2011 Tour De France Stage 17 (20/7/2011): Gap > Pinerolo, 179km

[MartinGT]

which has grown to 10 and the peloton splitting a little

Thanks for the updates

Who is in the group?

 

[just some guy]

Strong group.

Very Strong

 

[auscyclefan94]

Ten man break...waiting for names

 

[auscyclefan94]

Ten man break...waiting for names

Gerdermann, Thomas, Boassan Hagen (again), Di Gregorio, Sanchez (Rab), Costa, Casar, Hondo, Van Garderen, de Gendt

 

[AussieGoddess]

Gerdemann (leo) Thomas (sky) boasson Hagen (Sky) Di Gregorio (as) Sanchez (Rab) Costa (Mov) Casar (FDJ) Hondo (Lam) Van Garderen (THR) De Gendt (VDC)

 

[Publicus]

Gerdermann, Thomas, Boassan Hagen (again), Di Gregorio, Sanchez (Rab), Costa, Casar, Hondo, Van Garderen, de Gendt

surprised BMC let Leopard Trek get a rider in the break. But then I noticed it was Linus.

 

[Campionissimo]

That first category 3 climb is quite steep. In mine opinion a good moment for Movistar to drop Cavendish, the sprint is just 10 km after that hill.

Km 71.5 - Côte de Sainte-Marguerite - 2.8 km climb to 7.4 % - Category 3

 

[just some guy]

Gerdermann
EBH
Thomas
LLS
Di Gregorio
Costa
Sandy Casar
Hondo
TJVG
De Gendt

BMC and Garmin doing the work on the front of the group

25 sec

 

[jsem94]

Strong group. I hope they go a bit slower today, I'm at work atm and I don't wanna miss too much of the stage when I come home. I had to leave early yesterday haha

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Thomas and EBH in the same break, I guess Eddy learned the hard way yesterday

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Gerdermann, Thomas, Boassan Hagen (again), Di Gregorio, Sanchez (Rab), Costa, Casar, Hondo, Van Garderen, de Gendt

Very strong and no reason for anyone to chase hard, unless OPL want Gilbert to get in the mix at the end. Sky have a great chance here.

 

[The Barb]

AG2R chasing, having missed out again.

 

[hatcher]

And now AG2R chasing down the break. They are not doing too good at actually getting into these breaks.

 

[search]

I think they will bring them back, there needs to be at least one rider from AG2R and Garmin in the group if Gerdemann stays in there

 

[MartinGT]

Very good group!

 

[bjaelkesex]

Only 8 seconds gap.
Edit: something's wrong with the tour ticker. 40 seconds now...

 

[Publicus]

And now AG2R chasing down the break. They are not doing too good at actually getting into these breaks.

Or apparently bringing back breaks. The gap is now up to 0'40".

 

[Pharazon]

all coming back together it seems.. or not

conflicting reports

 

[goggalor]

surprised BMC let Leopard Trek get a rider in the break. But then I noticed it was Linus.

He's a good descender... Actually he's more of a suicidal descender. He'll probably scare the Schlecks to death if they try stay with him.

 

[Publicus]

He's a good descender... Actually he's more of a suicidal descender. He'll probably scare the Schlecks to death if they try stay with him.

I was thinking more about his inability to go uphill this Tour. If it were me I would have tried to get Cancellara into the break, but that would have been rather obvious.

 

[search]

speed up to ~85 km/h in the peloton, doesn't look like they have given up

 

[just some guy]

Garmin pulling the break back

 

[Campionissimo]

Hushovd for a trilogy?

 

[bjaelkesex]

Hushovd and Roche on the counter.

 

[hatcher]

Hushovd and Roche bridging across. Should keep everyone happy.