds
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I want to be reincarnated as a bird of prey. It looks a nice life soaring on thermals without a care in the world (not sure about the offal diet though).mididoctors said:There cool those soaring birds
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Bol's noticed the danger and is now drifting back...Pross said:8km into the climb and the DQS minibus has only lost just over 1:30 to the peloton.
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There was one in Derbyshire last year I think - not far from Sheffield.No_Ta_Doctor said:
There have been vulture visits to Northern Europe the last few years, including one that hung around in Yorkshire for ages. Think they came from Pyrenees. There's an issue there that for biosecurity they aren't allowed to leave carcasses out, so there's a lack of food sources.mididoctors said:There cool those soaring birds
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He's added impetus, the gap has increased to 3 minutes in just 1km.Lanterne_Rogue said:
Bol's noticed the danger and is now drifting back...Pross said:8km into the climb and the DQS minibus has only lost just over 1:30 to the peloton.
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Yes, same bird. They can cover enormous distances.DeVlaeminck said:
There was one in Derbyshire last year I think - not far from Sheffield.No_Ta_Doctor said:
There have been vulture visits to Northern Europe the last few years, including one that hung around in Yorkshire for ages. Think they came from Pyrenees. There's an issue there that for biosecurity they aren't allowed to leave carcasses out, so there's a lack of food sources.mididoctors said:There cool those soaring birds
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What's that symbol that's been drawn on the road a lot mean? Like a stick man legs with a D for a head
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I think that's the beginning stage of a butterfly that didn't manage to metamorphosise overnight to its end form, like most do.bobmcstuff said:What's that symbol that's been drawn on the road a lot mean? Like a stick man legs with a D for a head
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Henao has had an ouchy off by the looks of things.Correlation is not causation.0
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Diplocaulus, isn't it?
Edit - for those of you that aren't massive paleontology nerds:
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Yeah, rode onto the verge on the way up a cat 4, took down one of those small team French riders as wellabove_the_cows said:Henao has had an ouchy off by the looks of things.
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Shorter stages produce shorter siestas.mididoctors said:Short stages produce aggressive attacking racing I hear
I find the long Tour climbs ideal for a nap while the train covers the kms."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Ineos not exactly kicking the peloton’s bottom."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Uran in big big troubleWarning No formatter is installed for the format0
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Uran all over"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 spoke too soon.
Uran dead in the water"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
I did a run on a hot July day a few years ago (it was the last day of the Tour from memory). I was flagging a bit on a hilly route and had a Buzzard follow me for miles going from telegraph pole to telegraph pole as though it was sensing a potential feast coming up. It was quite disconcerting!No_Ta_Doctor said:
There have been vulture visits to Northern Europe the last few years, including one that hung around in Yorkshire for ages. Think they came from Pyrenees. There's an issue there that for biosecurity they aren't allowed to leave carcasses out, so there's a lack of food sources.mididoctors said:There cool those soaring birds
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Ineos are looking a bit stronger today.0
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Uran dropped againScott Foil RC
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