TDF 2023: Stage 18:- Moutiers to Bourg en Bresse, 186km ***Spoilers***

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    Laporte switching effortlessly back to bunch sprinter after his stint as mountain domestique.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    mididoctors said:

    Jasper good interview

    Jasper or....Kasper?

    Asgreen really praised the others in the break, said they all deserved the win really.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,970
    Was really good to see the break hold off the chase. 👏👏👏
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    It was a good run in for the break too, nice and twisty but not as dangerous as some were suggesting it might be. Just allowed a bit of disruption. Pollitt was the only one who looked like he might pull them back.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Pollitt stuck an almighty turn in. It's why I've suggested in the non-spoiler thread for people wanting to catch up later that they watch from a bit later out than 5km, as that spell on the front was what really seemed to doom the break.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    Alpecin discovering the problem of having the odds on favourite in a bunch sprint.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    It will be interesting to see how they try to control things tomorrow. Will they let the break get a bigger gap or try to keep it even tighter? A tough climb 25km from the line will make it even harder.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    Tough climb should equate to the break getting more of a leash, since the peloton will reach the climb fresher and will gobble up a lot of time there.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,703
    Tough climb?
    Guys it's a five and a half minute effort.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    There is no stage 19 thread up yet, so I blame you @blazing_saddles ! 😜🤗
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,235
    Pross said:

    It will be interesting to see how they try to control things tomorrow. Will they let the break get a bigger gap or try to keep it even tighter? A tough climb 25km from the line will make it even harder.

    MVDP in the break, surely?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    mididoctors said:

    Jasper good interview

    Jasper or....Kasper?

    Asgreen really praised the others in the break, said they all deserved the win really.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,235
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    mididoctors said:

    Jasper good interview

    Asgreen really praised the others in the break, said they all deserved the win really.
    Love Asgreen. A wonderful person as well as a great rider.
  • jimmyjams
    jimmyjams Posts: 777
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    mididoctors said:

    Jasper good interview

    Asgreen really praised the others in the break, said they all deserved the win really.
    He was right to do so - in the end he proved to be the strongest, but I would have liked Eenkhoorn to have won, in view of Philipsen's attempts to stop him joining the break (3 times, I think)

    Who got the most-aggressive rider designation?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,645
    edited July 2023
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    mididoctors said:

    Jasper good interview

    Jasper or....Kasper?

    Asgreen really praised the others in the break, said they all deserved the win really.
    Pah. Asgreen would never have written "The Rider" would he?

    He had them backed into a corner with the logic of the break to begin with.

    It's obvious it's a different generation to me now. Way too much happy clappy stuff for me.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    rick_chasey said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    mididoctors said:

    Jasper good interview

    Jasper or....Kasper?

    Asgreen really praised the others in the break, said they all deserved the win really.
    Pah. Asgreen would never have written "The Rider" would he?

    He had them backed into a corner with the logic of the break to begin with.

    It's obvious it's a different generation to me now. Way too much happy clappy stuff for me.
    A cynic might suggest he rides for the increasingly unstable Quickstep and isn't interested in offending anyone at this point.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,645
    I want more "I bossed it, ha ha, my tactics are great, boo hiss to them"
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Rather forgot about today, but a stage where the break outwits the sprinters is always a good day and should happen at least once per grand tour. This is the way...
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  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Did Philipsen try to block to prevent him going across, or to give him a bollocking for riding on the grass and risking the peloton? NSF seemed to imply the latter?
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,970
    rick_chasey said:

    I want more "I bossed it, ha ha, my tactics are great, boo hiss to them"

    Wouldn't help him in future breaks though.
    He's playing the longer game.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    larkim said:

    Did Philipsen try to block to prevent him going across, or to give him a bollocking for riding on the grass and risking the peloton? NSF seemed to imply the latter?

    The former, he got forced onto the grass by the other Alpecin rider when he tried to pass.

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