2019 Tour de France, stage 12: Toulouse>Bagnères-de-Bigorre

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Wow I had Muhlbereger the unbackable favourite there but he let Yates turn it into a track sprint. Big mistake.
 
Nov 16, 2013
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tobydawq said:
I don't see how Mühlberger can throw this away. He manages to be the underdog and at the same time the fastest of the three.

Okay, tactical ineptitide will always help in a situation like this.
 
May 3, 2015
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Cance > TheRest said:
I really thought Pello and Gregor were faster than S Yates
Well maybe they are but Yates did perfect. After the turn there were less than 200 m to go and he had Mühlberger boxed in...
 
Jul 12, 2012
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Cance > TheRest said:
I really thought Pello and Gregor were faster than S Yates

Possibly, but Yates was much smarter today. Make the final corner in front and there isn’t enough road for them to come back.
 
Apr 17, 2013
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ppanther92 said:
Cance > TheRest said:
I really thought Pello and Gregor were faster than S Yates
Well maybe they are but Yates did perfect. After the turn there were less than 200 m to go and he had Mühlberger boxed in...
Gregor Perhaps. But Pello had plenty of meters to go past
 
Jul 10, 2014
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I heard someone say others need to attack Ineos in the mountains because they lost so much time. Well today showed there will be none of that happening. It's a race for 3rd place now.
 
Nov 16, 2013
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Everybody knew nothing could happen in the GC battle today, yet people are whining that there are eight Ineos riders still in the peloton.

There won't be in the remaining mountainbstages, I'll tell you that.
 
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Lequack said:
I heard someone say others need to attack Ineos in the mountains because they lost so much time. Well today showed there will be none of that happening. It's a race for 3rd place now.

I disagree.

Today was a special stage, because the TT is tomorrow.

No GC contender will go deep today, because if they win 30 secs today, they can lose 2 minutes tomorrow.

The weekend is another matter, they will both be GC days.
 
Jul 10, 2014
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tobydawq said:
Everybody knew nothing could happen in the GC battle today, yet people are whining that there are eight Ineos riders still in the peloton.

There won't be in the remaining mountainbstages, I'll tell you that.

They'll be even further behind after the TT.
 
Nov 16, 2013
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Lequack said:
tobydawq said:
Everybody knew nothing could happen in the GC battle today, yet people are whining that there are eight Ineos riders still in the peloton.

There won't be in the remaining mountainbstages, I'll tell you that.

They'll be even further behind after the TT.

And they would have been even further behind that level of being further behind if they had wasted anlot of energy today