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This must be stage one 1990 when Claudio C gained ten minutes in all the other GC candidatesSinger01 said:Can't remember where to, or which year, but the stage where the favourites allowed chiapucci to gain 10 mins set up some fantastic racing subsequently.
Oddly enough, Vittel was the destination of my least favorite stage, in 2009, when Nicki Sörensen won. It's strange, because I had no problem at all with Sörensen. To me, it just represented everything that's wrong with flat stages that don't end in a bunch sprint. Similarly to Villeneuve-sur-Lot 2000.Libertine Seguros said:Vittel 2017
Excuse me, what? The danes last victory and you are saying something like that?!kingjr said:Oddly enough, Vittel was the destination of my least favorite stage, in 2009, when Nicki Sörensen won. It's strange, because I had no problem at all with Sörensen. To me, it just represented everything that's wrong with flat stages that don't end in a bunch sprint. Similarly to Villeneuve-sur-Lot 2000.Libertine Seguros said:Vittel 2017
As I said, got nothing to do with Sörensen ;DValv.Piti said:Excuse me, what? The danes last victory and you are saying something like that?!kingjr said:Oddly enough, Vittel was the destination of my least favorite stage, in 2009, when Nicki Sörensen won. It's strange, because I had no problem at all with Sörensen. To me, it just represented everything that's wrong with flat stages that don't end in a bunch sprint. Similarly to Villeneuve-sur-Lot 2000.Libertine Seguros said:Vittel 2017
barmaher said:La Plagne 1987 (I will accept Villard de Lans here, but for me the sight of Roche approaching the line a minute before we expected was memorable)
Versailles - Paris 1989 (this is probably the most famous Tour stage ever)
Sestrieres 1992 (I was really into cycling at this stage and was absolutely d
Verbier 2009 (I absolutely despised Armstrong, so this was beauty)
Galibier 2011 (A real wait for the race to warm up, and it exploded)
Alpe d'Huez 2011 (And the next day was even better)
Saint Amand Mortrond 2013 (It's just great when the racing starts so far out)
Arenberg 2014 (Pretty obvious why)
Mont Ventoux 2016 (I will never forget this. A complete wtF moment followed by another one as Froome ran on his cleats)
I have probably missed a load of obvious ones, but these are the ones that came to mind.
That was a brilliant stage, if only for the statement Contador made and the resulting fallout.kingjr said:ArcalisLogic-is-your-friend said:The first attack in 2009 by contador. Don't remember the stage, but first Vandenbrouck made an attack. And then a minute later, Contador went, blew past JVDB, and the issue of "who is the leader" at Astana was settled. I wasn't exactly a big Armstrong fan. Just the fact that then and there Contador pulled the rug from under Armstrong, made it one of my favorite stages.
Simurgh said:1. Tourmalet 2010
2. Alpe d'Huez 2011
3. Saint Amand-Montrond 2013 (crosswinds)
4. Le Grand Bornand 2009
5. Alpe d'Huez 2015
Also quite fond of Peyragudes 2017, Carcassonne 2018, Semnoz 2013 (time for that climb to return!), Ax-3 annihilation 2013 was also quite fun to watch, because my eyes couldn't believe what they saw!
Gigs_98 said:Peyragudes 2017? That might be my number one most disappointing stage, not only in the tour de france but overall. That was a 200 km mountain stage without a significant attack before 500 meters to go.Simurgh said:1. Tourmalet 2010
2. Alpe d'Huez 2011
3. Saint Amand-Montrond 2013 (crosswinds)
4. Le Grand Bornand 2009
5. Alpe d'Huez 2015
Also quite fond of Peyragudes 2017, Carcassonne 2018, Semnoz 2013 (time for that climb to return!), Ax-3 annihilation 2013 was also quite fun to watch, because my eyes couldn't believe what they saw!
Aside from that I like your choices though. Completely forgot about the 2013 crosswind stage.
Edit: And just because it hasn't been mentioned yet, the 10 minutes of cotador constantly attacking Rasmussen on the Peyresourde in 2007 might only have been 10 minutes, but I'd say there's a good argument there hasn't been a more incredible climbing battle ever since.
rick james said:Simurgh said:1. Tourmalet 2010
2. Alpe d'Huez 2011
3. Saint Amand-Montrond 2013 (crosswinds)
4. Le Grand Bornand 2009
5. Alpe d'Huez 2015
Also quite fond of Peyragudes 2017, Carcassonne 2018, Semnoz 2013 (time for that climb to return!), Ax-3 annihilation 2013 was also quite fun to watch, because my eyes couldn't believe what they saw!
that whole stage looked stunning
Well the stage itself was some of the worst racing. The pyrenees in that Tour were so incredibly horrible, mostly due to ASO tho.42x16ss said:That was a brilliant stage, if only for the statement Contador made and the resulting fallout.kingjr said:ArcalisLogic-is-your-friend said:The first attack in 2009 by contador. Don't remember the stage, but first Vandenbrouck made an attack. And then a minute later, Contador went, blew past JVDB, and the issue of "who is the leader" at Astana was settled. I wasn't exactly a big Armstrong fan. Just the fact that then and there Contador pulled the rug from under Armstrong, made it one of my favorite stages.
I agree with many listed here, but have to list 1998, Galibier/Les Deux Alpes![]()
The racing was nothing to write home about, it was Armstrong getting a big dose of reality and the events that followed that made it memorable.Valv.Piti said:Well the stage itself was some of the worst racing. The pyrenees in that Tour were so incredibly horrible, mostly due to ASO tho.42x16ss said:That was a brilliant stage, if only for the statement Contador made and the resulting fallout.kingjr said:ArcalisLogic-is-your-friend said:The first attack in 2009 by contador. Don't remember the stage, but first Vandenbrouck made an attack. And then a minute later, Contador went, blew past JVDB, and the issue of "who is the leader" at Astana was settled. I wasn't exactly a big Armstrong fan. Just the fact that then and there Contador pulled the rug from under Armstrong, made it one of my favorite stages.
I agree with many listed here, but have to list 1998, Galibier/Les Deux Alpes![]()
Is the correct answer.Nirvana said:Sestriere '92, i would pay to have another Chiappucci (and a 260 kms mountain marathon back in the race).
Squire said:I loved how cocky Rasmussen was after that stage, having been forced to do teamwork earlier in the race: "Today I did it my way." Also, Klöden was a beast that day.Valv.Piti said:A slightly homer pick would also be the stage to La Touissuire in 2006. Haven't seen it mentioned - Rasmussen won in pretty incredible fashion, Landis cracked in the bottom of the last climb and nobody knew what the **** was going on. Sastre, Klöden, Pereiro, everyone could win. Obviously, the stage the day after over Joux Plane to Morzine is the one everyone remembers, but it was a good stage overall with a great and unpredictable finishing climb where everyone suddenly began to smell blood.![]()
The first attacker of the day was also the stage winner.gregrowlerson said:The stage where Landa and Contador went into the breakaway in the mountains and threatened to turn the race on its head in 2017 was also pretty awesome. Once again, it is not so much remembered because in the end it didn't really effect the overall. But if a good stage is about entertaining us for a longer period, then that should rate very highly. In a similar way that stage 4 of the 2015 Giro was epic.Squire said:I loved how cocky Rasmussen was after that stage, having been forced to do teamwork earlier in the race: "Today I did it my way." Also, Klöden was a beast that day.Valv.Piti said:A slightly homer pick would also be the stage to La Touissuire in 2006. Haven't seen it mentioned - Rasmussen won in pretty incredible fashion, Landis cracked in the bottom of the last climb and nobody knew what the **** was going on. Sastre, Klöden, Pereiro, everyone could win. Obviously, the stage the day after over Joux Plane to Morzine is the one everyone remembers, but it was a good stage overall with a great and unpredictable finishing climb where everyone suddenly began to smell blood.![]()