Tour de France 2019 stage 17: Pont du Gard > Gap 200 km

[spalco]

Early to say still, but it's not looking like the break will be chased in a serious way imo.

If the break gets to 15+ minutes the Wanty guy starts approaching top10, would be fun to see who chases if that happens.

 

[Flamin]

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Early to say still, but it's not looking like the break will be chased in a serious way imo.

That was already a given from the start, wasn't it.

 

[tomorrow]

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Early to say still, but it's not looking like the break will be chased in a serious way imo.

If the break gets to 15+ minutes the Wanty guy starts approaching top10, would be fun to see who chases if that happens.

well, they won't necessarily need to start chasing, it will be enough to start riding.

 

[search]

They van give Meurisse yellow and he still is unlikely to challenge the Top 10

...unless it means the peloton would miss the time cut

 

[MrTea1976]

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They van give Meurisse yellow and he still is unlikely to challenge the Top 10

...unless it means the peloton would miss the time cut

From what I heard, the peloton is where the time cut is taken from today.

 

[Salvarani]

Will someone try it on the last climb? Out of the GC guys. Long day in the heat. Maybe a chance to gain some seconds.

 

[search]

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They van give Meurisse yellow and he still is unlikely to challenge the Top 10

...unless it means the peloton would miss the time cut

From what I heard, the peloton is where the time cut is taken from today.

yeah, I just checked, the time cut is likely to be around ~20 minutes

edit: or not, seems like they extended it because of the weather

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Fuglsangs crash yesterday caught on a phone, and the guy sent it to TV2 Denmark:

http://sport.tv2.dk/cykling/2019-07-24-privat-video-viser-billeder-fuglsangs-styrt

Clearly he had no chance.

 

[Keram]

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What a complete waste of a team Sunweb is. I can't think of a single reason of why Matthews is not in the break. Despite the reason that Visbeek & Spekenbrink are a bunch of losers.

He gave up for green becuase he wanted to go for breaks and he missed break in only stage which suits him :lol: :lol: Cycling is sometimes strange indeed.

 

[dutchdescent]

boss back at it

https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1153983012515848194

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Raining
to cool them down, Peter!

 

[sir fly]

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boss back at it

https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1153983012515848194

He'd drop them with left leg.

 

[Salvarani]

And now its raining

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Was away from the stage for a while, and just realised Cort is back in the peloton - he had a flat shortly after he made the break

Will have to pin my hopes on Asgreen and Juul then

 

[Bardamu]

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What a complete waste of a team Sunweb is. I can't think of a single reason of why Matthews is not in the break. Despite the reason that Visbeek & Spekenbrink are a bunch of losers.

Maybe he just missed it.

yup, it's very possible, same for sagan I guess. Why on earth isn't he there that's a mystery, especially if oss and postlberger are there.

Sagan already has a stage win, his green jersey is locked. It's not necessary for him to join the break. Sunweb however has no excuse to get their only guy who can win races in the break.

 

[Salvarani]

It is pouring

 

[HelloDolly]

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What a complete waste of a team Sunweb is. I can't think of a single reason of why Matthews is not in the break. Despite the reason that Visbeek & Spekenbrink are a bunch of losers.

I think its unfair to blame the team for Matthews...His orders would have been 'be in the break'
Since the Tour started Matthews has been out of sorts, disgruntled with his training and totally negative
He was never going to win with that attitude
Other riders lose a leader they adapt but not Matthews

But where is Arnt or Anderson or Haga for the break ?
Roche has been in nearly every break so far ..at least he is trying

I feel for Sunweb losing Dumoulin ...where do they go form here

 

[Bardamu]

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What a complete waste of a team Sunweb is. I can't think of a single reason of why Matthews is not in the break. Despite the reason that Visbeek & Spekenbrink are a bunch of losers.

I think its unfair to blame the team for Matthews...His orders would have been 'be in the break'
Since the Tour started Matthews has been out of sorts, disgruntled with his training and totally negative
He was never going to win with that attitude
Other riders lose a leader they adapt but not Matthews

But where is Arnt or Anderson or Haga for the break ?
Roche has been in nearly every break so far ..at least he is trying

I feel for Sunweb losing Dumoulin ...where do they go form here

They're responsible for his attitude. They're responsible to motivate the team and make the most out of a shitty situation.

 

[Scarponi]

Makes zero sense to train Matthews as a mountain domestique to Tom, what stage was he going to light up at the front? He was going to hold on until there was 30-40 riders left

 

[HelloDolly]

They're responsible for his attitude. They're responsible to motivate the team and make the most out of a ****** situation.

As seen with Dennis ...some riders you cannot control or change
But Matthews has extended with Sunweb for some reason that doesn't seem obvious to me if he cannot make the most of the Tour in the team with leadership

 

[RedheadDane]

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boss back at it

https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1153983012515848194

Got a bit confused there.
Thought it said Oss… :lol:

 

[HelloDolly]

Makes zero sense to train Matthews as a mountain domestique to Tom, what stage was he going to light up at the front? He was going to hold on until there was 30-40 riders left

He had plenty time to do sprint training when Dumoulin announced he wasn't doing the Tour
And anyway Matthews training was for rolling terrain....perfect for today

Matthews had the excuses ready early

 

[ppanther92]

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What a complete waste of a team Sunweb is. I can't think of a single reason of why Matthews is not in the break. Despite the reason that Visbeek & Spekenbrink are a bunch of losers.

He gave up for green becuase he wanted to go for breaks and he missed break in only stage which suits him :lol: :lol: Cycling is sometimes strange indeed.

It was the team that gave that order.

 

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he probably still had a dizzy head from having to count all the bottles yesterday

 

[Scarponi]

Makes zero sense to train Matthews as a mountain domestique to Tom, what stage was he going to light up at the front? He was going to hold on until there was 30-40 riders left

He had plenty time to do sprint training when Dumoulin announced he wasn't doing the Tour
And anyway Matthews training was for rolling terrain....perfect for today

Matthews had the excuses ready early

Sunweb get what they deserve. Out of 200 plus race days they only ride for one person