17e étape : St-Gaudens – St-Lary – 125 kms
Un parcours court de 125 km mais quatre grandes ascensions au programme : ce sont les ingrédients idéaux pour un grand chantier comme lors de la dernière étape du Dauphiné ou la victoire de Dan Martin à Bagnères-de-Bigorre l’an dernier. Les rescapés se disputeront la victoire d’étape dans les pentes du Plat d’Adet (10,2 km à 8,3 %).
A short course of 125kms but four big climbs in the programme: these are ideal ingredients for a big move similar to the last stage of the Dauphiné and the win of Dan Martin at Bagnères-de-Bigorre last year. The escapees will dispute the winning of the stage on the slopes of the Plat d’Adet (10,2 km à 8,3 %)!Départ à 13h30, arrivée vers 17h20
Roche and Majka were to the fore from early on and eventually Majka broke free with 2 kms to go to the end. He gave Roche great praise in the interview afterwards saying he towed him up and powered on for every challenge, bringing Majka with him. Roche crossed the line in 9th place. With Mick Rogers winning yesterday’s 1st Pyrenees stage it puts Tinkoff-Saxo very prominently for podium finishes in some catagories, notably polka dot.
Best climbers catagory after stage 17 in the Pyrenees:
| Place |
Coureur |
Points |
| 1 |
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149 pts |
| 2 |
|
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118 pts |
| 3 |
|
|
112 pts |
| 4 |
|
|
66 pts |
| 5 |
|
|
61 pts |
| 6 |
|
|
57 pts |
| 7 |
|
|
54 pts |
| 8 |
|
|
49 pts |
| 9 |
|
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44 pts |
| 10 |
|
|
36 pts |
| 11 |
|
|
33 pts |
Tinkoff-Saxo team positions after 17th Stage to St Lary in the Pyrenees:
Stage positions after 17th Stage to St Lary:
| Place |
Coureur |
Temps / Ecart |
| 1 |
|
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à 03h35’23” |
| 2 |
|
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à 29” |
| 3 |
|
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à 46” |
| 4 |
|
|
m.t. |
| 5 |
|
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à 49” |
| 6 |
|
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à 52” |
| 7 |
|
|
à 01’12” |
| 8 |
|
|
m.t. |
| 9 |
|
|
à 01’25” |
|
|
|
|
à 14’17” |
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
