TDF 2021: Stage 16 Pas de la Case > Saint-Gaudens 169 km **Spoilers**

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,845
    EF now seem to be employing Ineos's tactic. You know, the one that doesn't work?
    Gap coming down.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    blazing_saddles said:

    EF now seem to be employing Ineos's tactic. You know, the one that doesn't work?
    Gap coming down.

    Team competition? Bahrain have riders in the break. Could just be limiting losses
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,931
    blazing_saddles said:

    EF now seem to be employing Ineos's tactic. You know, the one that doesn't work?
    Gap coming down.

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    They're not exactly shelling riders out the back
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,845
    The team competition?
    How sad.
    Movistar wannabes
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,091
    blazing_saddles said:

    The team competition?
    How sad.
    Movistar wannabes

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    As an indication of how poor an effort that was from EF, the break is now another minute ahead and Cav is just 3 minutes behind the peloton. Understandably, they're given up again
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,688
    blazing_saddles said:

    The team competition?
    How sad.
    Movistar wannabes

    That was the very words that came into my head!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,845
    Konrad going solo and long into a howling headwind.
    Won’t be easy
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Lovely weather.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,845
    Colbrelli is ridiculous.
    Gaudu has dropped everyone bar him
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,845
    Obviously it’s Mark Padun disguised in the Italian champions jersey
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    blazing_saddles said:

    Colbrelli is ridiculous.
    Gaudu has dropped everyone bar him

    And now Gaudu is dropping him on the descent. A mountain jersey stage is a battle for green Jersey points. Up is down and black is white.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,802
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    Colbrelli is ridiculous.
    Gaudu has dropped everyone bar him

    And now Gaudu is dropping him on the descent. A mountain jersey stage is a battle for green Jersey points. Up is down and black is white.
    P!ssing in the wind, unfortunately.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,802
    Bakelandts has attacked the 3rd group off camera to go after Colbrelli etc.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    Konrad still has 45". Bloody good effort
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,845
    Game over.
    Konrad has this now.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,802
    edited July 2021
    Rather slow day today. ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,802
    Bora doing well salvaging a no-Sagan Tour.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    rick_chasey said:

    Bora doing well salvaging a no-Sagan Tour.

    Good riders, let off the leash
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 8,746
    Yet another finish where the chasing group don't commit to a chase.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,160
    edited July 2021
    I've picked Konrad twice on PTP during this Tour and he's come 2nd and 1st*. Legend.

    *Presumably
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    DeVlaeminck said:

    Yet another finish where the chasing group don't commit to a chase.

    Pretty sure nobody wants to drag Colbrelli and Matthews to the line
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,802
    Konrad from Bora won.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    Konrad wins, Colbrelli 2nd then Matthews.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    Shenanigans in the peloton on the cat 4. Guillame Martin & a helper attack, Van Aert catches them and rides by like they're amateurs. Peloton splits, all top 10 are there but van Aert decides to drive the group anyway. Might be some winds to make it hard?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,339
    Weird thing to do. Drive the top 10 hard the last 7 km then lead out a sprint. Guess Vingegaard wasn't lying when he said he wanted the race harder
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    I like it.
    Half man, Half bike
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,845
    edited July 2021
    rick_chasey said:

    Rather slow day today. ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz

    Brad Wiggins called it boring.
    The headwind didn't help but really, that profile says it all: breakaway day, GC boys to take a casual day.

    Have I missed a law being passed that means men's sport must be presented by a woman?
    Who is Orla's replacement?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,802
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Weird thing to do. Drive the top 10 hard the last 7 km then lead out a sprint. Guess Vingegaard wasn't lying when he said he wanted the race harder

    WvA is training for the Olympics. That is the main objective (for him).
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