Paris - Nice 2022 **Spoilers**

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Individual time trial tomorrow.





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  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,434
    bobmcstuff said:

    Completely forgot about this and the PTP for the last few days...

    your posts would've probably ended up the stupid flunking drafts folder anyways!!!
  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 530
    Interesting street names on the route map.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,470
    bm5 said:

    Interesting street names on the route map.

    Is that a reference to Thomas de Gendt's tweet that they went through Pussay on Monday and Balsac on Tuesday?
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 1,928
    edited March 2022
    Dennis currently leading the ITT. on 16:26
    Bissegger 4th.
    Simon Yates flying at the 1st intermediate. EDIT finished in 3rd (currently)
  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,434
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 1,928
    Roglic into 1st at 16:22
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 1,928
    WVA on 16:20.

    Only Laporte out on the course so another 1,2,3 (at least) for JV
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 1,928
    Laporte comes in 29 seconds down on WVA.

    WVA goes into Yellow
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,845
    Crushing it
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  • drhaggis
    drhaggis Posts: 1,150
    Just a reminder LJV is the team that, until recently hadn't won a single race this year.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    RichN95. said:

    The 2019 season just called. Do we still need a salary cap to stop Ineos's dominance?

    what are the respective salaries of the two teams out of interest?

    anyone know?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,845
    Vernal c crashing out the season is so a real shame . I hope they give carapaz a alpha squad
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  • neonriver
    neonriver Posts: 228
    mididoctors said:

    Vernal c crashing out the season is so a real shame . I hope they give carapaz a alpha squad

    Think Carapaz is doing giro
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Starting to get into the business end of the race now. Today should definitely see the climbers try to strike back against the Jumbo empire.









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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,153
    Lots of DNSs due to colds. Israel are down to one rider - Houle.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    RichN95. said:

    Lots of DNSs due to colds. Israel are down to one rider - Houle.

    You can say that again.
    No fewer than 18 riders failing to take today’s start.

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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 1,928
    draft
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    edited March 2022
    I've come back from round there with an absolute stinker of a cold. I've barely moved out of bed for 3 days.

    (testing negative for that one, feel significantly more unpleasant too)
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    edited March 2022
    Sounds as if flu his rampant among the peloton, post Covid.
    Now 21 riders out on the day.
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,712
    interesting that there is such a wave of flu in the peloton.

    Especially with covid negatives.
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  • pblakeney
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    edited March 2022
    jimmythecuckoo said:

    interesting that there is such a wave of flu in the peloton.

    Especially with covid negatives.

    Flu or cold?
    Big difference. Both will eliminate a rider from a race but only one is serious.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,153
    Van Aert dropped fairly early
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    WVA dropped early on the main climb.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,845
    Mure looks harder than I remember
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Ironically Roglic would be alone but for Rohan Dennis
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,153
    I might be on one of my rare PTP genius days today
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,845
    Is laPorte still in 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 pm
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,153
    edited March 2022
    mididoctors said:

    Is laPorte still in there?


    No, dropped ages ago.
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