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TdF'13 Stage 18 - Gap to Alpe-d'Huez (July 18)
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 17:13
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Miguel98 wrote:
[conspiracy]Brailsford payed ASO to cancel the downhill[/conspiracy]
 Screw the rest of the Tour if it's true.
meh.
Froome could start the descent minutes ahead of everyone else if he wants to. Then descent as carefully as possible which would allow the others to come back. Then give them a minute or 2 advantage and still win the stage
Edited by alexkr00 on 17-07-2013 17:13
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 17:20
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sutty68 wrote:
Have to say that descent looks terrible in dry weather and there are no road barriers either 
Not when random people are out training. It's not going to look like that tomorrow.
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| jonathangeek |
Posted on 17-07-2013 17:28
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I wont start guessing how this is going to end like... Froome will win, and then its like who has the best legs i think. |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-07-2013 17:39
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finally the stage where the Dutch cyclist (fans) have been watching out for since the start ...
bet ya that Mollema and Ten Dam will fall out of the GC completly and that there are no dutch guys in the (hopeless) break of the day
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-07-2013 17:50
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
So downhill finish or after the first ascent?
Sarenne descent is the problem so after first ascent. I will boycot the rest of the tour if that is true btw
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It doesn't work like that. You can only put "+1" 
So, the stage I've been looking forward to for months has arrived. If Froome survives the downhill, he'll be unstoppable. But Contador is getting stronger and stronger! |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 17:54
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Ian Butler wrote:
Pellizotti2 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
So downhill finish or after the first ascent?
Sarenne descent is the problem so after first ascent. I will boycot the rest of the tour if that is true btw
x2
It doesn't work like that. You can only put "+1"
1x2=1+1
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 19:12
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Spilak23 wrote:
Ian Butler wrote:
Pellizotti2 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
So downhill finish or after the first ascent?
Sarenne descent is the problem so after first ascent. I will boycot the rest of the tour if that is true btw
x2
It doesn't work like that. You can only put "+1"
1x2=1+1
Edited by aidanvn13 on 17-07-2013 19:13
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 17-07-2013 19:25
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Erm.. so ASO has a whole year to decide if it'd be possible to do a double Alpe d'Huez, if the descent from Sarenne is too dangerous, if the changes they've done to the road would be enough... to cancel it 1 freaking day before the stage? That's just pathetic. Sure it might be dangerous with the rain, but certainly this exact danger should be the one they'd worry the most about before confirming the stage? It's not like it never rains in France in July...
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| fickman |
Posted on 17-07-2013 19:53
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So God save us tomorrow. I just read that Froome was surprised to won the TT because he wasnt giving 100%, he was riding saving some energy for Tomorrow 
Tomorrow Froome will win with 10 min gap
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 21:00
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Froome will go Armstrong '04 on the last week and will in Alpe d'Huez and LGB.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 21:04
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fickman wrote:
So God save us tomorrow. I just read that Froome was surprised to won the TT because he wasnt giving 100%, he was riding saving some energy for Tomorrow
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 21:38
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Since when is Alpe d'Huez a Hors Category climb?
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-07-2013 21:41
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Spilak23 wrote:
Since when is Alpe d'Huez a Hors Category climb?
1979 
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| kumazan |
Posted on 17-07-2013 21:44
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Spilak23 wrote:
Since when is Alpe d'Huez a Hors Category climb?
Since always, and rightly so?
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 21:50
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Thought it was a 1st cat earlier. It's not as hard as Pailheres, Glandor or Madeleine
Edited by Spilak23 on 17-07-2013 21:50
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-07-2013 21:53
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Spilak23 wrote:
Thought it was a 1st cat earlier. It's not as hard as Pailheres, Glandor or Madeleine
it was in 1952, 1976, 1977, 1978 but since 1979 it is HC
Spoiler at least according to wikipedia
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| kumazan |
Posted on 17-07-2013 21:53
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Spilak23 wrote:
Thought it was a 1st cat earlier. It's not as hard as Pailheres, Glandor or Madeleine
No, but it's hard enough anyway. 13km @8.2% is always a HC, unless you're Zomegnan, who would say it's barely a 3rd cat.
Now how is Sarenne a 2nd cat?
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 21:54
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Yeah i remember watching those tours. Damn long time
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 21:55
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kumazan wrote:
Now how is Sarenne a 2nd cat?
That is what mainly was annoying me. It should have been only a hc atop the sarenne for the Huez+Sarenne combination or Huez 1st category the first time with Sarenne as 2nd cat
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 17-07-2013 22:00
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Spilak23 wrote:
Thought it was a 1st cat earlier. It's not as hard as Pailheres, Glandor or Madeleine
"Glandor", that almost sound like "glandeur" (lazy ass) with Luis Fernandez accent.
I've climbed a couple of cat. 1 and HC, and I've done Alpe d'Huez. It's not so hard overall, but the first 2 or 3 km are among the toughest ones you could think of. They shatter the field, and as any ascent had always been a mountain finish, it really deserved a HC.
Now, that being said, bar the bottom and 1 km that's located more or less from 4 to 3 km to the finish, it's not really that hard. All in all, it's probably close to the border between cat. 1 and HC. Rather low HC though. |
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