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

[bigcog]

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Slightly muted the old uk Commentators are.

The guys on ITV aren't. I bet Kirby is crying in his Dawg T-Shirt holding onto his teddy bear, bless him.

Guys on ITV don't like him due to history with Wiggins :lol:

 

[Escarabajo]

Froome probably could have lost minutes if this stage had been raced properly. But no let's wait for the last 500m instead. If froome ends up winning the tour by a few seconds it would be hilarious

Easy to say, much harder to do.

Not only that. The pace by Sky was very high, so it wasn't an easy task. And you are also risking to go backwards after the attack.

After today they could be more fearless. But even that if he has a strong team it would be a very difficult task to do.

 

[Irondan]

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Quintana's decision to ride the Giro looks even worse now somehow

Even worse so since he didn't win it.

I bet that Movistar never makes that mistake again!

 

[deValtos]

So this -20s for Uran, mistake or actual penalty? Do we have a confirmation?

 

[Oude Geuze]

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4 southern hemisphere riders in top 10

2: neither of the Colombians is from the southern parts of the country.

Nice catch. I don't think even 0.1% of Colombians are from south of the Equator.

Why would it matter which hemisphere someone is from?

Great stage and finish today, to anyone finding this boring, I dont think you know cycling from 1st hand experience. Froome and Sky did an amazing job, Froome will probably still win imo. But I'm rooting for Bardet!

 

[Carols]

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Uran could conceivably win the Tour if he can ride an ITT like he's done in the Giro a few years ago..

That would work for me

 

[perico]

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I really hope Landa goes rogue, why the f would Portal ream out on him like that in front of the cameras? It would've achieved nothing if Landa would've waited Froome...

Bet he can't wait to stick it to them when he's at movistar lol

They'll force him to wait on Nairo

 

[Gloin22]

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Quintana's decision to ride the Giro looks even worse now somehow

That is far too big hindisght to even consider, decision was made last year like.

And who expected Dumoulin to become new Indurain

 

[DFA123]

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I really hope Landa goes rogue, why the f would Portal ream out on him like that in front of the cameras? It would've achieved nothing if Landa would've waited Froome...

Absolute joke. If Landa would have been given the green light to attack himself, he'd probably have taken some bonus seconds away from serious rivals and may have even won the stage.

I wonder if the team are a bit scared that Landa's numbers are significantly better than Froome's at the moment. And that Froome is maybe a bit insecure.

 

[SafeBet]

I don't know how Astana can control the next 10 days of racing, even on such an easy route.
Tomorrow could be actually fun.

Side note: this the 8th out of 12 stages where only the final km mattered.

 

[No_Balls]

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I really hope Landa goes rogue, why the f would Portal ream out on him like that in front of the cameras? It would've achieved nothing if Landa would've waited Froome...

Lol they signed a guy who didnt gave two cents about his former captain and now they criticise Landa for being Landa.

Straight outta his playbook now would be another epic attack without thinking twice about Froome. I believe in you Mikel and your abilities to rattle the cage.

#believe

 

[dusty red roads]

Wow! That wasn't the result I was expecting! Go the underdogs!!!!!

 

[mb2612]

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So this -20s for Uran, mistake or actual penalty? Do we have a confirmation?

It's explicitly a penalty on the tour website. They don't say why it's there though.

 

[Brullnux]

Froome now wears a nose ring.

 

[huangho]

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So this -20s for Uran, mistake or actual penalty? Do we have a confirmation?

It seems a late bottle from the car. Confirmation to follow...

 

[fauniera]

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Uran and Bennett penalised 20 seconds for some reason

What a sensible and competent jury this is. *** them.

 

[Gigs_98]

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4 southern hemisphere riders in top 10

2: neither of the Colombians is from the southern parts of the country.

Nice catch. I don't think even 0.1% of Colombians are from south of the Equator.

Why would it matter which hemisphere someone is from?

Great stage and finish today, to anyone finding this boring, I dont think you know cycling from 1st hand experience. Froome and Sky did an amazing job, Froome will probably still win imo. But I'm rooting for Bardet!

Sorry but may I ask on which planet this was a great stage

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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I really hope Landa goes rogue, why the f would Portal ream out on him like that in front of the cameras? It would've achieved nothing if Landa would've waited Froome...

Absolute joke. If Landa would have been given the green light to attack himself, he'd probably have taken some bonus seconds away from serious rivals and may have even won the stage.

I wonder if the team are a bit scared that Landa's numbers are significantly better than Froome's at the moment. And that Froome is maybe a bit insecure.

On Mont Du Chat, Froome looked the strongest in the race while Landa looked like a corpse

Quite a few riders going up and down. Meintjes lost significant time on Sunday yet was 5th today taking time out of Yates

 

[Alexandre B.]

Dropped on Balès and 16th at the finish: congrats Guillaume Martin

 

[tom_cart]

Uran took a bottle at the top of the peyresourde: http://imgur.com/a/M29Rd

 

[rhubroma]

When Landa brought back that attack with a k to go, you could see Froome struggled to hold his wheel.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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4 southern hemisphere riders in top 10

2: neither of the Colombians is from the southern parts of the country.

Nice catch. I don't think even 0.1% of Colombians are from south of the Equator.

Why would it matter which hemisphere someone is from?

Great stage and finish today, to anyone finding this boring, I dont think you know cycling from 1st hand experience. Froome and Sky did an amazing job, Froome will probably still win imo. But I'm rooting for Bardet!

Sorry but may I ask on which planet this was a great stage

One on which hemispheres are unimportant.

 

[deValtos]

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Uran and Bennett penalised 20 seconds for some reason

What a sensible and competent jury this is. **** them.

I think it's a stupid rule they should get rid of but now I do remember Froome had a 20s penalty for food in 2013 so it's been done before.

 

[gmedina]

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Uran took a bottle at the top of the peyresourde: http://imgur.com/a/M29Rd

oh man....this blows!

 

[carton]

I'm fine with a penalty for a late bottle. Seems like a peculiarly enforced rule, though.