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

[Bala Verde]

Gap between the front four and group LTD anyone?


SKY to unleash fury on la Chookchooksuire

 

[Zam_Olyas]

EllSeeDee - nah - With a little help from my friends.

If you wanna hang out with mick ; .....?
If you wanna ride with froome ; ..... ?
they don't lie, they don't lie, they don't lie; ....?

 

[FignonLeGrand]

Nibali and Evans have both won a GT and podiumed multiple others - that is the evidence that they recover well. Remind me when Rogers or Porte have performed well towards the end of a GT. And dont say Porte at the 2010 Giro, since at the halfway point he was 1st, and dropped to 7th in the last week...

So you think droppping from 1st to 7th in your first GT is bad? He was practically a neopro. Finishing his first tour was a good sign irrespective of his position.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Exciting descent.

This doesn't seem all that dangerous.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Nibali in neutral.
Now it gets very technical.

 

[The Chicken]

I am done watching Team Sly & hearing Brailsfords BS. Goodbye everybody.

 

[maxmartin]

Nibali doing fuc* all. Great...

nothing he can do, there is still a long climb, who is going to help him to climb?
Nibali will take the sky train on the climb to drop Evans to secure 3 place, it is possible Evans don't have good legs today. We'll see.

 

[Montanus]

Froome and Wiggo to crush the competition on the last climb.

 

[FignonLeGrand]

Sky are pretty lucky to have four of the best climbers in the world on their team.

They dont have four of the best climbers in the world. Sky are lucky that this is one of the weakest fields in a long time. Evans only won last year cos he was up against perenial failure such as schleck, and this year it is even worse. Everyone keeps on moaning about super human sky, we should be moaning about sub par field.

And lastly am I the only one who thinks that hoping for Nibali to 'attack' on a decent is a sense of deserpation. Who ever won a GT becuase they could decend the best?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Rolland Rolling

 

[BillytheKid]

Horner in no-mans land 50 ahead the peloton.

 

[Climbing]

Ouch!! Hoping nothing bad!

 

[webvan]

Kloden back it seems?

No, it's FS and HZ.

Rolland, ouch !

 

[goggalor]

They've showed Rolland crashing 10 times now.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Rolland looks ok. Crash wasn't too bad as far as crashes go.

 

[Climbing]

They dont have four of the best climbers in the world. Sky are lucky that this is one of the weakest fields in a long time. Evans only won last year cos he was up against perenial failure such as schleck, and this year it is even worse. Everyone keeps on moaning about super human sky, we should be moaning about sub par field.

And lastly am I the only one who thinks that hoping for Nibali to 'attack' on a decent is a sense of deserpation. Who ever won a GT becuase they could decend the best?

Of course you know the answer.

 

[therhodeo]

Rolland looks ok. Crash wasn't too bad as far as crashes go.

Nah he wasn't moving too fast when he went down.

 

[VeloCity]

They dont have four of the best climbers in the world. Sky are lucky that this is one of the weakest fields in a long time. Evans only won last year cos he was up against perenial failure such as schleck, and this year it is even worse. Everyone keeps on moaning about super human sky, we should be moaning about sub par field.

I don't see any other teams with four riders in the lead group.

 

[its like that]

Rolland DOWN!!

 

[virandociclista]

Exciting descent.

This doesn't seem all that dangerous.

It is easy to talk from the sofá.

It is Very dangerous because of the bad road.. A lot of bugs correntios...

 

[the asian]

nothing he can do, there is still a long climb, who is going to help him to climb?
Nibali will take the sky train on the climb to drop Evans to secure 3 place, it is possible Evans don't have good legs today. We'll see.

Yr. It will be futile to attack on the descent. Sky will just effortlessly pull him back on the final climb. Best thing is to be realistic and try and beat Cadel for third place.

 

[woodburn]

I believe it is Kesikoff, Phil

EDIT: My mistake. Never doubt Phil.

 

[booboo]

Wow Rogers has sucky bike handling. Nearly rode off on the descent. Will be a miracle if he stays on his bike all the way to Paris.

Poor Rolland.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Pretty dodgy those bits without Guardrail!

 

[eleven]

Who ever won a GT becuase they could decend the best?

Il Falco at the Giro!