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*Tour de France - Stage 19* Friday 24th July
*Tour de France - Stage 19* Friday 24th July
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Froome hurting now, that's a surprise, didn't expect that.
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was just about to say before the coms quintana hurting too
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Froome hates that big gear when it flattens out after short cadence for long -- back firing good again!
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Nibali the third best rider at Astana...
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Somebody tell Kirby there are no time bonuses
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Surprising Quintana was able to take out that much time from Froome in such a short distance on relatively easy gradients
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Quintana needed more there. Why didn't he go earlier if he could that?
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Yes it was nugget but why wait so late/
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If you've been paying attention you would know Movistar are riding for 2nd and 3rd
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It sucks but thats just the way it is
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Does anyone know if the stage is televised from the start again tomorrow?
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Great Ride By Nibs ,Thought Roman a little unlucky to get a Mechanical when on the Chase..
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Live coverage starts at 12 on Eurosport.
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Thanks. That should be the whole stage.
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What price Quintana tomorrow, 1.5
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Attack again tomorrow with 5 k to go and get 30 seconds back .....only need 5 more stages of that to win !
Nothing like aggressive enough to trouble Froome seriously. |
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Strange tactics from Movistar again indeed but then again they've been consistent.
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Movistar are going to have to kill their doms tomorrow on the Croix de Fer to get rid of SKY and nail the breakaway. SKY won't ride for Froome to win the stage tomorrow after today.
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The final climb is better for Quintana tomorrow but the shorter stage and fewer total climbing meters favours Froome. The way the race has gone though somebody will attack on the descent and win the stage.
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Time bonuses were first 9 stages only
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It hasn't really mattered but trust me there are time bonuses
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Looking at the top 5 now , 3 grizzled veterans in the list plus Froome with Quintana the only young rider , but also very experienced.
No sign of the young pretenders breaking into the elite possible winners yet , high profile stage wins yes , overall winners no . |
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Be interesting to see if Nibali can make up a minute or more on Contador
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or Valverde even
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That's the one
 he will have to do it on the climb this time the descent of the Croix de Fer is too far out and the valley too long |
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Can't see anyone going on the descent tomorrow unless they can join up with the break. Looks like a straight fight up Alpe.
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Movistar might have to rely on other teams defending their top-10 gc positions again if they want to win the stage.
If a break goes with no riders who are a threat to the riders in the top-10, who is going to chase the break? Movistar probably wont push the pace because they'll be worried about Nibali catching Valverde for 3rd. |
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Froome sprinted for kom points today on the croix de fer, even after having his mechanical. Maybe SKY will chase the break tomorrow or were they put off by what happened on the final climb?
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Bardet leads the kom and is in 9th overall. He probably needs to get in a break that goes all the way if he is to win the kom jersey. Lotto, IAM and Trek will probably chase Bardet to defend there top-10 positions and Sky might give a hand to make sure Froome gets the kom jersey. Breakaway doesn't look that likely if Bardet gets in the break.
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Actually if Bardet can get in the breakaway and get maximum points on the first climb (and Froome scores no points) and then get 5th at the finish like he did today he will win the kom jersey. Ag2r will probably need there whole team in the breakaway however.
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