Tour de France 2017 Stage 17: La Mure > Serre-Chevalier 183k

[Benotti69]

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imagine Valverde wouldn't have crashed and would have had to work for Nairo, giving away his own chances .... guess he would have been pretty upset by now .....

Piti's racing instincts would have sussed Quintana was not on top form and become team leader very quickly

 

[Brullnux]

Have the broadcasters given up on the main group?

 

[rick james]

Bertie struggling I think

 

[Escarabajo]

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imagine Valverde wouldn't have crashed and would have had to work for Nairo, giving away his own chances .... guess he would have been pretty upset by now .....

I can assure you that Valverde would not have given up his position in this Tour!

 

[DFA123]

Pauwels looks very strong here

 

[TMP402]

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Have the broadcasters given up on the main group?

Sure feels that way.

 

[Forever The Best]

Roglic looking the strongest?

 

[rick james]

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imagine Valverde wouldn't have crashed and would have had to work for Nairo, giving away his own chances .... guess he would have been pretty upset by now .....

Piti's racing instincts would have sussed Quintana was not on top form and become team leader very quickly

I don't believe Quintana would have been team leader, the route suited Valverde too much.

 

[Aristarchus]

Hard to see Contador making the attack he'll need to make to drop these guys later. He looks like he's nearing his limit.

 

[TomLPC]

Come on mikel do it

 

[arvc40]

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Bertie struggling I think

Or Bluffing ? Not sure yet

 

[StryderHells]

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imagine Valverde wouldn't have crashed and would have had to work for Nairo, giving away his own chances .... guess he would have been pretty upset by now .....

I doubt that would of happened, Movistar would of given Valverde freedom to stay with the other main GC riders.

 

[bassano]

GC riders are waiting for last 2km of Galibier, then will be some attack for fans and nothing more I think
Aru was best in first weeks, Uran never Attacks, maybe Badet will try it with Galibier downhill

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Tour de France 2017 Stage 17: La Mure > Serre-Chevalier

Karma police
Arrest Team Sky they're killing the race
It's become so dull
It's like they don't care about us fans

 

[Guybrush]

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imagine Valverde wouldn't have crashed and would have had to work for Nairo, giving away his own chances .... guess he would have been pretty upset by now .....

Bala doesn't perform well in high altitude climbs

 

[Benotti69]

https://twitter.com/Carlemilva/status/887669386965905408

 

[rick james]

Tell you what, Froome looks a bit whiter than normal, not looking the best

 

[ppanther92]

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Bertie struggling I think

Looks like it.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Apart from the AC attack, this is actually a terrible stage so far. No GC action what so ever

Yeah, but that's actually kind of like expected. If everyone is too afraid to attack on stage 15 when Froome was 50 seconds behind the peloton, why would they suddenly be willing to make a long range attack on the Telegraphe.

Of course. The only think that will happen is Landa getting closer to a podium place in Paris.

 

[wouterkaas]

Re: Tour de France 2017 Stage 17: La Mure > Serre-Chevalier

Karma police
Arrest Team Sky they're killing the race
It's become so dull
It's like they don't care about us fans

As one of the riders put it last week: they're not circus animals :lol:

 

[TomLPC]

I didn't know Robert Millar had had a sex change

 

[woodburn]

Alberto giving himself a shower.

 

[loge1884]

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imagine Valverde wouldn't have crashed and would have had to work for Nairo, giving away his own chances .... guess he would have been pretty upset by now .....

Piti's racing instincts would have sussed Quintana was not on top form and become team leader very quickly

even last year Valverde looked stronger than Quintana .... the latter wasn't dropped though, but rather established the never-attack-policy ...

 

[rune1107]

Riding the fastest ever time on Croix de Fer and then being dropped by a former ski jumper seems to crazy.

 

[webvan]

Maybe the last time we see Bertie climbing in the front on the Tour...