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

[Christomir]

Costa
-group with Martinez/Valverde
-group with Weening/Voeckler/Kessiakoff/Stortoni/Vino etc

-Favorites at 2 minutes

Thanks I guess you mean 2 minutes from Rui Costa to the yellow jersey group, right?

Are all the Top 10 guys still in the main group with Bradley?

 

[FellOff]

Yeah he's gone downhill pretty quick. Still, Paul seems to still have his wits about him for the most part.

I like Paul's bebop jazz freestyle approach to the English language - e.g. yesterday "they're fractioning on the hill", and "we've seen that on numberous occasions". Mmmmmm, nice.

 

[Parrulo]

piti!!!

movistar with perfect tactics today on the break.

 

[Kwibus]

Go Go Piti!

 

[SoNiK4]

LOL....Superman on the mountain

 

[For The World]

I like Paul's bebop jazz freestyle approach to the English language - e.g. yesterday "they're fractioning on the hill", and "we've seen that on numberous occasions". Mmmmmm, nice.

Hahaha that's the best description of his "dialect" I've ever heard

Valverde alone out front now.

 

[cineteq]

Nibali for the stage

The stage is not the important thing here, right?

 

[CatsNK]

Vino lost contact.

 

[shalgo]

You've got to give Kessiakoff credit--he keeps trying, but Voeckler is just too strong.

 

[Warhawk]

The stage is not the important thing here, right?

I suppose winning the stage > not winning the stage, strictly speaking.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

vino caught

 

[Arnout]

Salute Vino. Once again, see you on the Champs.

 

[webvan]

Liqui are even worse than Sky when setting tempo (i.e. Snoozefest)...no surprise really after their appaling Giro!

 

[For The World]

I need to go and ride the Port de Bales. It looks glorious.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Well the bunch continue to climb at the same pace as the front of the break.
Kessiakoff isn't even getting Tommy's tongue yet.

 

[cineteq]

I suppose winning the stage > not winning the stage, strictly speaking.

Gaining time on Sky is the THING.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Well the bunch continue to climb at the same pace as the front of the break.
Kessiakoff isn't even getting Tommy's tongue yet.

I think it's pretty surpising Nerz can climb as fast as Valverde

 

[maltiv]

EBH might get over the top with the peloton at this rate

 

[Gloin22]

EBH proving his climbing pedigree is higher than his classics one at the moment

 

[kareeem]

Ahhhh the memories. That ****ty mountain.....

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Is this really Liquigas' shot at winning the Tour? Really? They haven't even gotten rid of Hagen for crying out loud.

If his teammates can't go any faster, Nibali has to attack himself. Is he waiting untill Peyresourde to see if he can gain 5 minutes on Wiggins?

 

[stazzy]

Ahhhh the memories. That ****ty mountain.....

was it somewhere around here shleck punctured? seems so familiar

 

[Mellow Velo]

I think it's pretty surpising Nerz can climb as fast as Valverde

But when is Ivan going to do something?
He won't be around after the descent.

 

[kareeem]

was it somewhere around here shleck punctured? seems so familiar

Yes, just a couple of kms down the road.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKrEDZG24m4

 

[togo95]

Is this really Liquigas' shot at winning the Tour? Really? They haven't even gotten rid of Hagen for crying out loud.

If his teammates can't go any faster, Nibali has to attack himself. Is he waiting untill Peyresourde to see if he can gain 5 minutes on Wiggins?

This. I was hoping for some sort of pace after all the work in the valley.