TdF Stage 9 *Spoiler*

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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    More bleeding carrots. Matty Lloyd may have a point.
  • CXXC
    CXXC Posts: 237
    eurosport live tracker is saying hushovd off the back, is he getting treatment following his crash?

    look bad :?:

    thnx
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Pineau out the back.

    Slightly unfortunate the likely winner of the polka dot can't make it up HCs very fast.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    According to France Televsion's on-screen statistics, Christophe Moreau has done the most work on the front of this breakaway and Cunego has done the least...
    Contador is the Greatest
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    CXXC wrote:
    eurosport live tracker is saying hushovd off the back, is he getting treatment following his crash?

    look bad :?:

    thnx

    No, he's off the back because it's the Col de la Madeleine.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Pace picking up. Will Andy Schleck attack? Saxo doing the groundwork as BMC get blown out the back, like Sky the other day.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Saxo start to ramp it up.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • jimycooper
    jimycooper Posts: 740
    Rogers goes out the back...
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Rogers back in Cav's train from Thursday...
  • grantstats
    grantstats Posts: 43
    Vino has gone.... on his own
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Rogers and Brajkovic gone.....
    Vino off the front! :shock: :?
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Another great team move from Vino.
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  • AidanR
    AidanR Posts: 1,142
    Vino attacks... "that boy is bonkers" according to ES, and I'm inclined to agree.
    Bike lover and part-time cyclist.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Vinokourov attacks for Astana. Or perhaps more accurately, for Vinokourov.

    The controversial Vinokourov has about ten seconds on the main contenders
    -Cnews.

    Another Vino hater.

    Nails is too good for them.
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  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Caisse have done a great ride so far...
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Vinokourov attacks for Astana. Or perhaps more accurately, for Vinokourov.

    The controversial Vinokourov has about ten seconds on the main contenders
    -Cnews.

    Another Vino hater.

    Nails is too good for them.

    Doesn't exactly help his leader though does it? I reckon that's fair comment from CN, he is contraversial and he is attacking for himself.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    It appears that Vino got his bag yesterday.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    What the hell is going on up there????
  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    edited July 2010
    The gap from the main group to the breakaway isn't changing much, which suggests the real pressure is yet to go on, if it ever does. The break might even stay away!
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Maybe Contador will try and bridge to Vino and then get a pilot down the descent, but surely it's too far out from the finish for that?

    More likely just a move to try up the pace in the GC group and cause a bit of a selection.

    Or maybe just Vino trying to steal glory for great country of Kazakhstan.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    Main group is still huge, around 50 riders...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pretty basic tactic to send a guy up the road from your team and attack to have him help later. He would be particularly good use of the descent for Contador.

    Again from Cnews:
    e break reaches a flat section on the Madeleine and Christophe Moreau comes to the front and the pace has shot up accordingly. He may be 39 years of age, but the former Festina man can still turn a mean pedal.


    Some people...
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Sanchez is actually gaining time on this climb.

    Weird to see Chris Sorensen doing that little spurt at the start of the Madeleine then Saxo Bank disappear again...

    Cadel will be happy if Sanchez takes yellow for a few days.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Sorensen is back. Pace goes up immediately.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Cunego could have a good chance here, which almost certainly means he will blow it.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Again, its factually correct. He used to ride for Festina.

    If you're going to send someone up the road to wait for your leader, you usually do it early and don't use that years LBL winner who's well noted for strong performances in the 3rd week of grand tours, cos people will chase him. Then your leader has to respond constantly to people upping the pace behind.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    Armstrong is with the leaders. Looks like it was pure bad luck the other day...
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Gap's not coming down much. Should be Sanchez vs Casar vs Cunego?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Sastre gone.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Saxo comes to the front and the riders start to drop
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