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CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

African AIDS cum posted:

Yes. He was convicted of doping offenses and got a year in prison in 2004 (later undone by appeal) but he was widely known as a doping doctor.

Thanks for the info all of you. Good to have some background info.

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serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Looks like a perfect stage for Nibali to add an extra minute to his lead.

Mr.Nice
Apr 28, 2006
They are at the foot of the first col, only 40sec between the break and the peloton.



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Withnail
Feb 11, 2004


I imagine him saying 'God, your so stupid' in napoleon dynamite voice

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Valverde needing some adjustments on the steepest part of the climb. That's pretty good timing

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Hegay posted:

Valverde needing some adjustments on the steepest part of the climb. That's pretty good timing

Its not like hes not going to get dropped on the last climb anyway.

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

serious gaylord posted:

Its not like hes not going to get dropped on the last climb anyway.

It was obvious he was just doing All The Tricks in the book to save a bit of energy

Withnail
Feb 11, 2004
Uh no. He changed his bike so something was hosed up

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Withnail posted:

Uh no. He changed his bike so something was hosed up

Just wanted a bit of a rest.

African AIDS cum
Feb 29, 2012


Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaack
lol at FDJ riding like they are in yellow

Knitting Beetles
Feb 4, 2006

Fallen Rib

African AIDS cum posted:

lol at FDJ riding like they are in yellow

Mollema is a better TT rider than Pinot, so they don't want him too close.

e: from last year

code:
11.	NED MOLLEMA Bauke	164	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	38' 34''	+ 02' 05''
55.	FRA PINOT Thibaut	71	FDJ.FR			39' 57''	+ 03' 28''
118.	FRA BARDET Romain	82	AG2R LA MONDIALE	41' 09''	+ 04' 40''
vvv worse even

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goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
How good at TT is Bardet?

peanut-
Feb 17, 2004
Fun Shoe
The TV director seems to take a lot of joy in showing Richie Porte dropping off the back every day.

DONT TOUCH THE PC
Jul 15, 2001

You should try it, it's a real buzz.

peanut- posted:

The TV director seems to take a lot of joy in showing Richie Porte dropping off the back every day.

He does, also van den broeck as of late.

Punc
Nov 3, 2009

Ass to Ass.

peanut- posted:

The TV director seems to take a lot of joy in showing Richie Porte dropping off the back every day.

Who doesn't really :shrug:
Van den Broeck is sad thou, our only hope for the podium :( .

African AIDS cum
Feb 29, 2012


Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaack

Pvt Dancer posted:

Mollema is a better TT rider than Pinot, so they don't want him too close.


Yeah just funny how they have all conceded yellow. I'd like some crazy long range attacks.

accipter
Sep 12, 2003
Apparently NBC Sports doesn't really follow the news.


Source

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Hitting the bike was retarded from Majka, that could easily be a 10sec penalty

Withnail
Feb 11, 2004
He did win on that day in history.

Knitting Beetles
Feb 4, 2006

Fallen Rib

African AIDS cum posted:

Yeah just funny how they have all conceded yellow. I'd like some crazy long range attacks.

Those French riders have lost sight of everything but each other, which is kinda fun but also a bit retarded. Valverde must be laughing his rear end off.

African AIDS cum
Feb 29, 2012


Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaack

Hegay posted:

Hitting the bike was retarded from Majka, that could easily be a 10sec penalty

Majka rode the Giro TT with a massive needle mark in his arm, Polish stereotypes lol

African AIDS cum
Feb 29, 2012


Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaack

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Last tour as captain for Valverde imo, no doubt Quintana is better


African AIDS cum posted:

Majka rode the Giro TT with a massive needle mark in his arm, Polish stereotypes lol

He's on the Riis tech

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Revenge from Nibali after Pinot thought he had him yesterday

Clugg
Apr 21, 2005

Haha the spectator mooning Majka (or was it Nibali?). Please someone make a gif of that.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
Lance won the tour before he ever threw a leg over his TT bike for the prologue.

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Majka shoulda got away from Visconti on the climb, he won't beat him in the sprint I think

African AIDS cum
Feb 29, 2012


Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaack

Hegay posted:

Majka shoulda got away from Visconti on the climb, he won't beat him in the sprint I think

He should be docked KOM points and time

I'm thinking Contador would have won this tour by 10 minutes with Majka and Rogers burning it up for him in the mountains

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Cocky motherfucker.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

serious gaylord posted:

Looks like a perfect stage for Nibali to add an extra minute to his lead.

Hmmm.

Mr.Nice
Apr 28, 2006
Didn't expect Valverde to come back that strong in the end but it's Pinot, Van Garderen etc fault for letting him back.



Bolivar
Aug 20, 2011

goatface posted:

Cocky motherfucker.

Looked like a Landis-style massive testosterone injection before the stage. Too bad that he didn't try to win the GC, might have been interesting if he had gone full-on alien mode for the whole duration.

Loving Africa Chaps
Dec 3, 2007


We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

African AIDS cum posted:

He should be docked KOM points and time

I'm thinking Contador would have won this tour by 10 minutes with Majka and Rogers burning it up for him in the mountains

He'll be docked GC time but not KOM points as it didn't affect the result

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me

serious gaylord posted:

Looks like a perfect stage for Nibali to add an extra minute to his lead.

Withnail
Feb 11, 2004
What thing did Majka do?

Clugg
Apr 21, 2005

Withnail posted:

What thing did Majka do?

He grabbed on to the antenna of a moto and used it to pull himself forward.

Mr.Nice
Apr 28, 2006
Antenna pull by Majka
Oleg is happy

Badfinger
Dec 16, 2004

Timeouts?!

We'll take care of that.
Cannot believe Frank Schleck is in the top 10 GC, even with all the abandons.

DONT TOUCH THE PC
Jul 15, 2001

You should try it, it's a real buzz.

Badfinger posted:

Cannot believe Frank Schleck is in the top 10 GC, even with all the abandons.

This tour is weird, also suddenly frank van den broeck will turn up as the winner in 10 years.

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Mr.Nice
Apr 28, 2006
Stage 17 Saint-Gaudens / Saint-Lary Pla d'Adet




Summary
Flamme rouge

Full results

Stage 18 Pau / Hautacam 145.5km



:siren: Queen stage and last mountain climb of this tour :siren:

Stage Analysis

Mountain passes & hills

Km 28.0 - Côte de Bénéjacq 2.6 km at 6.7% - category 3
Km 56.0 - Côte de Loucrup 2 km at 7% - category 3
Km 95.5 - Col du Tourmalet (2 115 m) Souvenir Jacques Goddet 17.1 km at 7.3% - category HC
Km 145.5 - Montée du Hautacam (1 520 m) 13.6 km at 7.8% - category HC





Intermediate sprint



Finish

See last climb

Weather

No rain for meteo France (TDF's weather forecast predicted rain).

Stage 18 Odds



Time schedule

Start : 13h15
Tourmalet (Summit) : 16h00
Finish : 17h30

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