2011 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 7: Pontcharra - La Toussuire, 117.5 km

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

pinot very weak downhill
he is waisting energies just to stay in contact with voeckler
he brahes too early at every turn than he has to pedal to just go to the wheel of the national champion

he is pretty young, he'll only get better Great talent.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Only 1 minute. Garate is doing a really good job

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Kolobnev is a beast

Kolobnev blasting indeed! very impressive!

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

14km climb tho. Probably too much.

maybe so, esp. with chase group of 21 riders

 

[Jamsque]

Wiggins just has to ride his own climb and not worry about moves, if he keeps a good tempo then his lead is safe.

 

[Havetts]

Pinot cant see voeckler anymore, ouch...

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

wow. TV leaving Pinot on the descent. Seems TV way better descending than Pinot

 

[Jamsque]

Pinot is exhausted.

 

[Ferminal]

Wiggins just has to ride his own climb and not worry about moves, if he keeps a good tempo then his lead is safe.

Yeh, the most he should lose to Vino is ~30s (if anything) riding his own race, he would have to blow up pretty badly to lose the minute and a half or whatever his gap is.

 

[cineteq]

Pinot cant see voeckler anymore, ouch...

He's officially in no-man's land.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Pinot is exhausted.

he's also a very bad downhiller

 

[jens_attacks]

voeckler shows his experience.

 

[spalco]

Just got home, did Wiggins make it onto the Croix de Fer together with the other GC guys or was he dropped?

 

[veganrob]

Pinot tiring. Gap coming down

 

[Michielveedeebee]

He's officially in no-man's land.

Let's hope he can hold on with the favourites group

 

[Havetts]

Garate & Gesink descending very fast!

 

[Jamsque]

Who is it pushing hard for Gesink, LuLu?

[edit] Ah, Garate. He is dropping like a brick, he's pulled Gesink clear!

He is stretching the group right out and pulling back TV.

Perget goes down!

 

[Ferminal]

Unsafe descent.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Garate and Gesink have a gap on the others

 

[Michielveedeebee]

fall! from AG2R man

 

[Havetts]

Due to the fall Gesink has a decent gap now ;o!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

gesink getting a gap on downhill thanks to garate, shocking.

edit; thanks to crash

 

[Kwibus]

Who is it pushing hard for Gesink, LuLu?

He is stretching the group right out and pulling back TV.

Perget goes down!

Garate working hard.

 

[Moondance]

Lolz... Gesink gapping the opposition on a descent.

Now we've seen everything.

 

[Jamsque]

Either Garate slowed up after that fall or the timing was wrong, gap is at one minute.

I don't think Garate slowed down, he and Gesink have 7 or 8 seconds on the rest of the favourites.