Cycling thread
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Black Belt Jones
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Not 100% but commentators said they thought he had been carrying a knee injury last few days, and it became too painful to continue - off the back getting treatment from an early stage.
Could have been a crash but if it was it wasn't on camera.
Could have been a crash but if it was it wasn't on camera.
....never been on a bike since I was 9, but i’d definitely prefer to ride one up a mountain than down at the speeds these blokes go. Frightening.
Black Belt Jones
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Scenes - not seen anything like that before. Race stopped in extremis due to freak hailstorm further down the mountain! Sickener for Alaphilppe in those circumstances.
Hard to tell for Alaphilippe, he’d have gained a bit more on the downhill but there was still the climb to the finish where he could have lost more time.
Tough decisions to make but they did it quickly as they could.
Tough decisions to make but they did it quickly as they could.
lichfieldblue
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Mental the weather here. Climb from 1000m to 2000m and it goes from 35 degrees to 15. We had the storm 10 miles up the road but no storms. Plenty of landslides though.
Ah well - still have tomorrow, but quite unsatisfactory end to the day if unavoidable.
Ah well - still have tomorrow, but quite unsatisfactory end to the day if unavoidable.
spectateur
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French commentators saying a muscle tear.
The Size Of A Cow
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Probably worth checking your bookmaker's rules - quite a few settle stages & match-ups on the official result.
spectateur
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Also reported landslides on the climb to Tignes.
Toast
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Voided it.
I will moan once official result confirmed.
lichfieldblue
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The more I think about it the more this is becoming a farce.
UCI rule essentially say the organisers can choose what they want to do here - void the whole race if they want.
So many unanswered questions:
- How much time would Alaphilippe have made back on the descent?
- Would he have blown on the final climb or not? Bear in mind it's not the toughest of climbs.
- Were any team holding back for the final climb? Jumbo are already suggesting this.
- Would Yates have got the stage win?
- Or would Bernal have an unassailable lead.
I've also heard there was no electronic timing at the top, which is why it's taking so long.....
UCI rule essentially say the organisers can choose what they want to do here - void the whole race if they want.
So many unanswered questions:
- How much time would Alaphilippe have made back on the descent?
- Would he have blown on the final climb or not? Bear in mind it's not the toughest of climbs.
- Were any team holding back for the final climb? Jumbo are already suggesting this.
- Would Yates have got the stage win?
- Or would Bernal have an unassailable lead.
I've also heard there was no electronic timing at the top, which is why it's taking so long.....
All ifs and buts, it is what it is. I’d have taken G and his experience to have sat in on the early stage of the last climb, judge his push right, and pull back time on Bernal for 3rd place but heh we’ll never know
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