Tour de France 2017 Stage 18: Briançon - Izoard, 179.5kms

[Sestriere]

Grmay winning this would be pretty cool!

 

[Frankschleck]

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Grmay winning this would be pretty cool!

he is going to have trouble with atapuma if that group make it.

 

[sir fly]

This false flat approach is tiring.

 

[DNP-Old]

This is so boring.

 

[masking_agent]

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This is so boring.

yes, this is what the sport has become. The only action will be in the last 2 kms or less.. I'm waiting to turn on the tv with 5km to go.. heh heh

 

[sir fly]

A highland eye...

 

[DNP-Old]

Re: Re:

This is so boring.

yes, this is what the sport has become. The only action will be in the last 2 kms or less.. I'm waiting to turn on the tv with 5km to go.. heh heh

I wouldn't say this sport, just the Tour. Year in year out the most boring race on the calendar. We've had some great racing this year, especially the cobble classics.

 

[Sestriere]

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Grmay winning this would be pretty cool!

he is going to have trouble with atapuma if that group make it.

Maybe Atapuma is still tired from yersterday. But it's going to be extremely difficult anyway. Certainly not the favourite.

 

[DanielSong39]

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Fast forward to the last 3k.

Predictions with 3km to go:
Stage win goes to the break
Froome, Bardet, Uran together along with a small number of domestiques/dropoffs from chase group
Aru dropped

OK, let's see how close I am.

Prediction from yesterday, with 3km to go.

 

[masking_agent]

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This is so boring.

yes, this is what the sport has become. The only action will be in the last 2 kms or less.. I'm waiting to turn on the tv with 5km to go.. heh heh

I wouldn't say this sport, just the Tour. Year in year out the most boring race on the calendar. We've had some great racing this year, especially the cobble classics.

I should say for the GT's.. not for the classics yes

 

[DanielSong39]

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Froome will mark everyone and gain a few seconds at the end. All but clinches the Tour.

Aru to drop.

Bardet/Uran to fight for second.

Landa will not attack barring a Froome disaster. He's not going to gain 3 minutes anyway.

And this is my prediction of the finish from yesterday.

 

[TomLPC]

Fancy the peloton here

 

[IndianCyclist]

Predictions on Froome to have a mechanical

 

[Frankschleck]

whys cummings leading the group alone?

 

[meat puppet]

5-6 rider teams would be one answer to this tediousness. Also no radios and no real time computers of any kind (recording very OK, just ban viewing the data during races).

Then make the point system software that it does not reward protecting gc 5-15 spots or something

 

[bob.a.feet]

What was Navarro thinking with that sock + shoe combo

 

[jsem94]

Landa attacking at the bottom of the climb please!

 

[Ruby United]

Re: Tour de France 2017 Stage 18: Briançon - Izoard, 179.5km

If the MJ group go full out from the bottom of Izoard, the break can be caught.

 

[sir fly]

A difference of a couple of kilometres per hour at this moment means the stage is available all the way to the Yellow jersey group.

 

[Walkman]

Why did the Astana car give Edet a bottle? He isn't putting his nose in the wind.

 

[meat puppet]

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5-6 rider teams would be one answer to this tediousness. Also no radios and no real time computers of any kind (recording very OK, just ban viewing the data during races) on the bikes. Especially no real time power and doubly especially no real time estimation apps that tell you when your anaerobic capacity tank will be spent.

Then make the point system software that it does not reward protecting gc 5-15 spots or something

 

[MartinGT]

God this is boring!

 

[ontheroad]

The only excitement in the entire tour was the stage last Friday that Aru wore yellow. Contador attacked with Landa & Quintana and which Barguil won. Other than that its been a poorly designed route, very little attacking from GC contenders and riding tempo all day.

 

[The Hitch]

Have they finished the col de vars yet?

 

[spalco]

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The only excitement in the entire tour was the stage last Friday that Aru wore yellow. Contador attacked with Landa & Quintana and which Barguil won. Other than that its been a poorly designed route, very little attacking from GC contenders and riding tempo all day.

Well, if the intent was creating the anti-Froome route, it was very nearly successful (or still may be), by keeping the GC so tight.