[Closed] Tour de France Stage 19 - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne / La Toussuire - Les Sybelles

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So Rolland held his minute just about despite the Nibali charge. Impressive.

Oi, frooomie, leave iiiiiittt ! 😆

My Skys gone pop because of the rain 😐

Eurosprt online then 😀

Urans gone pop too 😐

Froome is in the pain locker here I reckon, this does not bode well for the final climb.

i like Rollands climbing style..

Reminds me of someone...

That'll be me then 😆

I'm only looking at the tracking online so whats happening at the front of the yellow jersey group? Is froome chasing?

Anyone see a time check on Geraint - it's not showing on the Letour.com ticker

If I held a bottle in my teeth like Nibbs, they'd be attached when I took the bottle out of my mouth 😕

Froomes right there, tagged to Valvs wheels and Nibbs up front. All the chasers (CG) are together just tapping away at pace up the 5k cat 2 climb.

Rollands a minute up ahead of Nibbs.

G not in the CG group..

Haven't seen him in a while TBH.

He's not even in the Peloton - he's in the Grupetto according to the ticker, but no time gap.

Rob Hayles on 5 live just did the classic disc brake argument about 'it's easy to lock the wheels as it is, traction is limited by tyres..' etc. Facepalm!

I'm not really watching this but every time I take a peek, Nibbles is having another sticky bottle passed up 😕

Rolland eased up as Nibbs comes up under him.. less than 500mtrs before the decsent and Nibbs will have this I reckon..

Nibbles has caught Rolland. I reckon he's going for the stage!
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Rob Hayles on 5 live just did the classic disc brake argument about 'it's easy to lock the wheels as it is, traction is limited by tyres..' etc. Facepalm!

Sorry if this has been done a million times, but what's wrong with that statement?

Bardet popped off the front of CG, in chase to Nibbs..

I don't think the argument was about descending antics, I think it was about Movistar not helping to chase Nibali.

I won't get into that debate, other than to say it is a tired and i'll informed statement!

Twitter is saying GT has lost 7+ minutes, a bad day for him, though he could well stay top 10 if he doesn't lose too much more.

yeah shut up phil

Its all swoop and slide downhill, so much so I've had to make myself a Tomato Cup-a-soup 😀

[i]I think it was about Movistar not helping to chase Nibali. [/i]

Don't understand why they're not, they have the most to lose. Froome can just sit there and save himself for tomorrow. Nibali just out for a bit of glory with a stage win I guess.

Ligget is a complete muppet FFS!

Bardet's mech broken / battery gone?

thats my sort of mechanicing, if in doubt boot it

Well that was a nice loop wasn't it? They're almost all down the bottom now, nothing too scary but Bardets got front mech problems and he was chasing down Nibb and Rolland too 😐

Thomas 9'40 from the front.
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Thomas at 9:40 🙁

Are we allowed to talk about electric gears?

Bardet car is not allowed to come through .

he is on small ring .

AG2R are with Sram , not sure they have electric gears ?

my ring would be small going down there at that speed

Sure talk about leccy stuff packing up, go ahead 🙄

#sramred22mechanicalrules 😉

Huge shame for Bardet that. Seems to be on great form. A most public fail for SRAM too.

DOn't know why they went leccy in the first place 🙄

Bike change for Bertie too - puncture?
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Right, just going back up the hill, Rolland and Nibbs still out front at 1;40 odd.. This is the same climb that Froooomie span off in front of Wiggo all those years ago.. 😆

french tv are showing AG2R training camp and they had the wireless Sram gears .

back to live and Contador has also changed bike .

I don't like this tactical bike changing that seems to have become normal recently

contador has switched to his special up hill bike

^^ that the one without the motor in ?? 😉

Nibbs pops off for a trip to the shops.

I'm begging up Matthias Frank for just hanging in the CG group.. 8)

shame nibbles couldn't have done something like this last week

I reallllllly don't like Nibbs paint job.. 😈

The commentary say it is for a lighter bike, but I find it hard to believe he wasn't already on a bike on the weight limit already, it must be for something else. Maybe much lighter wheels and tires that they didn't consider reliable enough for a full days riding.

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shame nibbles couldn't have done something like this last week

Konig looks absolutely knackered.. 😐

Froome is going to owe Poels a go in his Jag for this

[i]AG2R are with Sram , not sure they have electric gears ? [/i]

They have a wireless group being tested at the moment, must need more work 🙂

Poels not Konig. But he doesn't look like he's going to last much longer

Poels is putting a big shift in here, impressive given he was very close to being dropped.

I've eaten today watching this:
1 x cheese and cranston sandwich
1 x tomato cup-a-soup
1 x bag of chilli popcorn
1 x maple cheesecake slice.

#moreweight-morepower

😆

Poels indeed, I sit corrected 8)

Looked like he was about to hurl a few mins ago.. 😥

same here .

unable to go out and spent the day in front of the Tour eating crap .

Has Majka got a downlighter in his helmet ?

Have a look next time you see him on the front..

glasses upside down .

Has contador done any chasing? He's going to be behind nibali now

2m20s for Nibbles, he's got 2 secs on Rolland.

Upside down shades mate

Rolland caught by the CG 😐

Quintana to attack at 6km to go.

Yeah but, yeah but his eyes 😕

They look like they've got a downlighter on them 😆

nibbles could still be caught I reckon

Pelmet?

Contador for a late attack, froome to follow, just because he can, nibali passed by both of them? Maybe.

Poels is done - good shift that.
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Poels 8)

Quintys off and Froomi'dge off after him

Poels popped. What a 'job of work'.

I think Majka's tan lines are showing - hence white around eyes. Either that or a zombie.

Nairo has done, Froome has reacted well though.

Are sky not trying to prove they are clean?

Damm the geo locked coverage

Quninty, Foomie, Bardet, Bertie, Valv'piti...

It's now or never Nairo

Quinty and Froomie have popped off, Valv and Bert sat up.. 😆

Piti and Contador having a discussion

[i]Are sky not trying to prove they are clean? [/i]

How do you prove a negative?

Go on nairo!