What happened to Porte?
he can ignore quintana IMO - could just about take the yellow but he won't keep it and would hamstring valverde if he had to defend yellow. Meanwhile sky get to recover tomorrow
I I was him I'd stick to valverde and/or contador ONLY
(or is that bollocks ?)
If Quintana went he'd catch him on the descent. Not a day for Quintana to attack.
Now am I good at predictions or what 🙂
It's not just the descent, there's a long flattish finish
Excellent! Quintana has forced the selection.
Evans to win?
Seeing the way Quintana blew up yesterday Froome may indeed be better off letting him go to limit the damage to himself but without team-mates around him he may not be able to reel him in on the descent.
C'mon Andy! (Schleck, of course).
RealMan - Porte seemed to be a bit slow out of the blocks this morning and then when Kennaugh got taken out he, Froome & Kennaugh were all seperated. Kennaugh got back with Porte but couldn't stay with him to chase down Froome, Porte didn't have the legs to catch Froome alone.
Looks like a fun descent, albeit a bit long.
Aye, he'll tear 'em apart on the descentmogrim - Member
C'mon Andy! (Schleck, of course)
Cuddles will get them on the descent, he is an ex mountain biker after all
Aye, he'll tear 'em apart on the descent
🙂
Thanks psling, he's lost huge time though.
Given that Quintana appears to be leading them down the descent I'd say that it's pretty safe ton day Fuglsang and Martin will stay away!
ha ha.. have any of you "mountainbikers" ever tried to keep up with a roadie who's a good descender on a mountain descent?
Actually was that Kwiatowski?
That's the comment from Phil normally about cuddles.
ha ha.. have any of you "mountainbikers" ever tried to keep up with a roadie who's a good descender on a mountain descent?
Yeah, I have. And if (amateur) Spanish roadies are anything to go by they're not that good. Pros, of course, are a different matter.
Edit: to be fair my mate, who's 100% Spanish, is better than me. But he's a moutainbiker too.
Movistar (and saxo) would appear to have buggered up a very good opportunity here, and now they're pacing froome down to the finish
Anyone know who won L-B-L this year? 🙂
Good God ! Gesink ? 😯
(he's in my losers team 👿 )
Anyone know who won L-B-L this year?
Was he an ex-mtber?
Persona - it's a term spouted by Liggett on ITV4 commentary and repeated tongue-in-cheek by the likes of STW forumites 8)
Ah, thanks psling.. forgot for a moment I had entered the old boys club. 😉
Big shame about Porte, but great win for Martin.
Well, fair-dos to Froome, a cracking ride under the cicumstances; he neutralised all efforts to break him in the end.
And well done to Dan Martin!
Great ride from Froome!
Movistar blew it today, but froome didn't look in trouble anywhere. Ah well some higher mountains to come and ventoux will be awful if the temp stays high. Well done to Martin too
For me today was more impressive than yesterday from froome
Chapeau
Bloody Movistar, was expecting more.
Perhaps Dan Martin could spend some of his winnings on dentistry? 🙂
mogrim - MemberBloody Movistar, was expecting more.
Perhaps Dan Martin could spend some of his winnings on dentistry?
Won't be from today as from what I understand all the riders are donating their winnings to the people of the stage are who lost their homes in floods earlier this year?
Fantastic day's racing, a totally compelling watch. Looks like there should be no more worries about this year being a boring tour.
Cracking effort from Martin, helps my fantasy team no end.
cracking last two days,
Froome-Dog staying with the best- shame for the Tasmanian Devil with the grin of pain but I reckon he'll get time back over the TTs and other big mountain stages. 😀
kind of shows Sky are human, I wonder if questions will now be asked of the other teams if they keep up such relentless storming of the hills day after day??
froome-dog
is there a reason for this? even just irony would do
his missus Michelle Cound famously tweeted during last years Wiggo/Froome Tour episode/ WAG war
“If you want loyalty, get a Froome dog… a quality I value… although being taken advantage of by others!”
(edited to remove link to hateful newspaper and use more appropriate source)
http://road.cc/content/news/61829-team-sky-wags-show-strain-tour-hots-up%E2%80%A6-twitter
Sky totally caught with their pants down today and questions whether they have the right team selection for this tour. Froome never looked troubled though and probably rode a very similar race to if he had had two or three teammates round him.
I thought when Quintana attacked he was acting under Valverde's orders to soften Froome up for a Valverde attack but it never materialised. Just shows I think that although Movistar had strength in numbers today, they didn't have a GC rider to trouble Froome.
Barring any unusual disasters Sky and Froome should have a relatively straighforward run to the first time trial where Froome should almost certainly put significant more time into his rivals.
Tough day for Richie Porte but it's probably for the best for Froome and the team. He can just concentrate on supporting Froome rather than expending any more effort defending a GC podium place.
I take it those that missed the 13% cut are not being chucked out?
13% sounds harsh for a day like today?
Looks like only Kiryienka was outside the time limit and he is out. Another blow to Sky.
Impressive from Froome today, once he was isolated I thought the other GC contenders were going to take him apart....he had hell's own job having to monitor each attack himself and respond instead of having lieutenants to do it for him.
I reckon he could ride this tour without support now....he's showed his strength again and the others are found wanting...as others said he'll also dominate the other GC riders on the remaining TTs.
A worthy winner if he pulls it off.
very impressive from Froome but he may have some more days like this
Very good days racing. Froome did very well to keep it all together, quality riding from him.
I bet he needs his rest day!
Froome wont get through the alps on his own unless sky regroup to fend off attacks or he has taken a lot of time in the timetrial on Wednesday
