TdF 2017 stage 8: Dole > Station des Rousses 187,5 km

[Dazed and Confused]

35 or so riders in the favorites group today. lol.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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The fact that as far as i can see no one knows yet, who the Trek rider who missed the corner was, makes me think it was Zubeldia.

Zubeldia was spotted in the GC group at the top of the final climb

 

[kingjr]

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The fact that as far as i can see no one knows yet, who the Trek rider who missed the corner was, makes me think it was Zubeldia.

Zubeldia was spotted in the GC group at the top of the final climb

Yeah that's why I thought it was him, he probably caught back on around the time Froome did, it's just that no one saw it.

 

[Arredondo]

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Great stage, great winner, great runner-up! This is how the Tour should be!

This you considering fun when that should be one of hardest stage in Tour? few more mountain stages like this and half of people will stop watch it

I don't understand you. This stage wasn't one of the hardest stages on paper, with a proper (but not really difficult) climb at the end and 11 kilometers of false flat. It's possible to create damage among the GC favorites, but the chance was there it would be a status quo among the big guys.

But i've enjoyed from the beginning till the end. The first 80 km were absolutely brutal, with attacks all over the place. When the break eventually went clear, it was absolute carnage upfront till the end. Great racing between the breakaway guys!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Great win for Calmejane and a good stage I think, just a shame nothing happened GC wise.

 

[movingtarget]

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The fact that as far as i can see no one knows yet, who the Trek rider who missed the corner was, makes me think it was Zubeldia.

The fact that it wasn't a definite sighting confirms that it was Zubeldia !

 

[Ikbengodniet]

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Great stage, great winner, great runner-up! This is how the Tour should be!

This you considering fun when that should be one of hardest stage in Tour? few more mountain stages like this and half of people will stop watch it

You mean the gloryhunting people who only watch the last climb I suppose.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

cut off time is
+46mins

 

[bassano]

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Great stage, great winner, great runner-up! This is how the Tour should be!

This you considering fun when that should be one of hardest stage in Tour? few more mountain stages like this and half of people will stop watch it

You mean the gloryhunting people who only watch the last climb I suppose.

Or someone who wants to see real race, not only fight between 2nd tier riders which you will forgot just next week for stage victory

 

[bassano]

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cut off time is
+46mins

If that is right, even Juraj Sagan alone will make it easily this race is real joke

 

[movingtarget]

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cut off time is
+46mins

If that is right, even Juraj Sagan alone will make it easily this race is real joke

It's no surprise when you look at tomorrow's stage. It was a fast stage that finished ahead of schedule.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

kittel made it at +31 min

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Nono made it too at +37min

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

So basically Demare made up time on the Kittel group in the last 80km of the stage.

Impressive.. were cars involved?

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Nono made it too at +37min

Bravo Nono
Tomorrow he'll struggle again. But with climbs straight from the start the gruppetto will form early and he can ride with them

 

[bassano]

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So basically Demare made up time on the Kittel group in the last 80km of the stage.

Impressive.. were cars involved?

It is not very unlogical, grupetto was just doing tourism but Demare fighted and had some mates in hand
not very impressive he made it to that limit anyway, who would not even with speed like that

 

[spalco]

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So basically Demare made up time on the Kittel group in the last 80km of the stage.

Impressive.. were cars involved?

Even if it was a *** fighter jet, we'll probably never know.

 

[Ikbengodniet]

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Great stage, great winner, great runner-up! This is how the Tour should be!

This you considering fun when that should be one of hardest stage in Tour? few more mountain stages like this and half of people will stop watch it

You mean the gloryhunting people who only watch the last climb I suppose.

Or someone who wants to see real race, not only fight between 2nd tier riders which you will forgot just next week for stage victory

So 190 km of racing and it is still not good enough :lol:

 

[Jagartrott]

What was Sky's plan?
Were they so keen to keep the yellow or were they so afraid of Serga Pauwels?
Doesn't make much sense.

 

[bassano]

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Great stage, great winner, great runner-up! This is how the Tour should be!

This you considering fun when that should be one of hardest stage in Tour? few more mountain stages like this and half of people will stop watch it

You mean the gloryhunting people who only watch the last climb I suppose.

Or someone who wants to see real race, not only fight between 2nd tier riders which you will forgot just next week for stage victory

So 190 km of racing and it is still not good enough :lol:

Yeah, 190km of racing, like every other stage, but not olny one km of real racing which matter for TDF GC. Favourites all waited together when sky pushed peleton, not really exciting for stage like that

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sky just want to keep yellow, no matter what. That's why they kept the gap small.

 

[Tonton]

I really enjoyed the stage, the drama in the end, a great win for Calmejane. And so many places dear to my heart. I really felt home sick. It's not very often that we get a Jura stage. Good for the people.

 

[May0maniac]

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What was Sky's plan?
Were they so keen to keep the yellow or were they so afraid of Serga Pauwels?
Doesn't make much sense.

Just wasted energy before stage 9, same as BMC, sending Roche, Porte's 2nd best climbing domestique in the breakaway and letting him ride hard for the stage win until he was empty was rather stupid, it's not like the have many climbing domestiques.
Overall a good stage, Calmejane could become a big player in hard, hilly one day races in 1-2 years.

 

[lenric]

Only saw this stage now. BMC is so savvy when it comes to tactics. A bit like my dog.

 

[May0maniac]

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Only saw this stage now. BMC is so savvy when it comes to tactics. A bit like my dog.

Your dog could probably work as a ds for BMC and you wouldn't really notice a difference.