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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #650 on: 20 July, 2017, 02:21:53 pm »
Can someone explain something please?

There's a graphic on the ITV4 screen which shows a chequered flag, numeral 1, the distance left in the stage, a double-ended arrow, numeral 2, a yellow jersey, and then a time, currently over 8 minutes.

Does that really mean that the yellow jersey is 8 minutes behind the stage leader?

Yep, but the leading group are all half an hour or more behind on GC.

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #651 on: 20 July, 2017, 02:24:32 pm »
Ah. Hence the lack of urgency.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #652 on: 20 July, 2017, 02:25:36 pm »
Yes

[x-post with Legs, RAF and Wow]

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #653 on: 20 July, 2017, 02:26:36 pm »
Yup, but most many of the leaders are planted there by the leaders' teams to help on the Izoard.

Although funnily enough, the leaders now look as if they're actually racing rather than looking for a pub.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #654 on: 20 July, 2017, 02:53:33 pm »
Does that really mean that the yellow jersey is 8 minutes behind the stage leader?

Yes.

That's a lot less significant than it sounds at this point in the race, especially with a big mountaintop finish like today.

In any case, even if the break stays away to win the stage, there is no rider in there who represents a threat to Froome in the overall standings.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #655 on: 20 July, 2017, 03:11:06 pm »
Indurain did it a couple of times.

Coppi did it twice, but also got both climbing jerseys both times.

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #656 on: 20 July, 2017, 03:55:08 pm »
Just saw a Dalek
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #657 on: 20 July, 2017, 03:55:34 pm »
Just saw a Dalek

That was no Dalek, that was an Astana domestique ;D

Good to see *** is right on the ball today with his forecast of a fast descent off the Izoard :facepalm:
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #658 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:10:15 pm »
Just saw a Dalek

That was no Dalek, that was an Astana domestique ;D

Good to see *** is right on the ball today with his forecast of a fast descent off the Izoard :facepalm:
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #659 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:25:53 pm »
IR camera on the left.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #660 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:27:29 pm »
IR camera on the left.

yeah I saw that too

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #661 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:29:00 pm »
The Izoard - does anybody else feel like they'd like to ride it? It's an amazing landscape.

Don't suppose any of those boys get the chance to actually enjoy the ride, much less the view!
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #662 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:29:22 pm »
Mikel Landa is a beast !!!
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #663 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:38:35 pm »
Heck of a finish!
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #664 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:39:30 pm »
Agreed!
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #665 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:41:57 pm »
The Izoard - does anybody else feel like they'd like to ride it? It's an amazing landscape.

Don't suppose any of those boys get the chance to actually enjoy the ride, much less the view!

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #666 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:47:46 pm »
Great stage, great result.  Sky thinking to have 2 on the podium in Paris?

Kiwi nipped out for a ciggie. Any sign of him yet?
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #667 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:55:05 pm »
Chapeau to W Barguil for getting a "crazy" in right at the end of the interview. CP Sagan is phoning his lawyers.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #668 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:58:48 pm »
Kiwi nipped out for a ciggie. Any sign of him yet?

The guy knows how to leave it on the road.

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #669 on: 20 July, 2017, 04:59:27 pm »
Chapeau to W Barguil for getting a "crazy" in right at the end of the interview. CP Sagan is phoning his lawyers.

He also said he was impressed by himself. I thought Sagan had a monopoly on that.

TBF, I think WB meant that he was surprised at what he could do after last year's vexations.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #670 on: 20 July, 2017, 05:00:57 pm »
Kiwi nipped out for a ciggie. Any sign of him yet?

The guy knows how to leave it on the road.

Home now, +13:41.

I'd be about +3 hours. Just on the climb.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #671 on: 20 July, 2017, 05:08:24 pm »
Video of Kwiatkowski immediately after pulling off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf2xXtxEZjE

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #672 on: 20 July, 2017, 05:23:19 pm »
Stage 18: Briançon->Izoard

NC Boardman:C Froome… home & vigorously towelling himself off…
N Boulting:C Prudhomme, y u never start teh race at teh appointed tiem?
C Prudhomme:(Flaps arms) In my glider I’m teh Kadu Flyer!
Omnes:Reefer madness, MOAR liek!
C Prudhomme:OK, off u fck!
PT Voeckler:O hai! I, P’tit T Voeckler, am on mi last Tour ov France. Plz 2 let me win on teh Col ov teh Ladeez ov teh Fabulous Hair! Bit ov teh old ooh la la, knoworrimean?
A Goldfrapp:Oi!
Omnes:U & C Prudhomme been kicking teh bong around, PT Voeckler?
PT Voeckler:(Sulks)
TD Gendt:O hai! Me, T ‘Racing Beast’ D Gendt, agane! 1 Break ov Futility, medium rare, with chips & mayonnaise, coming right up!
S Cummings:O hai! Tiem? I iz biding it!
N Boulting:E ‘Twisted Firestarter’ Gesbert iz in teh break!
ETF Gesbert:FFS! Shut! Up!
SD Millar:… effectively a split pelican!
N Lawson1:Spatch. Cock. Mmmmmmmmm!
PT Voeckler:He-lloooooooooo inna-Leslie-Phillips-stylee!
N Boulting:T AS-TA-NA obvs haz teh cunning plan!
T Astana:WE WILL EX-TER-MIN-ATE TEH PE-LI-CAN, STOP 4 AN ICE CREAM & LET F A-RU FCK IT UP ON HIS OWN!
J Birdsong (via email):C!!1! I told u he was a git! Ooh, teh love iz bursting, bursting in me2!
P York:O hai! Feed zone, PT Voeckler, swimming pool!
M Smith:O hahahahaha swimming pools lol roffle hahaha!
Omnes:Fck! Off!
Bethany (7):O hai! I take it things are a bit quiet after teh initial mucking about, then?
G Imlach:Indeed they are, Bethany (7), indeed they are. Would u liek a full-tiem job next year?
Bethany (7):Only if u tell me everything u kno about mi Mum!
G Imlach:Meet me via Snapchat after skool…
[…]
ML Maire:C Froome iz off teh back ov teh pelican and u useless gits are wibbling about La Course with R Gilmore! FFS!
M Smith:He only stopped 4 a jimmy, u muppet!
R Gilmore:Just coz u didn’t get up early enough 2 watch it, u lazy fckr!
ML Maire:U haz caught me, R Gilmore, liek a Treen on a deflated spacehopper chiz3!
R Gilmore:I rode l’Etape, u know!
JR Shand (via email):BFD. U want a fish or something?
M Kitteh (via email):Did u sa “Fish”? I liek fish! Also, miaow!
Omnes (via Twitter):Back in ur cardboard box, M Kitteh!
[Rather later…]
NC Boardman:Ooh, a boat! With wings! Want!
N Boulting:L Calamityjane, TD Gendt, ect ect.
TD Gendt:Spottypoints ect ect.
NC Boardman:… and then they changed teh roolz about wheelz because hary doggie!
JJ Jarlinsson:U met mi frend El Fenrîrø, NC Boardman?
NC Boardman:Ulp! Niec doggie!
[…]
5:Where’s SD Millar 2da?
Omnes:Shopping 4 wankhats!
SD Millar:Fck! Off! Your all gay!
[On teh Vars]
Bethany (7):Still not very exciting, iz it?
SD Millar:Gravity, eh? They even keep it on at weekends!
N Boulting:No monster break by a GC contender this year chiz. Look, see, teh chimneys ov teh fairies!
TP Fairy:I haz solar-powered central heating, thank u ***!
SD Millar:Ooh! AG2R! R Bardet! Fight, fight!
N Boulting:Oh yes!
P Roglic:O hai! U kno wot I said about teh spottyjumper? Was lie! Crazy!
CP Sagan:Mi lawyers will be in touch!
W Barguil:Yay! Teh spottyjumper iz mine all mine.
Bethany (7):\o/ (Does cheerleader act agane)
N Boulting & SD Millar:Teh winner will come from teh break or teh pelican!
Omnes:O RLY?
[…]
JD Notapuma:O hai! It would seme that when it come 2 descending I am this: a Rubbish! May I say “miaow” at this point?
M Kitteh:No. No, u may not!
N Boulting:Oooh, C Gautier!
J White:Soz, ***, doesn’t scan.
T Gallopin:O hai! Work, u dogs!
S Cummings:It may look liek I iz biding mi tiem, but I iz not!
N Boulting:Tailwind, no rain, should be teh fast descent off ov teh Izoard4!
Omnes::facepalm:
[…]
A Lutsenko:Where iz everyone? MOAR 2 teh point, where TF iz F Aru?
E [“Poisonous term” – Ed.]ez:Bai!
O Niceone:Bai!
S Cummings:Bai!
C Gautier:Bai!
D Navarro, T Gallopin & JD Notapuma:Bai, but in teh opposite direction!
N Boulting:Tense, innit!
SD Millar:(Sighs) Yes. Yes, it iz (Aside…) Idiot!
A Lutsenko:Don’t leave me here! There’s BEARs and wolves, oh my!
JD Notapuma:And not-pumas! Oh yes!
R Bardet:C mi SEEKRIT weapon! O hai, J Bakelite!
T $ky:O RLY?
[Meanwhile…]
JD Notapuma:O hai, A Lutsenko! I hereby upgrade miself from “miaow” 2 “RAAAWWWRRR”!
J Alaphilippe:U hold him, M Kitteh, while I hit him!
W Barguil:O hai! Tiem 2 play!
Bethany (7):w00t!
[…]
D Martin:O hai! Did sumwun say F Aru iz in trub?
F Aru:U utter git, D Martin!
M Kwiatkowski:Sometimes I hate this job!
M Landa:OK, C Froome, hold mi BEER!
R Bardet:Tiem 2 play!
C Froome:I don’t think so, R Bardet!
R Urán:Oi! Remember me?
[…]
JD Notapuma:U utter git, W Barguil!
W Barguil:/o\ Just 4 teh change!
Bethany (7):(Faints)
[…]
R Bardet:Sprint, sprint, sprintEEEE, only slower! Tiem bonus 4 meeeeeeeeee!
R Urán:Piss!
M Landa:LOL @ F Aru!
F Aru:Aroooooo
W Barguil:Crazy!
CP Sagan:FFS!
[…]
Bethany (7):WHAT!!1! Ur havin’ teh giraffe, G Imlach! Aren’t u?
[End credits…]

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #673 on: 20 July, 2017, 09:16:23 pm »
The Izoard - does anybody else feel like they'd like to ride it? It's an amazing landscape.

Don't suppose any of those boys get the chance to actually enjoy the ride, much less the view!

Yes! Name the day!

https://flic.kr/s/aHsk2HfhK1  ;)

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #674 on: 20 July, 2017, 11:15:50 pm »
Never let it be said that we @ P@nd3m1c Pr0duckt10nzTM® iz teh bunch ov shirkers. Yes, we didn’t see it live. No, that doesn’t mean we are not interested…

La Course: Part Un

Bethany (7):Not interested!
5:Also not interested!
S Connolly:O hai! And o hai 2 TV’s R Gilmore!
R Gilmore:O hai & burn teh 7 year old heretics! I rode l’Etape!
W Weasel1:SFW?
R Gilmore:AV Vleuten! T Sunweb! M Vos! I rode l’Etape!
[After much mucking about and frequent reminders from R Gilmore that she rode l’Etape…]
S Connolly:Look, see, teh pelican haz been blown apart! Peloton! Arse! Oh. It iz back together!
A Plichta:Had enuff! 2 teh pub! Oi, G Thomas! Ur round!
R Gilmore:L Deignan! L’Etape!
A Cure:Yoicks! Mi biek! WTF?
S Connolly:FdJ!
Omnes:Hope they iz less useless than teh mans’ FdJ!
A Démare:I told u!! I woz ill!
M Weaver:Owwwwww! FFS!
V Guilman:Whoopsie!
A Reis:FFS, V Guilman! Look where ur going! U b0rked mi biek!
V Guilman:Soz! (Exit, pursued by T Lares’ DS)
[…]
S Connolly:Wind! Did u climb teh Izoard, R Gilmore?
R Gilmore:Well, yes, but I was trying not 2 menshn it!
W Weasel::facepalm:
[…]
L Villumsen:O hai! I, L Villumsen, am made ov teh win! And I iz a proper Viking, unliek teh gr8 ponce JJ Jarlinsson! CU l8r, suxx0r5!
[…]
L Deignan:O hai! Look, see, I iz on teh tellybox! And I haz teh coolest shades! Work, u dogs!
TB Dolmans:Yeth, mithtreth!
R Gilmore:Ooh, look, I rode this bit teh other day!
Omnes:O RLY?
R Gilmore:Yes. Yes, I did. And this bit!
[Eventually…]
S Connolly:Ooh, decimated pelican!
M Berry:I wouldn’t put that inna CAEK!
Omnes:Who’s that on teh BSO? Teh one with teh rucksack full ov baguettes? She was going pretty well!
L Villumsen:Piss! Still, worth a try, eh, readers?
L Deignan:C me bide mi tiem!
S Cummings:I wish I’d said that!
ML Maire:Swimming pool! And silly M Smith & P York not here 2 see it! Roffle!
R Gilmore:Pain face!
M Guarnier:O hai! L Deignan, mi so-called team-mate, WTF? U haz killed me utterly 2 DETH!
L Deignan:Soz2! (Aside…) LOL!
AV Vleuten:O hai! I am AV Vleuten and I am made ov teh Win! Right, I iz off!
E Lamborghini:Bum!
S Gillow:Bum also!
[…]
ML Maire:Y AV Vleuten not got teh number on back? Disqualibobificationism!
AV Vleuten:Yoicks! Mi biek… nah, only joaking!
R Gilmore:Diesel engine! I rode l’Etape!
E Lamborghini:I ATE’NT DEAD!!1!
S Connolly:(Uncontrollable squeaking…)
AV Vleuten:\o/ And I haz 43 seconds over L Deignan 4 Part Deux!
L Deignan:(Pain face) Oh, u mean teh Thing!
J Bakelite:Don’t fancy urs much! Roffle!
Omnes:Wanker!
Bethany (7):Soz, R Gilmore! Not very exciting. And no W Barguil.
R Gilmore:Fck! Off! I rode l’Etape!

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