TDF 2022:- Stage 18: Lourdes - Hautacam, 143.2Km ***Spoilers***

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    r0bh said:

    Van Aert underlining there are no gifts, takes the intermediate

    Why though, he has already won the green jersey! Shouldn't he be saving energy to help Ving?
    Honestly, it was about 3" of 70% effort, against Mohoric (don't know if he had a drop post)
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  • The breakaway has 20 seconds lead as they hit the Aubisque.

    Why is Kirby still commentating? Should have swapped out by now.

    Hoping they've just split the day in half

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Everyone attack
    "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: 18,907
    I don't think he will win that jersey
    "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
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,331
    ITV have posted the clip of the crash. First rider gets pinched between press bike stopping and another team car. First press bike caused all that, everything else is people having no margin to react differently

  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Riders will be pleased to know the stage is now half done.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,331
    Pleasing accidental pun as Dan Lloyd announces that "Mas is up there" to accompany this image



  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Pidcock got to attack the descent
    "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
  • Jtomesgreen
    Jtomesgreen Posts: 190
    r0bh said:

    Van Aert underlining there are no gifts, takes the intermediate

    Why though, he has already won the green jersey! Shouldn't he be saving energy to help Ving?
    WVA doesn't need to save energy. Ever.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I am disappointed WvA didn’t also try to win polka
  • One of the best bits of road in France between the Aubisque & Solour
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited July 2022
    The press bike was the Sporza bike and there’s a weird moment where the man on the back reports the accident without explaining they caused it
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    The amount of greenery at the top of the aubisque is remarkable compared to early 90s
    "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
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Horses!
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    The live tracker is having an absolute mare today
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Onto the new climb goes van Aert’s gang
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436

    The live tracker is having an absolute mare today

    I was just going to ask, are Pog and Ving really 2:30 ahead of Thomas!? That's what the tracker says
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    McNulty brings out the UAE hammer
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Do one G
    "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
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    r0bh said:

    The live tracker is having an absolute mare today

    I was just going to ask, are Pog and Ving really 2:30 ahead of Thomas!? That's what the tracker says
    No. They're together. I crapped myself when I first saw that
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  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    wow thomas after JV bottle
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Geraint asks the JV soigneur for a bottle and doesn't get one
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    UAE giving bottles to everyone
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    UAE force WVA to raise the pace and cracks Ciconne
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    It's so tense
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Bardet dropped
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • McNulty is well in to his work again
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Pogacar attacks
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Pog! With 40km to ride
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    OK, it's on!
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