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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    duplicate post
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Valid reasons. Put your weaskest guy there I guess. Although deliberately creating a gap etc is a frowned upon tactic.

    For someone so into racing ... you don't seem to have much of a clue ...
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    woody1545 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    :roll:

    @PuritoRodriguez
    Go Trofi go!!@dauphine
    @michellecound · 18h
    … and I thought this descent of Col de Manse might be better than the one they used during the TDF last year Guess not...

    At first glance I thought they were Michelle Cound's legs. :shock:

    I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that's a Brazilian.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Valid reasons. Put your weaskest guy there I guess. Although deliberately creating a gap etc is a frowned upon tactic. Would love to see a whole team attack off the front though on a narrow road after a couple of guys created a gap. That would be fun.

    Sublime.
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
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    Break of the day, with pretty good chance of making it to the finish:

    Dimitri Gruzdev (Astana), Daryl Impey (Orica), Blel Kadri (AG2R), Stig Broeckx (Lotto), Damiano Caruso and Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale), Simon Spilak (Katusha), Michal Golas (OPQS) and Dries Devenyns (Giant)

    Not completely established though, with Spilak already attacking from the front

    There was a counter-attack of 4, including Voeckler, who got dropped from the counter-attack. Had he forgotten it wasn't on live TV yet?

    Kwiatkoski, Taaramae, and Igor Anton dropped from the bunch.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    FJS wrote:
    Kwiatkoski, Taaramae, and Igor Anton dropped from the bunch.

    Oh dear. :?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Paulie W
    Paulie W Posts: 1,492
    Above The Cows wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Why does Porte always ride behind Froome...not much use there.

    I can think of a few reasons...

    1. The people behind crash into him and not the team leader/yellow jersey.
    2. People on the attack have to pass Porte before they get to Froome, giving Froome more time to react.
    3. Porte can drop the pace and create a small gap for whatever reason.

    It is quite normal in sprint trains, the person behind the sprinter acts as a sweeper stopping other people riding the train.

    Froome frequently rode behind Wiggins in the 'train' at the 2012 Tour as I recall.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    100km remaining:

    Christophe Le Mével (Cofidis), Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge), Mikaël Chérel and Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol), Stephan Denifl (IAM Cycling), Damiano Caruso and Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale), Darwin Atapuma (BMC), Egor Silin and Simon Spilak (Katusha), Jan Bakelants (OPQS), Arthur Vichot (FDJ.fr), Dries Devenyns (Giant-Shimano), Jens Voigt (Trek) and Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp-Endura)

    3.20
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    As a complete aside I rode up the Col du Colombier yesterday which the Dauphine used last year. That is a bitch of a climb, lots of 10%+ grades and in searing 35 degree heat.

    It must be hell on the road from Sisteron today; I don't know how the northern europeans can take it.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Paulie W wrote:
    Froome frequently rode behind Wiggins in the 'train' at the 2012 Tour as I recall.

    That was as punishment though. He had to breathe in Bradley's burpy botts. :wink:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Macaloon wrote:
    I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that's a Brazilian.

    @michellecound · 22h
    Bikini wax?
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    As far as Porte riding behind Froome goes - maybe just because he's that much smaller you aren't going to get much shelter from him - even on a c limb they will often be going fast enough to make a small difference. There might be an element of protecting Froome's back wheel too and maybe having the team leader far enough up the front so he can respond to attacks if he needs to, the further back you are the easier it is to get boxed in and it might just be a general thing that they have told Froome not to be more than 3-4 bikes off the front on important climbs - though you'd think Porte would be the one responding first and Froome following.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Is anyone else concerned for the safety of Macaloon's teddy?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    As an aisde, GP Gippingen on today.
    https://twitter.com/GP_Gippingen

    Not heard of it before but some very good names racing today and supposed to be a very hard course.
    Fabian #Cancellara, Michael #Albasini, Nino #Schurter, Rui #Costa, Lloyd #Mondory, Maxime #Iglinski, Alexander #Kristoff, Philippe #Gilbert, Cadel #Evans, Samuel #Sanchez, Martin #Elmiger und Andy #Schleck.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    16 riders in the lead

    Christophe Le Mével (Cofidis), Daryl Impey (Orica), Mikaël Chérel and Blel Kadri (AG2R), Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Bart De Clercq (Lotto), Stephan Denifl (IAM), Damiano Caruso and Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale), Darwin Atapuma (BMC), Egor Silin and Simon Spilak (Katusha), Jan Bakelants (OPQS), Arthur Vichot (FDJ), Dries Devenyns (Giant) and Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) are united at the front at km 81. Jens Voigt (Trek) follows alone at 55 seconds. Peloton at 3.15.

    Jens made the break. 3'15", 55km
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Have they broken Kwiatkowski?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Turfle wrote:
    Have they broken Kwiatkowski?

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Contador attacks in the descent, slight advantage with Bonnafond
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    Contador has teammates up the road too to work with.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Contador - real racer, true champion!
  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    Good to see Saxo Tinkoff trying something different
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    50" gap apparently.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    50 seconds advantage for dirty berty...
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    50 seconds already! Brave move by Contador, respect. Presumably he's not convinced of his ability to pip Froome on the mountain stages. We'll see if Porte is up to his job now.
  • The Kennington Kaiser
    The Kennington Kaiser Posts: 406
    Another CarltonKirby classic there: "Cherel is eating up the countryside like a basking shark" - Duffieldesque.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    FIRE IN THE HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Expect wild fluctuations on the FTSE today as Frenchie loses control and hits all sorts of buttons by accident :lol:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Wait until the Tour comes. Contador will be hitting Froome and Sky from every angle.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Porte on the front followed only by Nieve. 45 secs.
    Contador is the Greatest

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