Critérium du Dauphiné 2017 (04/06 > 11/06/2017)

[Breh]

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Another day for the breakaway.

If they can get away they may not be caught

BTW ..can the discussion on which is the more important race have its own thread ?

bold statement

ha ha ha ...which one ...my great insight into how an escape can win ...ha ha

or the other thing ?

Th first one.


Démare dropped.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Lutsenko on the attack after a huge work by Astana.

 

[RedheadDane]

Brilliant strategy from De Gendt on how to keep the yellow jersey: "I have to stay with the front group."

Oh... really?

 

[StryderHells]

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Brilliant strategy from De Gendt on how to keep the yellow jersey: "I have to stay with the front group."

Oh... really?

Seems like a good strategy to me

 

[sir fly]

Nice weather.

 

[rainman]

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Nice weather.

Yeah just like Derbyshire

 

[Escarabajo]

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The climbs today, according to cyclingstage.com, look fairly easy.

Côte de Croix Blanche (3) - 747m - 4.6km á 4.1%
Col de Verrières-en-Forez (2) - 860m - 9.7km á 4.7%
Col de Baracuchet (3) - 1266m - 6.2km á 4.9%
Col de Supeyres (4) - 1365m - 2.9km á 5.6%

The last climb from Arlanc to the plateau, where Novacelles is located, appears to be 8.1km at 3.2%. The summit of that "climb" comes with 24 kms to go.

I'd expect that the sprinters will hang on today.

If it has at least a climb with 1% incline is too much for Kristoff.

Gosh, that guy looks like a cow nowadays!

 

[sir fly]

Arlanc has some very interesting landmarks.

 

[SeriousSam]

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Brilliant strategy from De Gendt on how to keep the yellow jersey: "I have to stay with the front group."

Oh... really?

 

[Simurgh]

minor crash in the peloton - valgren down

 

[markene2]

Common Lutsy

 

[perico]

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Brilliant strategy from De Gendt on how to keep the yellow jersey: "I have to stay with the front group."
Oh... really?

He solved the mystery of marginal gains.

 

[sir fly]

Lutsenko riding in spite of certainty.

 

[Red Rick]

Contador was chilling at the back.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Contador was chilling at the back.

I saw that as well

 

[Red Rick]

Demare easy win.

 

[sir fly]

Very easy.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Nono!

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

Wow. He was in a different league there.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Contador was chilling at the back.

Are we justifying his pre race comments by that? Lets wait and see if he want to give up a good GC position the last 3 days

 

[ice&fire]

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Brilliant strategy from De Gendt on how to keep the yellow jersey: "I have to stay with the front group."

Oh... really?

Well... that's exactly how Team Sky won the Hammer Series yesterday

 

[bajbar]

Bertie better stay in the top 50, so we could at least see him in the TT (he is right at the bottom of the group at 1.09). The last rider departs at 15.50 CET and I presume there are 1 minute intervals between all the riders.

 

[Red Rick]

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Contador was chilling at the back.

Are we justifying his pre race comments by that? Lets wait and see if he want to give up a good GC position the last 3 days

Avoiding crashes in the DL, GC be damned. If he doesn't lose time I'm sure he'll try. But no need for physical risks

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Contador was chilling at the back.

Are we justifying his pre race comments by that? Lets wait and see if he want to give up a good GC position the last 3 days

Avoiding crashes in the DL, GC be damned. If he doesn't lose time I'm sure he'll try. But no need for physical risks

Ok, then we agree!

 

[movingtarget]

Walk in the park for Demare.