2012 Tour de France: Stage 16: Pau → Bagnères-de-Luchon, 197 km

[Eshnar]

omg 9 minutes!

 

[trevim]

Perfect tactic to win the Tour: ride slow all the way till the final climb. Sky are genius.

They are genius because they can convince the others to follow

 

[Eshnar]

So the favorites decide to do nothing on the Tourmalet.

That means big advantage Sky going into the last 2 climbs

after Tourmalet there's only one climb to go.

 

[El Pistolero]

So all mountain stages will go to the breakaway again this year? Tour stages really mean nothing anymore these days, poor Cav. I've seen kermiskoersen that were more hotly contested.

 

[stazzy]

Perfect tactic to win the Tour: ride slow all the way till the final climb. Sky are genius.

well they dont have to do anything else - chapeuu sky!!!

 

[For The World]

Realy? Is Sagan still there?

He sure is. Sagan to win the Tour within 5 years

 

[Bala Verde]

They are all sheep....


lemmings?


The heat is probably dissuading people from attacking.

 

[trevim]

Hey, has Ricco attacked on the ASpin in 2008? Like a bullet? I seem to remember something although I'm not quite sure of that....

 

[maltiv]

EBH looks determined to get over the top with the peloton. In that case, it won't be easy to attack on the descent.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Another exciting climb.

 

[doperhopper]

any chance of the dream Liqui downhill TTT attack?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Kris ****ing Boeckmans is still in the peloton

 

[trevim]

any chance of the dream Liqui downhill TTT attack?

Agnoli and Capechi are missing

 

[roundabout]

Heh, it'll be over 10 minutes by the summit.

 

[El Pistolero]

Kris ****ing Boeckmans is still in the peloton

That's no surprise, this stage is after all very similar to the profile of Milan-San Remo.

 

[greenedge better then some]

poms can take fun out of almost anything,now cycling, stay away from my gf sky

 

[Parrot23]

Procession anyone?
Great scenery for cycle touring.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Am I watching the Marmotte tourride?

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Jens to win the stage!

 

[SantiBotero]

Voigt never dies !

 

[trevim]

Is there any chance that the peloton will miss the time cut? That would be awsome!

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

If you were Brice Feillu would you trust Tommy enough to help him on the climbs in return for the stage. Assuming they stay away of course.

 

[For The World]

When you think about it, this has been the most intriguing Tour in recent memory. Why? Well, when was the last time we saw a rider get the yellow jersey early in the race, and just have his team ride tempo for the rest of the stages? Where the only lasting attacks come from people generally outside the top 20. Even Indurain showed some anger and chased people like Pantani when he wanted to.

Then I hear Paul Sherwin say it was good to hear a Vuvuzela. Hmph.

 

[Bala Verde]

Kris ****ing Boeckmans is still in the peloton

he probably found that extra cartouche he failed to use in Seraing.

 

[The Joker]

9'47" and still increasing...

I really have no idea how BMC, Liquigas or Lotto expect to win this race - maybe they are hoping, with the heat, they can let Sky go so slowly that they fall asleep, and then Evans & co can attack while Wiggo has a sietsa?