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quixoticgeek

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #500 on: 19 July, 2018, 04:34:34 pm »

Damn, nibbles is down under 4km, but out of the 3km. That's an embuggerance..

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Nick H.

Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #501 on: 19 July, 2018, 04:47:39 pm »
Geraint was faking fatigue with about 2k to go...weaving around, jersey in a mess. He tricked Froome into attacking. With 1k to go Geraint did his jersey up, got ready, was the first on to Landa's wheel, and Froome couldn't respond.

T42

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #502 on: 19 July, 2018, 04:51:08 pm »

That's a lot of booing going on on this climb, and I'm spotting a lot of big guys in hivi's that seem to be wrestling the crowd.

Watching it on Dutch Eurosport, the commentators are making no effort to hide their bias. One of them just shouted "Come on Steven!" in English. I'm assuming they are supporting Kruijswijk.

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I doubt if any commentators think of it as bias, but rather as just presenting it for their own people.

Was pleased to see the gendarmes going for that bloke who threw something at Froome. They need to supply them with cattle prods.
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quixoticgeek

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #503 on: 19 July, 2018, 04:52:54 pm »

I doubt if any commentators think of it as bias, but rather as just presenting it for their own people.

Was pleased to see the gendarmes going for that bloke who threw something at Froome. They need to supply them with cattle prods.

Who, the riders, or the gendarmes?  :p

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woollypigs

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #504 on: 19 July, 2018, 04:55:37 pm »
OK SKY you are riding for G now  !!! He looked so relaxed and strong on the last few hundred meters. Totalawesomesause !!!!
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T42

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #505 on: 19 July, 2018, 05:03:21 pm »
Beware the Curse of G.
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Mr Larrington

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #506 on: 19 July, 2018, 05:05:08 pm »
*** said he saw the gendarmes were out mob-handed but the C Boardmen have just said "no police in evidence on that climb, we really needed some better crowd control".

I thought poor dead V Nibbles had come together with the motorbike where the road narrowed at the start of the barriers, but would like to see it again.
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Nick H.

Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #507 on: 19 July, 2018, 05:10:38 pm »
There were plenty of police where Nibbles came off..the problem was the flare which made everything invisible.

T42

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #508 on: 19 July, 2018, 05:16:28 pm »
Aye, they need to ban those PDQ.
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Samuel D

Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #509 on: 19 July, 2018, 05:20:03 pm »
I thought poor dead V Nibbles had come together with the motorbike where the road narrowed at the start of the barriers, but would like to see it again.

Nibali said Bardet was ten seconds ahead, the motorbikes were following him, Froome attacked, Nibali followed, there was a sudden slow-down, and he crashed. He didn’t say whether he hit the motorbikes or Froome but without confirmation it may have been the latter. I think he would have been angrier if he’d hit a motorbike. Of course Froome had to slow for the motorbikes so motorbikes were certainly involved.

Mr Larrington

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #510 on: 19 July, 2018, 05:31:53 pm »
I've just rewound the live coverage.  Bardet is up the road a bit with two police bikes side by side behind him and Froome trying to get through.  Then it cuts to G and Nibbles disappearing into the smoke.  Back to another aerial shot which shows G slowing suddenly before cutting back to Nibbles on the deck being helped up by a couple of spectators.  It doesn't actually show Nibbles going down but he's right at the point where the barriers start.  *** and Super D blamed the motorbikes and the pinch in the road though.

All very inconclusive unless there's more footage or more information from Nibbles.  But you'd hope they'd learned something from the Froome/Porte farce on Mont Ventoux two years ago :(
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Karla

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #511 on: 19 July, 2018, 05:37:49 pm »
What happened to the G who could never quite cut it in the high mountains?

LittleWheelsandBig

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #512 on: 19 July, 2018, 05:38:56 pm »
Obviously he trained a bit harder and lost a bit more weight this year.
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #513 on: 19 July, 2018, 05:41:14 pm »
I've just rewound the live coverage.  Bardet is up the road a bit with two police bikes side by side behind him and Froome trying to get through.  Then it cuts to G and Nibbles disappearing into the smoke.  Back to another aerial shot which shows G slowing suddenly before cutting back to Nibbles on the deck being helped up by a couple of spectators.  It doesn't actually show Nibbles going down but he's right at the point where the barriers start.  *** and Super D blamed the motorbikes and the pinch in the road though.

All very inconclusive unless there's more footage or more information from Nibbles.  But you'd hope they'd learned something from the Froome/Porte farce on Mont Ventoux two years ago :(

G thought Nibbles had tangled with a spectidiot* (sic), and he nearly came off riding over the Italian's rear wheel.


* An illustrative pair being the two who had a collision while running alongside Kruijskwijk .
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citoyen

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #514 on: 19 July, 2018, 05:51:23 pm »
Obviously he trained a bit harder and lost a bit more weight this year.

And drank up all his beetroot juice like a good boy.
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Nick H.

Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #515 on: 19 July, 2018, 06:00:45 pm »
I saw a spectator trying to touch a rider..I thought he was trying to pat him on the shoulder. Turns out he has been nicked for "punching" Froome.

https://twitter.com/mcewenrobbie/status/1019981740406923264
https://twitter.com/Josh_pvfc/status/1019966882290561024

Nick H.

Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #516 on: 19 July, 2018, 06:06:42 pm »
Froome is reportedly not speaking to the press. https://twitter.com/JoshRBurrows/status/1019986287644823553 It's pretty obvious that Geraint wasn't riding for him. Will there be handbags? Geraint struck me as very sheepish in his interview, bigging up Froomey for being the best ever. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when Brailsford tries to restore order.

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #517 on: 19 July, 2018, 06:07:34 pm »
Stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs > Alpe d'Huez

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #518 on: 19 July, 2018, 06:11:29 pm »
I wonder what happened to the guy who tried to punch Froome?

woollypigs

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #519 on: 19 July, 2018, 06:15:09 pm »
De Sisti see Porkins post above
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Nick H.

Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #520 on: 19 July, 2018, 06:16:13 pm »


Aksherly the clothes don't match...this prisoner must be another miscreant.

Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #521 on: 19 July, 2018, 06:22:48 pm »
You can see why Froome was bieding hiz tiem to chase down The French Exchange Chimney Sweep until the barriers started.

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #522 on: 19 July, 2018, 07:43:03 pm »
Blimey! R Taaramäe was out of time today!
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #523 on: 19 July, 2018, 08:38:46 pm »


Aksherly the clothes don't match...this prisoner must be another miscreant.

Just watched the highlights; there was some bloke with the hair of a young Kevin Keegan being bundled to the ground by a couple of rozzeurs.  Wasn't the bloke in either picture.
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #524 on: 19 July, 2018, 09:00:51 pm »
Ooh, I don't fancy sitting at the T $ky dinner table tonight...
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