Tour de France 2017 Stage 16: Le Puy to Romans-sur-Isère

[Huck23]

Hope Sagan beats Matthews by a CM in this years WC, but I fear It'll be by half a peleton.

 

[happytramp]

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Dan Martin messed up big time today!!!

You are right! He's experienced enough now to know where to be in these situations and yet missed it

True.... although I wouldn't be surprised if his agent starts looking around for other offers... Zero chance of any GT support in the future and Quickstep already have Gilbert and Alaphillipe.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I have never, ever in my life expected I would see a so eager and animated Meintjens pulling a group of riders. Now I've seen everything! Great last 15 km, Aru looked extremely impressive to me.

 

[Kwibus]

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Hats off to Sunweb and Matthews. If he manages to win the green jersey it would be an amazing feat. I'm rooting for him. His riding in this Tour has been exceptional.

Agreed. Not a fan of Matthews, but great performance by him and the team. Specially the 2 stages Matthews won Sunweb really earned it because of an great overall teamperformance.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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Who is Glenn Maxwell?

Victorian cricketer, known as the big show. You haven't heard of him?

No one watches cricket :lol:

And definitely not cricket from over 100 years ago.

 

[Keram]

I must admit that I really like Bling this Tour. He is replacing Sagan for me to some extent. He races very similar as him. Would be great battle between two. Sagan would be forced do even more crazy stuff than usually is doing.

 

[Eagle]

Stybar and Vermote are sick, so it wasn't by choice that they were with Kittel

 

[StryderHells]

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Why do you hate Matthews? Did he steal your lunch money at school or something?

Seems to have that Glenn Maxwell kinda vibe that rubs people the wrong way. Outwardly confident in his ability/arrogant, and then there's the nickname.

Guess I don't pay that much attention to what he's said or really care about his nickname, plenty of athlete's (people in general) who have bad nicknames, also plenty of athlete's who are outwardly confident, I'm not really a fan of his but I don't dislike him either.
Who is Glenn Maxwell?

An Aussie who knows nothing about cricket!

He's from Florida

If I was in Florida I wouldn't be sitting around watching the Tour with it being 3 degrees outside

 

[winkybiker]

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I must admit that I really like Bling this Tour. He is replacing Sagan for me to some extent. He races very similar as him. Would be great battle between two. Sagan would be forced do even more crazy stuff than usually is doing.

Yeah, I was hater, for sure. But he's riding very well indeed in this tour. His wins are well-deserved. Making the race in some stages, even. Seems that getting away from the ever-boring "gerro" has been a good thing for him.

 

[winkybiker]

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They play cricket in Canada?

Australia

Yeah, they play cricket in Canada.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Probably Bouhanni's fault
https://twitter.com/NBCSNCycling/status/887350911458324480

 

[Leinster]

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Stybar and Vermote are sick, so it wasn't by choice that they were with Kittel

Bauer steaming ahead without checking if Martin was even on his wheel, and popping himself in the process, was one of the dumbest bits of bike racing I've seen in this Tour, and there's oodles of competition for that title.

 

[Frankschleck]

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Hope Sagan beats Matthews by a CM in this years WC, but I fear It'll be by half a peleton.

i hope so, but the way matthews is riding he might be in for a winning shot :/

 

[Anderis]

Just checked some earlier pages of the thread and I can't believe that nobody was making fun of both Thomas De Gendt and Thomas Degand being in the same move.

 

[Brullnux]

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Just checked some earlier pages of the thread and I can't believe that nobody was making fun of both Thomas De Gendt and Thomas Degand being in the same move.

It was Sean Kelly's worst nightmare. Luckily it didn't last very long.

 

[Ricco']

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Probably Bouhanni's fault
https://twitter.com/NBCSNCycling/status/887350911458324480

Well, Degenkolb must be thrown out of the race after this.

Wasn't Degenkolb the one who throw water to another rider at the WCh last year? Seems that he cannot manage his anger. If that it's not acceptable in a cyclist, surely it isn't acceptable in a policeman.

 

[Hexagon]

Can't punish Sagan but not Matthews. All we ask is for consistency from the organisers.

 

[miguelindurain111]

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Probably Bouhanni's fault
https://twitter.com/NBCSNCycling/status/887350911458324480

Well, Degenkolb must be thrown out of the race after this.

Wasn't Degenkolb the one who throw water to another rider at the WCh last year? Seems that he cannot manage his anger. If that it's not acceptable in a cyclist, surely it isn't acceptable in a policeman.

Sounds terrifying. Did the poor victim survive?

 

[May0maniac]

That was a normal sprint, he played it pretty smart, but not dirty enough to relegate him.
Aru was really impressive, his team not that much, but at least they were able to bring him to the front.

 

[jmdirt]

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Can't punish Sagan but not Matthews. All we ask is for consistency from the organisers.

I didn't see MM cut someone's line and cause them to crash.

 

[Jagartrott]

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Well, Degenkolb must be thrown out of the race after this.

Wasn't Degenkolb the one who throw water to another rider at the WCh last year? Seems that he cannot manage his anger. If that it's not acceptable in a cyclist, surely it isn't acceptable in a policeman.

Yeah, er...

 

[Ricco']

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Probably Bouhanni's fault
https://twitter.com/NBCSNCycling/status/887350911458324480

Well, Degenkolb must be thrown out of the race after this.

Wasn't Degenkolb the one who throw water to another rider at the WCh last year? Seems that he cannot manage his anger. If that it's not acceptable in a cyclist, surely it isn't acceptable in a policeman.

Sounds terrifying. Did the poor victim survive?

I'm not condemning someone based on the consequences, I'm condemning based on the actions. If it was Bouhanni or Froome doing that (or this), the forum and Twitter would break down, saying that was unacceptable and asking for measures. As it's a "good boy", all is well.

If Sagan is out due to aggressive and dangerous behaviour, so must be Degenkolb (and Bouhanni, in the punch incident).

EDIT: This is clearly an acceptable behaviour... Don't bring out the point of "did the poor victim survive" because it's irrelevant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_FdiO-oFKQ

 

[DanielSong39]

Saw what happened with Dan Martin. Lost Jack Bauer's wheel near the end and that was that.

 

[miguelindurain111]

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Probably Bouhanni's fault
https://twitter.com/NBCSNCycling/status/887350911458324480

Well, Degenkolb must be thrown out of the race after this.

Wasn't Degenkolb the one who throw water to another rider at the WCh last year? Seems that he cannot manage his anger. If that it's not acceptable in a cyclist, surely it isn't acceptable in a policeman.

Sounds terrifying. Did the poor victim survive?

I'm not condemning someone based on the consequences, I'm condemning based on the actions. If it was Bouhanni or Froome doing that (or this), the forum and Twitter would break down, saying that was unacceptable and asking for measures. As it's a "good boy", all is well.

If Sagan is out due to aggressive and dangerous behaviour, so must be Degenkolb (and Bouhanni, in the punch incident).

EDIT: This is clearly an acceptable behaviour... Don't bring out the point of "did the poor victim survive" because it's irrelevant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_FdiO-oFKQ

Loved the laugh of the commentators.

 

[DanielSong39]

Degenkolb definitely could've tried to get by. Probably wouldn't have won the stage either way.