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

[franic]

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Excellent show on the Alpe d' Huez!
Congrats to the riders.

Great stage.

Great stage? If it was not for Kruijswijk and the Gendarmerie I would have fell asleep

I don't know where to start with that comment. It is so disingenuous to many riders today.

Nibali for getting back on almost
Bardet for a really brave effort to win the stage
Dumoulin for his doggedness
Landa, out of form, but there at the end
And finally Thomas who was quite brilliant.

A truly great and exciting days cycling. Anybody who thought otherwise is clouded n a red mist of hatred for one cycling team.

No boy. You clearly have not watched cycling in the past. How many group sprints have you seen here?

 

[movingtarget]

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So Froome was pushed by a crazy fan, he was lucky not to crash, were was the French Police

Looked more like an attempt to pat him on the back.

no it wasn't, he ran and tried to punch him

If you say so. I'm not surprised. Whatever he was doing was moronic.

 

[woodburn]

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I still don't believe Thomas can keep yellow until Paris. Froome seems like a more sensible bet.

Indeed Thomas's highest finish in a 3 week tour is 15th.

That was the thought process with Miguel Indurain before he won his first TDF......Thomas is looking good.

Indurain is indeed the right comparison

Except that, you know, Indurain was 26 and Thomas is 32.

Indurain had also won on Luz Ardiden, beating Lemond in sprint in 90.

 

[bob.a.feet]

So Nibali should get st

 

[VO2 Max]

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If my calculations are correct, time limit is just under 35 minutes.

I read that as under 35mins (climbing time) for the Alpe at first...

 

[Forever The Best]

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So Nibali should get st

But he won't because he isn't Froome.

 

[Pharazon]

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Nibali has stated it has been indeed a motorbike to cause the crash

It was hardly the motorbike's fault though. It was the idiot spectators - the moto was left with nowhere to go.

yeah, exactly the same as with Froome and Porte on Ventoux. If they take the presicident they should neutralise Nibali to the same time as the winner, but i guess they won't.

 

[arvc40]

And the sorry excuse for a Man that pushed Froome should be arrested !. Talk about low life !

 

[rlntlssly]

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So Nibali should get st

But he won't because he isn't Froome.

The situation is not precisely analogous. The 2016 had all other kinds of chaos caused by the organiser. I'm not saying Nibali shouldn't be treated the same, but there are clear differences.

 

[Knutsen]

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Excellent show on the Alpe d' Huez!
Congrats to the riders.

Great stage.

Great stage? If it was not for Kruijswijk and the Gendarmerie I would have fell asleep

I don't know where to start with that comment. It is so disingenuous to many riders today.

Nibali for getting back on almost
Bardet for a really brave effort to win the stage
Dumoulin for his doggedness
Landa, out of form, but there at the end
And finally Thomas who was quite brilliant.

A truly great and exciting days cycling. Anybody who thought otherwise is clouded n a red mist of hatred for one cycling team.

Chapeau to you, sir.

 

[arvc40]

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Thomas just Superb and an incredible ambassador for the Sport. Great stage. Only spoilt by the absolute scum that Boo the riders.

better with boos than piss get thrown and fans attacking them

Yes, I suppose so.

 

[VO2 Max]

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Thomas just Superb and an incredible ambassador for the Sport. Great stage. Only spoilt by the absolute scum that Boo the riders.

It's probably best you never go to a football match really.

 

[arvc40]

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Thomas just Superb and an incredible ambassador for the Sport. Great stage. Only spoilt by the absolute scum that Boo the riders.

It's probably best you never go to a football match really.

Probably, there are a percentage of Football fans with the the same disgraceful attitude.Probably losers in life !.

 

[Pharazon]

looks like a big bus came in at 28.54, still only 87 finished at that time though, so many more still to finish

 

[willbick]

Sad to see Thomas getting booed on the podium. Been a model pro for over 10 years

 

[alspacka]

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looks like a big bus came in at 28.54, still only 87 finished at that time though, so many more still to finish

Including Adam Yates... oof. Demare likely OTL by the looks of things.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Sad to see Thomas getting booed on the podium. Been a model pro for over 10 years

What makes you say that?

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Thomas just Superb and an incredible ambassador for the Sport. Great stage. Only spoilt by the absolute scum that Boo the riders.

What makes you say Geraint Thomas is an incredible ambassador for the Sport while being booed?

 

[Winnen]

Has anyone seen the ascend time? (Or is it ascent? Or spelled completely differently?)

 

[willbick]

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Sad to see Thomas getting booed on the podium. Been a model pro for over 10 years

What makes you say that?

Because he was getting booed

 

[jaylew]

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Sad to see Thomas getting booed on the podium. Been a model pro for over 10 years

I'm sure it's an anti-Sky thing as I've never really heard anything negative specifically about Thomas and he's been an interesting watch over the years, particularly in his classics days.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Haven't followed the discussion in this thread, just wanna say: Excellent stage!

Edit: Written as a fan of cycling sport since 1980.

 

[movingtarget]

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Thomas just Superb and an incredible ambassador for the Sport. Great stage. Only spoilt by the absolute scum that Boo the riders.

What makes you say Geraint Thomas is an incredible ambassador for the Sport while being booed?

So who is an incredible ambassador for the sport ?

 

[markene2]

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Has anyone seen the ascend time? (Or is it ascent? Or spelled completely differently?)

I timed it to just over 41 minutes

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Thomas just Superb and an incredible ambassador for the Sport. Great stage. Only spoilt by the absolute scum that Boo the riders.

better with boos than piss get thrown and fans attacking them

Yes, I suppose so.

There’s nothing at all wrong with booing riders. It’s an entirely civilized way to show disapproval of the behaviour of people with a public profile or platform.