Tour de France 2017 stage 9: Nantua > Chambéry - 181,5 km

[gregrowlerson]

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Why are they even bothering to show us where Contador is on the road.

Greatest GC rider of this generation bonks hard and the sign he's done as a GC hope...pretty significant moment in Cycling

This.

It's certainly more significant than seeing Voeckler get dropped!!

 

[IndianCyclist]

bardet caught

 

[can3478]

The flat section doesn't help Bardet. They're going to catch him.

 

[DFA123]

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Year after year after year other teams run over each other to be the first to help Froome....why?

Because year after year after year other teams run over each other to get podium places and stage wins

They already are on the podium even if Bardet stays away, and they have little chance of a stage win.
They have almost nothing to gain and are throwing away a better chance at the GC.

Why would Astana have little chance of the stage win? They've got the numbers in the group. Didn't they win from a very similar scenario in the Dauphine?

 

[Akuryo]

Dan Martin is such a beast, still riding hard after that crash with Porte!

 

[cipurian]

Quintana wheelsucking Martin.

 

[TomLPC]

Aru did his best stijn vdb impression

 

[silvergrenade]

Froome .....Huuuuuge Pull...

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Year after year after year other teams run over each other to be the first to help Froome....why?

Because year after year after year other teams run over each other to get podium places and stage wins

They already are on the podium even if Bardet stays away, and they have little chance of a stage win.
They have almost nothing to gain and are throwing away a better chance at the GC.

Why would Astana have little chance of the stage win? They've got the numbers in the group. Didn't they win from a very similar scenario in the Dauphine?

Fuglsang didn't take pulls back then so he was able to squeak a sprint there.
If he can do it here after all this pulling, he's having the day of his career.

 

[France_En_Marche]

Barguil got this

 

[SeriousSam]

Could be another epic stage win for Froome

 

[skippo12]

barguil should attack now

 

[webvan]

Froome got what he wanted, might as well rub it in and make fools of the Astana boys, even more.

 

[El Pistolero]

Lmao, Uran leading out Froome, just brilliant.

 

[silvergrenade]

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Barguil got this

How are his sprinting skills?

 

[SKSemtex]

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Barguil got this

It would be great

 

[46&twoWheels]

yawn

I'm counting down the days left for Froome
It might be 1 it might be 5 years...but the cycling world will party together that day

 

[laurensde+]

Froome for the lulz

 

[chiocciolis_calves]

Uran the fastest finisher of all of them.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Re: Tour de France 2017 stage 9: Nantua > Chambéry - 181,5 k

So why didn't Froome stop the Group when Uran couldn't shift?

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Uran the fastest finisher of all of them.

Not if his gears are still malfunctioning

 

[silvergrenade]

I think Fuglsang will win

 

[46&twoWheels]

noo uran

 

[Hayabusa]

Barguil! Yes, CQ points!

 

[rick james]

what a stage