TDF 2022:- Stage 6: Binche - Longwy, 220kms ***Spoilers***

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  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,497
    G let as 5 second gap extend there at the end so the rankings say. seems a daft error
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,739
    I’ve dislocated my shoulder twice and I certainly wasn’t in any condition to contend for anything the next day.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    andyrac said:

    focuszing723 said:

    I just drunk Redbull on a ride once and just felt all gassy, bloated and flatulent.

    The advice from a current World Champion is to mix it with water......
    Hmmmm, cheers.

    Did he also happen to mention an insatiable desire to want to fling yourself off stuff?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Oh yeah you need to get to a stage where it pops in and out like its nothing. Two won't do it...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    edited July 2022
    seanoconn said:

    I’ve dislocated my shoulder twice and I certainly wasn’t in any condition to contend for anything the next day.

    You get used to putting it back in yourself after a while and just crack on. It took a while of going to the hospital before I got to that point though (don't get me wrong I still find it bloody painful).

    I lean over and let it hang, it's important to relax the muscles/ligaments (I know it's not easy), massage the muscle around the shoulder with your other arm/hand and it pops back in. Go to a Hospital if you feel numbness in the fingers though, just in case you have a trapped nerve.

  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited July 2022
    I've just watched the last 10km and Hatch said it was "the most sensational stage story in recent years".

    What did I miss? Was Elvis in the break? Were there dinosaurs? Did a multiverse race appear were a French rider won?
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    RichN95. said:

    I've just watched the last 10km and Hatch said it was "the most sensational stage story in recent years".

    What did I miss? Was Elvis in the break? Were there dinosaurs? Did a multiverse race appear were a French rider won?

    The yellow jersey attacked. I think that's it.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    RichN95. said:

    I've just watched the last 10km and Hatch said it was "the most sensational stage story in recent years".

    What did I miss? Was Elvis in the break? Were there dinosaurs? Did a multiverse race appear were a French rider won?

    He used the "It's a long way to Longwy" joke twice.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    RichN95. said:

    I've just watched the last 10km and Hatch said it was "the most sensational stage story in recent years".

    What did I miss? Was Elvis in the break? Were there dinosaurs? Did a multiverse race appear were a French rider won?

    I think your big problem there is that you watched the wrong end of the stage. I'm not claiming the first 80km were definitely the most fun you can have with your clothes on, but it was pretty full on.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited July 2022
    You've got to apply the Hatch Correction Factor (CH) too

    Poor Stage = Very Good Stage
    Average Stage = Exceptional Stage
    Mildly interesting Stage = History Making Stage
    Good Stage = Most Sensational Stage of the decade
    Very good Stage = Most phenomenally epic sporting event in the history of sport, Nothing will ever come close
    Paris Roubaix 2016 = death by suffocation
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    RichN95. said:

    I've just watched the last 10km and Hatch said it was "the most sensational stage story in recent years".

    What did I miss? Was Elvis in the break? Were there dinosaurs? Did a multiverse race appear were a French rider won?

    The fight for the breakaway went on for ever ..but hatch hyperbole
    "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
  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,215
    Great ride by Fuglsang to finish at +5s after abandoning the breakaway.
    Put himself in a position to potentially gain time, but bailed out knowing it wasn’t going to happen and lives to fight another day
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    red.rider said:

    Great ride by Fuglsang to finish at +5s after abandoning the breakaway.
    Put himself in a position to potentially gain time, but bailed out knowing it wasn’t going to happen and lives to fight another day

    Yeah, he'd already been told he shouldn't try and lose time to stage hunt layer (I guess Israel probably need the UCI points from a mediocre gc placing) and his DS told him if the gap went under 2 mins he should drop back. Don't think Wout was all that happy about it, but they never got the reinforcements they expected, so a smart move. Bonus of being able to go for a relaxed pee as well
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    I think it's a bit harsh of PCS to have Simmons dropping a place on the KOM rankings after going from -1 to 1 point.


  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    I missed this - how did he end up on minus points ?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    DeVlaeminck said:

    I missed this - how did he end up on minus points ?

    He went off road to move around to get to the front of the peloton on stage 3 - fined plus a 40 point and 1 mountain point deduction.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
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