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Insanity Prawn Boy
No cost, I'd have thought - can't imagine he'd have risked it if he thought it'd affect him significantly tomorrow. He must already be balancing output tomorrow vs. the TT on Friday, so just another factor.
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No cost, I'd have thought - can't imagine he'd have risked it if he thought it'd affect him significantly tomorrow. He must already be balancing output tomorrow vs. the TT on Friday, so just another factor.
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
Very slow and calling for a bike, so more than just a wheel.
EnPassant
Remember Remember some date in November Member
- Location
- Gloucester
That was massive fun, had almost decided to relegate this stage to highlights. Flat, Sprint, Yawn. Who needs to see anything but the highlights and the last 500M?
Wrong. Glad I changed my mind. Yellow and Green sprinting from a late break? Heh.
Sagan, what a guy, it's lovely to see the man who constantly puts the work in getting the rewards, I know the tactics generally dictate that you let somebody else do the work and then use the energy saved to nick it on the line, but that's always rankled with me a bit even though one knows it's the intelligent way. It always feels like stealing to me.
Fabulous.
Edit to add, watching Cav's interview as I wrote. "Shoot happens" heh and "It's good for racing to see yellow and green go off the front". Kudos.
Wrong. Glad I changed my mind. Yellow and Green sprinting from a late break? Heh.
Sagan, what a guy, it's lovely to see the man who constantly puts the work in getting the rewards, I know the tactics generally dictate that you let somebody else do the work and then use the energy saved to nick it on the line, but that's always rankled with me a bit even though one knows it's the intelligent way. It always feels like stealing to me.
Fabulous.
Edit to add, watching Cav's interview as I wrote. "Shoot happens" heh and "It's good for racing to see yellow and green go off the front". Kudos.
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Insanity Prawn Boy
@Dogtrousers don't know if you caught Cav's interview, but he said he caught his rear mech on someone else's wheel and wrecked it.
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
Like to hear what the Badger thought of that.
Booyaa
Veteran
- Location
- South Staffordshire
Nope, and this is just improving my image of Sky, always been a bit too "dull" for my liking and riding to figures all the time with just the occasional sprint off the front, this feels to me more like the kind of racing I enjoy. Also making this tour much more exciting.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
No, I only have the tdf website and CC for news at the mo so thanks for that.
I see Yates has opened up a bit more of a gap for the white jersey.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Kittel and Yates were both in the main group that came in at 6 seconds.
Kittel's lead-out just didn't get organised enough to give him a chance - David Millar suggested they were letting other teams use up their riders to catch the break before making their move but they left it too late. Basically they cocked up their tactics. They should have got Keisse or Tony Martin on the front early and done some chasing themselves. It's the kind of situation where they could have done with Terpstra in the team.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Barguil was in the same group with Yates. Kelderman was another 14 seconds behind and Meintjes lost over a minute. Alaphilippe cooked himself in the chase and came in 2.30 down. Yates is definitely looking the strongest of the white jersey contenders at the moment. He did well to stay near the front of the main group at the finish - Barguil was hanging on near the back.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Due to high winds at the top of Mont Ventoux tomorrow, possibly over 100kms per hour, the finish will be at Chalet Renard which will favour Froome I suppose. Quintana may have to review his plans about attacking now .
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
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HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
Not with the wind as well - and I'm not sure how exposed the valley is. Echelons again?
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
Vichot. There often seems to be a confusion between 'being an exciting, attacking rider' and 'sitting on the front of a break all day'.
