Le Tour 2018 stage 17: BDL to Saint-Lary-Soulan 65k

[ice&fire]

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Demare making the time cut is going to be the most interesting part of the stage!

He won't get a camera like Aru in the Sappada stage

 

[yetiyeti]

putting gaps between the groups would have been awesome. As it is, meh.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Movistar and Bahrain battling for the teams classification there I assume

 

[MrTea1976]

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Demare making the time cut is going to be the most interesting part of the stage!

He won't get a camera like Aru in the Sappada stage

That was just mean. They were revelling in his pain.

 

[hrotha]

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Movistar and Bahrain battling for the teams classification there I assume

Usually (with some exceptions), the way this works is one team does its thing to try to win stages and what not, and Movistar just shadows their every move.

 

[Highlander]

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Euhm, I tought they were going to start in waves?

That is what I thought as well. I think it would be much more interesting if teams did not have their domestiques in the first group.

 

[Billie]

Why is this first climb not HC? Over 1000 metres altitude difference

 

[dgodave]

Which climb features the tear gas?

 

[Dukerojo]

Anyone with the link? my Eurosport is not working

 

[rick james]

lol, are they really going to allow Rowe to set the pace

 

[StephenC2020]

Oh, look an attack. Time for an adbreak

 

[Walkman]

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Movistar and Bahrain battling for the teams classification there I assume

This is what SKY has done to cycling. Well, the other team fighting for a 9th place does not help either.

 

[ontheroad]

Sky are just going to TTT this the whole way it looks. They have 6 riders lined up on the train.

 

[DFA123]

Sky train fully formed now, 3km in. Good to see the other teams really trying putting them under pressure this race.

 

[happytramp]

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Anyone with the link? my Eurosport is not working

Can you picture a long line of sky riders moving slowly up a hill with about 130 other disinterested riders in a big bunch behind them?.... If so, you don't need a link.

 

[Highlander]

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lol, are they really going to allow Rowe to set the pace

I predicted this before the start of the stage. In 3 hours, we'll be able to read comments about how he set such a blistering pace that no GC rider could possibly attack on this short stage.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Oh, look an attack. Time for an adbreak

#JustEurosportThings

Annoying, even in a 65km stage... wow

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Seriously, no GC rider even trying to get into the break?

 

[DNP-Old]

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Seriously, no GC rider even trying to get into the break?

Valverde is there.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Wasn't Movistar supposed to make this stage hard???

 

[hrotha]

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Movistar and Bahrain battling for the teams classification there I assume

This is what SKY has done to cycling. Well, the other team fighting for a 9th place does not help either.

No, this is what Abarca does to themselves.

 

[starlord]

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Anyone with the link? my Eurosport is not working

bookmark this tiz-cycling.live

 

[Angliru]

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took a wee half day at work, this day better deliver

I see it being a win-win for you. Between Thomas and Froome, at least one of them is likely to fair well, action or no action. I want the gc standings to be chaotic with casualties top and bottom. It's probably not going to happen though if recent history is an indication with the way most of the contenders have been conservative in their racing. Nibali is not there to create panic. Hopefully I wil be proven wrong.

I'm at work so won't be able to watch it till tonight.

 

[MikeTichondrius]

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Wasn't Movistar supposed to make this stage hard???

Logic dictates Movistar is supposed to do a lot of things. They rarely deliver.

 

[ppanther92]

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Seriously, no GC rider even trying to get into the break?

Valverde is there.

He said GC rider