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TimC

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #450 on: 21 July, 2016, 01:16:59 pm »
Haha! I just read that too!

The current fastest for the 10-mile TT is 32:37. That gives a clue as to how hard it is!
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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #451 on: 21 July, 2016, 01:43:08 pm »
I'm assuming that the elimination time of within 25% of the winner for an individual TT will apply. The rising wind will be handy in holding back the best riders a bit. It's handy for Yates that Cavendish and Renshaw have gone home, he has fewer concerns about eliminating team members.
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Legs

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #452 on: 21 July, 2016, 01:44:33 pm »
Quote from: Exit Stage Left on 21 July, 2016, 01:43:08 pm
I'm assuming that the elimination time of within 25% of the winner for an individual TT will apply. The rising wind will be handy in holding back the best riders a bit. It's handy for Yates that Cavendish and Renshaw have gone home, he has fewer concerns about eliminating team members.
Well, that and the fact that they ride on a different team from him...  ::-)
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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #453 on: 21 July, 2016, 01:46:57 pm »
I always get those two confused. What's the current longest time? Multiply that by 5 and divide by 4 to get the time which will eliminate.
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Legs

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #454 on: 21 July, 2016, 02:00:20 pm »
 ;D
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Dibdib

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #455 on: 21 July, 2016, 02:23:34 pm »
from the tdf rule book:

Quote
Coefficient 7
(An individual time trial stage of quite a unique type)
At Megève, a time delay will be set based on the
fastest time plus 33% of that time.

that's currently
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pcolbeck

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #456 on: 21 July, 2016, 02:52:36 pm »
Just seen that Spartacus has abandoned as well to concentrate on Rio.
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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Andrew

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #457 on: 21 July, 2016, 04:12:34 pm »
As an aside-ish, I think C Froome SKY announced to the French viewing public that he smells better this week.

'Je me sens' is, I think, what you wanted to say C Froome SKY not 'je sens'... easy enough mistake. But maybe he's got a new deodorant.

(it would have been understood in context so no worries)
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Ruthie

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #458 on: 21 July, 2016, 04:31:53 pm »
He probly doesn't smell too fresh at this moment, but my word he is a hell of a rider  :thumbsup:
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woollypigs

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #459 on: 21 July, 2016, 04:32:59 pm »
Were did that come from down in the first by 23s then finish with +21s.
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citoyen

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #460 on: 21 July, 2016, 04:37:04 pm »
Paced it perfectly, as Gary just said. Porte went off very fast again, but faded significantly towards the end... again.
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T42

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #461 on: 21 July, 2016, 05:01:36 pm »
Pish. Went out to visit Inlaw Paw in hospital ¾ hour earlier so as to see the end of the TT, doc came in and nattered, dietician ditto, ended up staying an hour longer than usual and missed the end. Yet again. Pish.
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #462 on: 21 July, 2016, 05:46:57 pm »
S Partacus:O hai! I am S Partacus and I am made of teh Win! Here I go again on teh 747, looking at teh clouds from teh other side ov heaven, smoking1 & drinking, never gonna stop, reading magazines stop me looking at teh clock, wanna watch teh movie, can't sit still, flying down 2 Rio, going 2 Brazil!
ISLD StanRow-MacIngs:O hai! We are ISLD StanRow-MacIngs and we are taking every day as it comes, anything can still happen because there is a long way to go yet, and we will see what happens. For sure!
T Dumoulin:O hai! I am T Dumoulin and I am made of teh Win!
R Majka:You utter git, T Dumoulin! O hai! U liek my hat?
SD Millar:No, R Majka! No, I do not!
R Majka:U can talk, TV's Super D Millar! That thing u wore on teh rest day made u look liek a cross between Bing Crosby and Mickey teh Pikey!
S ****anel:O hai! I am S ****anel and although I haz had teh Win in teh past as teh multiple time-trial champion of France, I iz mostly here to haz teh LOLz @ teh Political Correctness Gone Teh Madness!
S Uggs:Get tae fck, S ****anel!
N Boulting:O hai! I am TV's N Boulting and as there iz nothing much happening I will talk about haircuts with TV's Super D Millar!
SD Millar:I liek teh short smart haircut! It maek u feel liek teh REAL racer!
P Sagan:Teh day I taek teh fashion tips from u, Super D Millar, iz teh day I enter teh priesthood!
G Thomas:O hai! I am C Froome and so are my sunglasses!
SD Brailsford:O hai! I am Sir D Brailsford. U OK, m8? Why u got teh pencils up ur conk?
G Thomas:Wibble!
TV Garderen:Call that job satisfaction? Coz I don't!
T Dumoulin:Come on, u lot! Ur keeping me out ov teh pub!
B Mollema:O hai! I am N-Polymer B Mollema and teh aero advantage ov my outsize schnozz does not overcome teh effort required 2 haul it up teh mountain!
A Yates:O hai! I iz coming to get u, B Mollema!
N Quintana:O hai! My name iz N Quintana! U killed my father!  Prepare to die! Oh. Piss!
R Porte:O hai! I iz coming to get u, N Quintana! And you, A Yates!
C Froome:O hai! Take that! And that! And also that!
SD Brailsford:Do not repeat yoreself, boy!
J Voigt:O hai! I am TV's J Voigt. C Froome iz made of teh Win and that iz offishul from me, J Voigt!

1: In ur dreams, S Partacus...
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spesh

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #463 on: 21 July, 2016, 05:53:50 pm »
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 21 July, 2016, 05:46:57 pm
N Quintana:O hai! My name iz N Quintana! U killed my father!  Prepare to die! Oh. Piss!

ROFL ;D
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citoyen

  • Occasionally rides a bike
Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #464 on: 21 July, 2016, 06:35:08 pm »
Who remembers this classic moment from a few years ago?
http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/attack-of-the-giggles-gary-and-chris-corpse

I was just reminded of it because I was thinking about Bauke Mollema's performance - the giggles were brought on by P Liggett referring to the young Dutchman as Bob Malka in the commentary.
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Nuncio

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #465 on: 21 July, 2016, 09:11:10 pm »
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 21 July, 2016, 05:46:57 pm
G Thomas:O hai! I am C Froome and so are my sunglasses!

Just checking. Is this a pun?
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #466 on: 21 July, 2016, 10:09:32 pm »
'tis a reference to an interview given by G Thomas after that incident with the telegraph pole last year, m'lud.
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spesh

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #467 on: 21 July, 2016, 10:15:01 pm »
ISTR that the telephone pole came off second-best. #GeraintThomasfacts
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #468 on: 21 July, 2016, 10:26:15 pm »
It later sued G for assault #TelegraphPoleLies
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spesh

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #469 on: 21 July, 2016, 10:29:07 pm »
#telegraphpolesmatter

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Nuncio

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #470 on: 21 July, 2016, 10:40:57 pm »
Ah, so nothing along the lines of

-Will the leader of the Tour de France personalise his lenses?
-No, because he won't C Froome 'em

then.
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spesh

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #471 on: 21 July, 2016, 10:42:31 pm »
<Hands gilet to Nuncio and hails passing Directeur Sportif's car>
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #472 on: 22 July, 2016, 09:40:29 am »
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Exit Stage Left

Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #473 on: 22 July, 2016, 11:36:00 am »
Adam Yates might be launching a stealth bid to be the new Guy Martin, judging by his interview style.
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« Reply #474 on: 22 July, 2016, 03:19:20 pm »
T Dumoulin has crashed out, suspected b0rked wrist :(
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