TDF 2022:- Stage 12: Briançon to Alpe d’Heuz 165.1Km ***Spoilers***

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Pidcock #overrated
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Tom in tears.

    Bastille Day not bad for the Brits and decent day for Ineos.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,065
    Fair play to Froome for keeping third there, Pog gains nothing besides sore legs with a late sprint.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited July 2022
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
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  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,982
    Pidcock.... pure class and style
    Froome.... I couldn't be more pleased today. Just willing him on.
    Geraint.... he takes some shaking, riding a great race.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    He was the strongest in that break in the first place. Helped get the gap back up after JV looked like they might close the break down and spent a third of the time on the front.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Exhausted and hot
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Froome was brave
    "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
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    Pidcock must have a reasonable shot at a top 10 GC finish now.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Good day for the Brits. Turning into the British mountain at this rate.
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  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    Chapeau to Froome. 3rd on that stage. Stunning win for Pidcock. No breakway for him after this
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Very good tactical ride too, planned to get in the break and knew it would be easier to get away on the descent.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Still not convinced by Pidcock. Should probably try his hand at mtb downhill 😉
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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    Froome up to 20th on GC now.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Still not convinced by Pidcock. Should probably try his hand at mtb downhill 😉

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Pidcock given the combativity award too, apparently. Feels a bit harsh on Froome, who took his opportunity to get on Pidcock's wheel on that first descent and surely had a few things on his mind when he did so.- Meintjes also great effort though.
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  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    r0bh said:

    So many nobbers on this climb

    Its the Alpe. Victim of its own success. Remember the fiasco when Thomas won and Nibs was off to hospital
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
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  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Chapeau Chris. Great ride for 3rd
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Wiggins seems to have well and truly buried the hatchet with Froome, he's like a fanboi these days.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ha ha G reminding Pidcock that he's the second British winner on the Alpe. ;)
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Pross said:

    Wiggins seems to have well and truly buried the hatchet with Froome, he's like a fanboi these days.

    Yeah, his words about Froome today have been nice to see.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    So Pidcock was 12 years old when Wiggins won the Tour.

    Damn I feel old.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    above_the_cows said:

    So Pidcock was 12 years old when Wiggins won the Tour.

    Damn I feel old.

    Oh good lord... :(
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Pidcock in 8th on GC now. Ineos have 3 in the top 8 but virtually no chance of improving on third realistically whilst also being too close to be allowed to get into another break. They also have no mountain domestiques, it's a bit of an odd one.
  • Jtomesgreen
    Jtomesgreen Posts: 190
    Pross said:

    Pidcock in 8th on GC now. Ineos have 3 in the top 8 but virtually no chance of improving on third realistically whilst also being too close to be allowed to get into another break. They also have no mountain domestiques, it's a bit of an odd one.

    Plenty of potential to exploit scenarios where teams other than JV and UAE are not able to shut down breakaway attempts
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Good to see pog isn't dead yet too.

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