2016 TdF, Stage 17: Bern → Finhaut-Emosson (185km)

[Punkan]

Sky doms perfectly rested. Snoozefest coming up!

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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Sky doms perfectly rested. Snoozefest coming up!

Well, if Movistar don't take the fight to them... what do you expect?

 

[MikeTichondrius]

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Sky doms perfectly rested. Snoozefest coming up!

Other GC teams seem to be happy to let Sky do their thing. So it always plays into their hands. It's gonna be one of those calculated efforts where doms drop exactly where they need to and attrition just builds. Biggest interest is seeing who is weaker among the top 10. I think this is where the surprises (Mollema, Yates, Valverde to the extent that he should be spending energy for Nairo) might be found out, or prove themselves.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Froome unlikely to attack today with no stage win up for grabs, he'll save himself for the stage win tomorrow

 

[ice&fire]

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Did you know it's the 230th anniversary of the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc?
Tributary stages this week.

So basically they're trying to go as slow as an alpinist on foot?

We already saw that last week in Mont Ventoux

 

[Walkman]

Bore de France...

We need smaller teams, ASAP.

 

[DanielSong39]

If Sky is stronger than Astana, Movistar, and BMC combined they deserve to control the race.

That is what we're seeing...

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Mollema asked if he is gonna attack Froome today: "it depends on my legs and his legs". Translation: " No."

 

[rick james]

last year at the Giro Astana were attacking on the flat..why are they not trying in Le tour?

 

[doperhopper]

Gallopin flies away, with Lutsenko... too early?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Come on Lutsenko!!

 

[ILovecycling]

I hope that Astana riders arent going only after the stage win

 

[Samamba]

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Gallopin flies away, with Lutsenko... too early?

Ofcourse. Gallopin just want to show that he's stll alive.

 

[PatrickLeeds]

If they are going slow etc, how come they are over 20 minutes ahead of the fastest time on the Horaire?

Is it just a massive tailwind?

 

[saganftw]

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If they are going slow etc, how come they are over 20 minutes ahead of the fastest time on the Horaire?

Is it just a massive tailwind?

they did 51 KM in first hour

 

[Bumeington]

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If they are going slow etc, how come they are over 20 minutes ahead of the fastest time on the Horaire?

Is it just a massive tailwind?

The start was crazy fast but since the current group went up the road they have been going slow

 

[rick james]

Movistar put a man at the front of the Peloton

 

[therhodeo]

Bore de France...

We need smaller teams, ASAP.

Agree completely. Either smaller teams or salary caps or both.

 

[RattaKuningas]

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Movistar put a man at the front of the Peloton

Anacona. We havent seen much of him since his crash.

 

[ILovecycling]

We should all pray that Poels has bad legs

 

[doperhopper]

Movi cracking skytrain? Kiri off the back

 

[saganftw]

Keldermerckx is the inevitable dutch GC dissapointment of this tdf

 

[Rollthedice]

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Movi cracking skytrain? Kiri off the back

And Izagirre.

 

[OmieeZF]

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Movi cracking skytrain? Kiri off the back

movi a man down as well

 

[HelloDolly]

Ion Izagirre gone already ...thought he was supposed to be there till the mountains