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

[Froome19]

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.

See my latter post on the subject.

 

[stazzy]

as long as eddy is towing, im afraid no breakaway will get away anytime soon

 

[c&cfan]

where are the usual posters? last year this thread would've more than 1000 posts already. I miss them..

 

[Froome19]

Johannes Fröhlinger forced to abandon due to a broken finger.

Really bad Tour for Argos Shimano even considering Veelers and this makes their snub of Geniez look incredibly stupid.

 

[RedZone]

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

cheers mate

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Go jeremy Roy !!

 

[Bumeington]

where are the usual posters? last year this thread would've more than 1000 posts already. I miss them..

Ditto. Anyone else enjoyed the Boardman-Rendell-Imlach combo on itv4? No phil and paul wooo!

 

[Froome19]

GALLOPIN Tony 13 RNT +00:03:13 VORGANOV Eduard 139 KAT +00:03:19 PINOT Thibaut 146 FDJ +00:04:07 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI 34 EUS +00:04:10 VALLS FERRI Rafael 128 VCD +00:05:16 PERAUD Jean-Chri... 71 ALM +00:06:26 SORENSEN Chris... 178 STB +00:08:45 KRUIJSWIJK Steven 152 RAB +00:08:51 WEENING Pieter 209 OGE +00:12:26 KISERLOVSKI Robert 188 AST +00:16:46 MOINARD Amaël 6 BMC +00:18:07 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice 95 SAU +00:18:39 KESSIAKOFF Fredrik 187 AST +00:19:00 KIRYIENKA Vasili 167 MOV +00:21:16 MONCOUTIE David 88 COF +00:23:08 NERZ Dominik 55 LIQ +00:25:21 KERN Christophe 27 EUC +00:27:28 KADRI Blel 76 ALM +00:36:31

Break up Sky are going to eventually crack but I dont think they can realistically let this particular break go

 

[Froome19]

where are the usual posters? last year this thread would've more than 1000 posts already. I miss them..

http://velorooms.com/index.php?page=livechat1 They are here

 

[Frosty]

Leaders are

Moinard (BMC), Gallopin (RNT), Voigt (RNT), Kern (EUC), Izaguirre (EUS), Marzano (LAM), Nerz (LIQ), Peraud (ALM), Kadri (ALM), Moncoutie (COF), Jeandesboz (SAU), Valls Ferri (VCD), Vorganov (KAT), Pinot (FDJ), Kruiswijk (RAB), Kiriyienka (MOV), Sorensen (STB), Kessiakoff (AST), Kisierlovski (AST), Weening (OGE) are the riders in the lead of the stage.

 

[superconfex]

Ditto. Anyone else enjoyed the Boardman-Rendell-Imlach combo on itv4? No phil and paul wooo!

Yes it's very good

 

[cineteq]

There you go: Jeremy if-i'm-not-on-the-break-it's-not-a-break Roy is off!!!

 

[DominicDecoco]

Chris Anker is such a legend.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Leaders are

Moinard (BMC), Gallopin (RNT), Voigt (RNT), Kern (EUC), Izaguirre (EUS), Marzano (LAM), Nerz (LIQ), Peraud (ALM), Kadri (ALM), Moncoutie (COF), Jeandesboz (SAU), Valls Ferri (VCD), Vorganov (KAT), Pinot (FDJ), Kruiswijk (RAB), Kiriyienka (MOV), Sorensen (STB), Kessiakoff (AST), Kisierlovski (AST), Weening (OGE) are the riders in the lead of the stage.

Who is highest on GC I wonder ?

EDIT: - Sorry I see Froome already posted

 

[superconfex]

Oh noooooooooooooooo phil and paul are on now..*switches to eurosport*

 

[Dutchsmurf]

Who is highest on GC I wonder ?

Gallopin is.

Fall by Sanchez... Looks out of the Tour.

 

[The Barb]

Oh no!!! Sammy.

 

[Frosty]

Sanchez down

 

[Aristarchus]

Ugh...Sanchez done?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Samu out of the race, it looks.

 

[The Sheep]

Noooooo

 

[c&cfan]

OH F*CK! impossible

 

[Froome19]

Sanchez crashes

Seems like Valverde caused it

 

[DominicDecoco]

You got to be kidding me.

 

[the asian]

Roy finally going in a breakaway. Sanchez down