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Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Sharrows? on Ventoux? Shameful

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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.

This is movistar tier tactics from ineos

Vando
Oct 26, 2007

stoats about
They've only been up La Bonette a half a dozen times ever I think, it's not a classic Tour climb really

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
A sprinter should sneak onto the finish straight after the first ascent and pop out a few minutes before the time cut

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Good on Gaudu sticking with it through the first ascent

barbecue at the folks
Jul 20, 2007


What were Ineos doing pulling everyone up the mountain the first time around, could someone here explain because my local commentators are also pretty flummoxed

rex rabidorum vires
Mar 26, 2007

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barbecue at the folks posted:

What were Ineos doing pulling everyone up the mountain the first time around, could someone here explain because my local commentators are also pretty flummoxed

'Tactics'

tylertfb
Mar 3, 2004

Time.Space.Transmat.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

La Bonette is just amazing, AKA the Col de That Barloworld Guy Nearly Sliding Down The Entire Mountain



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grUTlt5N4YE

A very early adopter of the gravel trend. Prescient.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
World feed commentary even making GBS threads on Ineos tactics now.


e) and bringing up the Brailsford promise to "ride in an attacking manner", lol

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.

barbecue at the folks posted:

What were Ineos doing pulling everyone up the mountain the first time around, could someone here explain because my local commentators are also pretty flummoxed

i don't think anyone has any idea

barbecue at the folks
Jul 20, 2007


It also seems Cavendish reached the summit in good time, if he doesn't drop during the next ascent, he should make it

barbecue at the folks
Jul 20, 2007


"Someone should send a fax or something to Ineos and tell them that they don't have the yellow jersey and they can stop pulling the group now" lol my commentators

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



This finish looks like it’ll be spicy

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Gaudu cracking again :(

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:

Gaudu cracking again :(

I think he'll make it unless he gets too sick to continue. He's pretty far ahead of the grupetto.

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.

Trek have played this really well

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Mollema doesn’t look like he’s got the legs for it

peanut-
Feb 17, 2004
Fun Shoe
Had to do some work for a couple of hours, come back and Wout van Aert is going to win a double ascent of Mont Ventoux?

He was within 6 inches of winning a flat sprint yesterday.

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
Pog chases down a 5 minute gap when?

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Huge Kenny Elissonde fan here

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Mollema just attacked

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Campenaerts abandon, rough day

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
I do like Alaphilippe just responding to attacks like it's nothing even though they're dying on the climb

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Peloton seems fairly bunched up, not a lot of stringing out. I guess they just shelled McNulty, so that's, uh, good?

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
RIP Poels

Xabi
Jan 21, 2006

Inventor of the Marmite pasty
Lil Kenny seems to be on the limit.

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



RIP Julian you went too hard and now you’re dead

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Julian deciding that as long as the camera is on him, he's going to suffercam

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Zooom

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.

phwoar wout

HappyCamperGL
May 18, 2014

Van Aert!

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
Big moves from WvA

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Pogacar would have been in the big ring.

Xabi
Jan 21, 2006

Inventor of the Marmite pasty
Big ring energy (even though he’s in the small ring).

Smol
Jun 1, 2011

Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.
Wout going for the polka dots

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Oh yeah, MAL is in this race.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

Smol posted:

Wout going for the polka dots

The GC being so strung out and high quality riders being let up the road makes this one of the most potentially spicy KOM fights in a long time.

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
That group ineos is hauling is getting pretty thin

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

StarkingBarfish posted:

That group ineos is hauling is getting pretty thin

Pace seemed to go up as soon as Kwaitkowski got on the front.

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StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
I want to see Pog shut Carapaz down hard when he tries to make a break for it

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