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ice&fire said:He's been seen taking a direct shortcut from Mente to LuchonThePirate81 said:Any news of Demare?
How.Screecher said:Looks like Démare made it in time. 41 minutes 20 seconds down.
Dekker_Tifosi said:How.Screecher said:Looks like Démare made it in time. 41 minutes 20 seconds down.
:lol:
He's FrenchDekker_Tifosi said:How.Screecher said:Looks like Démare made it in time. 41 minutes 20 seconds down.
:lol:
ontheroad said:happytramp said:Everyone's hands are tied. Froome isn't allowed attack. Dumolin can't risk an attack. Thomas doesn't need to attack. They're all waiting for the TT and have been this past week.
Roglic is more than happy finishing 4th and he is out of contention for the overall, outside chance of a podium if one of the top 3 crack.
I can see Dumoulin taking over a minute on Thomas in the TT but not enough to overhaul him. I think he has got enough to overhaul Froome on GC (only needs 11 seconds).
Is he happy finishing second though? I don't think so, hopefully not for the spectacle as otherwise we will see a load more defensive riding for the remaining stages.
ontheroad said:happytramp said:Everyone's hands are tied. Froome isn't allowed attack. Dumolin can't risk an attack. Thomas doesn't need to attack. They're all waiting for the TT and have been this past week.
Roglic is more than happy finishing 4th and he is out of contention for the overall, outside chance of a podium if one of the top 3 crack.
I can see Dumoulin taking over a minute on Thomas in the TT but not enough to overhaul him. I think he has got enough to overhaul Froome on GC (only needs 11 seconds).
Is he happy finishing second though? I don't think so, hopefully not for the spectacle as otherwise we will see a load more defensive riding for the remaining stages.
ontheroad said:happytramp said:Everyone's hands are tied. Froome isn't allowed attack. Dumolin can't risk an attack. Thomas doesn't need to attack. They're all waiting for the TT and have been this past week.
Roglic is more than happy finishing 4th and he is out of contention for the overall, outside chance of a podium if one of the top 3 crack.
I can see Dumoulin taking over a minute on Thomas in the TT but not enough to overhaul him. I think he has got enough to overhaul Froome on GC (only needs 11 seconds).
Is he happy finishing second though? I don't think so, hopefully not for the spectacle as otherwise we will see a load more defensive riding for the remaining stages.
Screecher said:Looks like Démare made it in time. 41 minutes 20 seconds down.
On a similar length TT when Thomas was injured. After one mountain stage, rather than at the very end. There are enough variables to make it far from a sure bet, but more than a minute seems unlikely...MatParker117 said:ontheroad said:happytramp said:Everyone's hands are tied. Froome isn't allowed attack. Dumolin can't risk an attack. Thomas doesn't need to attack. They're all waiting for the TT and have been this past week.
Roglic is more than happy finishing 4th and he is out of contention for the overall, outside chance of a podium if one of the top 3 crack.
I can see Dumoulin taking over a minute on Thomas in the TT but not enough to overhaul him. I think he has got enough to overhaul Froome on GC (only needs 11 seconds).
Is he happy finishing second though? I don't think so, hopefully not for the spectacle as otherwise we will see a load more defensive riding for the remaining stages.
On a similar length TT in last year's Giro, Dumo put 49secs into G.
Escarabajo said:I have always complained about finishes on descends and people in here gets very animated that are more fun and bring more action. It could very well be (when that happens) but if we play the statistics it will always be better to go with MTF. It just assures us of some action.guncha said:Grand Bornard and Luchon, two mountain stages with decents had no GC action. Why to include such kind of stages in TDF? MTFs bring at least some kind of action.
My god, that's way worse on the other side of the wall than I'd have thought. He's so lucky not to be seriously hurt.Lequack said:Gilbert climbing up:
Thomas is in the shape of his life, expecting him to pull a subpar ITT doesn't seem logical at all to me.rlntlssly said:On a similar length TT when Thomas was injured. After one mountain stage, rather than at the very end. There are enough variables to make it far from a sure bet, but more than a minute seems unlikely...MatParker117 said:ontheroad said:happytramp said:Everyone's hands are tied. Froome isn't allowed attack. Dumolin can't risk an attack. Thomas doesn't need to attack. They're all waiting for the TT and have been this past week.
Roglic is more than happy finishing 4th and he is out of contention for the overall, outside chance of a podium if one of the top 3 crack.
I can see Dumoulin taking over a minute on Thomas in the TT but not enough to overhaul him. I think he has got enough to overhaul Froome on GC (only needs 11 seconds).
Is he happy finishing second though? I don't think so, hopefully not for the spectacle as otherwise we will see a load more defensive riding for the remaining stages.
On a similar length TT in last year's Giro, Dumo put 49secs into G.
Robert5091 said:Philippa York wrote nothing about farmers
Chapeau Ala! (and Gilbert is very lucky) Otherwise ... zzzzzzzzz ....
yaco said:Looking at that picture shows Gilbert is a lucky boy - It looks a 3km drop.
It's Démare.Keram said:Screecher said:Looks like Démare made it in time. 41 minutes 20 seconds down.
How the hell he can be 41 minutes down when he was 20 minutes down before climbs. This is way too ridiculous...
jaylew said:It's Démare.Keram said:Screecher said:Looks like Démare made it in time. 41 minutes 20 seconds down.
How the hell he can be 41 minutes down when he was 20 minutes down before climbs. This is way too ridiculous...
If you're only going with 4 mountain stages that are not junior distance, please make them raceable.William H said:There was nothing wrong with the stage profile - I mean, its not a monster tough stage but not every stage should be - blame the attitude of the riders and the strength of Sky.
A long non-technical descent can be bad, but on this sort of finish you've got every chance of keeping or extending your gap over the top.