I'm two stages behind - my goal in life is to do nothing this weekend except catch up :D
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 July 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
A fine approach to life!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 July 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
I have just caught up! Feel rather sorry for EBH, I like him.
― Madchen, Saturday, 8 July 2017 06:50 (six years ago) link
Well that was a wild one today. But kudos to Calmejane, that was a nervy attack and hold.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 July 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
Yeah great ride by Calmejane, and Gesink for that matter
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 8 July 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
Calmejeane & Gesnik, kings of the mountain for sure
legit teared up for calmejeane, he mustve been pushing through some legit pain
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 July 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
scary though, gotta hydrate buddy!!
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 July 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
Gesink is only pro whose feed I follow, good to see.
― popcorn michael awaits trumptweet (Hunt3r), Saturday, 8 July 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
interesting to see what happens tomorrow after today's fast pace. i imagine there'll be a fair bit of fallout. 3 HC climbs ... hoo boy
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 July 2017 01:26 (six years ago) link
no better feeling than settling down on the sofa for a day of the cycling but jesus wept this stage is absolute murder. can't wait.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 09:55 (six years ago) link
Gesink out :(
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 9 July 2017 11:20 (six years ago) link
wow this is incredible. never seen a race blown apart so effectively on a descent.
geraint thomas *again* :(
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 12:16 (six years ago) link
This is chaos
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 9 July 2017 12:27 (six years ago) link
why are ag2r riding when vuillermoz is in virtual yellow?
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 12:43 (six years ago) link
unless they're riding at a neutral pace I guess
the initial double attack on the descent smashed the peloton and GC contender support so maybe it's trying to push that further. it's slightly difficult to tell, they don't seem to be going that hard, but are at the front, which does suggest they're riding...
oh wait they have dropped back now.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 12:55 (six years ago) link
fffffffff
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
wow super snidey from aru. froome will be raging
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
lol aru.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
shit
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
ugh that's not good
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
horrible horrible crash. gc carnage today.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
jesus that was brutal
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
completely misread the line. feel sorry for martin.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
rooting for barguil but he'll surely be caught.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
barguil!
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
oof, uran on his two speed bike did it!
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
wanted uran, and i think yup
― popcorn michael awaits trumptweet (Hunt3r), Sunday, 9 July 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
lol
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
plenty of great today but
So boss. https://t.co/fVEhy8KLJ0— Cyclocosm.com (@Cyclocosm) July 9, 2017
― popcorn michael awaits trumptweet (Hunt3r), Sunday, 9 July 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
plenty of great today but🐦[So boss. https://t.co/fVEhy8KLJ0🕸— Cyclocosm.com (@Cyclocosm) July 9, 2017🕸]🐦
yeah that's nuts. ag2r attack was highlight of the day for me. co-ordinated team plan which completely defined the race but, as is the way of cycling, couldn't ultimately control it.
it's really bad for general gc competitiveness that it's been such a brutal day. v hard to see quintana getting back tho i think he has the capability. porte going out is a massive shame as he would be combative and competitive. and always a shame to see geraint thomas going out - again! - as he's fundamentally likeable tho you do start to wonder if it's something more than just being ill-starred.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
That Porte crash is going to give me nightmares. It's just hard to believe that a human being could survive that - and yet it could have been so much worse. Not what you wanna see when you're just learning to cycle!
― Half Rutter (Branwell with an N), Sunday, 9 July 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
really horrible. seeing him crash into the mountain rock at full speed is horrific. i think it was the '90s cyclist Gianni Bugno who had a horrific crash descending and then had to learn to descend all over again. He had completely lost his nerve (understandable when you see a crash like that) and learned to regain his composure by listening to Mozart when going downhill.
key thing when learning to cycle (for me anyway) was to look where you want to go rather than the direction you fear you're going. i still misread corners tho - and i don't mean racing, i mean going a little bit faster than usual (lol 14mph or something) around hyde park corner. go into them too early and have to compensate by drifting out. terrible technique.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
nothing like hurtling down an alpine descent. starts getting a bit hairy at 40mph though. don't know how these guys touch 50 or 60... think dowsett even uploaded a pic of a ride where he hit 70mph once. 😶
― ||||||||, Sunday, 9 July 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
thing is when i was young i used to love it. and now when i'm even close to touching 35/40 i worry that the slightest bit of eye watering or momentary confusion and boom. and so i start padding my brakes in a rather elderly fashion. need more mozart.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
^^ It's the same for me but I'd file it under a desire to stay alive taking over.
and always a shame to see geraint thomas going out - again! - as he's fundamentally likeable tho you do start to wonder if it's something more than just being ill-starred.
Exactly the same goes for Gesink. Great yesterday, looked very promising, but something always goes wrong.
Such a shame for the GC though. Can't see Quintana doing anything proper any more, and Contador is completely gone. Probably only Aru/Fugelsang who could try something. It'd be harsh to expect anything from Dan Martin (who regained an amazing amount after the crash) at this point.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 9 July 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
yeah, also dan martin said he was struggling to stay with the accelerations on the last climb. hard to see him being able to put the pressure on Froome.
that said, froome has lost his most able climbing lieutenant today so may be vulnerable, tho he seems more than capable of handling anything that gets thrown at him in the mountains and then some.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
On one hand, that was an amazing day's racing, but I'm mostly feeling gutted that riders I like have crashed either out of the race or out of contention.
key thing when learning to cycle (for me anyway) was to look where you want to go rather than the direction you fear you're going
Echo this. Look around the bend, not at the bit you're worried about overshooting into.
― Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 9 July 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
Phew, just caught up with the broadcast and everything that one could say has been said. Insane. Not to mention also that George Bennett sneaking into the top ten is pretty damn great (kinda in his corner following his California win the other month). And Uran sneaking that with a fucked up bike! Glad Barguil got king of the mountains at least.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 9 July 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
Will also say that it was good to see Froome out on his own without his usual wall-of-white-jerseys.
Anyway: yeah I think we all need a day's break. Bring on the Dordogne.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 9 July 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
feel a bit :/ for Barguil/Bardet not getting the final win across the line after such heroic efforts, but at least Barguil gets the KOM. talk about gas, holy shit
never forget him almost plowing into the wandering cow on a descent a couple of years back
gutted for Thomas and Porte. That Porte crash had me in tears, that was horrific to see him fly into that cliff at full speed.
the mountains always seems to yield horrors, that was true nightmare fuel for sure
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:26 (six years ago) link
Gesink fractured L1 vertebrae :/ Rotten luck, dude was a powerhouse yesterdat
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
Congratulations Rigoberto Uran, first tour de France single speed stage win since 1937#tdf #SBSTDF— Nick Squillari (@N_Squillari) July 9, 2017
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
ugh Thomas' fracture D:
Such a shit day!!! Nowhere to go when Rafa went down right in front of me. But I'm ok though, thanks for all your messages!! pic.twitter.com/lUTi9m6Nzy— Geraint Thomas (@GeraintThomas86) July 9, 2017
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
last one from Kittel sums it up
Sprinters + mountain stage = 💩 I'm ready for a rest day. #tdf17 #stage9 📸 @AleTegner pic.twitter.com/P7VPxO3n4E— Marcel Kittel (@marcelkittel) July 9, 2017
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link
Obviously he should just keep his hair like that.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:39 (six years ago) link
Helmet hair, I like it as well
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:43 (six years ago) link
lol right!? i also saw that Nate Brown has the most hilarious helmet tan on like 2 inches of his forehead
i think i also saw that Mark Renshaw & Arnaud Demare didnt make the cutoff? anyone else see that?
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
Yep, along with Trentin and three team buddies of Demare iirc.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link