2012 Tour de France: Stage 17, Bagnères-de-Luchon - Peyragudes 143.5KM

[fluffkitten]

Nibali in the break and Sky disorganised.

 

[Lexman]

Nibali putting some pressure on Sky in the sdescent

 

[DominicDecoco]

Clever by Nibali. Using no energi to get away on the descent and Porte already has to work now.

 

[Eshnar]

Nibali forcing Sky to chase the break, great move.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I dont think it was really an attack but has happened by coincidence.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Nibali in the Voeckler group

Could be a good sign for todays stage. He had to do something and he has got a 3 minute lead on VDB if it goes wrong.

 

[kjetilraknerud]

EBH probably followed Nibali, but his team didn't agree.

 

[Marco Pantani]

**** just tuned in

short summary please **** **** ****

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Any idea if there'll be fog on the other hills.

 

[auscyclefan94]

**** just tuned in

short summary please **** **** ****

Super fast pace on mente...nibali attack on descent.

 

[Yingge]

Hard to tell who is where right now, though Nibali has definately made it to the Voeckler group. Conflicting time gaps too...one saying MJ is 28 secs from the front, another saying over 2 minutes.

 

[Publicus]

Finally someone is putting some early pressure on Sky. Chapeau Nibali!

 

[auscyclefan94]

Sky will bring it back, Nibali should just relax.

 

[hrotha]

This is the best designed route of this Tour, still it's just passable. Bales + Peyresourde is a really good combo, but the stage lacks at least 80 kms more and 2 mountains to be perfect.
Given the gc situation I think there's a chance someone like VdB could attack on Bales.

Not all mountain stages need to be super long climbing marathons. Short stages often turn out to be more interesting than long ones, but of course there needs to be a combination of the two, and this Tour didn't have enough climbing in the first place.

 

[Red Rick]

Wiggins started the Tour with the goal to neutralize every attack, getting yellow is just a logic consequense of that.

Nibalia: Alejandro, U Mad?

 

[maltiv]

**** just tuned in

short summary please **** **** ****

EBH smashed peloton on climb, only 25-30 guys left on the top. Voeckler took KOM ahead of Kessiakoff. Nibali attacks on descent. EBH follows but waits for Sky when he remembers that the rest of Sky descends like sissies.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Eddy the Boss back in control, gap down by 10s already.

 

[Machu Picchu]

but does Nibali work? or just drift of the back?

maybe not such a good move....

 

[Devilen]

to little to late from Nibali, but at least hes trying to dismantle the sky ... not like anyone else with gc aspirations does

 

[DominicDecoco]

Sky will bring it back, Nibali should just relax.

Of course they will and of course he will. But it's still a smart move.

 

[JibberJim]

No-one in that front group will work with Nibali, so he's stuffed just working EBH for a bit, hardly a good return for Nibali to work by himself.

 

[Publicus]

Sky will bring it back, Nibali should just relax.

He looks very relaxed actually. Not expending a huge amount of energy.

 

[JibberJim]

Nibali sits up.

 

[Marco Pantani]

Super fast pace on mente...nibali attack on descent.

Thanks

Sky set the pace? Pace due to attacks?

Nibali went on the descent?

 

[burning]

Nibali let them go, probably good call