Hamilton as well 
Very nasty looking crash
I don’t think that jersey can get any greener.
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He’s a handy top-up player.
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Actually it’s been a disastrous day for Team Bike Exchange - The stage 8 curse in the Gira Donne strikes again with the team being involved in a crash with 5 km to go - Brown and Williams are out - So in the two biggest races for the team they lose 4 riders in the one day.
This has been a brutal and high level exhibition at the TDF - I suspect some will suffer with their form for the remainder of the season.
Hooray ! It’s taken Chaves 35 stages to get into the break at the TDF.
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Mollema
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Rude of him to finish so early the tennis is still on!!
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A strange ending to the stage - How does a group of 13 riders allow Mollema to take a minute - He probably would still have won from the group on the last climb but I’ll never understand the tactics.
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SBS commentary
So good to have a familiar wheel
- Matthews and O’Connor
Sepp Kuss
Finished before the tennis again , rest day tomorrow.
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Huge ride by O’Connor, fighting it out with the big favourites. Let’s see how he backs it up on Tuesday, considering how he struggled a bit after his stage win the last week.
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May have already been mentioned but just wanted to say for anyone interested that the Skoda Tour Tracker app is outstanding. Not only live coverage in a variety of forms but a wide array of interesting info & videos. Videos are fantastic- a dozen or more each day including a full replay, various highlights & moments & scenics!
Go Ben!!
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Brilliant App!
Seemed to alternate between attacking and falling off the back, but finishing with the other GC riders.
I couldn’t work out what he was trying to do. No damage done though.
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I think I have mentioned every year since it came out. Just perfect for curling up in bed and following the race of you can’t stay up every night
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Yep, I love all the things it offers… stage profile with live rider positions, details of riders & teams, great video snippets to watch again & I love the daily scenic video.
In my younger days I used to stay up every night… not so much now, apart from the big mountain stages which I love.
Looking forward to seeing if CAV can grab another couple of stages. I first saw him live at the TOB in 2007 I think it was. Great rider. Good to see he has his nerve back.
Hope Ben can back it up in the mountains stages.
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Kuss is deadly on this type of finish if he is on a good day. Valverde set himself for this stage. His form is good and he could win a stage.
The last three stages are disappointing. A sprint, ITT and Champes sprint usually have little effect on GC. Ideally they could swapped stage 18 and 19.