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Tour de France Stage 12: Montpellier-Mt.Ventoux 184KM **Spoilers**

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  • #32
    retalivity
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    15mins back to the peloton, looks like a nice easy run in for team sky


  • #33
    dastardly00
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    gordongekko wrote: »
    Did cav or any of the sprinters quit?

    Nope. The only DNS today was Jurgen van den Broeck, who has a broken shoulder. He crashed yesterday but managed to finish the stage.


  • #34
    TheBlaaMan
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    live pics now


  • #35
    neris
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    fair bit of puff there


  • #36
    godtabh
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    Who got a time penalty and why?


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  • #37
    Koobcam
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    Nice to see Dan with a strong team riding for him, this might be on for him today.


  • #38
    neris
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    godtabh wrote: »
    Who got a time penalty and why?

    was it aru? for the mechanic working on the bike


  • #39
    Moflojo
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    godtabh wrote: »
    Who got a time penalty and why?

    I'd imagine it was Aru for drafting behind the team car and too many sticky bottles while he was fighting to get back to the peloton. The TV coverage stayed on him for pretty much his entire race back to the peloton.


  • #40
    brianomc
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    neris wrote: »
    was it aru? for the mechanic working on the bike

    Aru took a bottle off the car to use as a slingshot, dumped the bottle immediately without even taking a sip.
    I think he was also getting his bike "worked on" for a long time without actually doing anything to it.


  • #41
    godtabh
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    I missed it as I was tunning in but the two lads where talking about it


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  • #42
    Moflojo
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    Koobcam wrote: »
    Nice to see Dan with a strong team riding for him, this might be on for him today.

    Etixx have a man in the breakaway too (Keisse), will he be of any use to Dan later on I wonder? (No one from Sky, Movistar, or Orica in the breakaway - not sure if they have anyone in the chasing group.)


  • #43
    neris
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    wheres quintana? or what groups he in? carlton kirby was saying they have issues with the race trackers so they dont know who is where


  • #44
    neris
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    https://twitter.com/itvcycling/status/753585644593709056


  • #45
    neris
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    orica rider down and took a sky rider with him


  • #46
    neris
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    gerrans and stanard


  • #47
    neris
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    Weepsie wrote: »
    Watching it on tg4. No idea who is where

    theres an issue with the trackers so the tv coverage isnt get position updates


  • #48
    Moflojo
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    Greipel is still in the breakaway group at the front! That's some going for a big man like him.


  • #49
    Brian?
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    I've seen the peleton slow to wait for the Yello jersey before, but never the team of the yellow jersey. That was odd.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #50
    neris
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    theres a serious lack of chateaux porn this year, its all churches and abbeys


  • #51
    REBELSAFC
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    I'm not sure about slowing up the front of the peleton on that occasion. Froome wasn't affected by the crash and all Etixx previous hard work is undone.They should've carried on. All part of bike racing IMO


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  • #52
    godtabh
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    How many bikes does Aru want?


  • #53
    Burial.
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    Thank God Cancellara is gone after this season, why the f*ck is he ordering them to slow it down. Ruined today's action later on.


  • #54
    dastardly00
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    Yet another bike change for Aru.


  • #55
    godtabh
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    Burial. wrote: »
    Thank God Cancellara is gone after this season, why the f*ck is he ordering them to slow it down. Ruined today's action later on.

    Didnt Froome indicate he was stopping? Cancellara enforcing order?


  • #56
    godtabh
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    Kelly - Shot, shot


  • #57
    neris
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    crash crash rider down ...... :D:D


  • #58
    isitraining
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    Burial. wrote: »
    Thank God Cancellara is gone after this season, why the f*ck is he ordering them to slow it down. Ruined today's action later on.

    Speaking of Cancellara: http://cyclingtips.com/2016/07/the-secret-pro-at-the-2016-tour-de-france-sky-is-conserving-cav-is-back-and-squabbles-in-the-gruppetto/

    This is a great read.


  • #59
    dastardly00
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    Who's gonna win lads?

    Bertjan Lindeman and Sep Vanmarcke (Lotto-Jumbo)
    Stef Clement (IAM)
    Serge Pauwels and Daniel Teklehaimanot (DiData)
    André Greipel and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
    Bryan Coquard and Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie)
    Iljo Keisse (Etixx-Quick Step)
    Chris Anker Sørensen (Fortuneo-Vital Concept)
    Dani Navarro and Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis)

    I'm hoping it's Daniel Teklehaimanot as he's in my Velogames team :)
    (Plus he does have the climbing ability to do so)


  • #60
    JoeyJJ
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    Just switched on eurosport on phone in office listening can't watch too much, no sign of Martin on the main site, is he with froome group?


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  • #61
    Dcully
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    Looked to me like froome just manufactured a stop after two valuable team members stopped at the crash thus more or less enforcing sportsmanlike conduct of rivals. Froome knew he needed them riders.


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