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Mr Larrington

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #425 on: 19 July, 2023, 04:37:32 pm »
Looked like a combination of spectidiots, the official car and the moto, which appeared to stall and not want to start again.  And on that climb, I don’t blame it ;)
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T42

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #426 on: 19 July, 2023, 04:42:23 pm »
I wouldn't care to have to clip in again on those slopes.
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citoyen

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #427 on: 19 July, 2023, 04:51:04 pm »
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 19 July, 2023, 04:29:48 pm
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Indeed, indeed.
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quixoticgeek

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #428 on: 19 July, 2023, 06:45:34 pm »


Bugger.

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Mr Larrington

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #429 on: 19 July, 2023, 06:54:31 pm »
Pity poor dead Alexis Renard, who crashed during the TT, finished hors delai and was thus a DNS today :'(

Edit: also he b0rked his elbow, which probably didn’t help.
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Mrs Pingu

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #430 on: 19 July, 2023, 08:43:02 pm »
Gosh, that was a bit mad.
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spesh

Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #431 on: 19 July, 2023, 10:21:35 pm »
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Pogačar waiting for his white jersey protocol TV interview. "I don't know what happened, I came to the bottom of the climb really empty, all the food that I eat today didn't go to my legs. A super big disappointment." he tells FranceTV
https://twitter.com/inrng/status/16816951353592012807
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Beardy

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #432 on: 20 July, 2023, 01:15:02 pm »
After yesterday, I thing todays racing is going to be a little bit flat.


IGMC  ;D
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citoyen

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #433 on: 20 July, 2023, 02:03:14 pm »
Anyone willing to bet against Philipsen today?
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #434 on: 20 July, 2023, 02:09:09 pm »
Especially now WVA has packed his bags & scarpered.
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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #435 on: 20 July, 2023, 02:27:44 pm »
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Beardy

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #436 on: 20 July, 2023, 03:02:33 pm »
I know it can’t be easy to colmentate on something like the Tour for hours at a time, but dog don’t they talk a load of old bollox.
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T42

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #437 on: 20 July, 2023, 04:51:58 pm »
The last 10k were worth staying awake for.
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #438 on: 20 July, 2023, 05:04:24 pm »
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citoyen

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #439 on: 20 July, 2023, 05:23:38 pm »
Quote from: T42 on 20 July, 2023, 04:51:58 pm
The last 10k were worth staying awake for.

How to make a boring stage interesting!
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T42

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #440 on: 20 July, 2023, 05:24:16 pm »
Rather pleased they showed the Eglise du Brou in Bourg, opposite a great all-you-can-eat restaurant where we filled up on our Strasbourg-Perpignan diagonale in 2012. We'd had the same togs on for the last 400k so they put us at a wee side table out on the pavement.

Worth the visit, that place was. It's called l'Authentique.  It might have changed since, but still...
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D.A.L.E.

Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #441 on: 20 July, 2023, 05:26:43 pm »
Love seeing the breakaway stay away for the win, love seeing them stay away for the win with such little margin even more.
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sizbut

Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #442 on: 20 July, 2023, 05:34:47 pm »
Wow, plenty of contenders for "combative" - went to the right guy for a heroic I don't care who wins so long as its one of you guys" lead out.

But if you take the jersey's name literally, they could have also picked Eenkhorn for sticking it to Philipsen, or Alaphilippe for messing with the whole peleton.
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Beardy

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #443 on: 20 July, 2023, 05:35:22 pm »
Quote from: T42 on 20 July, 2023, 04:51:58 pm
The last 10k were worth staying awake for.
A feat I totally failed to do.   >:(
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #444 on: 20 July, 2023, 09:09:48 pm »
I did enjoy Alaphilippe's spoiling tactics while the peloton was trying to catch the break.


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Pingu

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #445 on: 20 July, 2023, 10:30:50 pm »
This is also what they want  :thumbsup:
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T42

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #446 on: 21 July, 2023, 07:40:29 am »
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 20 July, 2023, 09:09:48 pm
I did enjoy Alaphilippe's spoiling tactics while the peloton was trying to catch the break.

Ditto, as did Jaja & C°.

"What, me?  No, I'm just riding my bike here.  I say, you lads are going a bit fast, are you in a hurry?"
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citoyen

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #447 on: 21 July, 2023, 04:08:33 pm »
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, to lose one sprint stage to the break is unfortunate...
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Beardy

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #448 on: 21 July, 2023, 04:11:02 pm »
The dilemma of the chase group was interesting, work together to lose to one of our number or lose the opportunity of attempting to win.
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Wowbagger

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Re: TDF 2023
« Reply #449 on: 21 July, 2023, 04:22:33 pm »
Do I detect a little spoiled brattery with Monsieur Philipsen?
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