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Tour de France (2023 from p54)

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    They Should make the last day competetive for once.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    carly burn said:
    They Should make the last day competetive for once.
    It would be chaos, almost the whole field would have reason to race, noone is going to break away by anything meaningful.  Doing it as a staggered start time trial would be an option but wouldn't make great TV, as as soon as the first 3 people finish its effectively over. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Looks like Bernal will now be team leader today

    Geraint has tweeted saying that the aim today is to get Bernal to Paris in Yellow


  • ColinTat
    ColinTat Posts: 2,794
    Apart from if you believe you're going to ride away from everyone, it must be such a relief that your last day has reduced by half.  Alex Dowsett must be made up.
  • ColinTat
    ColinTat Posts: 2,794
    edited July 2019
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Looks like Bernal will now be team leader today

    Geraint has tweeted saying that the aim today is to get Bernal to Paris in Yellow


    I wonder if that was actually the decision beforehand and yesterday's events just brought that to the fore.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Stig said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Looks like Bernal will now be team leader today

    Geraint has tweeted saying that the aim today is to get Bernal to Paris in Yellow


    I wonder if that was actually the decision beforehand and yesterday's events just brought that to the fore.
    They did the same last year, road for Froome but when Thomas could attack and Froome couldn't they were happy for G to go.  The only time I remember sky/ineos not doing this was when froome stopped and waited for wiggins on a climb. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Its a sensible tactic to be honest - I guess the likes of Movistar have done the same with Quintana and Landa

    What gets me is this is another year that no one has an answer to SKY / Ineos

    I say it every year but these teams need to do something to end their dominance else there will be no end to it - This isn't like Lance Armstrong / US Postal Service (Yeah I know they cheated in the end) but instead SKY / Ineos have now had four different winners over the last seven years and in Egal Bernal its not like they're letting other teams produce talent before offering big wages, they're spotting the talent at a young age themselves!!

    Be interesting to see if Rod Ellingworth leaving for Bahrain-Merida will make any difference
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    edited July 2019

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Alaphilippe is off the podium
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Alaphilippe is off the podium
    Getting interesting now 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Might as well just let Thomas and Bernal battle each other now... No one close enough to really stop them getting top two
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Might as well just let Thomas and Bernal battle each other now... No one close enough to really stop them getting top two
    Don’t write off Kruijswijk yet for 2nd, although I think you are right. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    stonemuse said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Might as well just let Thomas and Bernal battle each other now... No one close enough to really stop them getting top two
    Don’t write off Kruijswijk yet for 2nd, although I think you are right. 
    Isnt he 3mins back from Thomas?

    Only didnt mention his name as didnt even want to try and spell it
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    ForeverAddickted said:
    stonemuse said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Might as well just let Thomas and Bernal battle each other now... No one close enough to really stop them getting top two
    Don’t write off Kruijswijk yet for 2nd, although I think you are right. 
    Isnt he 3mins back from Thomas?

    Only didnt mention his name as didnt even want to try and spell it
    No Kruijswijk is only a few seconds back on Thomas
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    stonemuse said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Might as well just let Thomas and Bernal battle each other now... No one close enough to really stop them getting top two
    Don’t write off Kruijswijk yet for 2nd, although I think you are right. 
    Isnt he 3mins back from Thomas?

    Only didnt mention his name as didnt even want to try and spell it
    No Kruijswijk is only a few seconds back on Thomas
    Cheers, dont know why I thought he was so far back
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Congratulations Egal!!

    Shame... that was the most boring mountain stage I've ever watched!!
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    what a brilliant TdF, best I’ve seen 
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    So what do they do next year to try and stop Ineos ;-)
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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    Colombia 3 of the top 8
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    stonemuse said:
    Colombia 3 of the top 8
    Uran | Quintana have tried its about time they had a winner
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    stonemuse said:
    So what do they do next year to try and stop Ineos ;-)
    They could also start with 3 tour winners in their team 😳😳
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    Amazing that Sky/Ineos now have four different winners in recent years. 
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    ForeverAddickted said:
    stonemuse said:
    Colombia 3 of the top 8
    Uran | Quintana have tried its about time they had a winner
    Indeed, I’m well pleased for them. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    stonemuse said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    stonemuse said:
    Colombia 3 of the top 8
    Uran | Quintana have tried its about time they had a winner
    Indeed, I’m well pleased for them. 
    I'd be more pleased had they not beaten a Brit ;)
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    Cafc43v3r said:
    stonemuse said:
    So what do they do next year to try and stop Ineos ;-)
    They could also start with 3 tour winners in their team 😳😳
    Must be a record. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Cafc43v3r said:
    stonemuse said:
    So what do they do next year to try and stop Ineos ;-)
    They could also start with 3 tour winners in their team 😳😳
    They could probably let all three challenge and they'd still be a threat
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Cafc43v3r said:
    carly burn said:
    They Should make the last day competetive for once.
    It would be chaos, almost the whole field would have reason to race, noone is going to break away by anything meaningful.  Doing it as a staggered start time trial would be an option but wouldn't make great TV, as as soon as the first 3 people finish its effectively over. 

    Leroy Ambrose said:
    Anybody who thinks this is still legit is deluding themselves. Inside ten years this performance will have an asterisk beside it. Laughable. 
    Absolutely.
    It's really stupid too. The improvement is ridiculous

  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    I love the Tour but the last day rollover stinks.
    If it's a race then it should be raced for 100% of the course.

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