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

[Moose McKnuckles]

TJvG saving Cadel.

Geaux Rolland!

 

[kareeem]

Was Froome going to gain 2 minutes with that move?

'Marginal gains'.

 

[Bala Verde]

Strange. Froome first gets dropped almost

and then he is the strongest climber shedding everyone with a blistering acceleration

 

[happytramp]

Why don't you get it. Froome is the most naturally talented cyclist right now, and this is the greatest performance by a domestique in the history of the Tour De france.

WOW!!!!! THE GWEATEST EVA!!!!..................ever hear of Greg Lemond?

 

[patrick767]

Oh, get over the "sky sucks because they won't let Froome win". Froome vs. Wiggins would probably be a very tight Tour. Wiggins has been more consistently at the top in the ITTs even though Froome proved he's damn good. Froome could gain some time in the mountains but we can't say how much without them actually racing against each other. Leave it. Sky said from the start that they have one leader. The only way that changes is if something happens to Wiggins.

 

[its like that]

Well done Rolland

Well deserved W

 

[TourOfSardinia]

The bonk by Froome now looks even more odd

 

[FujiAnton]

I think from today almost everybody will hate SKY.

 

[sultanofhyd]

Was Froome going to gain 2 minutes with that move?

Maybe or maybe not but he would have had 10 more days to get however much time back if Sky actually allowed him to go for the win, and by all accounts he has looked way stronger than Wiggins, just like the Vuelta last year.

 

[maxmartin]

I am happy that Nibali dropped Evans
no one can touch F and W in this tour

 

[The Joker]

They want a pure Britisher to be the first British winner of the Tour De France.

Pure British????

Are you serious?

Born in Belgium, Australian father, pure British I dont think so....

 

[Parrulo]

great win for my man rolland!!!!

the grand master of the big gear club mr bert grabsch is proud of you as well boy

 

[AtletiSK]

What a load of rubbish - its a team sport

when Barrichello let Schumacher won in Austria 2002 everybody (especially the Britons) were angered by that and called it lack of respect towards the sport... where is the diffrerence here?

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

Born and raised in Belgium by australians counts as "pure britisher" now?

aye, you can still hear that Flemish accent in his voice

 

[superconfex]

Rolland............. you sir are a champion

 

[Bala Verde]

Was Froome going to gain 2 minutes with that move?

At least a minute.

Two more mountain stages and he could have killed him off.

 

[will10]

lol, Rolland's zip jammed

 

[the asian]

Born and raised in Belgium by australians counts as "pure britisher" now?

He should be more sellable to the British public than Froome.

 

[booboo]

Strange. Froome first gets dropped almost

and then he is the strongest climber shedding everyone with a blistering acceleration

Yeah. Twice he dropped. I was wondering the same.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Well done pierre _ marvellous !

 

[kcbworth]

I think from today almost everybody will hate SKY.

Actually hate them less... at least they showed some quality towards the end

 

[will10]

Froome is a fricking alien

 

[The Joker]

OMG - Look at Froome sprint for the line - amazing

 

[its like that]

Froome showing he is the strong man of the tour

 

[booboo]

Wigans cracked indeed, that's why Froome came back.

Wigans struggled to hold wheels at the end.