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Critérium du Dauphiné 2014 **use spoiler tags til midnight**

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    #122
    neris
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    what time are the stages finishing? missed it two days in a row now turning in after 2


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    #123
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    neris wrote: »
    what time are the stages finishing? missed it two days in a row now turning in after 2

    Yeah they've been finishing real early, just before 2.00pm roughly.


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    #124
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    neris wrote: »
    what time are the stages finishing? missed it two days in a row now turning in after 2

    Caught the last two while on lunch. Seems to be finishing around 1.30


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    #125
    bazermc
    Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    neris wrote: »
    what time are the stages finishing? missed it two days in a row now turning in after 2

    Stage on now Eurosport 2, 22k to go


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    #126
    retalivity
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    Froome crash??


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    #127
    pelevin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Yeah, in a ditch a few km's back. Can't be good for nerves or body even if not a serious fall. Caught last 2o mins or so, looked a good rolling stage, Westra seemed to make a bit of a mess of the finish.


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    #128
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,209 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Did he lose time?


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    #129
    Inquitus
    Registered Users Posts: 13,749 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    No, I think Contador waited for him


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    #130
    pelevin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Yeah, peloton completely eased up, & even after he got back on, in terms of terrain there was enough variables in last few km's for some meaningful if maybe little bit unlikely action, but they just more or less rolled their way in.


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    #131
    at1withmyself
    Registered Users Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭at1withmyself


    Hopefully a bit of action today for the GC:

    Profile:

    PROFIL.png

    Final km:

    PROFILKMS.png


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    #132
    tomdempsey200
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    looking forward to this


    2-30 start today


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    #133
    velo.2010
    Registered Users Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    Tennis, LeMans, MotoGP..... seems the cycling has to take a back seat today. We'll probably get live coverage just as they reach the lower slopes of the second last climb.


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    #134
    dragratchet
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    http://www.letour.fr/criterium-du-dauphine/2014/us/live/aso/

    live tracker till then


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    #135
    bazermc
    Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    Oh no live tennis on. I have a feeling they will delay the switch to cycling at 230.


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    #136
    TheBlaaMan
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    Tennis, LeMans, MotoGP..... seems the cycling has to take a back seat today. We'll probably get live coverage just as they reach the lower slopes of the second last climb.

    to which I can add Hockey - non of the streams that are supposed to have the coverage are showing the race. IS the weather bad and no pictures being broadcast...?
    Just 30km to go at this stage :(


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    #137
    bazermc
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    Tennis over. I think. So hopefully they will wrap up and switch

    Update. Live coverage on now. 24k to go.


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    #138
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    What a great finish!!


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    #139
    Dcully
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    Epic epic stuff there.


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    #140
    Shakakan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭Shakakan


    that was good!


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    #141
    DDC1990
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    Contador!! :)

    Takes the yellow jersey, by under 10 seconds!

    Super performance!


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    #142
    Inquitus
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    Hard to draw any conclusions from that due to Froome's crash yesterday, quite possible that's the main factor in why Contador won


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    #143
    Shakakan
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    something tells me that was something Froomy had planned. Sky won't have to work as hard tomorrow


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    #144
    MPFG
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    Shakakan wrote: »
    something tells me that was something Froomy had planned. Sky won't have to work as hard tomorrow

    I never heard of anyone giving up a jersey on the second last day cos they don't want to work hard....maybe and this is a wild guess.... he wasn't feeling as strong as Contador :D


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    #145
    at1withmyself
    Registered Users Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭at1withmyself


    Last 5km:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRnHY-5CRvY


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    #146
    pelevin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    What a relief to the soul to see the all-powerful, all-negating train tactic actually come a cropper for once. When a team has to collectively dig that deep to dominate and yet come out the loser I'd imagine must be a serious come-down to group morale. Contador with no team-mate still comes out the victor as of now must be a major psychological blow. Not to say Froome's fall mightn't have been key or even that Froome mightn't strike back tomorrow but there's been very few TdF related humbling moments for Sky in the past long time. When this kind of uber-dominance is basically their go to method, don't think it should be underestimated how much a blip today could hurt. They're not exactly a team noted for thinking out of the box.

    Good to see too that it all looked credible - Contador was digging very, very deep for those gains.


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    #147
    Darkglasses
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    That was brilliant, delighted with the result! Tees up tomorrow's stage nicely, Froome needs to go and have a go at Contador early on I think. Don't think the Skybots all together will be able to drop him.

    Nibali a fair disappointment to me, couldn't even match Talansky and Hesjedal.


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    #148
    tomdempsey200
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭tomdempsey200


    great now that tomorrow is another crunch day

    presumably froome won't want to lose this


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    #149
    Inquitus
    Registered Users Posts: 13,749 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    pelevin wrote: »
    Good to see too that it all looked credible - Contador was digging very, very deep for those gains.
    He's not credible, convicted doper, rides for team owned by a win at all costs Russian, found form from out of the blue we haven't seen since he was winning tours beating convicted dopers like Lance.


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    #150
    Inquitus
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    pelevin wrote: »
    H is credible. Form out of the blue? What rider are we talking about again. Has he ever won anything before?

    Not much clean no.


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    #151
    pelevin
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    He's not credible, convicted doper, rides for team owned by a win at all costs Russian, found form from out of the blue we haven't seen since he was winning tours beating convicted dopers like Lance.
    He is credible. Form out of the blue? What rider are we talking about again? Has he ever won anything before? He had to dig very deep to gain 18 seconds or so over besides Froome a few others who are hardly invincibles. I found that pretty credible. Did you find Sky's army of men dominating the mountain credible? Cos that's obviously the tit-for-tat stuff we end up with so.


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