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Tour De France Stage 2: Nice Haut Pays > Nice [Spoilers]

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    #32
    Dodge
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Come on Alaphilippe :)

    He’s an easy fella to root for. Great attacking win


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    #33
    topnotch
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    Ha ha have him as my road captain in the virtual tdf.


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    #34
    Mefistofelino
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    Nice ( and Nice)
    Good finish by Hirschi too.

    Alaphillipe's watch worth North of €100k. Must be nice to be sponsored.


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    #35
    Daroxtar
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    Great attacking cycling and a fantastic finish. I was sure they'd blown it but chapeau to JA


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    #36
    [Deleted User]
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    Ahhh I hadn't heard his dad passed away.


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    #37
    breezy1985
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    topnotch wrote: »
    Ha ha have him as my road captain in the virtual tdf.

    Me too. But I would be happy for him even if I didnt


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    #38
    dastardly00
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    Daniel Martinez ended up losing a whopping 3'38"


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    #39
    odyssey06
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    Nico got the 5 points for Col d'Eze as a memento for his struggles today :)

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #40
    Dodge
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    Dan Martin ended up in the pack 18 minutes down. I think this is a good think for his stage chances. Too often, IMO, he hung around the top 10-15 on GC and wasn’t allowed away at all


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    #41
    Itziger
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    Dodge wrote: »
    Dan Martin ended up in the pack 18 minutes down. I think this is a good think for his stage chances. Too often, IMO, he hung around the top 10-15 on GC and wasn’t allowed away at all

    I'd say Dan is close enough to early retirement. I'm guessing he's not recovered from the injury.

    As for Alaphillipe, I remember a GT where Dan was fancied to do well and JA didn't help him for a yard of the 20 stages. Popped up for a snakey stage win alright.


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    #42
    MPFGLB
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Nico got the 5 points for Col d'Eze as a memento for his struggles today :)

    NIco was going very well today ...best in awhile


    He couldn't chase Allaphillipe cos Hirschi up the road.Mind you he woudn't have beaten him but still he was going well


    Dan Martin does not look good tbh


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    #43
    [Deleted User]
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    Yeah Dan is still feeling the fall at the dauphine I think. I was going to say Herman might be the man for Israel but he lost a tonne of time too.


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    #44
    De Bhál
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Yeah Dan is still feeling the fall at the dauphine I think. I was going to say Herman might be the man for Israel but he lost a tonne of time too.

    I saw an interview with Dan Martin and he said this team aren't going for a GC place with him and more individual stages


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    #45
    retalivity
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    Mefistofelino wrote: »
    Nice ( and Nice)
    Good finish by Hirschi too.

    Alaphillipe's watch worth North of €100k. Must be nice to be sponsored.

    The watch is a Richard Mille, who sponsor Bahrain-McLaren. So nots ure if they also sponsor riders, or its a personal JA thing.
    It looks hideous as well.

    Screen-Shot-2020-09-01-at-12.40.07-pm.jpg

    https://cyclingtips.com/2020/09/julian-alaphilippe-is-racing-in-a-us120500-watch-because-why-not/


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    #46
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    He seems to wear it on the bike which is odd?


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