2012 Tour de France: Stage 11: Albertville → La Toussuire - Les Sybelles (148km)

[Bala Verde]

Incredible. You see Wiggins spinning along and Gesink, who has a similar spinning style, if not faster, drops from the back, behind Chavanel and Gilbert...

No one is hurting SKY at the moment. They'll last another mountain with ease.

 

[trevim]

Is this the same side of the Madeleine where Conti and Andy broke the race apart?

 

[vcampbell]

At least the break is working together

 

[auscyclefan94]

Aussie Football jumpers on the side of the road!

 

[Boardslide]

Interesting news...

http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/could-wiggo-face-post-ride-sanctions-for-aero-wires-on-tdf-tt-suit/013342

This suit was made amidst constant talks about it's design with the ASO. It is the standard Sky skinsuit but incorperates the TDF logo's.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...ellow-tour-de-france-time-trial-skinsuit.html

 

[Magnus]

Is this the same side of the Madeleine where Conti and Andy broke the race apart?

Yes it is.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Mollema behind the bus even

 

[Netserk]

Is this the same side of the Madeleine where Conti and Andy broke the race apart?

no. That time they came from south. today is from the north.

 

[Roude Leiw]

1:30 only, with Knees and BH "working"

if you want. nibsli and evans to be able to bridge over, they cannot take like 5 min on the madeleine, for the moment its mostly malacarne against ebh in some kind of standoff

 

[Kwibus]

Gesink pops...

Oh why do you continue this fruitless journey?

Pffff Rabobank pull out Gesink and Mollema. This is so incredibly pointless.

 

[Pharazon]

Westra abandons

 

[Montanus]

Come on now, work together in the break please.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Westra has abandoned.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Westra

......

 

[Magnus]

no. That time they came from south. today is from the north.

It is the same side. The stage Casar won ended in St Jean de Maurienne.

 

[burning]

Westra and Ruijgh abandons

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ruijgh and Westra abandon... Great Tour for the Dutch, most starters in 20 years.. and most are crap now

 

[Bala Verde]

Ruijgh and Westra abandon... Great Tour for the Dutch, most starters in 20 years.. and most are crap now

Mollema and van Hummel are behind the bus, so they are likely to also be added to the laundry list of DNF or abandons.

 

[hrotha]

Gesink pops...

Oh why do you continue this fruitless journey?

Hadn't he said that he wouldn't make the same mistake as last year and that if he wasn't good he would pull out?

Mollema is puzzling, but he also sucked last year and then did great at the Vuelta. Plus, I think he crashed? Maybe the Tour doesn't suit him or something, although it's too early to tell.

 

[Netserk]

It is the same side. The stage Casar won ended in St Jean de Maurienne.

yes you are right. Thought it ended in Albertville. my bad

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Is this an HC climb? Nobody is doing anything to Sky.

 

[Bala Verde]

Everyone will start defending their top 20 GC classification today.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Mollema abandon.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Hadn't he said that he wouldn't make the same mistake as last year and that if he wasn't good he would pull out?

Mollema is puzzling, but he also sucked last year and then did great at the Vuelta. Plus, I think he crashed? Maybe the Tour doesn't suit him or something, although it's too early to tell.

You think he crashed? Mollema looks like a mummy for almost a week now. He even had bleeding through his wounds during the time trial...Lol.
Verhoeven said that Mollema would have normally abandoned if it wasn't the Tour

 

[auscyclefan94]

Is this an HC climb? Nobody is doing anything to Sky.

Liquigas has put riders in the break...nothing is going to happen yet.