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kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
Oh, whoops, misread the x-axis. Last 8.5kms with more detailed grades:

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Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

I'm the runner that looked like a fat kid at first but actually turned out to be a fat adult Colombian

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
He kept up much longer than I would have expected.

Sky Train coming woo wooo

Xabi
Jan 21, 2006

Inventor of the Marmite pasty
Froome looks cooked and has been dropped.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
Bert...

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

That was a sweet attack by Bert and counter by Nairo. Things are happening, it's insane!

Xabi
Jan 21, 2006

Inventor of the Marmite pasty
Froome seems to have turned the motor on.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
Whiiirrrrr

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

The Vuelta organizers should probably play the Jaws theme whenever they show Froome after he has been 'dropped'

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
Did nairo crash earlier? His jerseys all ripped up

Xabi
Jan 21, 2006

Inventor of the Marmite pasty
Yep. And he's speeding up this hill like a madman.

Xabi
Jan 21, 2006

Inventor of the Marmite pasty
Bert :(

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Apparently. The French commentators were also surprised if I understood them correctly, so I don't think it was shown

Pretty sure Nairo must have pushed Gesink off the cliff when the cameras weren't looking

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




That was an awesome stage

Countdown to Contador packing it in?

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Yeah, especially with tomorrow being a rest day I could see him throw in the towel

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




https://twitter.com/CyclingHubTV/status/770347853927555072

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/quintana-calls-for-power-meters-to-be-banned-from-racing

"I think they’re really useful for training, but they take out a lot of drama from the sport," added Valverde.
So does Valverde.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Tad steep that hill

e:that breakaway just got murdered, drat

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Chaves has places to be

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

I jinxed iiiit

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




This is cool

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Froome just said "loving hell" live on TV. Ban this sick filth

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Fair play to Froome, that was good

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!






pretend I blurred out the bottle and stuck a brazzers logo on it

Kilmers Elbow
Jun 15, 2012

fartmanteau
Mar 15, 2007

drat that was a good show. You could see Quintana loving with Froome on the way up, setting pace, looking back, and then attacking again, trying to jam his power strategy, which Quintana and Valverde have been critical of recently. Still wasn't enough to cut into Froome's reserves though.

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

We've got a Contador attack

e: wellll

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

One weird sprint

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Smirr posted:

We've got a Contador attack

e: wellll

Didn't get to watch today, what happened?

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Not much, Bert attacked on the last climb with ~20 km to go and it obviously didn't stick. Looked pretty solid though.

The sprint was weird because it looked more like breakaway attempts and the Belgian whose name I'm not going to try to spell won by like 2 bike lengths

Vando
Oct 26, 2007

stoats about

Smirr posted:

The sprint was weird because it looked more like breakaway attempts and the Belgian whose name I'm not going to try to spell won by like 2 bike lengths

Jens Keukeleire, and it was his first GT stage win and he's just become a dad :3:

TobinHatesYou
Aug 14, 2007

wacky cycling inflatable
tube man
Oh boy the next stage... 196km and 5.2km of climbing.

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Today, the breakaway is 21 minutes ahead. I'm pretty sure they just started side-eyeing each other with 30 km to go

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Lol the peloton are actually cutting it pretty close to the cutoff time. That should be at around half an hour and they're at 7 km to go at 24 minutes down

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Didn't bother watching today, safe to assume gently caress all happened?

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

gently caress all. Everyone decided to save energy for tomorrow's stage, which I can't watch

HappyCamperGL
May 18, 2014

That's a big breakaway. :stare:

Edit . Looks like Sky have missed out too.

HappyCamperGL fucked around with this message at 12:14 on Sep 3, 2016

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Dodgy as gently caress descent after the first climb.

TobinHatesYou
Aug 14, 2007

wacky cycling inflatable
tube man
Tinkoff out.
IAM out.
Bora-Hansgrohe in.
Lampre-Merida splits into Bahrain-Merida and TJSport-Lampre.

18 spots down to 17. Which team gets demoted from the World Tour to Pro Continental? By performance I would say Cannondale, AG2R or Giant...

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paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
These Orica boys better start pedaling faster.

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