Le Tour 2018 stage 15: Millau - Carcassonne 181,5 km

[klintE]

Dillier has this

 

[happytramp]

Getting a bit fed up of this.. I don't wafch the tour to see the riders I like coming in 20min after the stage is won to see them contest for a pointless place in the top 10...i want to see them contesting the stages.

 

[Salvarani]

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Thomas and Froome having a chat, at least they're still speaking :lol:

”Remember to drop a minute on Tuesday”

”Yes, I know Chris. You don’t have to remind me.”

”Ok ok, just making sure”

”I know”

 

[dziny]

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Getting a bit fed up of this.. I don't wafch the tour to see the riders I like coming in 20min after the stage is won to see them contest for a pointless place in the top 10...i want to see them contesting the stages.

Lol, you need to pick more riders you like :razz: Then you'll have better chance they get into the daily break

 

[Amazinmets87]

Man, imagine if the break comes in 30 minutes ahead of G.C group and GVA gets another day in yellow

 

[bigcog]

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Thomas and Froome having a chat, at least they're still speaking :lol:

”Remember to drop a minute on Tuesday”

”Yes, I know Chris. You don’t have to remind me.”

”Ok ok, just making sure”

”I know”

I think you're underestimating Thomas. He's played it very well so far, giving the party line to the press after stages but sticking to Froome and Dumo like glue and nicking time when he can. Sky will be backing him now with his lead, and Froome is just an insurance policy in case he blows up.

 

[Jagartrott]

Don't think Sagan will win here - that climb seems too long. He was amazing yesterday though, so you never know. How's the descent?

 

[vedrafjord]

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Getting a bit fed up of this.. I don't wafch the tour to see the riders I like coming in 20min after the stage is won to see them contest for a pointless place in the top 10...i want to see them contesting the stages.

Which riders do you like, and do their teams have the firepower to bring back a break of nearly 30 riders to set someone up? This kind of scenario almost always happens in transition stages in the second half of the race.

 

[Salvarani]

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Thomas and Froome having a chat, at least they're still speaking :lol:

”Remember to drop a minute on Tuesday”

”Yes, I know Chris. You don’t have to remind me.”

”Ok ok, just making sure”

”I know”

I think you're underestimating Thomas. He's played it very well so far, giving the party line to the press after stages but sticking to Froome and Dumo like glue and nicking time when he can. Sky will be backing him now with his lead, and Froome is just an insurance policy in case he blows up.

Relax, it was a joke

Im pretty sure Thomas got this right now but Yates looked the same, if not better, going into the 3rd week at Giro...

Will Froome and Dumo fade?

I still think it is not quite over yet, or at least thats what I’m hoping for. Probably most exciting about what Roglic can do in the 3rd week

 

[spalco]

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Don't think Sagan will win here - that climb seems too long. He was amazing yesterday though, so you never know. How's the descent?

Long enough for anything imo even if he does get dropped. I've long stopped underestimating Sagan.

 

[Salvarani]

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Don't think Sagan will win here - that climb seems too long. He was amazing yesterday though, so you never know. How's the descent?

Sagan will be good on the descent to come back if not too far behind. They will definitely try to distance him on the climb tho...

 

[glassmoon]

So what was Calmejane actually trying to do there?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Serious quality break, while the dull GC boys takes another rest day most likely.

 

[Salvarani]

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So what was Calmejane actually trying to do there?

Create a new break. Probably hoped a few would come across. Instead of it being a big group like now, where some could just follow wheels.

 

[tomorrow]

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Don't think Sagan will win here - that climb seems too long. He was amazing yesterday though, so you never know. How's the descent?

Sagan will be good on the descent to come back if not too far behind. They will definitely try to distance him on the climb tho...

with the way he's riding, Bora is probably riding for Majka. I just dont get how would Majka win today. And just riding to have as big time gap as possible to peloton is nonsense too.

 

[tomorrow]

terpstra getting terpstraed haha

 

[Salvarani]

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Don't think Sagan will win here - that climb seems too long. He was amazing yesterday though, so you never know. How's the descent?

Sagan will be good on the descent to come back if not too far behind. They will definitely try to distance him on the climb tho...

with the way he's riding, Bora is probably riding for Majka. I just dont get how would Majka win today. And just riding to have as big time gap as possible to peloton is nonsense too.

Majka probably wanna win the points on the climb going into next week

Sagan might just be feeling great, seems to be in great shape

 

[LPP68!]

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Man, imagine if the break comes in 30 minutes ahead of G.C group and GVA gets another day in yellow

What is the expected time limit? :lol:

 

[spalco]

The peloton might as well stop and sit down to eat properly.

 

[Screecher]

Sagan is 100% working for Majka.

 

[tomorrow]

Sagan is 100% working for Majka.

But for 10 polka dot points? That's insane. Majka needs 2 minutes on top to stay away, at least.

 

[SKSemtex]

Yesterday before the stage my neighbor placed the 10 EUR bet that Sagan will finish tour 1-30. (30/1).I have called him an idiot.
If today breakfast finish 20 min ahead he will have some chance.

 

[Laplaz]

This would be a great place to shoot a Western.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Sagan is 100% working for Majka.

At least he doesn't seem great today.

 

[dgodave]

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This would be a great place to shoot a Western.

Not a spaghetti western. Thats in Italy.

Whats a French western?
The hero wears a yellow hat?