Tour de France 2015 Stage 17: Digne-les-Bains-Pra Loup 161km

[ILovecycling]

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ILovecycling you may get your wish, rain on the helicopter camera lens.

would be good, but I checked various links and it doesnt seem there will be rain on the descent.

 

[djpbaltimore]

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Valverde and Contador up ahead means Froome has to chase while Nairo can sit on him. It makes it much more likely for Nairo to take time and Froome + It means that Valverde could win the overall as well.

You lost me when you said Valverde can win the overall. Possible but very unlikely. We'll see what Movistar has in store for later. Your argument makes valid points but I still think that attack would've benefited Contador much more than Movistar.

 

[Vino's Mum]

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Frank to win the Tour 2015!

Stage win or GC ninja. Tough call for him today.

 

[damian13ster]

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Quintana doesn't have a chance with a 1 vs 1 duel. He is more than 3 minutes behind.

He has to gain 3 min on Froome whether or not Valverde helps Contador. Bringing another competitor to the front just makes that task more difficult. Assuming their duo attack was allowed to go, it is very easy for me to visualize Contador cracking Valverde on the last climb and moving up to second in the GC. YMMV of course.

Valverde and Contador up ahead means Froome has to chase while Nairo can sit on him. It makes it much more likely for Nairo to take time and Froome + It means that Valverde could win the overall as well.

Bet you a 100 that in that case Sky just keeps the gap at 4-5 minutes before bringing it down to 3-4 at the finish just to troll Nairo and put Valverde around s.t. as Froome in GC

 

[djpbaltimore]

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Frank to win the Tour 2015!

But he will lose the all important Ninja competition by getting a top 10 on the stage. I don't see anybody in the peloton making it back to the leaders in the break.

 

[MikeTichondrius]

Wait. 9 minutes? I tuned out for 20. What the hell happened?

 

[Volderke]

I repeat: They are going to let Geschke take the win? The guy can climb and they are giving it away it seems. No way Geschke will slow down.

 

[TMP402]

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Wait. 9 minutes? I tuned out for 20. What the hell happened?

Now 10!

 

[damian13ster]

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Wait. 9 minutes? I tuned out for 20. What the hell happened?

Now 10!

Smart tactics by Sky. Make sure they don't get caught by surprise. Make it two separate races. I am surprised by how well they are controlling the race

 

[Afrank]

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Wait. 9 minutes? I tuned out for 20. What the hell happened?

Every team in the peloton collectively said f*ck it.

 

[ILovecycling]

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Wait. 9 minutes? I tuned out for 20. What the hell happened?

They want poor Sky to be as fresh as possible

 

[Sylvester]

Frank losing his ninja title here, he's being mentioned a lot by the commentators.

 

[SoigneurNL]

Valls.... he's going for the win

 

[MikeTichondrius]

Is Frank actually looking at a possible top 5 at the end of this stage? They will surely pull 5 or so minutes back on the Allos+Pra Loup?

 

[TMP402]

A good race for overlooked Spanish climbers exiled to Lampre.

 

[Happy dude]

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Is Frank actually looking at a possible top 5 at the end of this stage? They will surely pull 5 or so minutes back on the Allos+Pra Loup?

Have they forgot about him?

 

[DBotero]

Re: Tour de France 2015 Stage 17: Digne-les-Bains-Pra Loup 1

I hope the GC guys forgot about Frank.He might sneak in top 5

 

[the sceptic]

seems like everyone is racing like the Dawg isn't there

 

[Eagle]

Kwiatkowski abandon

 

[Eagle]

Nice group getting away in the break now, seem to be working well together

 

[Guybrush]

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Kwiatkowski abandon

shameful tour by him

 

[MatParker117]

Are we looking at the classic GT backload problem? Where by the time they get to these stages the peloton is either tired or baked by the heat and if the right guys go up the road they just ride tempo?

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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Are we looking at the classic GT backload problem? Where by the time they get to these stages the peloton is either tired or baked by the heat and if the right guys go up the road they just ride tempo?

Yes

 

[Sasquatch]

Use your diesel engine Kruijswijk

 

[Pricey_sky]

Adam Yates always near the front of the break, looking strong. I just hope he hasn't cooked his goose too early!