Tour de France - Stage 19 - SPOILER

[Mad Doug Biker]

Nice, well done Cav

What, for running out of time?

#3 has been glued to the highlights all week...

"One day Mummy, i'm going to do that..and win"

In a few years time then, I'll look out for a ginger guy called Funnymummy (Hash)3*..... unless he has changed it to something more sensible when he's older! (The Beckhams would be proud of you!)


* - I don't have a hash key on this ere Mac keyboard.

 

[RedRider]

I've enjoyed this year's tour more than any other.

A question - under what circumstances would the GC be contested on the final day?

I asked a similar question earlier in the thread. There was the Lemond/Fignon showdown a few years back but that was a final stage time trial.

I guess the sprinters' teams will always want to set up a sprint on the Champs Elysee and an attack from a GC contender would not only be defended by sprinters' teams but also the teams of GC rivals.

I suppose the only way a GC contender could overtake their rival would be to take advantage of crash/injury. Other than that I can't think of a circumstance unless one of the GC contenders was a great sprinter who could produce a gap in the last few metres.

 

[Auntie Helen]

* - I don't have a hash key on this ere Mac keyboard.

I think it's CTRL-3 or Apple-3 (on my iPad so can't remember precisely, but it's definitely there!)

 

[funnymummy]

What, for running out of time?



In a few years time then, I'll look out for a ginger guy called Funnymummy (Hash)3*..... unless he has changed it to something more sensible when he's older! (The Beckhams would be proud of you!)


* - I don't have a hash key on this ere Mac keyboard.

He has POPPY on the bcak of a cycling jersey - Not sure if that's more sensible!
PS..don't call him ginger, he will politely tell you that his dad is ginger, but he is a strawberry & nothing like his dad!!

 

[raindog]

I've enjoyed this year's tour more than any other.

A question - under what circumstances would the GC be contested on the final day?

It's become tradition that no-one attacks on the last day going onto Paris.

 

[PpPete]

It's become tradition that no-one attacks on the last day going onto Paris.

True - but waiting for your rival if he had a mechanical was traditional too, as was doping.

Not saying that anyone will try to break up the procession into Paris but this tour has been so exciting I almost wish there was someway it was possible for an attack to succeed, because whichever way the TT goes there is sure to be only a few seconds between Andy and Cadel.

 

[User482]

It's become tradition that no-one attacks on the last day going onto Paris.

I know, but what if there was 1 second between the first two riders? Would they really not attack?

 

[Vapin' Joe]

It's become tradition that no-one attacks on the last day going onto Paris.

That's a myth.

The final stage is flat and the finish with a glorified criterium in Paris does not give any opportunities for a break to succeed. As the winner nearly always arrives on the Champs Elysees with anything up to ten minutes in hand no-one is going to bust a gut to try and gain a few seconds on GC, but if the Tour ever arrived with only a handful of seconds separating the first two the gloves would be off and there would be a real attempt to try and cause a split to overcome the deficit.

You never know, it might come to that tomorrow.

 

[raindog]

That's a myth.

oh, right.

 

[yello]

oh, right.

top response!

 

[Crackle]

I can't see anyone attacking, even if it is a few seconds and with the stage being flat and one for the sprinters, any break will get pulled rapidly. Only a crash and a fail to finish would change anything.

 

[Archie_tect]

Some great photos in this blog link which a friend in Dijon sent tyo me....


TDF photos

 

[Fiona N]

That's a myth.

The final stage is flat and the finish with a glorified criterium in Paris does not give any opportunities for a break to succeed. As the winner nearly always arrives on the Champs Elysees with anything up to ten minutes in hand no-one is going to bust a gut to try and gain a few seconds on GC, but if the Tour ever arrived with only a handful of seconds separating the first two the gloves would be off and there would be a real attempt to try and cause a split to overcome the deficit.

You never know, it might come to that tomorrow.

Hard to see HTC not working with BMC were Leopard-Trek to attack - Cav wants the glory of the Champs Elysee

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

He has POPPY on the bcak of a cycling jersey - Not sure if that's more sensible!
PS..don't call him ginger, he will politely tell you that his dad is ginger, but he is a strawberry & nothing like his dad!!

A Strawberry called Poppy? what have you been teaching him?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I think it's CTRL-3 or Apple-3 (on my iPad so can't remember precisely, but it's definitely there!)

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It is ALT 3!!