MN Peloton wonky velogames substitute results thread

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This is for results. See tour de France thread for details.

I wondered about concussion, he seemed a bit vacant going to the team car although I don't know the rider he could be like that the whole time. If so I'm very glad they are taking that sort of thing properly seriously nowadays, I agree with the secondary concussion being the killer.

Maybe I should go out and join my team!

Wolef they needed you today.

Stage 18 points:

Olinguito 230, Prettybird 180, Alpaca 160, Mr Slant 60, Pan and Endo 40, Felicity 20, Wolef 0.

Overall
Endo 3580
Pan 3280
Olinguito 3145
Felicity 2720
Alpaca 2195
Mr Slant 1215
Prettybird 995
Wolef 485

OK so today's results:

Snowstorm 100 points everybody else 0!

ITV 4 quite entertaining as they try to work out what's going on...basically race has been cancelled before the final climb because weather. Everyone had to stop and get off. Yes really.

Results to follow but they have had to take them from top of penultimate climb and at the time nobody knew that was the finish.

Looks like Bernal will be in yellow.

Also very sad about Pinot.

Apart from that nothing happened.

Ds saw a picture (via Reddit) from Norwegian TV, not just of the floods from the flash snow storm but of a full blown landslip across the road.

Yes just seen a video on twitter

twitter.com/techiebabe/status/1154777819253223424

No stage winner but Bernal in yellow. It's al so confusing!

But for me there's no question of the correct decision, the landslide was the decider. Unless it could just have been an advantage for the riders who came from the cyclocross world? Watching the body language as the riders got the news was really good fun though, felt for Alaphillipe.

Dh is still fuming at the decision

He thinks it is ridiculous that there was no stage winner and that they shouldn't have taken the time at the top as things could've changed He really got very aerated at us about it, because ds and I both thought that the organisers made a reasonable call for the safety of the riders and that the top of the climb, with the timing strip, was a reasonable place to make the cut-off.

Dh think that they should re-run the stage tomorrow or annul the entire result He's wrong

It's tricky isn't it. There was no way they could have ridden safely through about 3 foot of slushie and rocks and mud and crap all over the road.

If there had been no weather and the stage had carried on - would Alaphillippe have made up much time or would he have lost more on the next climb? Who knows.

I think Alex Dowsett must have been happy though.

There's no classifications up on the official tdF site yet for GC or for stage but if they don't do a stage winner I'll award our points on GC position for today I guess. I'll wait until after the highlights show.

I'm sorry it's probably bad of me to laugh but prettybird your DH sounds very entertaining right now.

This one will run for years and years I think, then it will be a pub quiz question .

Nevermind the landslide did you see how much water was running off the mountains and across the road everywhere don't see how they could have continued at all and been safe.

Also now this has completely over shadowed Pinot stepping off. The footage of him was heartbreaking.

He's still chuntering on about it and trying to justify his opinion, while watching the Results Show even though I've said we need to agree to differ His latest is that Tignes should get compensation

The footage of Pinot was indeed heartbreaking

He tried sooooo hard but his mind just couldn't overcome his body

Nope. The riders complain about lack of protection. Rightly. There wasn't a choice.

So have done points tonight on GC plus jersey points for Sagan Bardet and Bernal x 2.

Olinguito 240, Alpaca 210, Pan 180, Prettybird 150, Endo 140, Felicity 120, Mr Slant 100, Wolef 0.

Overall
Endo 3720
Pan 3460
Olinguito 3385
Felicity 2840
Alpaca 2405
Mr Slant 1315
Prettybird 1145
Wolef 485

He's still grumbling chuntering - now about the stage being shortened. "The organisers aren't trying hard enough. They've ruined the Tour and made it meaningless."

Ds and I are starting to lose patience.

What does he want them to do? Race it through the mudslides? Perhaps they could relocate everyone last minute?

I think it will be worth watching tomorrow.

I think he thinks that they should add in another climb that doesn't have mudslides, eg up to Courchevel and/or Meribel just like that

....and that they should have been able to predict that these things might happen and have contingency plans

As I say, ds and I are losing patience with him.

Ds thinks that with the shortened route, Alaphillippe might just think, "Fuck it" and go for it hell for leather.

But there again, there are a few who might think (and do) that too!

My initial thought was that Bernal must have it sewn up but 59km is more like a time trial and perhaps prettybird's Ds might have a point there.

My thought is that they are like the boy you annoy playing football up the green with his mates, if you aren't going to let him win he's taking his ball home and see how you like THAT .

I would love to know the logistics of just deciding 'well that climbs a no go, let's just close all these roads over here instead...' maybe your DH could elaborate prettybird?

Love these tweets in response to the news.

Ds and I did try to make that point to him MrSlant (see also: redoing today's stage tomorrow, doing tomorrow's stage on Sunday and the Champs Élysées on Monday ) but he started getting even more a bit grumpy

I can see NO problem, none whatsoever in closing the Champs Elysees on Monday. Should be easy

Indeed

I have Olinguito making it slowly back on to attack on the final climb with exquisite timing, whilst I still.try to see Endo disappearing off up the road a la Eggan Banana. Which is the new name for Egan Bernal at Pan Heights, courtesy of Mrs Pan.

I had one day given in yellow. But what a day!!

Arrrrrgh, I can't believe I forgot to check for a velogames thread before the Tour started!

Chapeau Endo. I am loving the Tour this year, it has been so unpredictable.