Le Tour 2018 stage 16:Carcassonne - Bagnères-de-Luchon 218km

[TourOfSardinia]

101 descending class
with Ala

 

[Scarponi]

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This may just be the worst TDF ever in the mountains

 

[franic]

If I were Landa I would wait a little bit more

 

[glassmoon]

lol movi. pathetic.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Alaphilippe is some man for one man

 

[markene2]

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This may just be the worst TDF ever in the mountains

No doubt about it

 

[Kwibus]

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Not sure why Quickstep don't get more hate around here, they're as irritatingly ever-present as Sky, but just in a different way.

At least they don’t have Brailsford and the marginal gain retorics. Also nobody is surprised that Gilbert Or Alaphilippe are competitive: they have been born champions

The "wolfpack" stuff is really **** annoying too though.

They don't take it that seriously themselves though, maybe you shouldn't as well.

 

[Bolder]

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Alaphillipe is just so **** impressive this year.

Absolute class.

 

[Vino's Mum]

Great win.

 

[brownbobby]

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Poels suddenly in much better form

He’s the same in week 3 of every grand tour.

You don’t say

So no reason to be surprised or expect different then?

Deliberate tactic, saving a key domestique to do his best work in the all important 3rd week. Not rocket science is it...

 

[Red Rick]

Coverage is worse than Italian GPS

 

[Lequack]

Appalling GC coverage.

 

[spalco]

Anything at all happening in the peloton or did all the motos just follow Alaphillipe?

 

[markene2]

Just show Landa now ffs

 

[Pirazziattacks]

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Not sure why Quickstep don't get more hate around here, they're as irritatingly ever-present as Sky, but just in a different way.

They are always in breaks, making the race- as opposed to suffocating the opposition in procession, which for someone who doesn’t really have a favorite rider to pull for this year, makes a much more entertaining race.

They do it because they have enough strong riders in most races to pull it off, that's all. Maybe it's petty of me, but I do get thoroughly sick of Quickstep, Quickstep and more Quickstep year round.

 

[arvc40]

WTF, zero TV coverage of GC guys on last climb. No doubt missed absolutely nothing !

 

[loge1884]

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Not sure why Quickstep don't get more hate around here, they're as irritatingly ever-present as Sky, but just in a different way.

Nobody minds a team being ever present. They tend to hate teams strangling the suspense out of a race. The two are not the same.

there is still enough suspense in the race ....
e.g. will Démare make it in time? (not only depending on legs, but also on ability to camouflage hands)

 

[happytramp]

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Appalling GC coverage.

I think they made a calculated estimate that absolutely nothing worth broadcasting would happen.

 

[Scarponi]

Tv coverage knows the GC men are weak as piss these days and never attack. This is the worst tour ever

 

[Red Rick]

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Tv coverage knows the GC men are weak as piss these days and never attack. This is the worst tour ever

Don't know man, lot of competition in that regard this decade

 

[glassmoon]

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WTF, zero TV coverage of GC guys on last climb. No doubt missed absolutely nothing !

Nothing was missed though

 

[franic]

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Tv coverage knows the GC men are weak as piss these days and never attack. This is the worst tour ever

It still can get worse

 

[happytramp]

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Tv coverage knows the GC men are weak as piss these days and never attack. This is the worst tour ever

To be fair, yes, GC excitement wise it's been an absolute disaster

 

[Red Rick]

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Tv coverage knows the GC men are weak as piss these days and never attack. This is the worst tour ever

To be fair, yes, GC excitement wise it's been an absolute disaster

Gotta wonder who designed this stage and thought something could possibly happen

 

[franic]

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Tv coverage knows the GC men are weak as piss these days and never attack. This is the worst tour ever

Don't know man, lot of competition in that regard this decade

2014 was actually amazing