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

[woodie]

GO CADEL! He's bloody flying

 

[alberto.legstrong]

Alberto will have a steak for breakfast tomorrow, like Andy did this morning.

That's all anyone has to know about what we have seen this week.

 

[Ramira]

Rolland in white after this stage?

He's 2:30 behind, I'm not sure he'll take that much back but he has a good chance, he'll be in with a great shot to win it for sure.

 

[auscyclefan94]

andy schleck opening the gap...frank gonna go soon.

 

[Sidbike]

Frank has been on Contador the whole climb.

 

[GroupDK]

Cadel is going all in.! respect..

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I call lame on all the negative comment son the riders.
IMO they simply do not have it.

 

[Jamsque]

The gap has stabilized at around 3'10". Evans needs help but the rest are too cowardly.

 

[Jeanne]

Frank looks bored behind there

 

[Catty69]

Don't know what everyone is talking about. Voelkler is still there. He's the leader. I'd be worried about him.

 

[ericthesportsman6]

Wow Voeckler, Rolland, Basso; help Cadel maybe?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Major respect for Cadel. What a champion.

 

[patrick767]

hah... Merckx loves a big attack, as do all of us from the looks of this thread.

Sanchez has lost 30 seconds already, he'll be a minute down by the finish at least.

Evans is running out of steam, I expect Frank and/or Alberto to ambush him soon.

Frank? No way. He'd pull people closer to his brother if he jumps.

 

[The Hitch]

Evans had all the luck up till now, so he does the work. Simple really.

If Evans had lost 2 minutes in first 2 stages and made stage shattering attacks on 16 and 17, then it wouldnt be his responsibility to pull.

 

[max_powers]

Skinny AC ready to start his dance

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

How long can Cadel keep this up?

 

[MartinGT]

Ive lost a lot of respect for TV today

 

[Jamsque]

I call lame on all the negative comment son the riders.
IMO they simply do not have it.

Basso and Cunego maybe, but Contador is closing gaps easily. He could have worked with Evans and brought this down to 2 minutes by now.

 

[auscyclefan94]

hOW AS is not loosing more amazes me.

 

[Arnout]

Sanchez paid Zubeldia.

Ok Sanchez was simply not good enough, I forgive his inactivitiy.

 

[TimChristy]

Peleton is beyond boring!

 

[RdBiker]

Just 3K to go! Whoa it's still over 3min!

 

[ChopperArris]

Meanwhile, SuperManx is 18 mins down with 15km to go...

 

[Zoncolan]

Wow. Big kudos for Evans, Cunego and Voeckler. Never saw them climbing this well. Cuddles dropping Sammy Sanchez riding into a headwind. So strong!

 

[Ramira]

I call lame on all the negative comment son the riders.
IMO they simply do not have it.

I think I might have to agree, Evans is doing what he can, Voeckler won't blow himself up and it doesn't seem Contador and Basso have what they need right now.