2012 Tour de France: Stage 7: Tomblaine → La Planche des Belles Filles (199km)

[manafana]

sanchez to get it done or vandendert or maybe albasini.

hoping pace can be true make sure limited group arrives at the base.

 

[hfer07]

Here's the whole climb in 10 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQqIUa1R2ko

Thanks for the link- very uneven to set a pace-this is a climb for someone with an explosive style-thinking crazy but what if Cobo & Scarponi try some sh!t on this climb ? How about Costa?

 

[icefire]

Here's the whole climb in 10 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQqIUa1R2ko

Absolutely unimpressive I would say. It would have been nice 3 or 4 days ago.

 

[Fetisoff]

Wigans to lose 30 seconds to Samu, Evans and Menchov, in a sign of things to come

 

[Frosty]

Chavanel to get in the break because none of the main contenders will be that bothered about him gaining time. Then they wont be bothered to chase him down either and he takes yellow like on the second saturday in 2010. Maybe Dan Martin goes for the stage win to raise some cheer in the Garmin ranks.

 

[hoerpi]

Top 8 for tomorrow?

My Guess:

1.Schleck
2.Evans
3.Wiggings
4.Sanchez
5.Horner
6.Nibali
7.Velits
8.Menchov

Help!!! am I too lost?

Wiggins ahead of Samu?

 

[Chap01]

horner ahead of Nibali
No F*** Hell way

So, give your top 10

 

[mwallack3]

Could not stand one more sprint stage...so sick of these BS crashes on sprint stages...Hesjedal losing 12 minutes..unbelieveable. Cant wait to hit the mountains.

 

[maxmartin]

So, give your top 10

top3
Evans, Samu, Nibali no particular order

 

[Dr.Sahl]

Top 8 for tomorrow?

My Guess:

1.Schleck
2.Evans
3.Wiggings
4.Sanchez
5.Horner
6.Nibali
7.Velits
8.Menchov

Help!!! am I too lost?

Yes... you put in Schleck wiggins and horner... but else it looks ok ^^ haha

 

[markov111]

who will finish higher up?

Gesink or Brajkovic

Gesink is alot shorter odds however Brajkovic said this stage suits him.

 

[Dr.Sahl]

who will finish higher up?

Gesink or Brajkovic

Gesink is alot shorter odds however Brajkovic said this stage suits him.

Normaly I would say Gesink.. but I think he will have a tough day, because of today etc..

But lets wait a see.

 

[maxmartin]

who will finish higher up?

Gesink or Brajkovic

Gesink is alot shorter odds however Brajkovic said this stage suits him.

Brajkovic

Gesink never performed well after crash

 

[Fetisoff]

who will finish higher up?

Gesink or Brajkovic

Gesink is alot shorter odds however Brajkovic said this stage suits him.

Gesink's hurting, not sure if Jani was hurt or not. I'd go with Brajkovic

 

[markov111]

ya....think the same but he is 150/1 with some bookies to win....strange

 

[Normandy]

sure but if Valverde, Gesink can gap Wiggins, Evans 30s, their GC ambition will be live again. Those GC contenders who crashed today have nothing to lose on any mountain stages they have to try something crazy to salvage their GC hope. I am looking forward to seeing some fireworks in the future stages including tomorrow.

It would nice to think that some positives could come out of today and the possiblity of the GC contenders who lost time today going for it tomorrow and the rest of the tour would bring the race to life. Westra gained a lot of time in one stage at the Giro to move into 3rd, so is it possible that someone in the Tour could make up some large time gaps in a similar style. That would write the smugness off the face of Evans and Wiggins.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

most of the gc contender who were involved in the fall today tomorrow will be in bad condition, they have no time to recover.
so , gesink, rolland and the others with the worst consequences will probably lose more time tomorrow instead of attacking.

it looks like brajkovic, scarponi and mollema are in good condition , valverde i do not know, gesink and rolland in bad conditions and probably they will just try to limit the gap.
the info are too uncertain to guess who will be able to fight without too much handicaps

did you see avondetappe?

looked like Gesink was actually in decent condition. But i think all of them will do bad. Mollema looked worse actually

 

[DominicDecoco]

Insight into stage 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjjAGNx2DTw

 

[djlovesyou]

That would write the smugness off the face of Evans and Wiggins.

Have Evans and Wiggins been particularly smug after this stage or something?

 

[maxmartin]

It would nice to think that some positives could come out of today and the possiblity of the GC contenders who lost time today going for it tomorrow and the rest of the tour would bring the race to life. Westra gained a lot of time in one stage at the Giro to move into 3rd, so is it possible that someone in the Tour could make up some large time gaps in a similar style. That would write the smugness off the face of Evans and Wiggins.

You mean De Gent??

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

who will finish higher up?

Gesink or Brajkovic

Gesink is alot shorter odds however Brajkovic said this stage suits him.

First week, short & steep... Brajkovic isn't without a chance. Though i haven't been following Brajkovic lately.

 

[The Joker]

My top 10:

Evans
Sanchez
Van Den Broeck
Rolland
Gesink
Nibali
Menchov
Horner
Costa
Froome

 

[ferryman]

Brutal finish today. Sky and Wiggins will be looking after their losses no more. Expect attackts right left and centre, particularly after yesterday's crash fesh

 

[goggalor]

Could be good. Wiggo has looked strong on the steep stuff overcoming some unfortunate positioning, but hopefully he'll show relative weakness tomorrow to make this Tour a little exciting, because judging by his prologue he'll murder the first TT. I'm gonna say Menchov ftw and yellow, then Evans and Valverde right behind (Valverde outkicking Evans as always).

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

1WIGGINS Bradley+ 00' 07''
2VAN GARDEREN Tejay+ 00' 10''
3MENCHOV Denis+ 00' 13''
4EVANS Cadel+ 00' 17''
5NIBALI Vincenzo+ 00' 18''
6KLÖDEN Andréas+ 00' 19''
7MONFORT Maxime+ 00' 22''
8TAARAMAE Rein+ 00' 22''
9ROCHE Nicolas+ 00' 25''
10VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen+ 00' 28''
11BASSO Ivan+ 00' 29''
12SANCHEZ Samuel+ 00' 40''
13COSTA Rui Alberto+ 00' 42''
14LEIPHEIMER Levi+ 00' 45''
15COPPEL Jérôme+ 00' 48''
16HORNER Christopher+ 01' 29''
17FROOME Christopher+ 01' 41''
18VELITS Peter+ 02' 09''
19MOLLEMA Bauke+ 02' 26''
20BRAJKOVIC Janez+ 02' 27''
21VALVERDE Alejandro+ 02' 40''
22SCARPONI Michele+ 02' 42''
23SCHLECK Frank+ 02' 43''
24ROLLAND Pierre+ 02' 50''
25VANENDERT Jelle+ 03' 05''
26GESINK Robert+ 04' 13''
27KRUIJSWIJK Steven+ 04' 40''
28HESJEDAL Ryder+ 13' 38''
29COBO ACEBO Juan Jose+ 14' 00''
30KISERLOVSKI Robert+ 14' 02''
31RUIJGH Rob+ 14' 13''
32VANDE VELDE Christian+ 15' 49''
33VINOKOUROV Alexandre+ 18' 44''
34MARTIN Daniel+ 18' 48''
35WESTRA Lieuwe+ 21' 23''