TDF 2023: Stage 10:- Parc Vulcania to Issoire, 167km ***Spoilers***

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    The massif is beautiful
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    It's a great advert for France isn't it
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    edited July 2023
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Jakobsen already 11 minutes down on the head of the race, for anyone wondering what this pace is doing.

    DK TV are starting to do the calculations
    19 minutes now, still on that last categorised climb.

    Big news is that Fedorov is in the peloton, so if he makes it, he (and Morkov) have big chances in the lanterne rouge.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    kingstongraham said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Jakobsen already 11 minutes down on the head of the race, for anyone wondering what this pace is doing.

    DK TV are starting to do the calculations
    19 minutes now, still on that last categorised climb.

    Big news is that Fedorov is in the peloton, so if he makes it, he (and Morkov) have big chances in the lanterne rouge.
    Keep an eye on Zingle. Doing great stuff right now.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Jumbo have kept the gap down more than needed - I know there's a rider at 7-8 minutes but still
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Interesting how they made a 3 days of Clermont ferrand logistical hub out of stages 9 10 11 and rest day

    I didn't realise until I heard on a podcast . The riders must like that
    "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: 18,908
    This break has not got a great gap
    "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: 43,463
    mididoctors said:

    This break has not got a great gap

    Yeah, slightly surprised by the commentary seeming so convinced the break will stay away. I'd say 50:50 at best.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    This area looks like the moors around the Brecon Beacons. They could be racing around Llangynidr Mountain or the roads near Penderyn.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Why is MvdP pulling?
    "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: 18,908
    JA drops his own team.mate
    "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
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057
    mididoctors said:

    Why is MvdP pulling?

    Philipsen tastes another win in a sprint finish?
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    mididoctors said:

    Interesting how they made a 3 days of Clermont ferrand logistical hub out of stages 9 10 11 and rest day

    I didn't realise until I heard on a podcast . The riders must like that

    Good for spectators too - with hindsight would have made a great few days as part of a holiday.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    This is somewhat unusual
    "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: 43,463
    Van two up
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    If they get there together, WVA can drop him on this surely
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    For anyone who thinks Hatch gets a bit over-excited or hyperbolic, Carlton is proving he is still king at that too.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057
    edited July 2023
    Oh, vans off the front of peleton on descent, maybe we will get a shootout before WvA attends baby delivery.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Wow.
    42C at the finish
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    kingstongraham said:

    If they get there together, WVA can drop him on this surely

    Or at least, MVDP isn't doing anything on that against climbers who want rid of him.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    The Vans aren't really pulling away from the peloton so much as the peloton are dropping back. Their gap to the break is pretty much as it was when they went off the front but if you listened to Carlton (originally) and Hatch now they are on some huge counter-attack.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Skelmose and Kwiato out the back…
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    They are supermen
    "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
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057
    blazing_saddles said:

    Wow.
    42C at the finish

    I melted at work outdoors in our hottest day last year, was 37C at 1100, I couldn't imagine doing one ~10min all-out hill effort in that heat... Nevermind just over 100 miles with lots of attacks in even higher temps!
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Impressive by Israel ....can he finish it off
    "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: 4,334
    Jakobsen group now 25 minutes back, 55km to go. Looks like they're aiming to be right on the cut (earlier estimated as being around 37 minutes today)
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,981
    MvdP told to abort?
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057
    edited July 2023
    WvA drops MvdP.

    I guess if (when) the peleton makes a proper move and if Philipsen is still with them, MvdP can go back to being super lead-out.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Ben o Connor not his year
    "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: 22,726
    O’Connor, Alaphilippe and Barguil all dropped from the break
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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