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

[wirral]

Time limit will be around 38 minutes = 16% x 3h 56 min

 

[Marcus135]

Shame Samu wasnt there though

 

[Gloin22]

Radioshack get the **** helmets.

....

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 ?

 

[gog...]

good stage for what the profile was.vdb was great he basically animated the gc contenders with his pace up last climb

 

[SetonHallPirate]

Time limit will be around 38 minutes = 16% x 3h 56 min

37 minutes, 47 seconds is the number you're looking for.

 

[Unkown]

Phil Liggit "No change in the top 5 for GC" meanwhile Taarame lost a bunch of time and Zubeldia moves up into the top 5. P&P couldn't make more mistakes if they tried.

 

[dlwssonic]

I feel sorry for VDB for that mechanical, he looked very good today.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pinot, hero
And thanks to Lotto for making the final climb interesting

Brilliant stage. But Sky seems unbreakable

 

[issoisso]

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

"Listen Sean, I'm tired of looking like a construction worker. I'm soft pedalling so I don't have to wear these damn helmets again"

 

[hrotha]

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

What for?

Today was the perfect opportunity to pretend they're not a soul-crushing machine.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Time limit will be around 38 minutes = 16% x 3h 56 min

35:26 officially announced on french tv

 

[dlwssonic]

Pinot, hero
And thanks to Lotto for making the final climb interesting

Brilliant stage. But Sky seems unbreakable

Porte and Rogers came at 4:58 today.
They seemed quite beatable today.

 

[Frosty]

I feel sorry for VDB for that mechanical, he looked very good today.

Yes.

Porte came in at 4.58 to be Sky's third counter on the day. Rogers in that group too

 

[Gloin22]

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.

Lol. You will see then

And teams were enocuaraged to accept the rule if you dont know. It wasnt olbiagatory

 

[Froome19]

Today was avery big victory for ASO who proved that they can create stages which can provide entertainment and selections without even including the hardest climbs.

So far considering yesterday this has been a very good Tour route..

Also the yellow helmets do seem to have made people actually care about the Team classification

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Yellow helmets for Radioshack.

Hello Gloin22...

 

[dlwssonic]

What for?

Today was the perfect opportunity to pretend they're not a soul-crushing machine.

To chase down any attacks from the GC contenders.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Pinot, hero
And thanks to Lotto for making the final climb interesting

Brilliant stage. But Sky seems unbreakable

Sky hardly seems unbreakable. The moment Van den Broeck pulls on the climb, you could see Froome hanging on for dear life in the back. He was the last Sky boy in backup.

 

[the asian]

Thankfully a very good stage. Kudos for Pinot, kessiakoff, VDB for making the race interesting.

 

[Pippo_San]

Looking again at Samu's abandon...so sad

 

[dlwssonic]

Cadel will surprise quite a few tomorrow.
The tour is on!!!!

VDB looks in great shape just super unlucky yesterday.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Today was avery big victory for ASO who proved that they can create stages which can provide entertainment and selections without even including the hardest climbs.

So far considering yesterday this has been a very good Tour route..

Also the yellow helmets do seem to have made people actually care about the Team classification

I might not be often of the same opinion than you are, but here you are spot on

 

[Mellow Velo]

Yes.
A real shame about VDB, yesterday.
After the Dauphine, he looked like he'd be one of the strongest contenders.
Still, at least we now know he isn't going to lose without stirring things up.
Good for the race.

Well, Rabo gambled and lost. Mollema 10 minutes down.
As we saw today, taking a stage from the break is going to be tough work.

 

[Panda Claws]

Now I am really excited for what the ITT will bring.

 

[SetonHallPirate]

Looking again at Samu's abandon...so sad

I was worried about a concussion, to be honest. Looked like Valverde's bike hit Sanchez in the head as he fell.