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

[Bala Verde]

No this is good. Making the race hard. No Cavendish pace on Colombier. You have to hurt Sky on every possible mountain.

Mmmmm, Lotto put some cards on the table. I think Sky were going to leave the break at arms length....

+1

My ideas exactly.

Demol said he expected the big guns to hide a little today, to rip it up tomorrow on the short stage 148km to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles with what 70k of climbing (2xHCs, 1x2cat, 1x1cat)

 

[Wilba60]

Great sprint for Gossy, got himself 5 points back on Sagan who faded for 3rd...he is human

 

[Bala Verde]

Sir, do you mean American "mad" as in angry, or British "mad" as in loopy?

I'd say both apply.

 

[maltiv]

Great sprint for Gossy, got himself 5 points back on Sagan who faded for 3rd...he is human

Sagan opened too early. It's not often one sees Sagan making a tactical mistake.

 

[YannickQ]

Sagan just saved himself for the stage win

 

[superconfex]

Goss work is done

 

[Yingge]

Break on the climb, Goss is the first to be dropped!

 

[Machu Picchu]

Goss work is done

add Hutarovic to that too!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Yellow helmets not obligatory for the lead team - well that's what David Casani just told us on the RAI.

 

[TatryTour2013]

Goss is done, Sagan can wait for Nibali ... 6 minutes difference on 15 km - can he manage that?

 

[Yingge]

6:18 for the peleton at the sprint, now the fun begins!!!

 

[Bala Verde]

They could have waited until they started the climb.

Lotto has 'expendable domestiques for the flats, such as Greipel, Henderson, and the rest of his train. They need to do a TTT and drill it as hard as they can.

When else are they going to be useful?

 

[its like that]

Sagan dropping off now as well

 

[JibberJim]

Sagan needed to stay in longer than that - he may not be there still by the top.

 

[maltiv]

In before Sagan fans say that he's just saving energy and could win this stage easily if he wanted

 

[shalgo]

I guess BMC are not planning anything for today if Burghardt is at the front. I had assumed that he and Cummings might be there to help Evans later on.

 

[superconfex]

Loco Lotto drilling it

 

[the asian]

Just tuned in. Great to see Sagan in the break. Liguigas seems to have played the cards right, if he can wait for Nibali at the top,they can team up and descend aggressively. Good to see Scarpo in the break too.

 

[its like that]

Burghardt setting a nice tempo in the breakaway group

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Lotto! Full gas now

 

[goggalor]

Go go Lotto!

 

[Warhawk]

I'm thinking all those predictions a few pages back about Sagan and Nibali meeting up on the climb and going for a breakaway win might have been slightly premature.

Look, the guy's a real good sprinter, especially in tough terrain, but can we stop pretending he's a climber now?

 

[Lance Armstrong]

In before Sagan fans say that he's just saving energy and could win this stage easily if he wanted

He did 30 km in 3-men breakaway at 50km/h. No surprise he is dropping.

 

[Marcus135]

Goooo Lotto!!! (and everyone who is not on team Sky)

 

[shalgo]

Wow, Gallopin in trouble already.