TDF 2023: Stage 7:- Mont de Marsan to Bordeaux, 170km ***Spoilers***

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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,033
    fleshtuxedo said:

    DQ Phillipsen!

    Opinion or fact?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    N0bodyOfTheGoat said:

    fleshtuxedo said:

    DQ Phillipsen!

    Opinion or fact?
    Opinion, Philipsen's the winner.
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,857
    N0bodyOfTheGoat said:

    fleshtuxedo said:

    DQ Phillipsen!

    Opinion or fact?
    Hope!
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Jeepers. Did Philipsen shove Grmay into the barriers there?

    Could be argued. Definitely nowhere near straight.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    Philipsen definitely drifted but I don't think he impeded anyone.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    LOL
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    We don't want it like that though lads...

    #SpiritOfTheGame
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Girmay getting bullied a fair bit by alpecin
    "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
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 7,916
    Pross said:

    Philipsen definitely drifted but I don't think he impeded anyone.

    He did, he impeded Cav from being the greatest TDF rider of all time!
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,160
    Pross said:

    Philipsen definitely drifted but I don't think he impeded anyone.

    Think Girmay might have made 2nd
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    That Canyon looks really smart in that dark green
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Barrier kicked out a fraction, which is what finally slammed the door. Genuinely surprised they're not at least having a look at it though.
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,605
    Yeah me too - the overhead of that isn't great for Phillipsen
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,702
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Barrier kicked out a fraction, which is what finally slammed the door. Genuinely surprised they're not at least having a look at it though.

    It's the UCI.
    No crash, no foul.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    What's concerning is that Philipsen was almost stopped behind MvdP and still unleashed enough of a sprint to win comfortably...
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    Mad_Malx said:

    Pross said:

    Philipsen definitely drifted but I don't think he impeded anyone.

    Think Girmay might have made 2nd
    Nah, Girmay didn't have to slow down. If he missed second it was because he sat up to shake his fist.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Barrier kicked out a fraction, which is what finally slammed the door. Genuinely surprised they're not at least having a look at it though.

    Ah come on, if it's like that it'll end up like the F1 in the Austrian grand prix. Sprints are chaotic. Sometimes there isn't room
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,033
    edited July 2023
    Girmay being blocked by Philipsen looks feasible on the overhead replay.
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  • commuterlegs
    commuterlegs Posts: 271
    How close do we think Cav has to get without winning for him to re-think retiring and give it one more bash next year?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    ddraver said:

    We don't want it like that though lads...

    #SpiritOfTheGame

    Quite right
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    edited July 2023
    Girmay was slow onto Cavs wheel though tbh philpsen just took it
    "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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    Ooh, actually further back he definitely forced Girmay into the barrier. He went right to left to right, any contact there and you're DQd.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    edited July 2023
    It's a shame because girmay would have left philpsen in the wind rather than getting a leadout off cav
    "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: 18,790
    Cav just tied up ..... Bloody good go though .... 6th 5th 2nd .... Moving right direction
    "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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    Experience really showed there from Cav, all the others drifted left following MVDP and got boxed, Cav took advantage of teh open space to come from miles back but probably had to go a bit too soon. He definitely has the speed if he can get his positioning right.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    commuterlegs said:

    How close do we think Cav has to get without winning for him to re-think retiring and give it one more bash next year?

    Still 2 more stages he reckons
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    It was a much worse deviation than the one they looked at on stage 3.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Kittel on ITV4 looks exceptional by the way

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    The more I look at it the worse that deviation looks tbh
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  • petemadoc
    petemadoc Posts: 2,331
    Cav says his gears jumped mid sprint !!!

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