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

[cineteq]

How so ?

Wiggins and Froome NOT Once hit the front.

Same as Dauhpine were EBH, Rogers and Porte did all the work.

And adding to that - Rogers got 1h free with his puncture *lol*

You're probably get the 'aha moment' tomorrow, don't worry. If not at the Pyrenees.

 

[User Guide]

Have to agree. That was just strange.

Porte did very little on Colombier was mostly EBH and they werent exactly tearing up the tarmac and nibali sat up to be fair.

 

[Mellow Velo]

LOL!!! You must have watched the video replay of the Dauphiné.

The comparison isn't so far from reality as you would have us believe.
In fact, pretty similar.
All that was missing was EBH.

 

[Gloin22]

You're probably get the 'aha moment' tomorrow, don't worry. If not at the Pyrenees.

We'll see but Wiggins and Froome did less work on this stage than Nibali and he might pay for that tomorrow

 

[Dutchsmurf]

You're probably get the 'aha moment' tomorrow, don't worry. If not at the Pyrenees.

If Sky loses it tomorrow, it will be because of what happens tomorrow. They didn't waste any energy today at all. Froome basically got bored. Rogers didn't even get to do his turn. Porte didn't seem to go that fast and was still there until almost the end. Tomorrow might be different, but it won't be because of today.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Imlach: "Sometimes it can be frustrating with a French rider in the break, you don't really get to see the favourites sometimes, I mean; we heard that Cadel had put a little dig in"

Chris Boardman: "It's not enough putting a little d*ck in.. sorry, a little dig in at this stage."

Boardman telling it like it is. Evans sure surged for that water bottle, though! We can't take that away from him...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

You dont think they were taking it easy today so they could go for the stage tomorrow?

Mollema maybe. But Kruijswijk and Gesink held on as long as they could...

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

If only every GC contender had 1% of Voigt's attitude....

They used to have that -- it was called Bernard Hinault.

 

[Marva32]

Any word on why Radioshack weren't wearing yellow helmets?

 

[Dr.Sahl]

Any word on why Radioshack weren't wearing yellow helmets?

Maybe they wanted to show their sponsor on the helmet and said (**** these yellow best team helmets)

Or maybe they are just disfunctional in general

 

[PhiberAwptik]

Any word on why Radioshack weren't wearing yellow helmets?

It's voluntary. Radioshack probably realize it looks stupid.

 

[Gloin22]

Any word on why Radioshack weren't wearing yellow helmets?

RSNT is the only team in the peleton that refused the new rule...

ASO encouraged every team to accept it. RSNT as the only team refused.

* I think I made about 15 posts already past 3 days about explain this *

 

[mr. tibbs]

Maybe they wanted to show their sponsor on the helmet and said (**** these yellow best team helmets)

Or maybe they are just disfunctional in general

I'd suggest it's because the team classification doesn't really matter.

But I'd be wrong, b/c it's the most important classification to Radioshack these days. I fully expect them to all be on yellow bikes by the end of the Tour.

EDIT: Haha that's a new rule? Oh god somebody please kill me.

 

[Montanus]

I am just a little surprised and dissapointed. POrte was riding tempo on the Grand Colombier, then the descent and then chases Nibali back from a 1min gap on a climb. I am just amazed at that.

Wasn't that spectacular. Porte didn't have to ride many kilometers infront on the Grand Colombier, and before he took over the pace wasn't that hard. On the descent it looked like Froome did most of the work. Nibali went hard on the descent and probably had to pace himself on the last climb to not blow up. And btw, Porte didn't drop that many riders on the last climb. I don't think one should read too much into Porte's performance today.

 

[Marva32]

RSNT is the only team in the peleton that refused the new rule...

ASO encouraged every team to accept it. RSNT as the only team refused.

* I think I made about 15 posts already past 3 days about explain this *

Sorry, I didn't see your posts

 

[mr. tibbs]

Wasn't that spectacular. Porte didn't have to ride many kilometers infront on the Grand Colombier, and before he took over the pace wasn't that hard. On the descent it looked like Froome did most of the work. Nibali went hard on the descent and probably had to pace himself on the last climb to not blow up. And btw, Porte didn't drop that many riders on the last climb. I think one should read too much into Porte's performance today.

It does say a lot about the other GC "contenders" and their performances, though.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I don't think one should read too much into Porte's performance today.

There seem to be quite the number of performances that we shouldn't read too much into coming from that team at the moment.

 

[Montanus]

It does say a lot about the other GC "contenders" and their performances, though.

I edited the bold part, I missed a word.

 

[Bala Verde]

According to Laurens ten Dam his toughest moment was when Porte ripped it up on the 3rd cat climb Richemond, the one after the colombier. That's when he struggled most.

http://nos.nl/video/393980-komende-ritten-erin-kletsen.html

 

[Fergoose]

Fantastic finale to the stage, four men totally cooked.

As for the GC: A decent effort by Nibali, I doubt he'll have wasted too much energy today on seeing that it wasn’t working. As suggested above, he didn’t look a happy camper that nobody had even tried to bridge to him. I feel sorry for VdB, 30 seconds is not much of a return for his efforts today and single handed he has no chance against an entire team. At least today we now know how RSNT will use all their highly placed riders: to neutralise the race and stop attacks from the likes of VdB so they can preserve their top 15 places and help Sky coast to victory. Brilliant

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

La Toussaire is a terrible climb to try to attack Sky on.

There will be serious drafting benefit up the nice long 6% sections, let alone the flat in the middle.

You would need to be 0.5W/Kilo better than Wiggins to make it work, or manage to scare them in to a panic response (which would be impressive considering how far ahead they are).

 

[Montanus]

There seem to be quite the number of performances that we shouldn't read too much into coming from that team at the moment.

Well, it goes two ways, some read everything into what sky is doing. It was a strong performance by Porte but not otherwordly imo.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Sagan on Nibali:
"He had to try. If you don't try, you can't win."

Hope he and VDB didn't go too deep and don't suffer tomorrow, so they can animated the stage.

I can't see anything coming early from other quarters.

I get the impression that we will have Conservative Cadel, until he's got clear podium daylight, by hanging with the Sky pair, then hoping they will fade come the Pyrenees.

La Toussaire is a terrible climb to try to attack Sky on.

There will be serious drafting benefit up the nice long 6% sections, let alone the flat in the middle.

You would need to be 0.5W/Kilo better than Wiggins to make it work, or manage to scare them in to a panic response (which would be impressive considering how far ahead they are).

Plus this.

 

[the asian]

Wasn't that spectacular. Porte didn't have to ride many kilometers infront on the Grand Colombier, and before he took over the pace wasn't that hard. On the descent it looked like Froome did most of the work. Nibali went hard on the descent and probably had to pace himself on the last climb to not blow up. And btw, Porte didn't drop that many riders on the last climb. I don't think one should read too much into Porte's performance today.

Of course .Last year, he was in a crap Saxo Bank Team which used outdated training techniques and was very unprofessional.
This year he's shown us what a fantastic rider he is, by reaping the benefits of being part of a highly professional modern team which uses revolutionary tactics and innovations.
Next year, if he stays with SKY and is allowed to ride to himself he will dominate the one week stage races.

 

[cineteq]

Sagan on Nibali:
"He had to try. If you don't try, you can't win."

No regrets! Tactics almost worked, bad luck finding allies on the way down, and perhaps that he should've started his attack at the beginning of the descent.