2016 TdF, Stage 8: Pau → Bagnères-de-Luchon (184km)

[Praying Mantis]

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Long time listener, first time poster. Agree wholeheartedly PM and considering the work you put in on the stage summaries would hope people follow your wishes.

Appreciate the work you put in, makes a mug like me feel like I know something after I read them :razz:

Thank you! I'd like to thank others for their kind words as well, I don't reply to everyone as I don't want to put too much focus on myself.

One thing I hope is clear to everyone is that I do not write the preview texts myself, they are all written by the folks at CyclingQuotes, I'm merely an aggregator of information. I hope the attribution is clear enough, I don't want to take credit for the work of others! In fact, the only original work in these posts is that progress meter on top (for which I apologise to fellow aesthetes for the colours, I forgot to disable f.lux, and Illustrator mangled the art conversion).

 

[MikeTichondrius]

Seems like they're keeping it together until the sprint, huh?

 

[sir fly]

46- 47 kmph for the first hour.
Fast, but not too fast.
They're keeping all together till the ascent, after all.

 

[Isaak-Gabriel]

In green jersey competition it's Sagan vs all the sprinters + ASO.

 

[wirral]

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In green jersey competition it's Sagan vs all the sprinters + ASO.

Yes, absolutely.

And Sagan will still win.

 

[sir fly]

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In green jersey competition it's Sagan vs all the sprinters + ASO.

+ ISIS + CIA + knights templars and who knows who else.
Only we, cyclingnews forum members, are with him.

 

[Orbit501]

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Geraint Thomas fell in the Départ fictif.

(Bakelants too)

Isn't crashing in the neutral zone very very rare?

Maybe, but G NOT crashing is even rarer

 

[MatParker117]

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In green jersey competition it's Sagan vs all the sprinters + ASO.

Yes, absolutely.

And Sagan will still win.

That's doubtful a lot of the intermediate sprints in Mountain stages are either before any climbs or so late that it's doubtful he could hang on for maximum points. If Cav stays consistent it's going to very difficult.

 

[Orbit501]

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46- 47 kmph for the first hour.
Fast, but not too fast.
They're keeping all together till the ascent, after all.

The placing of the intermediate sprint right at the foot of the first climb of the day has been massively influential in keeping it all together. Once those points have been decided then the break will form.

Big bonus for pure climbers wanting to get in the break.

 

[wirral]

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In green jersey competition it's Sagan vs all the sprinters + ASO.

+ ISIS + CIA + knights templars and who knows who else.
Only we, cyclingnews forum members, are with him.

the masons

 

[sir fly]

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46- 47 kmph for the first hour.
Fast, but not too fast.
They're keeping all together till the ascent, after all.

The placing of the intermediate sprint right at the foot of the first climb of the day has been massively influential in keeping it all together. Once those points have been decided then the break will form.

Big bonus for pure climbers wanting to get in the break.

You're right.

 

[Carols]

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So are there any bets for when the first abadon will take place, and who will be. I would bet some money

Cycling Betting Thread

What's wrong with discussing betting in this thread as long as it's related to today's stage?

My opinion:

Firstly, discussions about betting, gambling, fantasy cycling etc, has no relevance to the stage at all. It's so boring and irrelevant, detracts attention from the race and puts it on individuals, bookies, gambling sites and so on. It's very annoying when trying to follow a race and a race thread, to have it filled with irrelevant posts. It's like people updating us on how their own TdF stages in Pro Cycling Manager are going, it's of no interest to anyone. That GamblingWebsite has strange odds on RiderX is just as uninteresting to people not gambling.

Secondly, gambling addiction is common, especially among sports fans. It ruins lives, every day. Littering stage threads with triggers to gamble is highly unnecessary, it should be about the race.

Solution: Discuss those things in other threads where it won't bother anyone.

Again, you can feel free to ignore me if the mods do indeed encourage that type of discussion here.

100% agree. I really could care less about odds and other peoples bets and CN has a subforum set up especially for that purpose.

 

[Carols]

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still waiting for the Quintana attack before the 3rd week.. Movi wasnt too impressive on d'Aspin, maybe saving for 8th+9th like Poels+Landa were saved on the 5th stage and shoore enough they were in front yesterday...
As a Quintana fan Valverde's presence really annoy the hell out of me as he doesnt attack nor "clearly"(!?) help..
Climbers without iTT have to attack and maybe put some fire on the stage..
Sepulveda ftw

Valverde said he was going to lose time in the first week, so he could be fresh in the mountain stages for Quintana. The guy is clearly a pathological liar that only cares for himself. Sure, he let's teammates win small races sometimes... but only because he's getting something in return.

At least he's helped Quintana more than Nibbes has helped Aru.

Bala rode solely for Quintana on stage 5. That's more than Nibali has done in his career

Guess you missed those years when Nibs was busting a gut for Basso!

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Great 90 minutes of racing. Break will be formed soon, time to start the television broadcast for the next 3 hours of parade ride.

 

[rainman]

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Great 90 minutes of racing. Break will be formed soon, time to start the television broadcast for the next 3 hours of parade ride.

Preceded by endless reruns, ads, features and other dreck.

 

[MatParker117]

Break:

Wout Poels (Sky), Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Mikaël Chérel (AG2R-La Mondiale), Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), Stef Clement (IAM), Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac), Tom Dumoulin (Giant), Paul Voss (Bora), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha), Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), Dani Navarro (Cofidis) and Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange).

 

[doperhopper]

Ilnur Zakstrong in the break! Watch out.

 

[TommyGun]

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Great 90 minutes of racing. Break will be formed soon, time to start the television broadcast for the next 3 hours of parade ride.

Preceded by endless reruns, ads, features and other dreck.

Exactly. I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy to have to watch "Village Depart" on French TV...

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Nope just Majka and Pinot.

GVA dropped already.

 

[TMP402]

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Break:

Wout Poels (Sky), Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Mikaël Chérel (AG2R-La Mondiale), Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), Stef Clement (IAM), Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac), Tom Dumoulin (Giant), Paul Voss (Bora), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha), Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), Dani Navarro (Cofidis) and Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange).

Poels in the break is rather daring for Sky.

 

[roundabout]

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Break:

Wout Poels (Sky), Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Mikaël Chérel (AG2R-La Mondiale), Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), Stef Clement (IAM), Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac), Tom Dumoulin (Giant), Paul Voss (Bora), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha), Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), Dani Navarro (Cofidis) and Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange).

Poels in the break is rather daring for Sky.

Marking big groups is a normal tactic

 

[sir fly]

France 3 remembering famous Eugène Christophe's blacksmith episode.
Then it was some footage of him talking about the accident. And what has come to my mind... Too bad the man can't just try riding today's bikes.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Furious pace. Some GC riders will lose minutes today.

 

[Netserk]

Just 2 points for Sagan in the intermediate sprint (what's left after the break, Pinot was 2nd from the peloton)

 

[ILovecycling]

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Just 2 points for Sagan in the intermediate sprint (what's left after the break, Pinot was 2nd from the peloton)

The hell?