2011 Tour de France Stage 18 - Pinerolo - Galibier Serre-Chevalier 200.5km

[hoolaparara]

Gap went out 20 seconds whilst SBS in ads.. sheesh Cycling makes no sense.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Gap increasing...

yep, this is NOT good!

 

[The Hitch]

It was against Iglinsky at the start wasnt it?

Could be, though i thought Schlecks had caught up by then.

 

[Mellow Velo]

3'-10", with Schleck doing much of the pulling.
Andy must have been out drinking last night.

 

[Jamsque]

Pretty feeble effort from Euskaltel, Saxo and BMC.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Roche, Silin and Iglinsky might as well work at this point.

Roche indeed. He could gain loads of time.... but maybe he's afraid of blowing up on the Lautaret.

 

[lilyprotector]

well according to phil i ugess the mj is no longer a "suitcase of courage." he's talking about how the mj has psychologically become heavier and heavier to carry each day. lol

 

[khodder]

He has done next to no work since he crested the Izoard, Dreevenyns and Monfort have dragged him.

 

[Hairy Wheels]

The Quickstep guy is being paid to work for Andy right now...clear as day. I say good on him...ABC (anybody but Contador)

 

[goggalor]

Andy has taken a minute so far on the descent. Unbelievable.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

The gap had come down from 3.32 to 2.49 in about 3 km.

At that rate he would finish 5 minutes down.

Thankfully its gone back up again.

The gap was never 3.32

That was false info and was in regards to a iglinsky tho had thrown in the towel.

3.15 is the biggest it was.

And like I said this is the flats not the climbs.
Biggest concern for andy is the wind tho.

Monfort must show his worth for a few km.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Pretty feeble effort from Euskaltel, Saxo and BMC.

Agreed, this is bad bad news!

 

[phanatic]

I wonder how strong Frank is. He was pretty good on stage 12.

 

[spalco]

Gap went out 20 seconds whilst SBS in ads.. sheesh Cycling makes no sense.

It could be they aren't looking to close the gap yet. Quite the gamble, but who knows...

 

[mr. tibbs]

ACF: Put in a call, brother! Get BMC's engine going!

 

[RdBiker]

Andy has taken a minute so far on the descent. Unbelievable.

Actually it hasn't been a descent for a while but otherwise you're correct

 

[khodder]

Gap back to 3:15. Peloton, what is happening.

 

[The Hitch]

You keep saying this, but I don't see how it is any more true for him then anyone else.


He's not in the race lead. He's got no real responsibilty to chase "because he's the leader".

WHile he has a good ITT and is in a good position time wise... he's not the leader. He's got to ride the best race to suit his interests... not everyone elses. Killing himself and breaking because "he should" is stupid. Others chances of winning are being hurt even more then his are by Schleck being up the road. They need to chase as much if not more then he does.

It would be different if he were leading... but he's not, Voeckler is. And Voeckler hasn't been dropped on a mountain yet... he can no longer claim that he's not at the same level as the favorites.

I fail to see how Evans has any responsibility other then to protect his own GC interest in the best way he sees fit.

I never spoke from Evans point of view though did I. I spoke from Contadors and Samus.

I said they shouldnt push, but rather hope that someone who is in a better position does.

I said they should do that because Andy is not in as great a position as people think.

Hes got 3 minutes and theres an hour to go yet.

 

[sportzchick]

You keep saying this, but I don't see how it is any more true for him then anyone else.


He's not in the race lead. He's got no real responsibilty to chase "because he's the leader".

WHile he has a good ITT and is in a good position time wise... he's not the leader. He's got to ride the best race to suit his interests... not everyone elses. Killing himself and breaking because "he should" is stupid. Others chances of winning are being hurt even more then his are by Schleck being up the road. They need to chase as much if not more then he does.

It would be different if he were leading... but he's not, Voeckler is. And Voeckler hasn't been dropped on a mountain yet... he can no longer claim that he's not at the same level as the favorites.

I fail to see how Evans has any responsibility other then to protect his own GC interest in the best way he sees fit.

THANK YOU!!

This what s****s me to tears - Cadel is riding his own races to his strenngths & limiting his weakness and the forum acts like his the devil re-encarnated??? Give me a break!!!!

This last climb is going to be smashing...

 

[alberto.legstrong]

they are saying heavy headwind at the summit, not good conditions for AC taking time I think.

 

[Maxiton]

3'-10", with Schleck doing much of the pulling.
Andy must have been out drinking last night.

Jack Daniels. With a side of mountain oysters.

 

[GroupDK]

fresh time 3.10 have andy

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Judgement time.

23 huge km right here

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Andy has taken a minute so far on the descent. Unbelievable.

Actually he even regained 30 Seconds on the flat in the last minutes.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Phil is saying Cadel needs to attack.

He's the last guy in the group that needs to attack.