2014 Tour de France July 19, Stage 14: Grenoble - Risoul 177km

[naviman]

Nibali is toying with everyone. I wish there was at least some competition for the yellow jersey.

 

[whittashau]

I do think Contador would have put good time into Nibbles today. However, tiredness and fatigue are hard things to judge,

 

[arvc40]

Do you and all Contador fans realize Nibali was doing a Saturday ride?

Nibali ******

 

[Climbing]

Do you and all Contador fans realize Nibali was doing a Saturday ride?

Don't waste time feeding the trolls, you know supporters can be quite blind from time to time.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1. ITA NIBALI Vincenzo 41 ASTANA PRO TEAM 61h 52' 54''
2. ESP VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 11 MOVISTAR TEAM 61h 57' 31'' + 04' 37''
3. FRA BARDET Romain 82 AG2R LA MONDIALE 61h 57' 44'' + 04' 50''
4. FRA PINOT Thibaut 127 FDJ.FR 61h 58' 00'' + 05' 06''
5. USA VAN GARDEREN Tejay 141 BMC RACING TEAM 61h 58' 43'' + 05' 49''
6. FRA PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe 81 AG2R LA MONDIALE 61h 59' 02'' + 06' 08''
7. NED MOLLEMA Bauke 61 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 62h 01' 27'' + 08' 33''
8. CZE KONIG Leopold 201 TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA 62h 02' 26'' + 09' 32''
9. NED TEN DAM Laurens 67 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 62h 02' 55'' + 10' 01''
10. FRA ROLLAND Pierre 151 TEAM EUROPCAR 62h 03' 42'' + 10' 48''

if you said this was the top 10 of the Criterium International I'd believe you

 

[Climbing]

I do think Contador would have put good time into Nibbles today. However, tiredness and fatigue are hard things to judge,

I think Contador crashed out, hard to put time into someone when you crash out.

 

[Kender]

Well contadors bad luck was majka's good luck. No way he'd have been allowed to ride like that if contador was still in the race. Good ride by him

 

[GroupDK]

By wheelsucking König for the entire climb?

Have you ever try to wheelsuck on a mauntain stage..it certainly aint a freebie, like you seem to think..

 

[ferryman]

These stages would be a lot more interesting if both froome and contador were still in the race

Maybe, maybe not. If you didn't enjoy that or found it interesting I'm not sure what you want from watching cycling.

 

[arvc40]

I'm glad Nibali held held back there. Majka deserved it

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Costa ahead of JvB and Porte. My day is saved

Why.. they all massively failed.. There is nothing to be proud about

Many guys failing this tour

 

[thehog]

Maybe, maybe not. If you didn't enjoy that or found it interesting I'm not sure what you want from watching cycling.

Agreed. I'm enjoying the mini-French grand tour going on here. Great to watch.

 

[VanBsr]

1. ITA NIBALI Vincenzo 41 ASTANA PRO TEAM 61h 52' 54''
2. ESP VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 11 MOVISTAR TEAM 61h 57' 31'' + 04' 37''
3. FRA BARDET Romain 82 AG2R LA MONDIALE 61h 57' 44'' + 04' 50''
4. FRA PINOT Thibaut 127 FDJ.FR 61h 58' 00'' + 05' 06''
5. USA VAN GARDEREN Tejay 141 BMC RACING TEAM 61h 58' 43'' + 05' 49''
6. FRA PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe 81 AG2R LA MONDIALE 61h 59' 02'' + 06' 08''
7. NED MOLLEMA Bauke 61 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 62h 01' 27'' + 08' 33''
8. CZE KONIG Leopold 201 TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA 62h 02' 26'' + 09' 32''
9. NED TEN DAM Laurens 67 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 62h 02' 55'' + 10' 01''
10. FRA ROLLAND Pierre 151 TEAM EUROPCAR 62h 03' 42'' + 10' 48''

if you said this was the top 10 of the Criterium International I'd believe you

Zubeldia at 22 seconds to another top 10.

 

[Kender]

Maybe, maybe not. If you didn't enjoy that or found it interesting I'm not sure what you want from watching cycling.

The stage in and of itself was interesting. But in terms of gc not so much. I meant the gc race would have made this more interesting

 

[Kender]

Unless you enjoy the race for minor places interesting ofcourse

 

[kingjr]

Maybe, maybe not. If you didn't enjoy that or found it interesting I'm not sure what you want from watching cycling.

I think most of us wanted to see a battle between the 2 best GC-riders. If you're not a Nibali, or Tinkoff, or Majka-Fan this today was nothing special.

 

[roundabout]

I was only 26 places and about 8 minutes off with my prediction of a Kwiatkowski top-20 stage finish

 

[mihhint]

Peraud hoping Nibali drags him to stage win and putting in zero effort for 4 km...and then jumping him at the line lol, Nibali was having none of that

 

[Warhawk]

Zubeldia at 22 seconds to another top 10.

I'm pretty sure that Zubeldia's purpose in life is to provide a measure by which other riders can determine whether they had a successful Tour. Did you finish ahead of Zubeldia? Success! Did you finish behind Zubeldia? Fail! He'd like the metaphorical broom wagon for GC contenders.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Damn Nibali is strong. Of course way too strong.

Without Nibali, Froome and Contador in this race it would be epic. Anybody with enough cash should bribe those guys to stay away in the future.

Good ride by Majka, who saved himself for the final few stages.

Valverde very human these days.

Porte back to normal.

 

[kingjr]

Peraud hoping Nibali drags him to stage win and putting in zero effort for 4 km

Yes, zero effort. It's so easy to follow wheels uphill, doesn't matter if it's the best climber left in the race.

 

[whittashau]

On second watch I do think Nibali took it easy towards the end

Flo should be happy - He wasn't greedy afterall

 

[Red Rick]

Nibali's jump was pretty impressive, but he didn't make up that much time to Majka in the end. This was definitely not going full genius, but I had to laugh at the look he gave Peraud during the 'sprint' for second

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Of course if Aru was here he would left Rafa M - like he did in the Giro ..
(probably not!)

 

[Climbing]

Nibali's jump was pretty impressive, but he didn't make up that much time to Majka in the end. This was definitely not going full genius, but I had to laugh at the look he gave Peraud during the 'sprint' for second

Well, what was the point of sprinting in Nibali's face after being dragged up there? Stupid move, no respect.