2013 Tour de France, stage 18: Gap - Alpe-d'Huez, 172.5km

[bubblegum]

anyone got a feed link? the cyclingfans ones aren't working for me?! preferably eurosport

 

[Rajna31]

is there a stage where riblon tried on a final climb? how much time did he concede then?

He won on Ax-3 two years ago and if I remember correctly they had ages on the GC guys at the foot of the climb but I might be wrong.

 

[murali]

has the sprinter's group formed yet?

 

[the sceptic]

so who from saxo will attack the first time on alpe?

 

[Cimber]

Rochlinho losing time to both the break and the peloton

 

[xrayvision]

so who from saxo will attack the first time on alpe?

Kreuziger, without a doubt.

 

[Scirea]

has the sprinter's group formed yet?

Just about now.

 

[Scirea]

Rochlinho losing time to both the break and the peloton

Only Paulinho is working there though, Roche is saving himself for Contador.

 

[Ruby United]

has the sprinter's group formed yet?

Congrats on your six hundreth post

 

[puffin]

I hope my tiny mind simply cannot comprehend this genius strategy - but it seems to me Roche and Paulinho ****ed up royally by missing the breakaway, and this desperately improvised Plan B is just going to result in two wiped out and useless Saxo guys in the middle of nowhere.

Unfortunately, I agree. Hope I'm wrong. They lost time on that climb, cant imagine they will have much left later.

 

[b.broadhurst]

who thinks break will stay away?

 

[greenedge]

When i looked at this stage at the start of the TDF i inwardly thought Mollema could win- from a early attack on the climb. Now however that will not happen.

One of Froome, Contador, JROD or Quintana. Hoping for an exciting stage.

 

[Rajna31]

Only Paulinho is working there though, Roche is saving himself for Contador.

Well, I've seen Roche taking some turns but Paulinho is doing more. That's why they're losing time I think.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Uh huh. So, would you burn two Saxo guys to burn to Sky guys? If I'm AC, I'll take that deal.

sky aren't burning anyone that needs to be burned. who cares about stannard being burned now. paulinho and roche being burned is far worse.

 

[Ruby United]

Rogers, Kreziguer and Contador to Attack 1 to 8k into Alpe. Rogers pace them to paulinho/Roche. Paulinho work for couple of k then rogers until after the sarenne descent, then roche until halfway up 2nd climb of d'huez... Froome follow all the way (besides for maybe a little on the sarenne descent).

 

[murali]

Rochlinho losing time to both the break and the peloton

AC is going to attack in the first ascent itself

 

[brian1225]

break will win

 

[Jelantik]

Please don't be rain, until their last climb, please mother nature hold it up a little longer Otherwise the stage will be shorten..

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

break will win

not if they go fast up the first alpe in the peloton. the first group has quite bad climbers in them

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Please don't be rain, until their last climb, please mother nature hold it up a little longer Otherwise the stage will be shorten..

for the final f'n time the stage won't be shortened

 

[wirral]

Oh my God, Kelly alone!!!!

 

[murali]

just saw 5 in the lead.

boom
chavanel
and someone else in the sprint

 

[Finn84]

Boom wins the sprint I believe.

 

[Ruby United]

Oh my God, Kelly alone!!!!

What do u mean?

 

[Roderick]

not if they go fast up the first alpe in the peloton. the first group has quite bad climbers in them

I wouldn't call Riblon a bad climber. And TJ showed yesterday that he's improving