TDF 2018, Stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs > Alpe d'Huez 19/07/2018 - 175,5 km *Spoilers*

No_Ta_Doctor

Kruisjwiwiijijik and Zakarinin the break as well.

They've got about 40" but will be controlled pretty heavily.

No_Ta_Doctor

Sky look like they've got 7 riders - so one of Rowe or Poels must have got back up.

RichN95.

No tA Doctor wrote:

Sky look like they've got 7 riders - so one of Rowe or Poels must have got back up.

Rowe

inseine

No tA Doctor wrote:

Sky look like they've got 7 riders - so one of Rowe or Poels must have got back up.

''Gianni Moscon and Wout Poels are leading the peloton''

above_the_cows

Rowe's hanging on the back. He is number 7 right?

inseine

underlayunderlay wrote:

inseine wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

underlayunderlay wrote:

Lawson Craddock watch - he's moved off his customary position, albeit not too much further up.

As I write that he slips back again. Two riders shepherding him through as well. One thing he's allegedly struggling with is the sheer mentality of working within the bunch after a whole week of having lots of braking space etc, so he may be trying to get refamiliarised with being deeper in the bunch.

Having two riders with him suggests that EDFS-SaleMustEndNow at least are expecting an autobus to form PDQ and are just hanging out. Or they have realised that the LR is pretty much their only competition left, of course.

He's in a tricky position, politically. He's taken a load of help from the team to hang in there, always claiming he's not interested in personal glory, but in being able to heal up and help later. Now there's nobody left for him to help his personal ambitions may be exposed. Will the team ride for him at the expense of their own stage chances?

Have they given up on Pierre Rolland?

If they ask him to ride for Craddock then you'll have your answer! Until then I suspect he'll be allowed to do his own thing at the front.

Sort of a reverse Steve Cummings, if you like.

and as we talk, Rolland attacks!

blazing_saddles

Too many cooks in that front group.
Rolland doing his best to be head chef.

ShutupJens

Plenty getting spat while Sagan still manages to sit on the back of the bunch. The more I think of his achievements, the more mindblowing it is that he can be this consistent. And he's only 28 despite having been around forever

No_Ta_Doctor

Yates in problems, talking to race directors car apparently.

No_Ta_Doctor

Sky have all 8 on the front, Poels doing the pulling

davidof

Vino'sGhost wrote:

that dutch bunch of hooligans, I'm not surprised they've had to ship their own police in. The firebrigade to put out flares would be helpful too

My dad in law is there today. I think he's going to throw his colostomy bag at Froome.

dolan_driver

Anyone got a ball-park estimate for the time of the stage finish today (GMT)? Thanks.

DD.

davidof

Dolan Driver wrote:

Anyone got a ball-park estimate for the time of the stage finish today (GMT)? Thanks.

DD.

GMT?
16h30 in BST

rick_chasey

Edit, forget that.

dolan_driver

davidof wrote:

Dolan Driver wrote:

Anyone got a ball-park estimate for the time of the stage finish today (GMT)? Thanks.

DD.

GMT?
16h30 in BST

I missed the memo on that! Thanks for the info.

We are on so-called "Irish Standard Time" here, apparently. They didn't bloody tell me about that either. The world is gone mad, I tells ya!

DD.

pottssteve

Morning/afternoon/evening, All,

The wife is out at her art course, number 1 son is on his laptop, downloading porn or hacking into somewhere, I've done loads of work today, I have a bottle of Gweilo IPA and a Fry's peppermint cream bar - couldn't get more perfect. Hoping for a smashing stage. Have I missed anything important?

davidof

Sagan still in the peleton

blazing_saddles

Not going that fast. The race is on or around the mid schedule.
Kruijswijk appears to be a bit of an anchor in a bloated breakaway.

The scheduled finish is also late, so lookin at around 16-50 BST, or even later.

davidof

The final hairpins are hard

pottssteve

Kopgroep

This table shows the current rank of the riders in the race.
161 Nederland Kruijswijk +02m40s
78 Spanje Valverde +04m28s
141 Rusland Zakarin +04m58s
68 Spanje Nieve +05m21s
134 België Pauwels +10m30s
26 Frankrijk Latour +11m46s
41 Frankrijk Barguil +12m46s
114 Polen Majka +13m19s
88 Verenigde Staten van Garderen +29m32s
46 Frankrijk Moinard +33m52s
101 Frankrijk Alaphilippe +34m44s
54 Spanje Izagirre +34m49s
16 Frankrijk Rolland +37m08s
42 Frankrijk Bouet +40m06s
162 Nederland Gesink +42m38s
152 Frankrijk Gaudu +44m36s
14 Colombia Martínez +45m13s
214 Nederland Minnaard +53m38s
37 Nederland ten Dam +54m55s
72 Costa Rica Amador +55m21s
203 Frankrijk Edet +01u02m01s
187 Frankrijk Sicard +01u03m46s
124 Denemarken Hansen +01u08m13s
205 Spanje Navarro +01u09m01s
115 Oostenrijk Mühlberger +01u13m14s
206 Frankrijk Perez +01u18m45s

mamil314

wtf Barguil is up to was even offered teammates wheel

inseine

Some of the names in the break.................

Kruijswijk, Valverde, Zakarin, Nieve, Barguil, Majka, Van Garderen, Alaphilippe, Rolland, Gesink

RichN95.

Gallopin miles out the back. Unlikely to make it today.

mididoctors

RichN95 wrote:

Gallopin miles out the back. Unlikely to make it today.

not bardets tour.

larkim

Kruijswijk temporarily in virtual yellow I believe?

TheBigBean

How have Kruijswijk, Valverde and Zakarin been allowed in a break of 26 riders?

yorkshireraw

TheBigBean wrote:

How have Kruijswijk, Valverde and Zakarin been allowed in a break of 26 riders?

it's almost a snub - 'we don't think you've a hope in hell of winning overall, off you go'....

more likely - Sky can't chase everything all day, best just to hold the gap for now.

ShutupJens

TheBigBean wrote:

How have Kruijswijk, Valverde and Zakarin been allowed in a break of 26 riders?

They're being held on a very short lead, Sky don't want to burn their doms though for 3 ultimately 3rd tier contenders

RonB

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TheBigBean

It's an unusual tactic. Let a large group of decent climbers go, so no other team has any incentive to chase.