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

[goggalor]

Szmyd and Rollin sucking wheel. What are they thinking?

 

[just some guy]

Evans is riding strongly here, every single other favourite is sucking wheels.

Ironic ....

 

[HL2037]

The gap is diminishing rapidly now

 

[Alberto Attack]

Damn conti at the back, he must be suffering, his knee cant take these long climbs.

 

[GroupDK]

respect to evans..

 

[Polish]

DONT THROW YOUR CHAIN ANDY!!!!

(It would waste all that Amgen Tour of California training fitness)

 

[Finn84]

18 riders or so in the yellow jersey group.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

If someone jumps around Cadel at this point there's going to be a howl of protest. Cadel is the only one with guts.

 

[DamonAlbarn]

Still think Cuddles is a wheelsucker? Both he and Andy showing some guts here. Kudos.
Gap coming down again. Good job Cadel!

Agree, absolutely agree

 

[Ferminal]

very impressive by cadel actually.

He is gaining a lot of time. Andy will want 3 minutes I assume. Obviously more.

I suspect it will be less tho. He doesn't look bad andy, but he muust be feeling it.

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time is really dropping

Smart by Evans. If he can get within 2-2.30 of Andy he's still alive tomorrow. As long as Andy is out further than that he's Evans main rival, he can afford to give 30s to Alberto and Samuel.

 

[auscyclefan94]

The rest have given up, that's why Basso is holding Szmyd back.

 

[Maxiton]

contadope is going to say thank you very much, cadel!

Save it for the Clinic.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

if evans continues like this he fully deserves to win the tour.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Cadel, I salute you.

 

[patrick767]

I can't believe the chasers are expecting Cadel to do all this work. He is getting the gap down a little, but at some point he's going to crack.

Andy seems to have wings.

Andy's doing amazing with the headwind and pushing on alone.

He's got the stage unless he totally blows. Obviously now it's a matter of how much time he can take. Evans will absolutely gain time in the ITT.

 

[khodder]

Andy looks like he is hurting big now. Only 6.7KM to go, I think he holds on, but how much time will he take.

Cadel breaking the main part to shreds.

 

[RdBiker]

Is Andy fading? The group behind Evans is still quite big so his pace isn't that high.

 

[Zoncolan]

If Andy does not do the same thing tomorrow....

He'll be cooked after today, as will Cadel. Looking good for Samu, AC, Basso et al.

 

[AtletiSK]

Andy is very impressive today, but still cant understand how the peloton could give him so much time between the Izoard and Galibier

 

[kurtinsc]

If Andy does not do the same thing tomorrow....

USUALLY, when guys go a long way out on a stage and dominate, they look human the next day. Not necessarily bad, but not superhuman. Most of the time when they don't look human... we hear about a failed test later.

 

[Parrulo]

samu getting dropped

 

[franciep10]

respect to cadel too at least he's trying

 

[eztarget]

AS losing time and Evans closing! But the peleton still has to hit the steeper grade.

 

[ericthesportsman6]

Sanchez cracks

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Samuel Sanchez is dropping!!