2012 Tour de France: Stage 10: Mácon → Bellegarde-sur-Valserine (195 km)

[Bala Verde]

I saw you post it, and decided to annoy you more.

Classic trolling

I hope you are not admitting to trolling, because I'll throw you of the boards in a split second.

 

[Machu Picchu]

One minor acceleration and it looks like he is off the back. He is obsessively staring at his power meter, spinning high cadence and struggling to hold the wheel of some guy in front of him.

I really don't see what the point of that is.

Hope for recovery? When.

Champs-elysees?

hoping to see if the rest day would help? perhaps he'll think again tonight.

 

[cineteq]

Sagan spotted, still with the peloton...

 

[JibberJim]

What are BMC doing? Can someone explain it to me why they'd put Hincapie alongside EBH at the front but not launch an attack?

Maybe just to get EBH to speed up? I reckon he lifted the pace when they did that to keep the front position.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

OK everyone - who is the best descender out of the 4 leaders ?

 

[superconfex]

track tactics crushing the roadies

 

[RedZone]

I hope you are not admitting to trolling, because I'll throw you of the boards in a split second.

Sorry , It was too easy of a target

On topic how many skyboys are in the peleton?

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

They must be hoping to gap Wiggins near the top and then take time on him on the decent? But if Sky have 3/4 riders they are not going to lose much time until the end, if any.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

They're losing time to the breakaway. And if you find it surprising that EBH can climb you can't have followed his career at all.

I've never said that Hagen can't climb. I think he's decent but nothing more than that.

You think the pace is high when he still has 40 riders in his wheel?

And you say it yourself. They're losing time to the break away. Shouldn't the other teams be putting Sky under pressure instead?

 

[Fergoose]

Are you kidding me? Hagen dragging half of the peloton up the climb? Not that it's surprising, though. Just annoying.

The time checks show EBH has lost between 45 seconds and 1 minute on the climb so far to LLS and that is after LLS has sat up! It's a Sunday ride for Sky.

I know it isn't the best stage for rivals to attack, but can someone at least do a minor attack to see what sort of condition EBH & Porte are in? Porte reportedly feeling fatigued yesterday. Worth a dig from someone surely? They can give up immediately if EBH & Porte hang in there.

Mystified what Lotto were aiming to achieve chasing down the breakaway. Scarponi at 10 minutes behind was the only leverage that could be used against Sky so reeling him in wasn't the smartest. Grim to see BMC at one point pacing the front of the breakaway and Lotto reeling it in. So much for cooperation!

 

[Bala Verde]

OK everyone - who is the best descender out of the 4 leaders ?

Scarponi, LLS and Voeckler are all good.

devenyns I don't know.

 

[trevim]

They have two guys (and a half) that can go uphil. They don't have a train in the mountains. They just wanted the gap controlled and get their leaders safe to the foot of the climb.

OK that's a good explanation.

 

[Highlander]

We need Contador and A. Schleck in this race. Both of those riders were willing to take chances last year and at least try something before the final climb of the day. I don't really understand the strategy of the GC pretenders since they are letting Wiggins ride a steady pace, which is what he does well. They need to keep changing the pace to see if he starts to show some signs of cracking.

 

[maxmartin]

Sagan spotted, still with the peloton...

he should help Nibali attack on the descent

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink just pull out please!

Van den Broeck attacks

 

[Gloin22]

Sorry , It was too easy of a target

On topic how many skyboys are in the peleton?

5.

EBH, Porte, Rogers, Froome, Wiggins

4 now...

 

[Bala Verde]

VDB2

attack attack

Roger, Porte, Wiggins Froome follow

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Finally!

...or maybe not

 

[maxmartin]

Gesink gone

 

[burning]

Lol they swept vdb like nothing

 

[mr. tibbs]

OK everyone - who is the best descender out of the 4 leaders ?

I want to say Tommy V. Though I seem to recall him riding into a parking lot last year, I think... LuLu looks good, so I think he'll get the stage.

Lol at VDB's attack.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Halfhearted.

 

[the asian]

OK everyone - who is the best descender out of the 4 leaders ?

That's a no brainer. Nibali.

 

[shalgo]

Shortest attack ever?

 

[Tigerion]

What are BMC doing? Can someone explain it to me why they'd put Hincapie alongside EBH at the front but not launch an attack?

No idea, they have to let sky do everything