Tour de France 2017 Stage 12: Pau > Peyragudes 214.5km

[VO2 Max]

lolz, Froome is the weakest rider on Sky and can still win the Tour.

 

[sir fly]

Bardet is legend!

 

[Irondan]

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Why the heck did they not attack earlier?!

They're scared of Sky!

 

[JosephK]

LOLs!!!! Sweet sweet finish! There is still hope!

 

[vedrafjord]

Froome is the new Wiggins.

 

[King Boonen]

Froome-boom!

 

[Eclipse]

Deary me Contador cracked hard, passed by Quintana

 

[spalco]

Wow, that was quite *** by Froome.

 

[Irondan]

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Bardet is legend!

No doubt!

 

[bigcog]

Aru or Bardets to lose.

 

[Forever The Best]

Froome is probably gonna gain 1:30 on the TT so he'll probably still win.
Lol, Turkish ES says that today's stage wasn't boring :lol:

 

[DNP-Old]

They could have put a dagger in Froome here.

 

[Lupi33x]

Froome is a low gear high cadence climber. That works on most climbs at the tour but not the short punchy ones where you need a bigger gear.

 

[Ruby United]

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hahaha just goes to show, you gotta take advantage when you can

That's the first time Froome's ever lost yellow since taking over isn't it?

Yep.

 

[RattaKuningas]

Maybe it is like 2012. Landa might be stronger atm.

 

[Gloin22]

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Aru or Bardets to lose.

With 25km ITT? Nah They need over 1 minute on Froome

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

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Incredible bluff by Sky.
Aru in yellow.

Yes, absolutely brilliantly done. Reminds me of Indurain's comments about pretending to be strong when you're feeling weak and vice versa. I thought Sky played that very well.

Congrats to Bardet. Just a superb ride.

 

[DFA123]

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Why the heck did they not attack earlier?!

Would have been suicide - Peyresourde is just too gentle. Gaining 25-30 seconds is a big result against that Sky train on this stage.

 

[Brullnux]

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Why the heck did they not attack earlier?!

Sky set a pace that meant nobody was dropped but nobody could attack without being brought back. Good defensive tactics from them.

I sometimes do this on PCM when my leader is having a -5 day. And sky cycling is effectively a video game.

 

[Carols]

Kudos to Bardet! Chapeau to Aru!

 

[burning]

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hahaha just goes to show, you gotta take advantage when you can

That's the first time Froome's ever lost yellow since taking over isn't it?

Yep.

No, he lost to Tony in 2015

 

[mr. tibbs]

Such cowardly racing. An in-form Contador would've exposed Froome today. Hopefully the others have learned not to ride the Sky train to the final meters now.

Glad Bardet got the win, though.

 

[MartinGT]

Aru in yellow?

 

[Irondan]

Aru in Yellow!

YES!!!!

 

[Jspear]

Re: Re:

Why the heck did they not attack earlier?!

They're scared of Sky!

I know, I know...still hopefully they see Froome is not as hot as 2013.