2011 Tour de France Stage 6: Dinan - Lisieux, 226.5 km

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

well Omega Pharma Lotto got a man into the break. Guess they wont be chasing today.....

5 man break - and Johnny Hoogerland is there.

you think gilbert cares?

 

[Dedelou]

He's sick.

plus he did the TDS .. nobody ever does that double anymore. (wink)

 

[Anonymous]

live feed?

 

[Parrulo]

hoggie on the break again, he should save himself form medium/high mountain stages so ge can go with ametx on pointless but awesome breaks

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Would be nice to see EBH get it right!

With the penultimate KM at 6.3%, favorites need to try to stay close to the front.

the 3-1 km are 4% not hard at all. last km is flat

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Cancellara only worked in the TT (stage 1) of the TDS.

The rest of the tour he was just a passenger . . . . saving himself for TDF

 

[Anonymous]

Bottle at the back...not that he is in trouble or anything.

 

[Kwibus]

hoggie on the break again, he should save himself form medium/high mountain stages so ge can go with ametx on pointless but awesome breaks

He will be in more pointless breaks this tour. Don't worry

 

[auscyclefan94]

the 3-1 km are 4% not hard at all. last km is flat

The official guide says different, but of course you're right.

 

[auscyclefan94]

hoggie on the break again, he should save himself form medium/high mountain stages so ge can go with ametx on pointless but awesome breaks

That's why LS likes the mountain stages

 

[Fight.The.Power]

I have studied the last 5 km on Google Earth. Between the 3rd and last Km from the finish the incline is 88m - therefore it is a 4%ish gradient. The final KM is flat.

No matter what any guide tells you beleive it - 4% gradient.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I have studied the last 5 km on Google Earth. Between the 3rd and last Km from the finish the incline is 88m - therefore it is a 4%ish gradient. The final KM is flat.

No matter what any guide tells you beleive it - 4% gradient.

Yeah from the profiles I have studied and the height gained I came up with a similar figure.

 

[dlwssonic]

I have been thinking of something interesting. if gilbert or a fav attacks early im sure the rest of them will follow and the gc favs might be in the contention for the win. is it possible?

 

[Sophistic]

3 to 1k to go is indeed just ~4,4% but the climb ends before the 1k mark, making it more like 1.5@6%

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I have been thinking of something interesting. if gilbert or a fav attacks early im sure the rest of them will follow and the gc favs might be in the contention for the win. is it possible?

i don't think so no. This will go to a tough sprinter, like thor. Gilbert will no doubt get amongst the sprint, and I suspect he wont attack on the climb as such.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

This breakaway is benefitting tremendously from that tailwind. Once they hit Saint Michel they will lose this advantage and start to lose time.

 

[dlwssonic]

i don't think so no. This will go to a tough sprinter, like thor. Gilbert will no doubt get amongst the sprint, and I suspect he wont attack on the climb as such.

I really hope canc attacks. this looks like a good stage for him.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Oh great, SBS are doing a piece on Cavendish before the stage which will supposedly make me admire him...I highly doubt that.

 

[sublimit]

Thor looked sluggish yesterday so I dunno, kind of like Gilbert or Hagen for this one.
Doubt if a GC rider will get involved probably will throttle back and weight for stage 7.

 

[Amsterhammer]

Nearly a third of the stage done and the lead is fast approaching nine minutes! Things could get interesting if they keep this up.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Sophistic - they travel 88m in height in 2,000m in distance - that makes it 4.4% where on earth do you get 6% from ???!!!

 

[sublimit]

Oh great, SBS are doing a piece on Cavendish before the stage which will supposedly make me admire him...I highly doubt that.

He did OK yesterday, Some of his wins can be handed on a plate but he had to show something for a change. He was too ****ed to celebrate properly which was nice!

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Thor looked sluggish yesterday so I dunno, kind of like Gilbert or Hagen for this one.
Doubt if a GC rider will get involved probably will throttle back and weight for stage 7.

Think you mean stage 8 into Super-Besse. Tomorrow is flat as a pancake.

 

[Sophistic]

Sophistic - they travel 88m in height in 2,000m in distance - that makes it 4.4% where on earth do you get 6% from ???!!!

as i said the climb gets almost flat at 1.5k

 

[auscyclefan94]

Sophistic - they travel 88m in height in 2,000m in distance - that makes it 4.4% where on earth do you get 6% from ???!!!

The tdf official guide says the climb is 1.3km @ 6.3% then 1.4km of false flat with 400m of flat to the finish.

He did OK yesterday, Some of his wins can be handed on a plate but he had to show something for a change. He was too ****ed to celebrate properly which was nice!

I was more reffering to the attitude of the guy as I agree his wins are always classy.