Men's Road Cycling UCI Tour de France 2019

[heywoodu 15,139]

8 minutes ago, hckosice said:

and here we go. Tourmalet

 

Only the 83rd time or something  The number one climb in terms of appearances in history, the story about it's beginnings comes back every single year in the talk shows on TV it feels  (like yesterday)

[hckošice 14,824]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Only the 83rd time or something  The number one climb in terms of appearances in history, the story about it's beginnings comes back every single year in the talk shows on TV it feels  (like yesterday)

 

and the first stage winner of the stage passing by the Tourmalet was 15 hours on his bike. just imagine that on those prehistoric bikes and the prehistoric roads lol

[heywoodu 15,139]

2 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

and the first stage winner of the stage passing by the Tourmalet was 15 hours on his bike. just imagine that on those prehistoric bikes and the prehistoric roads lol

And of course the eternal story of Eugene Christophe's bike breaking on the climb, so he had to walk for 4 hours to a blacksmith in some small town, where he had to fix his bike. Some assistant there helped him with that thing that puts air in the fire, which was illegal, so he got 10 more minutes of penalty time  

[hckošice 14,824]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

And of course the eternal story of Eugene Christophe's bike breaking on the climb, so he had to walk for 4 hours to a blacksmith in some small town, where he had to fix his bike. Some assistant there helped him with that thing that puts air in the fire, which was illegal, so he got 10 more minutes of penalty time  

 

too late buddy, basically 2 minutes ago our commentator was saying it (just with the difference of not mentioning the assistant at all, just saying he fixed his bike himself)

[hckošice 14,824]

man Quintana is in really poor form this year. Also Kwiatkowski in a total off day, he was dropped already in the previous hill !

[heywoodu 15,139]

1 minute ago, hckosice said:

 

too late buddy, basically 2 minutes ago our commentator was saying it (just with the difference of not mentioning the assistant at all, just saying he fixed his bike himself)

Told you, the Tourmalet is unavoidable. Almost as much as Pau  

[heywoodu 15,139]

Just now, hckosice said:

man Quintana is in really poor form this year. Also Kwiatkowski in a total off day, he was dropped already in the previous hill !

Which seems more normal than him destroying everone on the climbs....insanity has left Sky/INEOS and went to Jumbo and Quick-Step  

[hckošice 14,824]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Told you, the Tourmalet is unavoidable. Almost as much as Pau  

 

 

[hckošice 14,824]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Which seems more normal than him destroying everone on the climbs....insanity has left Sky/INEOS and went to Jumbo and Quick-Step  

 

Jumbo-Ketones-quick-step you meant ?

[heywoodu 15,139]

1 minute ago, hckosice said:

 

Jumbo-Ketones-quick-step you meant ?

That one, but really nobody doubts INEOS is using those too