TDF 2022:- Stage 18: Lourdes - Hautacam, 143.2Km ***Spoilers***
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I hope we see Pidcock on screen lots for the Aubisque Solour descent... Scene of my favourite stage win ever, 2011 watching Thor in the rainbow bands hitting ~125kph on the moto speedo .
IIRC at the time King Kelly said it was the same descent he had his fastest speed of also 125kph
I had hit 112kph on it the year earlier during Etape De Tour.
Love me a fast downhill.
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It's hot again, around 30c in the valleysWarning No formatter is installed for the format0
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Typical for when Bastille day is a Thursday. The French take half the week off so its a very long weekend.ddraver said:Slightly strange to have a Flat day on the final Friday innit? Not very Prudhomme.
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Does anyone know if live coverage can be rewound on the ES player Android app? I got in yesterday and was expecting the watch live or watch from the start option but didn't get it and couldn't rewind (the stage had ended but coverage was still in with post-stage interviews). Out again today but would like to watch most of the stage 'as live' when I get back.0
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They won't be going that way. They turn left at the Soulor to get back to Argeles via the Spandelles. That road down the Soulor way is very wide and open (and fast). The Spandelles descent is far more technical.alan_a said:I hope we see Pidcock on screen lots for the Aubisque Solour descent... Scene of my favourite stage win ever, 2011 watching Thor in the rainbow bands hitting ~125kph on the moto speedo .
IIRC at the time King Kelly said it was the same descent he had his fastest speed of also 125kph
I had hit 112kph on it the year earlier during Etape De Tour.
Love me a fast downhill.
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I think if you start watching when live coverage begins, then pause, you can watch the rest when you unpause.Pross said:Does anyone know if live coverage can be rewound on the ES player Android app? I got in yesterday and was expecting the watch live or watch from the start option but didn't get it and couldn't rewind (the stage had ended but coverage was still in with post-stage interviews). Out again today but would like to watch most of the stage 'as live' when I get back.
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The descending was good, but disposing of the other riders in the break who were at the time reasonably handy breakaway types (forgive me I've not watched it in a long time) was special!alan_a said:I hope we see Pidcock on screen lots for the Aubisque Solour descent... Scene of my favourite stage win ever, 2011 watching Thor in the rainbow bands hitting ~125kph on the moto speedo .
IIRC at the time King Kelly said it was the same descent he had his fastest speed of also 125kph
I had hit 112kph on it the year earlier during Etape De Tour.
Love me a fast downhill.
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I don't see Thomas arriving in Paris and having a gap smaller than 3 minutes between him and yellow at this stage he's just not the level of the other two. He'd likely not have won the tour in 2018 if Froome and Dumoulin hadn't done the Giro already that year.Pross said:I'm hoping the Yates and Pidcock losing loads of time today was them saving themselves and Geraint refusing to get dragged into going into the red to stay with the leaders is because they have something planned tomorrow.
Obviously this is just wishful thinking but looking at Pog when he crossed the line it seems equally as likely as him successfully going on the attack unless that was more of his acting skills.0 -
Yeah but that valley is always a strong headwind from the base of the tourmaletphreak said:
Nice bit of downhill all the way though to recover. That bike path from Pierefitte(?) all the way through to Lourdes is fantastic.mididoctors said:
Took me longer than a hour . Had come over the tourmaletphreak said:Hautucam has a very similar profile to d'Huez (as an amateur if you can do both in an hour you've done okay), and they both seem to inspire balls out efforts as they're both always finishes. Hautucam is perhaps rather more notorious for the extra-terrestrial nature of the efforts though.
"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 -
I actually turned down the option to do Hautacam. It was a 4 col day and we were already at the hotel 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫1
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Froome has covid DNS0
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Erviti and Caruso out with covid too.0
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I can't help but think that what this stage really needed was a climb of 5-6kms at 5-6% after about 20kms, just to give the breakaway a bit of quality and a chance . I can't see anything sticking before the Aubisque, which will be far too late.
A bummer about Froome, so late in the day. He would have been trying for that break, today."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
WVA goes up the road as soon as the flag drops."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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WVA attacks from the start0
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Probably a wise decisionrick_chasey said:I actually turned down the option to do Hautacam. It was a 4 col day and we were already at the hotel 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
"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 -
Jumbo need a break"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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Erviti and Caruso also dns with Covid"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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B U G G E Rphreak said:
They won't be going that way. They turn left at the Soulor to get back to Argeles via the Spandelles. That road down the Soulor way is very wide and open (and fast). The Spandelles descent is far more technical.alan_a said:I hope we see Pidcock on screen lots for the Aubisque Solour descent... Scene of my favourite stage win ever, 2011 watching Thor in the rainbow bands hitting ~125kph on the moto speedo .
IIRC at the time King Kelly said it was the same descent he had his fastest speed of also 125kph
I had hit 112kph on it the year earlier during Etape De Tour.
Love me a fast downhill.
https://youtu.be/DMwayTvyn0s0 -
I doubt You can get 125kmhJtomesgreen said:
The descending was good, but disposing of the other riders in the break who were at the time reasonably handy breakaway types (forgive me I've not watched it in a long time) was special!alan_a said:I hope we see Pidcock on screen lots for the Aubisque Solour descent... Scene of my favourite stage win ever, 2011 watching Thor in the rainbow bands hitting ~125kph on the moto speedo .
IIRC at the time King Kelly said it was the same descent he had his fastest speed of also 125kph
I had hit 112kph on it the year earlier during Etape De Tour.
Love me a fast downhill.
https://youtu.be/DMwayTvyn0s
on the soulor the way they are going down ...maybe the arrens route"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 -
What's happening in the kom ?"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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Nothing, as nothing is even remotely sorted.mididoctors said:What's happening in the kom ?
Powless did have an early try and Cofidis are on patrol, but that's about it.
It's going to take a long time yet, before anything concrete is established."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
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Mikkel Bjerg is looking rough."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Geschke has missed the break so Cofidis riding hard to bring it back0
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Blimey, Cofidis just pulled a huge group off the frontWarning No formatter is installed for the format0
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Pog has to be closing in by accident"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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Not getting much helpNo_Ta_Doctor said:Cofidis desperate to get Geschke some points
"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 at the jumbo visma team car accelerating past him 😅blazing_saddles said:Mikkel Bjerg is looking rough.
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