TDF 2023:- Stage 20:- Belfort to Le Markstein, 133km ***Spoilers***

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Pinot Vs UAE
    "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: 22,728

    Pinot Vs UAE

    It will end up in the usual way: Pinot vs Pinot.
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  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    First time I've ever wanted a french rider to win a stage!
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Look at the crowds
    "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
  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Anyone else picturing Madiot in the car right now? He'll be on ceiling 🤣
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Pinot starting to look a bit worried. May have overdone it through the fans. Still holding his lead though.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Harper looks done in the case. Pidcock ups the pace and Barguil follows. Be interesting to see if Barguil can hold his wheel on the descent, can’t think what his downhill skills are like.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    If Pidcock takes the win from Pinot he won’t make it out alive
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Harper digging in.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    GC group stalling
    "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
    Spectacular setting
  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Crowds are insane for Pinot
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    UAE look done behind, still a few there but have left Jumbo to do the work.

    Pinot has increased his gap to 32” but I think he may have got caught up in the atmosphere and gone too deep.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183

    Crowds are insane for Pinot

    Going to form a roadblock behind him
  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    In the words of Russ Abbot, what an atmosphere
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  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Let's just hope they all get down safely
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Pinot not exactly pushing on over the top.
  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Adverts on ES! Seriously????
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Inside line on these bends is nasty
  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Gaudu chute!!
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Gaudu chute
    "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: 14,656
    WTF was Gaudu doing? Lucky he didn't ruin someone elses race there
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Gaudu go down
  • blazing_saddles
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    Gaudu on the deck.
    Completely on the wrong line.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    edited July 2023
    Descent not really fast enough for Tom to make time back

    Edit - he’s losing the wheel in the chase for some reason
  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Pinot holding gap at 28s on descent
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    Pidcock not enhancing his reputation as a stellar descender, this Tour.
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  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Netflix will be loving this
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    That didn’t look like 50kph descending to me.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,438
    Looked like Pidders had backed off to eat