[quote=atlaz ]Thibaut Pinot scratched.
Bugger. It was a risk doing the Giro then the Tour, and it hasn't paid off for either Pinot or Quintana
Is it right that Landa is off to TFS next year?
Most are saying Movistar i believe...
Yeah, heavily linked to Mov and both sides not bothered about public chat but no release statement yet.
I like barry hoban chatting,interesting.
Kittels out,
Matthews has won green then. Shitty way to do it for him though; he's worked super-hard and people will say that it was due to Kittel leaving
Yep Kittel has abandoned. Might mean Martin gets some support now, interesting.
Might also mean that Greipel will get his win to continue his record of a win in every grand tour he's raced.
One of those, he has worked for it but the better riders leaving the tour, for a variety of reasons, have helped him massively
Griepel to win in Paris then
🙁
bike change for bertie
Got to have the bike with the motor for important climbs
Got to have the bike with the motor for important climbs
No. Bike gets checked at finish. Motor used to arrive fast at bottom of climb, then changed.
Sad for Kittel and Matthews - he'll be wearing Green in Paris now, but won't get all the glory of having to fight for it. I'm hoping he still gets into the break tomorrow for the intermediate, and that Sunweb still blow away the other sprinters on Friday just to prove a point.
Sky looking a bit shorthanded..
Kittel only had green because sagan wasn't there.big part of success at tours seems to be navigating to the end with some luck on your side
Dan McClay has climbed off too now 🙁
One of my Faves Dan, sad to hear he's off. Smithy is hoping to get him on for a chat ... that'll be nice.
Did I just glimpse an old Yamaha Lc at the side of the road?
Cripes..
Lots of rolling shoulders at the rear of the peloton.. and another 42k left.. 😐
The Galibier is only going to stretch things out more...be interesting to see who has made the final cut in the last few Kms of the climb. Wonder who'll grab the Henri Desgrange trophy?
Dan M' just popped off, no chase from Sky yet..
Not sure they'll bother. Will he be able to do much on the descent alone unless Bardet cracks on
Sky pulling him back easily, not a lot more in the suitcase of courage 😆
That move has to be a worry for Aru
Aru in trouble
Fireworks!
Glorious terrain today!
They really all smell blood don't they? Aru is getting mauled something vicious
Landa resting for the final climb.....
Landa just chilling
Consider this:
Landa and Dan Martin work equally hard. One of them shows it and the other doesn't.
GC have caught Bertie 😐
Just heard Landa was struggling? Maybe it's just a poker face..?
Yates dropped.
Woohoo, the decent drop offs !!
Fabulous Moto and copter shots on the decent.
Martin and Aru are 1 min off the yellow jersey group. If I was Uran, Bardet and Froome I would be smashing the descent and valley road to put them out of the running completely.
Gutsy performance Son. 😀
And a fabulous ride by Bertie.
Still all to play for tomorrow!
Top 10 from the stage:
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GC
1. Chris Froome
2. Rigoberto Uran, 0.27
3. Romain Bardet, st
4. Fabio Aru, 0.53
5. Mikel Landa, 1.24
Good day of racing! Huge noise in Serre Che as well.
Tomorrow decides the race, then?
And the GC
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Edit, too late.
Still 2m28 for Yates - looked worse than that at the finish.
Any news on the white jersey? Just got home so missed it all
Too slow..thanks
Yates still in white but Meintjes is now a bit closer.
White jersey is Yates vs Meintjes, so the gap is closed a little, but still fairly comfortable for Yates.
Oops, poor Dave B hit by a barrier. Sad
The look of Landa
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^^Stealing that!^^
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Quality stage.
Macron was at the stage today, had his photo taken with the podium girls, obviously he missed the thread.
obviously you missed the point
😆
Ooh, Aru could easily lose 30 secs to Landa tomorrow if he doesn't keep up with the group.
Second and third decided on tenths of seconds?!
Fair play to Sky and Froome they did a good job today.
I laughed when Millar said that on the descent there'll hardly touch the brakes....it's easy....
I've done that descent - it's mentally quick...the top part at least!
But woh....I did use my brakes!
😆
Just been watching the stage. That bit with Brailsford at the end.. anyone else thinking sword of Damocles 🙂
Theres going to be some demand for Oltre XR4's after that airtime!
what was the spat between Bardet and Uran about, a bit of post race disappointment from Bardet hyped by the media or valid?
Bardet was irritated that Uran sat on the wheel all day and popped up to take the bonus seconds. AG2R's manager said that Uran was smart and understood how to save energy. Make of that what you will 🙂
I liked the interview with Uran
'are you going to attack tomorrow?'
'Why don't you ask Bardet'
Nicked his bonus seconds and then trolled him. Sets it up nicely today if they want to kick lumps out of each other as well as needing to try to take time off Froome. 3 way stripped to the waist fistfight if they can't settle it on the bikes.
[quote=theotherjonv ] 3 way stripped to the waist fistfight if they can't settle it on the bikes.
My money's on Uran, looks like he could take the other two at the same time
I reckon Froome's arms are long enough he can jab them to a standstill before they get into the same departemente as him
Uran is fast turning into my favourite rider, last nights interview was top class.
TBH, Uran is definitely right place at the right time by riding intelligently. Nobody in their right minds believes that Cannondale could ride on the front and defend the jersey properly, they don't really have that sort of depth because they don't expect to be in that position. To beat Froome he's going to need to take a couple of minutes out of him today at least. Not sure he has that but I'd love to see him on the podium with Bardet and Froome (whatever the order) as it seems they're the best balanced (between aggression and sitting back) GC riders.