2019 Critérium du Dauphiné stage 8 Cluses - Champéry 113.5km

[Red Rick]

All while the peloton is still huge

 

[Velolover2]

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Ineos should help Astana, Poels can steal the 2nd place if he wins the stage.

He is up against non-explosive diesel guys like Tejay and Buchmann.

Stannard taking a huge pull. Maybe Ineos is watching the forum?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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Congratulations with your second Dauphine, Mr. Bird.

Best rider of 2019. Until now. Together with Ala maybe.

I'd rank Roglic and Fuglsang as the best one-week racers of the year.

And Fuglsang and Alaphilippe as the best one-day racers of the year.

The year is not even half done dude

Let's see how the tour, vuelta and il lombadia goes.

Oh yeah. We will all get a surprise when Lil' Richie wins the Tour-Vuelta double.

Thomas could do it, or Pinot, or Buchmann, or Yates, or someone completely unexpected, this IS the year of the youngsters after all

_ or Fuglsang could bomb out at the Tour, or Roglic at the Vuelta.

Just saying your year ranking seems a bit premature, even if I hope you are right

 

[Valv.Piti]

Predictable stage when its this easy, unfortunately.

Some sporadic tries coming up next, probably a group of 10 finishing more or less in st.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

If the break stays away over the top of the cat 1, I see Alaphilippe winning the stage.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

CYA Verona

1 minute later, he dies

 

[topcat]

Free Poels?

 

[Simurgh]

Barguil putting his first respectable showing in a long time

 

[Leinster]

Re: Re:

Congratulations with your second Dauphine, Mr. Bird.

Best rider of 2019. Until now. Together with Ala maybe.

I'd rank Roglic and Fuglsang as the best one-week racers of the year.

And Fuglsang and Alaphilippe as the best one-day racers of the year.

And Carapaz has been the number 1 dominant force in Grand Tours.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Hagen looking good!

About time Norway got a proper climber...... the whole country is one big mountain, after all

 

[HelloDolly]

Watching French TV...all they keep saying is Allaphillipe over and over again ...even seem to have some guy following him on a moto

 

[Broccolidwarf]

This mountain looks harder than it is, probably because yesterday was such a tough day, everyone is beat.

About time someone in the peloton makes a move.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Kuss definitely one of his best performances in Europe so far. But this isn't Utah.

 

[Laplaz]

Van Baarle is probably one of the most-diesel-rider of the peloton

 

[Salvarani]

Teuns in big trouble

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Elite climber Dylan van Baarle???

 

[Salvarani]

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Elite climber Dylan van Baarle???

Ineos can make anyone a climber

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Birds singing, sun shining... seems like a perfect day for a leasurely ride on the bike, lol.

 

[Velolover2]

As I've stated before: Van Baarle is the new Kiryienka. Will have the same role in the Tour. Good motor in every terrain. On the flat, in the hills and even the mountains.

He'll be important for Ineos.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

How is Cort still there, and smiling?

This guy is supposed to be a semi-sprinter.

I dig the beard BTW

 

[Simurgh]

GC guys don't wanna play today...

 

[HelloDolly]

Very boring race really ...but beautiful scenery

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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GC guys don't wanna play today...

Yeah

Yates exiting the race changed the dynamics.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Can someone explain why Ineos has been pulling for 45 minutes, burning up 1 guy after another, if Poels is not going to attack?

 

[Velolover2]

Love the narrow roads of the countryside. Very Ardennes-esque.