Live blog: Pinot wins stage and Alaphilippe stays in yellow; Quintana and Yates in trouble; Jeff Goldblum does some aero testing; the Tour hits the Tourmalet + more
SUMMARY
Jeff Goldblum’s been doing some aero testing
We assume.
He’s been at Specialized’s “Win Tunnel” in California and he was wearing a skin suit and a helmet.
We don’t know much about Goldblum’s cycling credentials, but he did make an appearance in understated pro cycling spoof, Tour de Pharmacy.
Stage 14 brings the Tourmalet
A new and key test for Julian Alaphilippe. Big day.
Stage 14 / Étape 14
Tarbes
Tourmalet Barèges
13:30 CET > 17:02 CETPierrefitte-Nestalas
1xHC, 1×1️, 1×4️#TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/iyihhMaM91— Tour de France (@LeTour) July 20, 2019
Stage 14 / Étape 14
Tarbes – Barèges Tourmalet
Discover the 3D route of Stage 14.
Découvrez le parcours 3D de l’Étape 14.#TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/3u7hHfDO5w— Tour de France (@LeTour) July 20, 2019
Looks like Wiggo's broadcasting from one of the race motos again today
It’s showtime people pic.twitter.com/xbfK4v82G8
— Brad Wiggins (@SirWiggo) July 20, 2019
Nibali's been driving the break in the early stages
Stage 14 is underway, and the Shark of Messina @vincenzonibali is at the front, followed by @petosagan !
L’Etape 14 est lancée, et le Requin de Messine Vincenzo Nibali est à l’attaque, suivi par Peter Sagan ! pic.twitter.com/b06meydW9y
— Tour de France (@LeTour) July 20, 2019
Vincenzo Nibali reaches the top of the Côte de Labatmale in first position, waiting for the chasing group.
Vincenzo Nibali passe en tête au sommet de la Côte de Labatmale, en attendant le groupe de poursuivants.#TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/F6qpkutqhV— Tour de France (@LeTour) July 20, 2019
Alaphilippe, meanwhile, is so far untroubled
Calm as you like from the yellow jersey @alafpolak pic.twitter.com/XdBvS21LgR
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 20, 2019
Video of Quintana's journey to this years tour
“I’ll have that ambition and that dream : Always try to shine.”
Portrait of @NairoQuinCo, one of the favourites for today’s stage. pic.twitter.com/HOSFMNU0oT
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 20, 2019
Adam Yates and Bardet both dropped with over 55km still to race
Adam Yates is now dropped. Hard day for some GC contenders
Au tour d’@AdamYates7 d’être distancé. Journée difficile pour certains favoris au classement général.#TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/JxxO5Z5bBJ— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 20, 2019
Yates is back in the peloton but the Tourmalet is looming...
Thanks to his teammates including his brother @SimonYatess, @AdamYates7 is back in the peloton.
Grâce à ses coéquipiers dont son frère Simon, Adam Yates est de retour dans le peloton principal. #TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/rZzV9QB0u6
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 20, 2019
The Tourmalet is here and Gesbert is alone at the head of the race
Elie Gesbert is now alone behind Romain Sicard. Lilian Calmejane has been dropped.
Elie Gesbert est à présent seul derrière Romain Sicard. Lilian Calmejane est distancé. #TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/1KvrDYzdk1— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 20, 2019
Throwback to yesterday and Alaphilippe sprinting up a 17% gradient
Movistar have been forcing the pace and have successfully dropped their leader, Nairo Quintana ...
Interesting play by Movistar #TDF2019
— Richard Moore (@richardmoore73) July 20, 2019
Porte's gone, Quintana's gone, but Alaphilippe is still there...
The #MaillotJaune group has maintained an average speed of 22.8km/h in the first 11.5km up Col du Tourmalet.
Romain Bardet is now 4 km behind.#TDF2019 #TDFdata pic.twitter.com/9ryhnETLCN
— letourdata (@letourdata) July 20, 2019
Drama on the Tourmalet
What a day to be French… Pinot takes the victory and Alaphilippe somehow, somehow, manages to stay with the rest of the GC contenders to hold on to Yellow as Thomas and Fulgsang lose time.
Quintana and Yates are out of the battle for the race lead.
So, Alaphilippe can climb above 2000m. The only question left is how is he in week three? #TDF2019
— Michael Hutchinson (@Doctor_Hutch) July 20, 2019
The real battle of the day on the Tourmalet
Wheelie battle on the finish line between @ivan_cortina and @petosagan.
Bataille de wheelies entre Ivan Garcia Cortina et Peter Sagan. Chapeau ! #TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/DgCiZbGsl1
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 20, 2019
Marc Madiot showing us he cares
Directeur sportif of @GroupamaFDJ Marc Madiot certainly enjoyed @ThibautPinot‘s win pic.twitter.com/A9s1hKTtTs
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) 20 July 2019
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Kasia, it doesn’t get any better than that!
@mdavidford Latent can mean present but not active, so perhaps that's just a slightly convoluted way of saying the cameras etc were in situ but not rolling.
Yeah, it always takes a while for the law to catch up with new technologies and it's not necessarily predictable which ones will become popular and be a big problem. Personally, I'm hoping that new laws are drafted to cover the use of perv glasses (e.g. the Meta ones) in public as they are bound to be used abusively.
In the Netherlands they use a rolling road dynometer to test for illegal ebikes Dutch police roll out new checks to curb powerful e-bikes | Sticky Bottle https://share.google/UPwTJZ2JWZtr0IAzq
@mitsky A somewhat pedantic point of minor interest (but when has that stopped me?) but traffic rules and even traffic lights predate the widespread use of the motor car; the first traffic light in the world was installed outside the Houses of Parliament in 1868 (unfortunately, being gas powered, it exploded shortly afterwards and injured a policeman). Driving on the left was mandated by Act of Parliament in 1835. Horse-drawn traffic was actually considerably more dangerous than motor traffic, with an average of 150 people per year being killed in London in the Victorian era in traffic incidents; last year 98 people died in traffic incidents with a population more than twice the size (the numbers may of course be somewhat skewed by the fact that modern medicine can save victims in ways undreamt of back then).
Think of it more along the lines on not letting the greys in, so that the reds aren't out competed. It's better to discourage the behaviour, before it has become established.
You must be fun at parties…
"I tried it on the wrong bikes in the wrong riding positions and it didn't work, which proved conclusively the conclusion I reached before trying it at all was right all along" might, genuinely, be one of the worst attempts at reviewing a product I've ever seen. If you're not even going to bother testing it for what it's designed for - actually-upright posture on a utility bike with swept-back handlebars - why even bother doing the review? Except to feel smug about how superior your very fancy high tech torture device...sorry, road saddle is.
So a driver who killed nobody can be charged with dangerous driving and receieve a prison sentence but they cannot get a dangerous driving conviction in this case? Beggers belief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnwmPX-RXxU
@perce Bit of both, our Nige isn't scared of multitasking!
3 thoughts on “Live blog: Pinot wins stage and Alaphilippe stays in yellow; Quintana and Yates in trouble; Jeff Goldblum does some aero testing; the Tour hits the Tourmalet + more”
That’s one hell of a break
That’s one hell of a break away.
hawkinspeter, BBC2 5pm – The
hawkinspeter, BBC2 5pm – The Super Squirrels.
But of course the Netball could overrun.
ktache wrote:
Thanks – I usually wait until after the programme is shown and then download it (I pay the licence tax so I feel almost justified in pirating from the BBC).