Tour de France 2018, stage 1

[DNP-Old]

Woo.

 

[Asero831]

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Only Valverde and Landa were in the front group, so there was no one who could wait.

Benatti, Amador and Erviti were still there

So it seems that Benatti, Amador and Erviti dropped back. It not captured on video

 

[craigmalone]

Only Landa and Valverde finished in the front group from Movistar. Amador and Bennatti came in with Quintana
Some posters need to get their facts right

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

So Uran still in ST as the winner, go get them Mick!

 

[Salvarani]

Quintana had Benatti and Amador with him as he finished so there goes yall logic

 

[benzwire]

For Quintana there should have been a teammate right on his wheel. Crazy. It doesn't help that there's 8 riders/team now instead of 9.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Sky, Movistar and Mitchelton will be the teams starting the TTT.

Unreal.

 

[Inquitus]

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Quintana had Benatti and Amador with him as he finished so there goes yall logic

Aye he would have lost alot more time if he was left on his own, only lost 23 seconds to Froome at al, and he was still getting the super slow neutral service wheel change when they went by.

 

[LaFlorecita]

ZAKA was in the first group as well

 

[HelloDolly]

What about Bardet ??

 

[perico]

Froome was at fault too.

 

[yaco]

Froome and Porte losing time effectively neutralises the TTT.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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What about Bardet ??

In the main peloton.

 

[bigcog]

Porte, Froome, Yates 1,01 down, Quintana 1,25

 

[HelloDolly]

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What about Bardet ??

In the main peloton.

Thanks

 

[Amazinmets87]

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Quintana 1' 12" lost ....

Blimey

but not to CF

True, but it will be difficult to justify team leadership. He may be regulated to dom duties, particularly if he concedes further time during the 1st week

 

[bob.a.feet]

2011 TDF: Big favourite who dominated previous Tours and is just coming off winning the Giro. Doping controversy about previous GT win leads to him being booed at the start. Lots of crashes in first stage which leads to big favourite losing time.

2018 TDF: same thing

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

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Froome and Porte losing time effectively neutralises the TTT.

You’re right. Interesting turn of events.

 

[Red Rick]

So Froome might not even be in yellow after the TTT

 

[HelloDolly]

So why didnt Teejay or GVA wait for Richie then ??

 

[Oliwright]

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Froome and Porte losing time effectively neutralises the TTT.

Sky will take about 1.5 - 2.5 mins from Bahrain, AG2R, Katusha, EF etc.
So not quite yet but it has definitely done some of that work.

Quintana could be 1.5mins+ behind Thomas or TGV after the TTT

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

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So Froome might not even be in yellow after the TTT

Probably good for him long term. He'll want to avoid attention as much as possible and the pressure of defending jersey.

 

[46&twoWheels]

things are looking interesting. Love seeing Majka 10th when they showed the stage classif. but I think they adjusted the times afterwards

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Cavendish shown as having been dropped with about 8km remaining and making no effort to catch up, and now shown as 36th, same time as Gaviria. So if they have him wrong, it is possible that reports of some of the GC guys being in that group are also unreliable.

 

[Salvarani]

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Quintana had Benatti and Amador with him as he finished so there goes yall logic

Aye he would have lost alot more time if he was left on his own, only lost 23 seconds to Froome at al, and he was still getting the super slow neutral service wheel change when they went by.

Exactly

Posters just too dramatic on here