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Tour de France – Stage 18, Gap > Alpe-d’Huez

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  • July 17, 2013 at 8:29 pm #19398
    drheaton

    Massive day ahead and I've got the rest of the week off work so I'll be glued to the TV tomorrow afternoon 😀

    Having major problems picking my team.  Got a few riders I want to pick but can only afford a selection of them.

    Contador and Kreuziger are on the up, could they threaten Froome and try to put a chunk of time into him tomorrow?  If so, which is the preferred rider?  Contador should be the team leader but he's still not earning any World Tour points after his ban so are the team better off supporting Kreuziger?

    Mollema and Ten Dam just seem to be trying to hold on.  Can they do anything else now?

    Quintana seems to have the white jersey wrapped up, does he think he can win yellow or will he settle for a stage win?  Can Kwiatkowski do anything during the last week to catch the Columbian revelation?

    Rolland has come out and written off his chances of winning the polka dot jersey.  Is he bluffing?  If not, which of the last stages will he target for a stage win?

    I have no answers and no idea who'll be in my team tomorrow 😕

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  • July 18, 2013 at 3:18 pm #748461
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    enrique

    enrique wrote:Anybody put TJ

    enrique wrote:
    Anybody put TJ on their team today?… :?

    Crap! Anybody put Riblon (!) on their team today?… :O

    July 18, 2013 at 3:15 pm #748459
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    chrisdstripes

    Riblon not out of it yet
    Riblon not out of it yet actually, seems to be coming back…

    July 18, 2013 at 3:15 pm #748457
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    drheaton

    Riblon coming back! Think he
    Riblon coming back! Think he might haul TJ back, I’ll take that, 5 bonus points for Bardet.

    July 18, 2013 at 3:13 pm #748455
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    drheaton

    Movistar put their whole team
    Movistar put their whole team on the front and pulled Contador back.

    I think the time gaps are right, time it at 3’20” between TJVG and Froome.

    Can’t believe Froome, he’s popped, had to illegally take on water and food, the race directors won’t be happy with that.

    July 18, 2013 at 3:13 pm #748453
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    enrique

    drheaton wrote:Amazing from

    drheaton wrote:
    Amazing from TJVG, twice up the Alpe in the break plus a minute lost due to a mechanical on the Sarenne descent and he’s still staying out in front…

    Anybody put TJ on their team today?… 😕

    July 18, 2013 at 3:13 pm #748451
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    chrisdstripes

    Just clocked them through the
    Just clocked them through the 5km flag and the screen-time seems about right so I was wrong about that – amazing ride from Tejay if he can hold them off as Quintana chases him down…

    July 18, 2013 at 3:07 pm #748449
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    qwerky

    What happened to Contador, he
    What happened to Contador, he was ahead on the descent but then got behind and I didn’t see how. Did he have mechanical trouble, go off the road?

    July 18, 2013 at 3:05 pm #748447
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    drheaton

    Amazing from TJVG, twice up
    Amazing from TJVG, twice up the Alpe in the break plus a minute lost due to a mechanical on the Sarenne descent and he’s still staying out in front. If only he’d had a better first couple of weeks.

    Kreuziger up with Contador. Pair of them are cooked.

    Nieve up with Contador. Somehow Porte has caught Froome!

    July 18, 2013 at 3:01 pm #748445
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    chrisdstripes

    I don’t trust the time-checks
    I don’t trust the time-checks on screen, feels like these three are closing the gap a bit more here – can Tejay hold on?

    July 18, 2013 at 3:00 pm #748443
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    drheaton

    Rodriguez attacks, Froome
    Rodriguez attacks, Froome can’t follow, he’s just trying to stay on Quintana’s wheel.

    July 18, 2013 at 2:58 pm #748441
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    drheaton

    Crap, Contador now dropped by
    Crap, Contador now dropped by Porte and Valverde, he’s blown it today :”(

    July 18, 2013 at 2:56 pm #748439
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    drheaton

    Rodriguez and Moreno trying
    Rodriguez and Moreno trying to make their way up to Froome, Contador looks dead. Moreno pulls over, he’s done.

    Rodriguez makes his way up to Froome, Quintana. These three might work together to distance Contador. My picked not looking quite so good.

    Quintana going for the stage, he’s pulling From me up the hill.

    July 18, 2013 at 2:53 pm #748437
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    drheaton

    Kreuziger cracked. Quintana
    Kreuziger cracked. Quintana could jump to 3rd tonight. Contador doesn’t look good.

    Froome gone again and only Quintana can keep up. Rodriguez, Porte, Valverde and Contador left from the GC group and they can’t keep up.

    July 18, 2013 at 2:53 pm #748435
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    chrisdstripes

    Hmm, spoke 10 secs too soon
    Hmm, spoke 10 secs too soon as Froome goes and only Quintana can follow!

    July 18, 2013 at 2:51 pm #748433
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    drheaton

    And now Froome goes! He’s up
    And now Froome goes! He’s up with Anton, Valverde and Serpa, rest of the GC group in tatters. 10km to go and the gap down to 4’20”. Looks like Nieve, Rolland, Fuglsang all dropped from the main group.

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