Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Woo hoo!
Tour de France 2019 **SPOILERS**
- Thread starter rich p
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Racing roadkill
Guru
Brilliant ride from Pinot.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
If he does this through all the mountain stages, I'd agree. But for all that it was steep, this one was short, and he was able to sit behind three other teams who were trying to ride hard but controlled, which is exactly what he would have wanted.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
Nice one by Pinot. Buchmann rode aggressively towards the end too.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Are there time bonifications at the finish of this one?
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Hurray!! I am so proud and so happy.
. Pinot and Alaphillipe, couldn't ask for a better finish. I know there is still a long way to go but at last a French rider in yellow in Paris? The odds look good.
Allez Pinot! Allez Jullian!!
. Pinot and Alaphillipe, couldn't ask for a better finish. I know there is still a long way to go but at last a French rider in yellow in Paris? The odds look good.Allez Pinot! Allez Jullian!!
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User169
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The Dutch commentators just said the last time Alaphillipe raced a stage over 2000m he gave away 15 min to Quintana.
Va Va Froome
Veteran
- Location
- Blairgowrie, Perthshire
JA's 16/1 odds from yesterday have been slashed!
Racing roadkill
Guru
The last time I saw that, it was Lance Armstrong. That was absolutely blatant. I really hope it isn’t a French ‘up yours Brexit’ hush up job.
Racing roadkill
Guru
The finish was about as suspect as I’ve ever seen. Pinot did what I expected, absolutely no qualms with that, he rode superbly, and deserved that epic win. Alaphilippe though......
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
He's followed a well-trodden path to GC contention (just like Thomas) - he had all the fundamentals (and much better palmares than Thomas for his age too), and then he shed some weight to maximise his power-weight ratio. Of course, he could have employed any number of strategies to do this, legal and illegal, but his emergence as a contender this year is no more surprising than Thomas's in the last couple...
But, as I said, I still don't think he'll last - it puts down a marker for the future, but I don't think he's the finished article as a GC rider yet and he will crack.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Did you think the same when Thomas won the Tour last year? That was as much, if not more, of an outlier performance than Alaphillipe's this year. Ala is significantly lighter than he was last year and has been in great form this year.
Edit @Flying_Monkey got in before me with the same points
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Hmm. I wouldn't underestimate team evil. If not Thomas then who? He's still second and all of those around him are flaky in one way or another. Bernal is 4th. Ineos remain super reliable ... ish
However if he is physically fooked the he's fooked
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iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
A French combine to end Ineos control? How exciting.
What did Rees Mogg say about not needing Europe to win?
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