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Well, fuck a duck, a lot to take away from that, Ciccone in yellow, Thomas gains his time loss and more back on Bernal (can't wait for Jeremy Whittle in the Grauniad tomorrow trying to spin that as disaster for INEOS), superb from Alaphilippe, Pinot looking very impressive.
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Originally posted by Felicity, I guess so View PostLast night’s ITV highlights had a Matt Rendell piece about Panini stickers and he interviewed Nibali about him still collecting them. Bless.
Just been on eBay to buy a few token packs...
Meanwhile, on LinkedIn today I was informed that someone from Dimension Data had viewed my profile. I don't really work in the same field as them, and they're certainly not local. This leads me to conclude that some clever algorithm has been snooping on my TdF spreadsheet.
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- Mar 2008
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- Tyne 'n' Wear (emphasis on the 'n')
- Dundee Utd, Gladbach, Atleti, Napoli, New Orleans Saints, Elgin City
Thanks for the heads-up on Pinot’s menagerie- as I’d watched live I would’ve deleted the highlights without watching, normally.
I can remember a Lampre puncheur (but not his name...) in the Giro about 8 years ago stopped at the roadside to cuddle his donkeys.
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So could Alaphilippe be a genuine contender for the overall win? It hadn't occurred to me that he could be, but that was an impressive ride yesterday to stick with the GC chaps over some big hills and still be able to attack at the end. Or was that just a one-off driven by the responsibility of wearing yellow?
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- Oct 2011
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- Cambridgeshire
- Ipswich (convert)
- Those chocolate-coated ring-shaped ones you get at Christmas
I would still say no, but since so much about this Tour is screaming "2011 redux" at me, perhaps he will be this year's Thomas Voeckler and stay up at the top of the GC longer than you might expect.
Enric Mas - who I'd assumed was Deceuninck's most likely GC contender - lost a little time yesterday and dropped out of the top ten. So at the moment Alaphillppe is still their' best bet.Last edited by Kevin S; 12-07-2019, 10:01.
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I don't think he will ultimately contend, he's struggled with climbs at altitude in the past and the final week has got a lot of high climbing in it. I'd love to be proved wrong though.
One for the purist coming up today, 230k plus a 9k neutral zone, all into a block headwind to boot. Rossetto and Offredo reluctantly formed a breakaway. Direct Energie didn't send anyone up the road which is bizarre considering they've done pretty much fuck all so far and they have neither a GC contender nor a sprinter. There was a silly crash at the back of the peloton which brought down Teunissen and Tejay. Both are back riding but Tejay looks heavily cut up and is bleeding from his face, he's taking treatment from the medical car.
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- Oct 2011
- 26984
- Cambridgeshire
- Ipswich (convert)
- Those chocolate-coated ring-shaped ones you get at Christmas
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It often takes several kilometres for the breakaway to form, yes, though there are occasions when riders go from the off and stay gone.
The départ fictif essentially allows for the stage/race to have a ceremonial start (mayor dropping the flag, etc) in a camera-friendly place that is suitable for the municipalities' desire to boost tourism, the teams' need for space for buses and support vehicles and the sponsors' desires to have a centre of attention for a few hours before the start, while at the same time making sure that no one is actually going to try to race on roads that aren't at all suited to it.
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- Oct 2011
- 26984
- Cambridgeshire
- Ipswich (convert)
- Those chocolate-coated ring-shaped ones you get at Christmas
De Gendt absolutely De Gendts the stage, Alaphilippe back in yellow, Pinot gains time plus second place bonifications.
Thomas doesn't lose time despite his bike snapping and Sagan adds to his points tally. Everyone goes home happy.
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