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Why do they say no more food and drinks at a certain point in the stage?
There's a rule that says you're not allowed to take on food/water from the cars in the last [x] km. [x] will vary depending on the stage but it's there for safety reasons to stop cars getting in the way or to stop riders trying to fight their way through the bunch carrying water while everyone is winding up for a sprint.
Sky will probably cop a fair old fine for that.
Yup, that was awesome.
Incredible finish, great for the French to get one at least. Recognised all those turns through the town, it's steep on a mountain bike
Hope Froome's paying attention on how to celebrate a stage win 🙂
Froome could lose the Tour as a result if he does get tome penalties and Quintana eating into his time.
Carlton Kirby is a moron. "They set out the toughest day in the tour de France anyone can remember". You mean apart from last time they went twice up Alpe d'Huez?
jeeez Froome is spent
Kinda hoping the French would get nil points
You mean apart from last time they went twice up Alpe d'Huez?
can you remember that?
You mean apart from last time they went twice up Alpe d'Huez?
When was that then?
[quote=atlaz ]Carlton Kirby is a moron. "They set out the toughest day in the tour de France anyone can remember". You mean apart from last time they went twice up Alpe d'Huez?
When did they last do it twice?
jeeez Froome is spent
And there's another brutal day tomorrow, Col du Glandon and Col de la Madeleine plus a couple of lesser hills.
I don't get why Froome attacked instead of going defensive
Didn't they attack it from two directions or something? Just not the same road.
From the rules on the Le Tour website:
All riders may render small services to each other, such as lending or exchanging food, drink or accessories. However, the lending or exchange of wheels or bicycles is only permitted between riders of the same team.
No mention of final feeds/drinks and related penalties, but the above indicates any punishment would be for Sky or Porte, not Froome.
They did it 30-odd years ago. Twice in one day but like portly said, not up, loop back then up the same road again.
And there's another brutal day tomorrow, Col du Glandon and Col de la Madeleine plus a couple of lesser hills.
Ouch. Glandon's a lovely climb though, and there are a couple of downhill sections to get your breath back.
They have Alpe D'Huez twice in the same tour, but not twice in the same day before i think.
No mention of final feeds/drinks and related penalties, but the above indicates any punishment would be for Sky or Porte, not Froome.
From the Oz coverage Porte will take the penalty for receiving the help from the car.
And there's another brutal day tomorrow, Col du Glandon and Col de la Madeleine plus a couple of lesser hills.
In the end I don't reckon anyone saved anything for tomorrow out of the top guys.
Froome needs to just sit back, he's got this habit of chasing everything down. He's got a lead of over 5 minutes to Contador.
Quite why on earth he and Porte battered that descent to Gap to get back onto the bunch when Contaodr and Froome both had to unclip I have no idea. Contaodr had the most to lose, the sensible thing to do would just be to let him do the chasing.
Same here, sit in the bunch and just let the others fight it out amongst themselves. I can see the psychological advantage in just casually popping another minute into Contador though. 🙂
It's the 'fans' who get in the bloody way who ruin a great race for me.
Froome faking looking tired to stave off the doping questions 😉
TooTall +1 - I find myself cursing the fans instead of concentrating on the action. And wondering what else might happen if the riders had a bit more space to work with.
I always thought that everything that Sky did was carefully calculated, including going a bit slower... but I'm not sure that Froome bonking was planned.
I'm feeling sad about this gel thing.
I find myself cursing the fans instead of concentrating on the action
I'd put water cannons on the motor bikes
Its not so much the numbers of the crowd, but the dafties that run with the riders and jump out into their path, when the runners have to try and pass other spectators. IF they just stood still and supported, I dont think it would half as bad.
I think that habit is getting worse.
UCI just whisked off Contadors bike to weigh
Froome could lose the Tour as a result if he does get tome penalties and Quintana eating into his time.
????
What are they going to do, dock him 5 minutes?
I'd put water cannons on the motor bikes
I said the same thing earlier, would be great fun to watch too.. 😀
Now then.... Interesting discussion about Cont-ador's bike being under-weight.
No time penalties for getting assistance, just cash.
Talk of Froome being docked 20 seconds on ITV4...
Froome saying the car had 'technical problems' at the bottom of the climb so they couldn't take gels there. Struggling to believe that...
[quote=mikewsmith ]No time penalties for getting assistance, just cash.
and now SBS contradict themselves and say you can, usual UCI making rules up and applying as they want to 😉
I like the fans running alongside, the huge crowds pressing in, the tunnel of flags and whatnot... It wouldn't be the Tour without it.
They did it 30-odd years ago. Twice in one day but like portly said, not up, loop back then up the same road again.
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Tour_de_France ]1979 tour went up twice[/url], but on consecutive days. It's never been done twice in one day before.
usual UCI making rules up and applying as they want to
After the Armstrong affair, it's clear that the UCI make even FIFA and the FIA look straight
[quote=zokes ]usual UCI making rules up and applying as they want to
After the Armstrong affair, it's clear that the UCI even make FIFA and the FIA look straight
Add in Julian Clary to that list
Froome's 57s gain on Contador only seems to have improved his lead by 37s - so it looks like a 20s penalty.
ITV have confirmed that Froome has been penalised 20 seconds for the illegal feed.
Just been confirmed that Froome got a 20" penalty for that final feed.
On a psychological basis, surely putting the boot into Bertie >> 20s
pfff. I'd have taken that in his position.
If he really was up against the wall, he might have lost more without the gels.
wonder what penalty Contador will get with an underweight bike...
