insidethepeloton96
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Will the break make it three tomorrow or will the sprinters finally decide to chase them down?
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2017 **Spoilers**
- Thread starter brommers
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OP
OP
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
Looks like another breakaway again today!
View: https://twitter.com/dauphine/status/872720098015956992/photo/1
View: https://twitter.com/dauphine/status/872720098015956992/photo/1
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
OP
OP
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
Looking forward to today's stage - I think there will be plenty of attacking amongst the GC men - starting on the second climb.
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
2pm start on Eurosport?? FFS...
OP
OP
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
At the current speed they are racing at we will see the last 45km, so we'll be able to watch the last two climbs. Top class breakaway - Naesen, Pauwels, Bettiol, etc.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
some risks being taken on this descent, buttock clenching just watching it 
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
WOW
OP
OP
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
More like motorcycle racing on that descent - how fearless are they?
Winnershsaint
Guru
i went into adrenaline overload just watching it. Stunning descent by all four but especially Froome.
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Pentlands & West Lothian
That was terrifying.
400bhp
Guru
This is looking like a good set up for a more open TDF.
I'm putting my cards on the table, and predicting a Porte win in the Tour.
I'm as absolutely certain of that as I was about a Quintana win in the Giro...
Observation mode.
Porte dragged Froome up the final climb today. I think Froome is too much inside Porte's head. Porte should have been sitting on Froome's wheel. He did not need to pull level with Aru. It's a bit like when you have a stong mate who you know can out climb you, yet you're on a good day and he's not and you can't quite believe that you are faster.
Very silly and annoying for me to see it. I was almost shouting at the telly when Froome "attacked" on the descent and Porte affectively got dropped and had to fight back.
I get the argument that Porte was moving time away from everyone else too but he should not be dragging a 3 time GT winner up a HC climb like that.
I get your point but maybe Porte just wanted to show Froome that he was stronger but will race more cannily in the real thing.
FWIW, I hope Porte has an incident free tour and shows he's capable of winning a 3 week GT.
Contador, Valverde and Bardet looked off the pace today though.
