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Last Post 09/24/2020 09:23 AM by Cosmic Kid. 212 Replies.

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Cosmic Kid

Posts:4209

09/02/2020 08:10 PM
Not buying it...Steels statement to the press was pretty damn low-key for that team. Basicaly a shurg and "waht are ya gonan do?" Vaughters noted that all teams were expressly told before the stage that feeding closed at 20K today....and they in fact pulled their guys back form that exact same spot.

Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!

Orange Crush

Posts:4499

09/02/2020 08:23 PM
Wait, are you wearing a tin foil hat right now? As far as I’m concerned this is a mechanic who probably missed his spot then panicked and made stupid decision to park his butt further down road seeing that on race day traffic flow is one way only hoping that no one would notice.

mondonico

Posts:158

09/02/2020 08:24 PM
Yea, makes no sense. But he did not walk there, someone had to drop him off, so whats up with that?

79pmooney

Posts:3180

09/02/2020 08:30 PM
Posted By Frederick Jones on 09/02/2020 05:36 PM Still that would be a failure of team leadership. ... Exactly what you don't expect from D-QS. A major Oops, probably career damaging. Still, kind of comforting, Even the best have bad days. In defense of both this employee/contractor and management - this isn't a normal year. Nobody came to the Tour a battle hardened veteran of 50 or more races in 2020. And when they showed up, almost everything was a brand new routine. I"m guessing D-QS will not do this again but it wouldn't surprise me if there is anoth oops by another major team; probably in a totally different arena. Edit: didn't see there was a page 4! Beaten to the punch ( and rather badly!)

Orange Crush

Posts:4499

09/02/2020 08:50 PM
The offficial results show Alaphillipe, Sepp Kuss, and Carlos Verona (Movistar) all getting 20-second penalties. So we had at least three teams handing water bottles at that spot. Only one of them if any consequence though. Vaughters always wears a tinfoil hat, it’s his thing.

longslowdistance

Posts:2881

09/02/2020 09:15 PM
LOL! Except for when he denied George Hincapie yellow. That was a cold hard capital FFF f you.

Orange Crush

Posts:4499

09/02/2020 09:50 PM
Tomorrow’s last 40k sound like they should make for good action and at minimum very scenic. Hinault got humbled here once. https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/tour-de-france-stage-6-new-stunning-summit-finish-as-gc-road-nears-the-pyrenees/

Cosmic Kid

Posts:4209

09/02/2020 10:42 PM
h. Vaughters always wears a tinfoil hat, it’s his thing Vaughters never said it was intention.....I do think it is awfully weird and out of character for QS (especially their acceptance of it). So it raises questions for me....if JA wins tomorrow, I will gladly concede.

Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!

79pmooney

Posts:3180

09/02/2020 11:46 PM
JA probably has both a better chance and more incentive now (at pulling off tomorrow's stage). Stage hunter? JA? Isn't that what he does? (Until that stage hunting turns his jersey yellow.) It sounds to me like JA knew all along he wasn't cut out to go far in yellow with his current conditioning so each stage was just a gift (that could be wearing on both he and the team). That gig over, he can go back to doing what he does best; damage when he's on and now it's OK to not be on and cool the jets.

Orange Crush

Posts:4499

09/02/2020 11:58 PM
MS will want to hold on to that jersey that got thrown in their lap and Yates will want to earn it outright. I don’t think there will be much leash tomorrow.

Cosmic Kid

Posts:4209

09/03/2020 09:51 AM
That stage was a big bowl of meh.....

Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!

Orange Crush

Posts:4499

09/03/2020 09:57 AM
Yup. Disappointing.

longslowdistance

Posts:2881

09/03/2020 12:36 PM
Yes, boring.

longslowdistance

Posts:2881

09/04/2020 12:17 PM
Wow! Now that was some bike racing!

79pmooney

Posts:3180

09/04/2020 01:54 PM
Two Cat 3s, a Cat 4, all before halfway,then downhiil all the way to the finish. Nothing to see here. Wow! Bike racing at its best (unless you happened to be a sprinter or didn't ride the front the entire day).