2012 Tour de France: Stage 8: Belfort → Porrentruy (157.5km)

[wirral]

Today's time cut is 6% if the average speed is less than 35 km/h, then adding 1% per 1 km/h increase up to a maximum of 18% if the average speed is over 46 km/h.

 

[c&cfan]

hang in there edvald, because if rogers hits the front the peloton will be destroyed in 100meters!

 

[DominicDecoco]

Best piece of racing I've seen so far in the entire season.

 

[Froome19]

Pineau attacking with a big group and now Sky needs to be careful.

 

[happytramp]

Sky having to work.

 

[SantiBotero]

If the stage looks like this, yes they do. If the stage is flat and most likely to end in a sprint, no.

Well, just to think in a recent race i remember, Giro D'Italia was an exception then.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Matt Keenan: Jens Voight as always looks like he's having an argument with his bike.

LOL!

That one is 10 years old

 

[Gloin22]

Sky having to work.

Thye've been working past 10 km in some way

 

[The Barb]

They wouldn't let a break go with Valverde, would they?

 

[SantiBotero]

If the stage looks like this, yes they do. If the stage is flat and most likely to end in a sprint, no.

And in flat stages where is quite obvious that the breakaway will win, a furious start is also typical. Still, being the stage shorter, there are more riders giving a go, simple.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Surely Sky dont expect to control this all the way to the end ?

 

[The Barb]

What a fabulous first hour.

 

[c&cfan]

Surely Sky dont expect to control this all the way to the end ?

why not? they have rogers.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Voigt on twitter this morning;

ok 6min to go- run forest run....

 

[Gloin22]

Insane stage. Best stage this year so far.

 

[Froome19]

Does anyone think Vino could win the stage today- after descending like crazy?

I think he could- he seemed to roll in comfortably on stage 8.

today is stage 8

 

[Lance Armstrong]

EBH swallows them one by one.

 

[RedZone]

Any1 got a working stream? my tv is in use

 

[c&cfan]

http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-4/2/14/v-421419.html

Any1 got a working stream? my tv is in use

 

[Magnus]

Shorter stages mean that the action starts earlier as the finish is sooner......

And by the same logic if the break had escaped a little later Dave Zabriskie would have won stage 6.

The action starts at the start because that's where the start is.
Then there's a stationary state where the peloton is managing the gap and then there's the finale.

It has nothing to do with stage length.

With extremely short stages the first two phases are sometimes skipped and it's straight to the finale.

 

[wirral]

Froome escapes the dreaded yellow helmet.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Any1 got a working stream? my tv is in use

http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/#live

 

[RedZone]

http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-4/2/14/v-421419.html

thankyou sir

 

[The Barb]

My heart sinks when Matt Keenan signs off for the day.

 

[LongSprint]

That one is 10 years old

One of the benefits of aging - same jokes are funny over and over again...