2016 TdF, Stage 12: Montpellier → Mont Ventoux (178km)

[Sasquatch]

If I were Yates I would refuse to wear the yellow jersey. He doesn't deserve it and he knows it.

 

[wirral]

Juan Antonio Flecha damn feisty today both before and after the stage. No sympathy from him.

 

[happychappy]

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Why didn't Henao give Froome his bike when he went past him in the last km? Not very marginal gains there.

Different cleats?

 

[jaylew]

Poor Porte. He was on the attack and actually had a gap.

 

[webvan]

Very bizarre that Henao didn't jump off his bike when he saw Froome on the Mavic bike!

 

[sienna]

Far too many motor bikes and cars IMO. This was inevitable.

 

[woodburn]

If you are going to letter of law, Froome should be DQd for running. Of course, they didn't do anything to Lance from riding off course.

It was a crash in the last K on a mountain. Can't see them adjusting time even if it wasn't their fault.

 

[portugal11]

Froome just leave le tour and go mano a mano with alberto

 

[saganftw]

quintana masterplan worked

 

[jsem94]

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Bjarne Riis saying in Danish broadcast, that this is the funniest he has ever seen. God he must hate Froome!

What an utter douchecanoe!

I'm so mad!

In the defence of Riis and for the sake of full disclosure:

Riis started out by saying it was completely unacceptable, a disgrace and something needed to be done. He then proceeded to say that Froome running looked funny.

Riis isn't wrong about that. It looked funny AF, but obviously it wasn't OK.

 

[Gloin22]

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Without neutralization sky and bmc must retire

That would be pathetic. This is cycling and road incidents happen all the time.

A fan falling because Tour couldn't deal with overcrowding? Well, I don't think so.

Quitting the Tour is obviously not an option.

If tour can't handle overcrowding and safety? All the people came down and tour didnt deal with it.

It is most definitely an option

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

If they are going to completely neutralize it I'm going to be bonkers mad. Mollema would be *** hard

 

[Zoophonic]

Epic. Result should stand. Porte losing time to puncture was not fair either.

Punctures are part and parcel of cycle racing. Drunken buffoons are most certainly not.

 

[KGB]

Why Porte didn't give bike to Froome?

 

[DirtyWorks]

This is a DISGRACE!

Words fail me.

Yes. We had a good and important race going. Very sad.

My heart is still beating madly.

Wow. Seriously? Stick around a while. Fans affect race outcomes. 99% of you need to relax. Froome rode everyone but Porte, and then Yates came up. There's your podium.

Yes, some chaos but that is to be expected.

 

[Red Rick]

Also a friendly reminder to keep it friendly please.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Half the people on these climbs nowadays are not fans anyway - they are just clowns full of beer and heads full of fresh air.

 

[DFA123]

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so pathetic wheelsucker NQ actually gains time even when he's dropped. bull*hit.

He attacked about three times today - exactly what the fans were asking for. And he clearly burnt himself out as a result. If that's his level, he's no threat to the GC anyway.

 

[doperhopper]

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there was nobody to stop for a piss unfortunately,no neutralization im afraid

yep, INSTANT KARMA!

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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If they are going to completely neutralize it I'm going to be bonkers mad. Mollema would be **** hard

Classy comment.

 

[therhodeo]

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I'm in tears of laughter

Bahahahaha

 

[rune1107]

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Bjarne Riis saying in Danish broadcast, that this is the funniest he has ever seen. God he must hate Froome!

What an utter douchecanoe!

I'm so mad!

In the defence of Riis and for the sake of full disclosure:

Riis started out by saying it was completely unacceptable, a disgrace and something needed to be done. He then proceeded to say that Froome running looked funny.

He started out by saying that it looked really funny. Then he said it was a disgrace

 

[Gigs_98]

Those pictures will become legendary. I'm honest, I also laughed but of course it's absolutely desasterous.
However I think if they don't neutralize the race the upcoming stages would surely get more interesting

 

[The Death Merchant]

Awesome! Now Froome must go full mutant to take the yellow. This is great for the race and will show how fast Froome can actually ride. He can't just take it easy and hang on with the other GC contenders, like he would have done if today hadn't happened. The best thing to happen to this year's Tour.

 

[webvan]

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so vroom should be DSQ.he was pointing also to the collar bone.broken?

Think he was talking on his radio.