Le Tour '18 stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice > Alpe d'Huez 175k

[Salvarani]

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sky have turned the Spanish TT guy into a monster...Vuelta win for him coming up

Certainely went through some serious ”training”

 

[wouterkaas]

Sticky energy bar for Nibali :lol:

 

[Rollthedice]

Landa chatting with pal Froome over a can of Coke.

 

[DBotero]

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sky have turned the Spanish TT guy into a monster...Vuelta win for him coming up

Way better than De la Cruz.Great transfer.

 

[rghysens]

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sky have turned the Spanish TT guy into a monster...Vuelta win for him coming up

Not this year. That wil be Froome completing the triple.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Good from Movistar, letting Sky take the lead instead of doing the work for them

Makes more sense now. They must have felt that Sky were dawdling on the climb, tried to keep the pace up and then got back off the front.

 

[jmdirt]

The Lacets de Montvernier is a beautiful, yet crazy road!

 

[YavorD]

The **** Movistar ? You were riding the pace and what for? 20 seconds on Alpe?
I hope Quintana fall off the podium.

 

[Winnen]

How much time does Kruijswijk need at the start of the climb? I think he needs at least 3 minutes.

 

[ppanther92]

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The **** Movistar ? You were riding the pace and what for? 20 seconds on Alpe?
I hope Quintana fall off the podium.

Is it really surprising? Every time someone says “but what if they want to drop Froome“. They don't, they are riding for a podium. And because of that reason, they won't win the whole thing ever.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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How much time does Kruijswijk need at the start of the climb? I think he needs at least 3 minutes.

If he keeps this kind of pace 2 would be enough. But he will be fatigued

 

[SafeBet]

I think he needs zero minutes because he's a hero and will win no matter what.

 

[MartinGT]

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How much time does Kruijswijk need at the start of the climb? I think he needs at least 3 minutes.

5mins I would say

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

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How did kwiat become a mountain doom domestique ?

He finished 11th in the 2013 tour at the age of 23!


The only reason he is riding as a domestique is the ridiculous money he is getting from Sky.

 

[bambino]

Kruijswijk is going to win this with at least 2 minutes.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Go go go you beautiful weird shouldered bastard

 

[ppanther92]

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How much time does Kruijswijk need at the start of the climb? I think he needs at least 3 minutes.

Safe to assume he is using a lot of energy. So yes - 3 minutes seems reasonable.

 

[tobydawq]

5 minutes? I don't really think you're grasping what we're witnessing here.

 

[markene2]

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It says Kruijswik completed the climb in 1:09:21 (1hr 9mins 21sec). How does that compare to the past ascents?

According to twitter 1:07:53 set by Quintana and Valverde in 2015, that is the fastest time

 

[saganftw]

im adjusting my pre race analysis,froome will do sub 38 minutes alpe from bottom to top

 

[wouterkaas]

https://wattmatters.blog/home/2015/07/alpe-dhuez-tdf-fastest-ascent-times.html

 

[woodburn]

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Good from Movistar, letting Sky take the lead instead of doing the work for them

Makes more sense now. They must have felt that Sky were dawdling on the climb, tried to keep the pace up and then got back off the front.

So let them dwadle. Don't burn your domestiques to hold the gap to Kruijswijk. Kruijswijk is inconsequential to their hopes of winning the tour.

 

[MartinGT]

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5 minutes? I don't really think you're grasping what we're witnessing here.

tbh I am only part listening to it. :lol:

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

I wonder which two Sky riders have been tasked with riding either side of Froome on the way up d'Huez

 

[Salvarani]

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How did kwiat become a mountain doom domestique ?

He finished 11th in the 2013 tour at the age of 23!


The only reason he is riding as a domestique is the ridiculous money he is getting from Sky.

What a waste of a career