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Jan 11, 2010
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Vauquelin won them the TT over Trek.

He wasn’t there to help Vauquelin on the rainy day, and was of no help to Godon who excels in this kind of stage.
He wasn't there to help Vauquelin because he was helping Onley. If you don't like that, take it up with the Ineos directors.
 
Apr 30, 2011
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new route is like 2024 but the finish is lower

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around where utelle is marked or at 7 km to go
 
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Sep 20, 2017
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It's definitely the right call to cancel Auron, it's meant to get 30 centimetres of snow tomorrow in the ski station itself. Admittedly it might have worked, but if it doesn't you have to finish in the valley and the stage is immediately ruined.

However, it's a shame that they aren't trying to go all the way up to Madone d'Utelle. Yes, at a predicted snowline of 1000 to 1300 metres (depending on which forecast you look at) it's not guaranteed you can make it work, but with the snow mainly in the morning and the temperature slightly rising in the afternoon you could always opt to move the finish down to where it is now as a plan C if things look bad in the morning.
 
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