Tour de France 2017 stage 3: Verviers - Longwy 212,5 km

[loge1884]

magnificent win ....

 

[wwabbit]

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Froome overtook 25 people in that final straight haha.

That was a pretty short froomeyo

 

[alspacka]

Crazy how easy Sagan looked on the climb, I thought maybe he'd gained a little too much weight, evidently not.

 

[Irondan]

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Considering how close Martin got, you've got to think Valverde would have won this by 50m.

Without a doubt.

This was Valverde's stage to lose.

All the hypotheticals... Would've probably been raced differently if he was there

These are the stages Valverde wins all the time, it doesn't matter if you race it differently he still wins these finishes.

 

[perico]

That was encouraging for Porte and Bertie on the steep. Froome was struggling a bit in the run up, or he just took longer to rev it up considering that he ended up ahead of the rest in the sprint.

 

[DFA123]

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Considering how close Martin got, you've got to think Valverde would have won this by 50m.

Without a doubt.

This was Valverde's stage to lose.

All the hypotheticals... Would've probably been raced differently if he was there

Absolutely, of course it's his own fault he's not here. But, the Valverde v Sagan battle on a shallowish hill is one of the most entertaining in cycling for me. You usually on get it once or twice a season, and we've been denied it here. :sad:

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

Has to re/clip and still wins. Different class from Sagan.

 

[rick james]

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That was encouraging for Porte and Bertie on the steep. Froome was struggling a bit in the run up, or he just took longer to rev it up considering that he ended up ahead of the rest in the sprint.

Yo Yo Froome is alive, even on 1.6 k climbs

 

[Irondan]

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That was encouraging for Porte and Bertie on the steep. Froome was struggling a bit in the run up, or he just took longer to rev it up considering that he ended up ahead of the rest in the sprint.

Yo Yo Froome is alive, even on 1.6 k climbs

Did he gain time in the GC?

 

[Koba80]

Micryo-yoing.

 

[DFA123]

Betancur finished with the first big group. Big pressure on him now to step up and become a quality mountain domestique.

 

[markene2]

"I pulled my foot out from the clit"

 

[SKSemtex]

He needed this one. I hope tomorrow we will see different Sagan Kittel show than yesterday.

 

[ontheroad]

GC now has Thomas and Froome as the 1-2. Both those two look super strong. Yellow all the way to Paris, Froome takes the jersey in 2 days time.

 

[KGB]

Re: Re:

Considering how close Martin got, you've got to think Valverde would have won this by 50m.

Without a doubt.

This was Valverde's stage to lose.

All the hypotheticals... Would've probably been raced differently if he was there

Absolutely, of course it's his own fault he's not here. But, the Valverde v Sagan battle on a shallowish hill is one of the most entertaining in cycling for me. You usually on get it once or twice a season, and we've been denied it here. :sad:

When that happend last time?Last year tdf when Sagan won it and took yellow or was another race after that?

 

[Eagle]

Simon Yates lost 10s, Barguil 15s

 

[Eclipse]

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That was encouraging for Porte and Bertie on the steep. Froome was struggling a bit in the run up, or he just took longer to rev it up considering that he ended up ahead of the rest in the sprint.

Dunno if I'd say encouraging. They both tried to show and didn't really do anything.

Think Sky just judged it well tbh with timing their efforts, both Thomas and Froome came in top 10

 

[ppanther92]

question 1: why did Barguil fade so bad, he was doing well in the steep section?

question 2: where was Colbrelli?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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That was encouraging for Porte and Bertie on the steep. Froome was struggling a bit in the run up, or he just took longer to rev it up considering that he ended up ahead of the rest in the sprint.

Yo Yo Froome is alive, even on 1.6 k climbs

did get past G though

 

[Alexandre B.]

 

[MovistarRider]

Sagan in a league of his own

 

[movingtarget]

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That was encouraging for Porte and Bertie on the steep. Froome was struggling a bit in the run up, or he just took longer to rev it up considering that he ended up ahead of the rest in the sprint.

Dunno if I'd say encouraging. They both tried to show and didn't really do anything.

Think Sky just judged it well tbh with timing their efforts, both Thomas and Froome came in top 10

None of the GC riders were going to win the stage so it hardly matters. As long as they didn't lose time to Froome is all that mattered.

 

[perico]

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That was encouraging for Porte and Bertie on the steep. Froome was struggling a bit in the run up, or he just took longer to rev it up considering that he ended up ahead of the rest in the sprint.

Dunno if I'd say encouraging. They both tried to show and didn't really do anything.

Think Sky just judged it well tbh with timing their efforts, both Thomas and Froome came in top 10

They missed the initial split. Froome hasn't done that in the Tour in years. The FROOME-yoyo is usually saved for the Vuelta.

 

[Carols]

Grande Finale!!! Kudos to Sagan....I'm starting to warm up to him again.

 

[MartinGT]

Bertie looked good.