The riders passed the Fabio Casartelli monument today. His sad accident doesn't feel like 23 years ago.
RIP.
RIP.
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1066familyman
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I don't think so myself. Alaphillipe is just so good descending it's frightening. I did feel really sorry for Yates all the same.
I remember watching it at the time. Really sad day.
Fignon's Ponytail
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Gilbert has abandoned...hardly surprising after that fall.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/philippe-gilbert-abandons-the-tour-de-france/
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/philippe-gilbert-abandons-the-tour-de-france/
Normal Rob
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Just been chatting to the team on Procycling mag and they agree with you. They all said that Yates would never have made it.
ITV4 and Eurosport, as with all other stages, are about to show today's stage in The Pyrenees.
It could be an exciting one, but regardless, the scenery will be stunning.
It could be an exciting one, but regardless, the scenery will be stunning.
Bold Seagull
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That start really made a difference.
Normal Rob
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Fignon's Ponytail
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Wow!...that start was....errr, nothing more than I expected really. What a stupid gimmick. Please Mr Prudhomme, dont ever do it again.
https://video.eurosport.co.uk/cycli...gets-stage-17-underway_vid1110218/video.shtml
https://video.eurosport.co.uk/cycli...gets-stage-17-underway_vid1110218/video.shtml
Normal Rob
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It would be a brave man who bet against Alaphilippe making it 2 stage wins on the trot.
Julian Alan or Philip don't have a chance today.
Fignon's Ponytail
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What are the chances of Froome "doing an Hinault" today? Despite the assurances he is helping Thomas, surely that 5th Tour is too much of a lure for him? Just like Hinault vs Lemond in the mid 80s.
Normal Rob
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I just cantt see it. The domestiques would have to stay with Thomas and haul him in, would they not. Whatever, it would be fascinating, and if anything does happen, we'll know very soon.
Didn't Lemond do the 'honourable' thing and never truly attack the senior rider (with 4 Tour wins up to that stage)?
I've always assumed that if Lemond had deprived Breton hero Hinault of his record equalling 5th win, his personal safety would have been seriously risk in all future tours.
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Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Lemond did the honourable thing in '85 on assurance that Hinault would support his bid the following year - only for Hinault to continually attack Lemond in '86. Lemond held on.
Great racing. The final 5km are a new part of the Tour, just tarmaced, up to 2,200m altitude and 10%. Brutal.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Brilliant, what a spectacle, the low cloud coming in just giving it that extra sense of theatre.
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Normal Rob
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Scenery wise, it looks beautiful. Ride wise, it looks fecking horrible.
The GC group led to a non-competed stage finale for Quintana.
The Eurosport and ITV hype didn't quite pan out.
The Eurosport and ITV hype didn't quite pan out.
Normal Rob
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Not totally sure that i agree with you. Quintana rode one hell of a stage and simply blew the others away today for the win. Dan Martin was competing and threw all he had at it but simply could not touch the Colombian.
Froome looked like a busted flush today.