TDF 2020 - Stage 18: Méribel - La Roche-sur-Foron 175 km *Spoilers*

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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,550
    Can someone please grab a screenshot of Obelix at 51.4km to go?

    My kids would be over the moon. Ta
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Ned Boulting on ITV claiming Lopez is a great time trialist.


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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,564
    Christ, imagine getting up looking at this stage after yesterday's monster.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,805
    Carapaz really.impressing me
    "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
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    edited September 2020
    Bit of a shame Hirschi crashed, that was looking like a tasty day up front. Don't think Bilbao is going to upset such a perfect apple cart until the last few Kms...
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    mididoctors said:

    Carapaz really.impressing me

    Yep. He would have been flying by the Giro.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    alan_a said:

    Can someone please grab a screenshot of Obelix at 51.4km to go?

    My kids would be over the moon. Ta

    Could be a bit tricky as they are at 45kms to go.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    blazing_saddles said:

    RichN95. said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    RichN95. said:

    KOM Situation

    66 Pogacar
    63 Roglic
    54 Carapaz
    52 Hirschi

    20 points for the first over the HC

    8 points for 5th, so some of the chasse patate lot need to stay ahead of The Pog.
    I hope it doesn't come down to the TT and is decided by being quick over the first flat 30km
    Yes, cos it's a 10 pointer.

    I think if Carapaz wins the next climb and Pogacar doesn't score, then Pogacar will have to be fastest to the top on the TT - Carapaz will have better countback on HC wins - 2 v 1
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Bilbao may jump him if he's going ftw.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,805
    Real car park this climb
    "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
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,230
    tailwindhome said:

    Not sure how up to date it is - - but I quite like the race summary from the official TDF website

    https://racecenter.letour.fr/en/


    Good recap of the race postion

    It's very good, isn't it?


  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    blazing_saddles said:

    Bilbao may jump him if he's going ftw.


    But if he takes the KOM points and Kwiato & Carapaz get back to him on the descent, they'll just sit on his wheel to the finish as revenge. Better to sit on, let them have the KOM and attack that last smaller climb.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    Is it not a bit concerning for the country that people cannot be expected to "go sober for October"..?

    1 month?!?!

    And I'm supposed to give them money??
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    big ol' sprint into the bottom.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    The race behind has started and it will probably stop again at the foot of the climb. :D
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    blazing_saddles said:

    The race behind has started and it will probably stop again at the foot of the climb. :D

    You say that, Landa attacks.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    Caruso is up the road too...
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,805
    Landa
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Which buggers up Bilbao?
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 7,202
    Fair play to Landa for at least giving it a crack.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    edited September 2020
    rick_chasey said:

    Pross said:

    Wish the TV coverage would show the front of the race. I've only seen the front group for about 5 seconds since I've finally been able to watch (got builders in and they had to turn the power off).

    Moto cam 1 followed the crash and was stuck behind Hirschi.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    For all the talk about Ineos not picking Thomas, he wouldn't have saved their Tour like this.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    focuszing723 said:

    Fair play to Landa for at least giving it a crack.

    Not really up to Jumbo to chase really...
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,805
    Testing
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    Uran mate, Uran!
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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    mididoctors said:

    Carapaz really.impressing me

    He's showing brailsford he picked the wrong man for GC.
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,926
    What'sthe guessing on time loss for the cutoff for Bennet today?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    So Kwiat for the stage, Carapaz for the polka?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,490
    Would like to Kwia take the stage after all the work he has done for others in this race over the years.

    So, was Carapaz riding into form or just not really ar$ed about supporting Bernal?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    RichN95. said:

    For all the talk about Ineos not picking Thomas, he wouldn't have saved their Tour like this.

    Eh?
    They haven't saved anything yet. They may not even get to borrow the jersey today.

    Thomas couldn't maybe have won a stage?
    If only you had half as much faith in him as you do in Froome.



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