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  1. #126
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    Yeah, that’s a pisser - today was his kind of stage

    Chapeau to Girmay

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    Lol. I spent credits to put him on the team yesterday& then last second before bed, swapped him to my leader for the day…from Girmay
    Oof!

  3. #128
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    fck Jasper. I rage traded him today. dude's got a muffin top too.

  4. #129
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    Stage 9. The gravel stage. Different.

    The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

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    Riders and commentators can complain that gravel/ cobbles should not be in the tour, but that was an exciting stage to watch.


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    Yeah, that didn't play out like I expected, but I guess the leaders figured sitting in was too dangerous for their time and body.
    Great stage though, and it will help sell some gravel bikes too.
    When life gives you haters, make haterade.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elkhound Odin View Post
    Riders and commentators can complain that gravel/ cobbles should not be in the tour, but that was an exciting stage to watch.
    Yeah, it is exciting, but I’m guessing the GC contenders aren’t wild about the risk of some random flat or mechanical costing them the mellow johnny.

    Witness Vingo today - he would have been in a world of shit if he had to trade bikes with WVA rather than Tratnik.

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    I wish there was more of that old school stuff in the race. Make them do one of the mountain passes on a dirt fire road (and self supported)

  9. #134
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    Great idea - how old school do you want to get?

    No team cars or neutral support? Carry all the food/water you need for the day at the start? Along with a couple of spare tires and a pump?

    There was a guy in an early edition of the tour that got disqualified because while he was using a blacksmith’s forge to repair a broken fork, the blacksmith operated the bellows.

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    Nice one today @Dee Hubbs. I went all in on MVG for the win and he was up there for a bit but couldn't hang. Lots of racing happening on that stage and it was hard to look away.

    Really cool to see Bini on the podium again yesterday even though it cost me...I enjoyed my time in yellow, but kind of like Richie Carapaz, it was on borrowed time.

    Is Jasper washed??? I don't think so, but I guess he isn't done eating humble pie just yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by waveshello View Post
    Is Jasper washed??? I don't think so, but I guess he isn't done eating humble pie just yet.
    To use a hockey term: "he's squeezing the stick to hard"
    When a hockey player hasn't scored in a long time, they try to hard to score and squeeze the stick and get stone hands. The hockey player needs to loosen the grip own their stick and let their talent take over.

    Jasper is right up there in the mix:
    2nd in stage 5
    2nd in stage 6 (then relegated)
    2nd in stage 8
    He has a great leadout with Van der Poel (who has been quiet), it just looks like he is trying too hard to find the gap, jump the other sprinter, follow someone's wheel, when he should be trusting his talent to get him the finish line of the sprint, and sprint his own race.

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    Quote Originally Posted by waveshello View Post
    Is Jasper washed??? I don't think so, but I guess he isn't done eating humble pie just yet.
    To use a hockey term: "he's squeezing the stick to hard"
    When a hockey player hasn't scored in a long time, they try to hard to score and squeeze the stick and get stone hands. The hockey player needs to loosen the grip own their stick and let their talent take over.

    Jasper is right up there in the mix:
    2nd in stage 5
    2nd in stage 6 (then relegated)
    2nd in stage 8
    He has a great leadout with Van der Poel (who has been quiet), it just looks like he is trying too hard to find the gap, jump the other sprinter, follow someone's wheel, when he should be trusting his talent to get him the finish line of the sprint, and sprint his own race.

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    2024 Tour de France Fantasy League, and general TdF discussions.

    Loved the gravel stage today. Lots of action and unpredictability throughout.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs View Post
    To use a hockey term: "he's squeezing the stick to hard"
    When a hockey player hasn't scored in a long time, they try to hard to score and squeeze the stick and get stone hands. The hockey player needs to loosen the grip own their stick and let their talent take over.

    Jasper is right up there in the mix:
    2nd in stage 5
    2nd in stage 6 (then relegated)
    2nd in stage 8
    He has a great leadout with Van der Poel (who has been quiet), it just looks like he is trying too hard to find the gap, jump the other sprinter, follow someone's wheel, when he should be trusting his talent to get him the finish line of the sprint, and sprint his own race.
    This.
    He’s been consistent just not yet the winner. The relegation (well earned IMV) probably cost him the green jersey this year. But there’s four more stages where he has a shot (10, 12, 13 & 16)

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    Quote Originally Posted by The SnowShow View Post
    Loved the gravel stage today. Lots of action and unpredictability throughout.
    Yeah it was super fun to watch. Lots of parallel dramas going on. GC battles with flyers left and right. Jonas flatting and riding a team mates bike for 90km.

    I was really hoping Gee would have taken the stage. So close.

    Doesn’t sound like the leaders liked the stage though. I get it. It would suck to lose the tour because of a flat on the gravel.




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    Not sure what to do this morning with no Tour to watch, so I made a list of players in our Fantasy League to see who's who.

    TGR name = Fantasy Name
    Kat5 = Mrs Dee Hubbs
    waveshello = waveshello
    bidons et saucussions = ::: :::
    Dee Hubbs = Dee Hubbs
    Benneke10 = Benneke10
    grabtindy = grabtindy
    Team Psilocybe = TBS
    totalimmortal = ?
    Sexy Legs = fool
    Team EPO = Sir Bumps-a-lot
    Riding Off to Glory = Garth Bimble

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    What a great tour so far, the ASO must be stoked. Biniam winning his second stage in the Green Jersey beating Jasper, come on, that is awesome . Cav’s 35th, and the way he found space and kicked so hard, legend. Yesterday was excellent racing from the start. Way more memorable than last year.
    crab in my shoe mouth

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    Quote Originally Posted by TBS View Post
    Yeah, it is exciting, but I’m guessing the GC contenders aren’t wild about the risk of some random flat or mechanical costing them the mellow johnny.

    Witness Vingo today - he would have been in a world of shit if he had to trade bikes with WVA rather than Tratnik.
    It was their plan to have Tratnik right behind Jonas all day, specifically for that purpose.


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    GThomas says JVingegaard more likely 2024 tour winner than TPogacar
    i'm not sure i see that at this moment


    on the charge of not riding to win from Pogacar & Evenepoel, Vingegaard is showing his maturity & understanding in this race

    Pogacar naturally wants to provoke him into mistakes. So of course he pushes that button...
    Evenepoel is just too immature to see that over-aggressiveness will only assist the leader in isolating his rivals

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    I don’t see it either. Jonas couldn’t cover tadej move in the mountains. But it’s damn impressive he almost did considering he’s like 6 weeks out of hospital. Maybe he’s just holding back a little, to see how he feels before going super deep.

    Itll be interesting to see how it plays out. I think he’s still a serious contender.


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    Y, if Tadej starts to crater under the pressure of the double, Jonas looks like he does have enough to capitalize. But it’s def not last year’s superteam

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    I’m thinking Jonas might drop the ‘I’m just happy to be here and not losing too badly etc’ to Fuk it, I’m in this and start smashing it. I hope so for the entertainment but I’m still a tadej fan.


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    Not having Sepp and Primoz setting an insane pace up the big mountains is a huge benefit to Tadej. He can more or less cruise along and attack when the opportunity is there.


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    Let’s see who cracks first
    Pogi due to Giro
    Vingo due to injury and lack of teammates
    Remco from needlessly burning matches and lack of strong helpers

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    Maybe Remco gets into the sprint train tomorrow to show off his huge ballsack

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