Tour de France 2017 stage 10: Périgueu > Bergerac - 178 km

[movingtarget]

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Bouhanni again straight up punching someone in the face. Top left of the peloton.

https://streamable.com/8x6zf

What a total ****.

"Punching" he pushed the Quickstep rider after the Quickstep rider pushed him out of the way

That is not a sanction but Froome one was :lol:

Jeez Flo, the double standards

C'mon now the Running Man always apologizes ! Something tells me that Bouhanni isn't the apologetic type. Maybe if he wins.

 

[staubsauger]

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It might be a bit of a crap route and the Sagan DQ was disappointing but I don't think people can really say Kittel is undeserving of a green jersey. He's unquestionably the strongest sprinter in the field and when he's been healthy it's basically been that way since 2014. It's nice to see him surfing wheels and freelancing a bit this season as well and doing some work without a supremely organised lead out train. I'm sad Sagan is out and that the green jersey looks like a procession but happy that Kittel looks like he'll get the race long accolade to back up his unquestionable strength

This. I think, because of his obvious power, his positioning and timing is quite under-rated and something that has improved in the last year or so. Means that Quickstep can spend even more resources chasing down breaks if they need to, rather than holding men back for the leadout.

Back in the day Argos certainly had to build a sprint train for Kittel. Nowadays he simply gets placed by Sabatini (or not) like McEwen used to by Steegmans.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Bouhanni again straight up punching someone in the face. Top left of the peloton.

https://streamable.com/8x6zf

What a total ****.

"Punching" he pushed the Quickstep rider after the Quickstep rider pushed him out of the way

That is not a sanction but Froome one was :lol:

Jeez Flo, the double standards

Where did I write this shouldn't be sanctioned? Please point it out to me.

 

[swissfr]

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People saying kittel doesn't deserve green. He is by far the best sprinter in the world, and in my personal opinion, i don't even think sagan could beat him for the green jersey this year. Of course he derseves it, if ends up with it.

Often..like quite recently, the fastest sprinter in the race doesn't win Green in Paris.

Agree, if he wins it he deserves it."..considering the reduced field

Considering the reduced field?
Him or sagan would probably win anyhow, so he is not winning just because of a reduced field

Arnaud Démare ?

 

[classicomano]

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Bouhanni again straight up punching someone in the face. Top left of the peloton.

https://streamable.com/8x6zf

What a total ****.

"Punching" he pushed the Quickstep rider after the Quickstep rider pushed him out of the way

You must be a massive fanboy if you consider that "pushing".

 

[Samamba]

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Bouhanni again straight up punching someone in the face. Top left of the peloton.

https://streamable.com/8x6zf

What a total ****.

"Punching" he pushed the Quickstep rider after the Quickstep rider pushed him out of the way

You must be a massive fanboy if you consider that "pushing".

Definitely an elbow if that Sagan move was an elbow

 

[Carols]

Simple the guy who finishes the race with the most green jersey points is the deserved winner of the Green Jersey. It's not
his fault that other people didn't finish the race!

 

[Jagartrott]

Re: Tour de France 2017 stage 10: Périgueu > Bergerac - 178

And just like the last sprint stage, Groenewegen highest top speed over the final 500m.

Goddamn, start in front boy.

Sprinters in the wheels will obviously tend to go faster.
This argument of 'x was the fastest today even if y won' has been repeated here ad nauseam.

 

[Frankschleck]

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People saying kittel doesn't deserve green. He is by far the best sprinter in the world, and in my personal opinion, i don't even think sagan could beat him for the green jersey this year. Of course he derseves it, if ends up with it.

Often..like quite recently, the fastest sprinter in the race doesn't win Green in Paris.

Agree, if he wins it he deserves it."..considering the reduced field

Considering the reduced field?
Him or sagan would probably win anyhow, so he is not winning just because of a reduced field

Arnaud Démare ?

kittel is a lot faster than demare. But yeah demare might have stood a small chance, but i just don't think so with this point system.

 

[hfer07]

Re: Tour de France 2017 stage 10: Périgueu > Bergerac - 178

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...................................... then Kittel wins

don't say I didn't warn you

 

[Gloin22]

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Bouhanni again straight up punching someone in the face. Top left of the peloton.

https://streamable.com/8x6zf

What a total ****.

"Punching" he pushed the Quickstep rider after the Quickstep rider pushed him out of the way

That is not a sanction but Froome one was :lol:

Jeez Flo, the double standards

Where did I write this shouldn't be sanctioned? Please point it out to me.

You said he only ''pushed'' . Pushing on itself is a legal thing. So you clearly insinuate he didn't do anything wrong/

 

[Tank Engine]

When I was watching the first few stages, on several occasions I thought that Kittel was way back and he still won.

I've made the adjustment, today I thought he was perfectly positioned and he won comfortably. He's heads and shoulders above the others.

 

[rick james]

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Bouhanni again straight up punching someone in the face. Top left of the peloton.

https://streamable.com/8x6zf

What a total ****.

"Punching" he pushed the Quickstep rider after the Quickstep rider pushed him out of the way

That is not a sanction but Froome one was :lol:

Jeez Flo, the double standards

 

[Eagle]

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171. GRIVKO Andrei - Astana Pro Team 1:36
172. CATALDO Dario - Astana Pro Team ,,
175. KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar - Astana Pro Team 2:34
176. GRUZDEV Dmitriy - Astana Pro Team ,,
177. LUTSENKO Alexey - Astana Pro Team ,,

Astana planning fireworks for the weekend?

Gruzdev and Kozhatayev were probably nursing Lutsenko to the finish rather than resting

 

[tobydawq]

So Bouhanni has been punished very severely. Not only does he lose all his GC ambitions with a one-minute penalty, he also has to pay 200 Swiss Francs for punching a colleague.

Sorry, but it has now officially become impossible to not come to the conclusion that the jury is heavily biased towards French riders and not acting independently of ASO (as if there were any doubt after the Sagan/Démare debacle).

 

[Eagle]

According to ITV Stefan Kung got "all sorts of abuse" for trying to get in the breakaway

 

[silvergrenade]

Why was Simon Yates fined 100 CHF? Any clue?

 

[silvergrenade]

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According to ITV Stefan Kung got "all sorts of abuse" for trying to get in the breakaway

From who?
The riders? Fans?

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

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According to ITV Stefan Kung got "all sorts of abuse" for trying to get in the breakaway

Why have one rest day when you can have two?

 

[May0maniac]

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171. GRIVKO Andrei - Astana Pro Team 1:36
172. CATALDO Dario - Astana Pro Team ,,
175. KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar - Astana Pro Team 2:34
176. GRUZDEV Dmitriy - Astana Pro Team ,,
177. LUTSENKO Alexey - Astana Pro Team ,,

Astana planning fireworks for the weekend?

Gruzdev and Kozhatayev were probably nursing Lutsenko to the finish rather than resting

Kozhatayev was actually not bad on stage 9, the last guy to stay with Aru and Birdsong.

 

[Eagle]

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According to ITV Stefan Kung got "all sorts of abuse" for trying to get in the breakaway

From who?
The riders? Fans?

The sprint teams, Matt Rendell asked Simon Yates about it in his post race interview

 

[Eagle]

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171. GRIVKO Andrei - Astana Pro Team 1:36
172. CATALDO Dario - Astana Pro Team ,,
175. KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar - Astana Pro Team 2:34
176. GRUZDEV Dmitriy - Astana Pro Team ,,
177. LUTSENKO Alexey - Astana Pro Team ,,

Astana planning fireworks for the weekend?

Gruzdev and Kozhatayev were probably nursing Lutsenko to the finish rather than resting

Kozhatayev was actually not bad on stage 9, the last guy to stay with Aru and Birdsong.

Oh I wasn't saying they are bad or won't be any help. Just worried about Lutsenko after his crash on Sunday

 

[klintE]

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Why was Simon Yates fined 100 CHF? Any clue?

Argue I think

 

[d-s3]

Now with Bouhani, it's clear Tour is farce.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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So Bouhanni has been punished very severely. Not only does he lose all his GC ambitions with a one-minute penalty, he also has to pay 200 Swiss Francs for punching a colleague.

Sorry, but it has now officially become impossible to not come to the conclusion that the jury is heavily biased towards French riders and not acting independently of ASO (as if there were any doubt after the Sagan/Démare debacle).

Your conspiracy theory is laughable.