TDF 2023: Stage 14:- Annemasse to Morzine, 152km ***Spoilers***

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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,018
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Pross said:

    Not sure I’ve ever seen a race neutralised after a crash before. I guess it was due to it being so early.

    A few years back there was a stage in Brittany/Normandy that was neutralised early on as they ran out of ambulances after a big crash
    Yes think I remember that - similarly early in the stage wasn't it ?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    This isn’t going to be a fun day. Will be a struggle for the sprinters. I wonder if they’ll give any leeway to riders missing the cutoff time.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    Another group of around 30 riders getting a small gap but going nowhere. Smaller group of around 10 getting a small gap.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,785
    Damm woods not making a move
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    Two more bridging and could be away.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    Powless has missed it so Bettiol trying to get him across.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    EF are closing it down despite having Cort in there.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,785
    Ouff petit
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Petit’s not going to make , is he
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    Kelderman apparently 90” off the back. Petit getting dropped and I suspect he’ll abandon. Three riders off the front with a handful of seconds including Alaphillipe.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,694
    Chaves abandons
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,525
    Chaves climbs off
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    Chaves in difficulty too. Martinez and Lutsenko bridge to the front three.

    Chaves abandoning.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,694
    The crash seems to have had the opposite effect on Martinez
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    Got the makings of a strong break now with Geshke trying to close. Martinez takes the first KOM.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    Don’t think this is going to stick either unless the peloton decide to take it easy on the descent.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,694
    edited July 2023
    Ion Izagirre off the back and in the cars.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    Big split in the peloton. Alaphillipe opening a gap on the break but they’ve basically been caught.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,525
    Another crash, Bardet (from race radio via DK tv)
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Another crash, Bardet (from race radio via DK tv)

    Might explain the gap.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Bardet looks in a bad way
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,694
    Looks nasty
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,525
    James Shaw as well
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,694
    James Shaw also down and out
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    He looks like he’ll be out too.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,657
    The Weasley Pidcock family on ITV 4 confirming that Tom has had this stage in mind since the announcement...

    (Or at least that Pidcock Sr. has...)
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,694
    Bardet up on his feet
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    James Shaw also down and the wrong side of a concrete barrier but he’s sat up.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    Bardet on his feet but looking keen to lie back down.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,103
    A big group has gone clear among the chaos. Probably about 20 riders including Kwiato again and Landa plus a few from that original Alaphillipe group. Powless has made it. Gap is 22” but was 33”.

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