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

[Frosty]

Taaramae had a 2:30 + advantage on everyone so i guess he keeps white. Van Garderen, Pinot and Gallopin all gain time though.

 

[Kopuliak]

lol, this FDJ chief is awesome.

 

[SafeBet]

I think it will be Gallopin, Safebet

Gallopin...

Cheers. It's gonna be a battle anyway.

 

[dlwssonic]

Thibaut!!!

$50 @ 67-1 !!!!!!!!!!

Oh my Lord that was exciting. It's 3:15am and I am no hope of sleeping soon.

Big Congrats!!!

 

[The Sheep]

How many times I have to repeat it....

Radioshack as the only team at Tour refused the new rule...

They won't have the yellow helmets...

What curse though ?

The curse on our eyes

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

How many times I have to repeat it....

Radioshack as the only team at Tour refused the new rule...

They won't have the yellow helmets...

What curse though ?

I see your the humor police now, jeez

 

[RedZone]

Thibaut!!!

$50 @ 67-1 !!!!!!!!!!

Oh my Lord that was exciting. It's 3:15am and I am no hope of sleeping soon.

Very nice!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Absolutely fantastic stage. From start to finish. Loved every bit of it.

Yes.
I enjoyed that.
For once profile potential achieved.

Great ride by Taaramae to hang on to white.

Bit naughty of Evans to revert to his best Levi Leipheimer impression.

 

[Froome19]

1. Thibaut Pinot (FRA) FDJ

2. Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC at 26"

3. Tony Gallopin (FRA) RNT at 26"

4. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) SKY at 26"

5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) LIQ at 26"

 

[Frosty]

Bit unlucky for Roche. Was only just behind the leaders going over the top of the climb.

 

[SetonHallPirate]

I wonder who the leader in the team race will be. Sky was 1:37 up on Radioshack, meaning Sky's third rider will need to be within 2:07 of Pinot in order to hold onto the helmet jaune (or whatever it's called).

 

[T-Nielsen]

How many times I have to repeat it....

Radioshack as the only team at Tour refused the new rule...

They won't have the yellow helmets...

What curse though ?

Well thats the perfect reason for RSNT to win that classification.

Such ugly helmets can only come by via curses or bureaucracy.

 

[maltiv]

What a ride by Pinot, and what an awesome stage! One of my favourite riders for sure. Well deserved victory.

But what was Rogers/Porte doing? I mean EBH did 130 km's on the front, and was dropped at the beginning of the last climb. Porte/Rogers did zero km's on the front, and were also dropped at the beginning of the last climb...

 

[Frosty]

6 Froome
7 Monfort
8 VDB
9 Roche
10 Taaramae

 

[Bala Verde]

GC

1. GBRWIGGINS Bradley 101 SKY PROCYCLING 38h 17' 56''
2. AUSEVANS Cadel 1 BMC RACING TEAM 38h 18' 06'' + 00' 10''
3. ITANIBALI Vincenzo 51 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 38h 18' 12'' + 00' 16''
4. RUSMENCHOV Denis 131 KATUSHA TEAM 38h 18' 50'' + 00' 54''
5. ESPZUBELDIA Haimar 19 RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 38h 18' 55'' + 00' 59''
6. GBRFROOME Christopher 105 SKY PROCYCLING 38h 19' 28'' + 01' 32''
7. BELMONFORT Maxime 16 RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 38h 20' 04'' + 02' 08''
8. BELVAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 111 LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 38h 20' 07'' + 02' 11''
9. IRLROCHE Nicolas 79 AG2R LA MONDIALE 38h 20' 17'' + 02' 21''
10. ESTTAARAMAE Rein 81 COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 38h 20' 23'' + 02' 27''

 

[dlwssonic]

Yes.
I enjoyed that.
For once profile potential achieved.

Great ride by Taaramae to hang on to white.

Bit naughty of Evans to revert to his best Levi Leipheimer impression.

What is the leipheimer impression???
Act tired and wheelsuck then try to go on the attack?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Radioshack get the **** helmets.

 

[Frosty]

What a ride by Pinot, and what an awesome stage! One of my favourite riders for sure. Well deserved victory.

But what was Rogers/Porte doing? I mean EBH did 130 km's on the front, and was dropped at the beginning of the last climb. Porte/Rogers did zero km's on the front, and were also dropped at the beginning of the last climb...

Maybe Porte/Rogers just didnt have the legs and/or Wiggins and Froome thought they could handle things?

 

[SetonHallPirate]

According to the official website, top ten is Wiggins, Evans (10), Nibali (16), Menchov (54), Zubeldia (59), Froome (1:32), Monfort (2:08), Van Den Broeck (2:11), Roche (2:21), Taaramae (2:27)

 

[Pharazon]

But what was Rogers/Porte doing? I mean EBH did 130 km's on the front, and was dropped at the beginning of the last climb. Porte/Rogers did zero km's on the front, and were also dropped at the beginning of the last climb...

energy saving i guess... or maybe just didn't have the legs today?

 

[dlwssonic]

Yup where were porte and rogers anyway????
They seemed superhuman yesterday.

 

[superconfex]

Really pleased for FDJ..Great stage and like someone said it's not always about the gc...bravo Pinot and Marc

 

[wengeruk]

How many times I have to repeat it....

Radioshack as the only team at Tour refused the new rule...

They won't have the yellow helmets...

What curse though ?

The rules say the leading team must wear yellow helmets. Radioshack do not get a choice in the matter whether they agreed with the rule or not.

 

[SetonHallPirate]

And it looks like Radioshack-Nissan will take over the team lead. 2:51 appears to be the gap.

 

[dlwssonic]

energy saving i guess... or maybe just didn't have the legs today?

Don't think so. They needed to be there today.