TdF 2016 Stage 10 *Contains spoilers*

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Who's in the front group then?

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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,160
    EBH, Sagan, 3 OBE,
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Front group breaks up. Sagan, Dumoulin, Van Avermaet, Boasson Hagen, Impey, Durbridge and Matthews now 40 seconds off the front.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,160
    Dumoulin
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Peloton now given up. 5 mins 20s.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,160
    pottssteve wrote:
    Front group breaks up. Sagan, Dumoulin, Van Avermaet, Boasson Hagen, Impey, Durbridge and Matthews now 40 seconds off the front.

    Off as in ahead
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    So are we calling Sagan for the win?

    Or will someone catch him eating a gel and get one over on him?
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Above The Cows wrote:
    So are we calling Sagan for the win?

    Or will someone catch him eating a gel and get one over on him?
    I say he's done too much work this stage.

    Just because OBE have three riders means nothing.. looking what Stannard did to Etixx..
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,810
    I think OBE will decide the stage, as EQS did in the crosswinds stage of 2013.

    Sagan clear favourite so make him play on that. Impey to attack 2k from the line, make Sagan chase, then Durbridge to sit on Sagan's wheel and lead Matthews out
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    edited July 2016
    Matthews is probably favourite, but I suspect it will go to a lone attack near the end.

    Cav seems to have conceded the green jersey today.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,160
    Peloton thinking about stopping for some tea and cake before the finish.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Peloton thinking about stopping for some tea and cake before the finish.

    Something they practised last week quite a bit.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    Above The Cows wrote:
    So are we calling Sagan for the win?

    Or will someone catch him eating a gel and get one over on him?

    It's between him, Matthews and Van Aevermat... I'd say EBH is a bit of an old dog for such a top group of sprinters... then we have to see what happens on the last climb
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  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    So what are the odds on gc action on the climb do we reckon - are Nibali and Landa going to be any use to Aru and Froome?
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    edited July 2016
    2015 Sagan v Matthews

    http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.ph ... 40797=2015

    2016 Sagan v Matthews

    http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.ph ... 40797=2016
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,570
    sagan will ride away from them all on the climb... you watch... something else happen
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    jam1e wrote:
    So what are the odds on gc action on the climb do we reckon - are Nibali and Landa going to be any use to Aru and Froome?

    It's a cat 3, so almost no possibility of action.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    jam1e wrote:
    So what are the odds on gc action on the climb do we reckon - are Nibali and Landa going to be any use to Aru and Froome?

    Nibble has been in the break and is a few minutes ahead. Climb not really enough for GC, probably
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    OBE need something this tour, hope they get the win.

    Impey goes.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Sagan's pushing on.

    Nice finish this :)
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    I don't see how this is a cat 3. It looks easier than Ditchling Beacon which I think was only a 4. Maybe it is bumped up due to its position on the stage.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Impey looks cooked
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Sagan deserves to win, on power alone.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    EBH attack
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Hagan trying to do a Froome
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    5v1 and the 5 are nervous
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Looks like the 5 don't have the legs. No one can even get a gap.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,570
    this is embarrassing
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    EBH playing a canny game
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,535
    Peloton still enjoying the tea and biscuits.

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