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Tibopino stopped his effort. Definitely not a good day for those Italians.

Rat #1 and rat#2 going for it.

BlackMac wrote:

Beaver_Shark wrote:Horrendous wheel-sucking by those two.

It will be gutting to watch them nip past him in the end for the bonus seconds. Couple of pricks.
And off they go

They attack....each other I suppose.

Plums

Jesus

Froome gaining a few seconds in the ascent.

Lots of support for Froome. Say what you want about him but you have to admire the guts of the man.

guy smiley wrote:Was Froome about 5 minutes down at the start of today?

2:54 down on Dumoulin at the start of the day.

guy smiley wrote:

Angry_Bull wrote:

guy smiley wrote:Was Froome about 5 minutes down at the start of today?

2:54 down on Dumoulin at the start of the day.

ahh... thank you, sir. Of course, I forgot to work out the virtual lead.

They all mugged Dumoulin off at the end. I reckon Froome leads by about 30s with the bonus times.

guy smiley wrote:yeah, sucked all day and hoovered up the bonus points as well.

No sucking in TTs. Grand tours need more of them to weed out shit wagons like those two.

I have no particular comment about the Froome inhaler situation but

Best stage of racing I think I've ever seen. An immortalising ride by Froome.

Bennett back in the maglia rosa top 10.

I am at work and the only access I had was this thread and even then caught the excitement of a truly awesome ride.

Yates 38 minutes down. Wow

ukjim wrote:Puts any doubts about froomes success being purely down to strong domestiques to bed.

massive brass balls.

Is that what asthma medication is transported in these days?

Is it trolling when it's true?

It's a matter of fact that froome broke the rules is it not?

nardol wrote:Is it trolling when it's true?

It's a matter of fact that froome broke the rules is it not?

Not yet.

dinsdale wrote:

nardol wrote:Is it trolling when it's true?

It's a matter of fact that froome broke the rules is it not?

Not yet.

Ok, I shall hold my tongue.



For the moment.

ukjim wrote:Puts any doubts about froomes success being purely down to strong domestiques to bed.

massive brass balls.

Rather makes you wish that he had to chase in previous Grand Tours instead of defending a lead. That was a ride from the end of the world.

nardol wrote:

ukjim wrote:Puts any doubts about froomes success being purely down to strong domestiques to bed.

massive brass balls.

Is that what asthma medication is transported in these days?

Froome made most of his time today on the downhill section of the Finestre

guy smiley wrote:

nardol wrote:Is it trolling when it's true?

It's a matter of fact that froome broke the rules is it not?

I explained this to you just a week or two ago. There's an agreement to leave the shitflinging out of this thread so we can discuss the racing. If you can't manage that then just stay out of the thread.

So let me get this right.....there is a major doping case going on regarding the premier grand tour rider in the world and it's not allowed be discussed in a thread titled 'UCI Pro Cycling'.......

Seems very 1990s attitude to cycling.

P in VG wrote:

nardol wrote:

ukjim wrote:Puts any doubts about froomes success being purely down to strong domestiques to bed.

massive brass balls.

Is that what asthma medication is transported in these days?

Froome made most of his time today on the downhill section of the Finestre

40 seconds of the 3 or so minutes fyi

Just saw the result. Serious cojones.

guy smiley wrote:

nardol wrote:

guy smiley wrote:

nardol wrote:Is it trolling when it's true?

It's a matter of fact that froome broke the rules is it not?

I explained this to you just a week or two ago. There's an agreement to leave the shitflinging out of this thread so we can discuss the racing. If you can't manage that then just stay out of the thread.

So let me get this right.....there is a major doping case going on regarding the premier grand tour rider in the world and it's not allowed be discussed in a thread titled 'UCI Pro Cycling'.......

Seems very 1990s attitude to cycling.

You're not trying to discuss it, you're playing a childish or stupid game of trying to score cheap internet points. Don't be that dumb guy. Be the grown up who can handle something being off topic and not wanted.

you can do this Nardol.

the whole internet is watching.

you clearly don't know me.... but I'll try

The thread for just this stage on the CN forum is over 75 pages!

DOB wrote:The thread for just this stage on the CN forum is over 75 pages!

What's the main gist of the discourse there? Other than it being an epic stage. I hope lots of hate for the s Americans.

Seems the whole idea of moderating consistently went out the window today on this thread

DOB wrote:The thread for just this stage on the CN forum is over 75 pages!

Pop over to The Clinic for a genuine laugh.

nardol wrote:

dinsdale wrote:

nardol wrote:Is it trolling when it's true?

It's a matter of fact that froome broke the rules is it not?

Not yet.

Ok, I shall hold my tongue.



For the moment.

Maybe during that time you could do some reading about the facts. Your pish is really tedious and miss informed.

This is a legendary stage, reminds of very old days when a campionissimo, such as Froome, attacked early in the day and had the cojones to shape the race the way he intended to.

Xupi wrote:This is a legendary stage, reminds of very old days when a campionissimo, such as Froome, attacked early in the day and had the cojones to shape the race the way he intended to.

Aye it's a stage for the ages. An outstanding effort.

sewa wrote:Seems the whole idea of moderating consistently went out the window today on this thread

Nardol is from the protected land

Beaver_Shark wrote:

DOB wrote:The thread for just this stage on the CN forum is over 75 pages!

Pop over to The Clinic for a genuine laugh.

Now why would I do that to myself?


If one was to take a cynical view, it was a bit Landis-esque, though. Hopefully we aren’t reassessing this ride in 6 months time.

Is it me or is Pozzevivo's saddle too low, the guys knees are pointing all over the fecking shop the bandy legged toerag FFS

Also I've never been a Froome fan, but you have to take your hat off too him for that ride today - stupendous

Sad for Yates as he's had a good Giro but today will overshadow everything else. If he' lost 40 minutes on Etna and then won 3 stages it would have been viewed very differently than the way its happened

Watching the playback on Eurosport now ... great stuff ...

fishfoodie wrote:https://twitter.com/LottoJumbo_road/sta ... 0489286662

Wasn't sure if that would be allowed in this thread but it is hilarious.

Denirostaxidriver wrote:

fishfoodie wrote:https://twitter.com/LottoJumbo_road/sta ... 0489286662

Wasn't sure if that would be allowed in this thread but it is hilarious.

Oh shiiiit lol

Who I really feel sorry for out of all this is the Sky train lads down the years like Stannard, Thomas, Porte, Rowe etc who spent every TdF since 2012 parked on the front chasing down breakaways, shelling GC contenders out the back and defending yellow jerseys for weeks at a time. They must be looking at today thinking “you mean all along you could’ve just waited to the last couple of days and put 3 minutes into the best in the world? Why the fcuk were we riding on the front all the way across Normandy and Brittany when we could’ve been chilling in the middle of the bunch and letting Trek or Europcar or Tinkov do all that shit...”

fishfoodie wrote:https://twitter.com/LottoJumbo_road/sta ... 0489286662

I believe it was the interviewer that made the Landis comment and he just reacted to it. It's a bit shocking that he is actually warming down and doesn't know what has happened during the stage.

BlackMac wrote:

fishfoodie wrote:https://twitter.com/LottoJumbo_road/sta ... 0489286662

I believe it was the interviewer that made the Landis comment and he just reacted to it. It's a bit shocking that he is actually warming down and doesn't know what has happened during the stage.

Nope, it was Bennett