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

[fungusbear]

Well that was rubbish. I hate movistar for accepting 2nd and 3rd rather than going for the win.

 

[Irondan]

Nibs getting better....

 

[jsem94]

Thomas is a real MVP.

 

[rzombie1988]

Another sorry performance by the GC "pretenders". Movistar has some of the worst tactics I've ever seen.

"Tommorrow" = The GC Pretenders

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

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

Majka sucks

 

[Andro]

Majka: "Nobody told me I needed to stop, otherwise I would have stopped"

 

[The Hitch]

Did Gesink lose his place to Nibali?

 

[indianfanboy]

Contador seems to be hurt..he is not climbing out of the saddle at all

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Alberto limiting his losses. He would definitely have stayed with Quintana/Froome today

 

[Jelantik]

contador 2 mintues... gerrant top 5, movistar cements 2/3

 

[TMP402]

Only Geschke's third pro win which I find hard to believe.

 

[mr. tibbs]

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Too easy for Froome, another stage down.

Nice ride from Thomas after what happened on Monday.

Yeah, glad Thomas didn't seem to take any damage from Barguil's silliness. As for Froome. Damn. Unbeatable this year. Indurain-esque with those in-the-saddle accelerations.

 

[SoigneurNL]

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Did Gesink lose his place to Nibali?

I think so

 

[fungusbear]

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Contador seems to be hurt..he is not climbing out of the saddle at all

I think we can forgive him. He did crash on a descent after all.

 

[Ruby United]

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Can just see Contador hitting the deck in this

http://gfycat.com/CornySomberGuineafowl

Really hard to tell what exactly is happening. Did he flip over the handlebars?

Wtf that looks like a freak crash

If he went down hard, doesn't appear to be signs on jersey or any cuts.

He got a massive hole in his shorts

 

[Cimber]

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Froome looks invulnerable. Didn't Ryo say he always fades hard?

Well its easier when Movistar acts like a second support team for him

 

[The Hitch]

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Froome looks invulnerable. Didn't Ryo say he always fades hard?

I'm pretty sure now he will take it easy on the last stages so that the Sky propaganda ministry can say he wasn't suspicious and the Quintana fanboy ministry can claim yet again he would have won the Tour if it wasn't for the fact that the Tour is 21 stages long and not 30.

 

[Walkman]

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Majka: "Nobody told me I needed to stop, otherwise I would have stopped"

Don't they have radios?

 

[TommyGun]

Tomorrow, The Montvernier hairpins, but I am afraid I won't be in the mood to enjoy them..

 

[jsem94]

So... the Giro-Tour double is way too difficult. At least for Contador. IDK if Froome can cope with it though. He hasn't raced the Giro in many years, and while the climbing suits him, the race is always harder to control and more unpredictable. Would be interesting to see him try tackle the Giro.

 

[damian13ster]

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Well that was rubbish. I hate movistar for accepting 2nd and 3rd rather than going for the win.

Froome is the strongest. By a mile. No way they beat him unless they order a domestique to crash into him.
Accept it. Strongest GC rider in the world. By far

 

[Cimber]

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Can just see Contador hitting the deck in this

http://gfycat.com/CornySomberGuineafowl

Really hard to tell what exactly is happening. Did he flip over the handlebars?

According to eyewitnesses Rogers and Contador collided causin the crash....

 

[sir fly]

Thomas in front of Contador again.

 

[goggalor]

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Thomas is a real MVP.

Don't know about that, killing yourself for 6th overall instead of saving energy for the upcoming stages doesn't seem very smart.

Edit: 4th I guess

 

[Aristarchus]

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So... the Giro-Tour double is way too difficult. At least for Contador. IDK if Froome can cope with it though. He hasn't raced the Giro in many years, and while the climbing suits him, the race is always harder to control and more unpredictable. Would be interesting to see him try tackle the Giro.

Has he ever expressed an interest in that kind of thing? It seems to matter for Contador, but for Froome?