Tour de France 2019 stage 14: Tarbes - Tourmalet 117 km

[Broccolidwarf]

Every time Zakarin is in picture on a decent, your heart skips a beat.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Re: Re:

Ala has to crack on the Tourmalet.

Have you seen stage 6?

The difference between stage 6 and stage 14 is that a week of racing has passed + the fact, that Tourmalet is longer than Superplanche. These things should not work in Alaphilippe's favor, rather the opposite!

Doesn't look like Ala's form on decline - judging from what I've seen yesterday.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re: Re:

Ala has to crack on the Tourmalet.

Have you seen stage 6?

The difference between stage 6 and stage 14 is that a week of racing has passed + the fact, that Tourmalet is longer than Superplanche. These things should not work in Alaphilippe's favor, rather the opposite!

Doesn't look like Ala's form on decline - judging from what I've seen yesterday.

We will find out today, when the big GC favorites drop the hammer on a real mountain.

I am rooting for him, but I still don't quite believe he can ride like that for 3 weeks.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Re: Re:

Ala has to crack on the Tourmalet.

I'm watching on work computer with a corner window so admittedly I havent the best viewing but he has looked very solid so far

Looked better than Mas LMAO

 

[Simurgh]

Re: Re:

Ala has to crack on the Tourmalet.

Have you seen stage 6?

The difference between stage 6 and stage 14 is that a week of racing has passed + the fact, that Tourmalet is longer than Superplanche. These things should not work in Alaphilippe's favor, rather the opposite!

Doesn't look like Ala's form on decline - judging from what I've seen yesterday.

His form in decline? Probably not, no. But I will be tremendously surprised, if he doesn't pay for riding crazy fast the last two weeks - he isn't a GC rider and specialist in recovery, after all.

 

[TomekA]

Could somebody tell me how many Ineos riders are in the main group and who?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re:

Could somebody tell me how many Ineos riders are in the main group and who?

Thomas, Bernal, Poels, Van Baarle and Castroviejo (who just got back on). I think.

 

[scapewalker]

I feel like Kwiatkowski is taking a day off to start hammering tomorrow.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

"Tourmahlaaaaa" - JA Flecha

 

[Tonton]

The break is doomed: big dogs will fight for the win atop this mythic climb, as it should be.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Movistar riding with intent again, we may see a long range attack on the first part of the climb

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Interested to hear: Who do guys think are the most explosive climbers left?

 

[Pantani_lives]

Re:

Interested to hear: Who do guys think are the most explosive climbers left?

I've heard that Alaphilippe guy is quite explosive.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Re: Re:

Interested to hear: Who do guys think are the most explosive climbers left?

I've heard that Alaphilippe guy is quite explosive.

Nuclear I've heard...

 

[Simurgh]

Lutsenko has called it a day

 

[Simurgh]

Konrad mechanical - Yates dropped again

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Now the breakdown begins

 

[bigcog]

Eurosport decide to have another commercial break ... useless

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Buchman and Fuglsang both alone

Edit: Bilbao and Gorka just got back on, but look pumped.

 

[Simurgh]

Bardet 6 minutes behind - breakdown more spectacular than Contador's at Mont du Chat

 

[glassmoon]

Yates as expected...

 

[Scarponi]

Re:

Eurosport decide to have another commercial break ... useless

Copped it here in Australia on another channel

 

[Simurgh]

Dan Martin (edit, sorry) and Nairo in the back end of the group...

now Dan Martin dropped - anyway, I suspect that Kruijswijk will do really well today

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Time for someone to be brave..........

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Could have sworn ES said the last ad break was the last, then they throw in that one without even warning. Pffffffft