Tour de France Tour de France 2024: Stage 16 16/7 Gruissan - Nîmes, 188.6k

[RobertCrawley]

I don't mean to laugh at the poor peasants, but your answer sounds very likely.

Actually, no. I just looked it up. Wells and cisterns.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Actually, no. I just looked it up. Wells and cisterns.

I thought maybe they used donkeys to haul water up in barrels or something, but it's cool to learn they used wells and cisterns instead. (Always like to learn new stuff. )

 

[dgodave]

Actually, no. I just looked it up. Wells and cisterns.

But digging a well from the top of a ridge? its not like youre sitting atop a reservoir of ground water. And its often solid rock beneath you.

 

[RedheadDane]

Actually, no. I just looked it up. Wells and cisterns.

I suspect it was still peasants who had to do the hard job of pulling the water out of those wells.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Cow sighting!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I suspect it was still peasants who had to do the hard job of pulling the water out of those wells.

It could also have been pheasants (not as likely, perhaps).

 

[RedheadDane]

It could also have been pheasants (not as likely, perhaps).

Maybe if you had a lot of them.
And really tiny little buckets...

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Just bumped in. Only 7 pages? Anything happened yet? Like at all?

 

[staubsauger]

The question is; how many of those were allowed to get away because they were so far down?

Well, there are certainly cases like Virenque & Ugrumov @ the 1994 Tour de France or Rujano @ the 2005 Giro d'Italia where riders instantly were allowed to get away, but their accomplishment still is result of personal strength and the tactical situation during the race / taking advantage of it.

Then, there are of course cases like Kiviliev @ the 2001 Tour de France, Pereiro @ the 2006 Tour de France & Arroyo @ the 2009 Giro d'Italia where riders were simply gifted tons of time.

 

[dgodave]

Just bumped in. Only 7 pages? Anything happened yet? Like at all?

Fascinating discussion of how they got water up to ridge top castles. Youre not too late to participate!

 

[yaco]

Good thing about having no break is that route planners will have to think twice in the future by creating these boring flat stages. They probably won't though.

Yet, you have MVDP complaining there are not suitable stages for riders of his characteristics.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just bumped in. Only 7 pages? Anything happened yet? Like at all?

Ritter summed up the events during the news break quite nicely:

"..."

However, Gachinard went on the attack after the intermediate, and is now being fried.
Figuratively speaking. Not literally.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Fascinating discussion of how they got water up to ridge top castles. Youre not too late to participate!

Oh! How could I miss!
Sounds exactly like echoes of lessons from my dad in the family car, the two of us on the way up to approx. ditto location for the similar stage to Nîmes, exactly 38 years ago.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Ritter summed up the events during the news break quite nicely:

"..."

However, Gachinard went on the attack after the intermediate, and is now being fried.
Figuratively speaking. Not literally.

Just Perfect!
The new G - Thomas G.
Was about to select him for my Tour manager team of today, but a miss...

 

[RobertCrawley]

Fascinating discussion of how they got water up to ridge top castles. Youre not too late to participate!

Not at all. We need help figuring out how wells were possible on granite mountains.

 

[Peyroteo94]

So another rest day today. Hope for no crashes

 

[Danskebjerge]

Yeah, bit disappointed that they try to talk up nothing.

They've talked crosswinds up ever since the birth of Christ.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Not at all. We need help figuring out how wells were possible on granite mountains.

What kind of tools did they use to drill through the granite to get to the water? I think even in our modern times granite can be hard and expensive to drill...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They've talked crosswinds up ever since the birth of Christ.

Yeah, I remember the commentators being all hyped up about how it could influence his donkey rides, but nothing ever happened.

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah, I remember the commentators being all hyped up about how it could influence his donkey rides, but nothing ever happened.

You're old!

As for how they digged through granite back in "ye olde days"; hammers and chisels!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

You're old!

As for how they digged through granite back in "ye olde days"; hammers and chisels!

Definitely peasant work.

 

[RedheadDane]

Definitely peasant work.

Or stonemasons...

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Nearly a double crash for Uno-X there

 

[Stelvio]

They have straightened out the last roundabout quite a bit, it is still a bit of a chicane but not a full on roundabout.

 

[Salvarani]

Uno-X?!

Jumbo-esque