2014 Tour de France July 23, Stage 17: Saint-Gaudens - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet 1

[Pricey_sky]

Idiot spectator...

It was a Movistar helper

 

[thrawn]

Stunning scenery and lake at the top of the mountains.

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

yeah. Orders by Riis I think. He wants Majka to conserve energy to win the stage (and get 40 points on the last climb), and not waste to much energy fighting Purito on the first climbs.

Or he simply doesnt have the legs. time will tell.

Great stage so far.

Pure fiction. Why would he have followed him in the first place?

 

[l.Harm]

Oh no nibali has only 2 helpers??? He's gonna lose

Fuglsang in the chasing group

 

[wirral]

movistar practising their dirty tricks.

 

[Ramira]

And to be honest he did help Durbridge get going again after he pushed him, which was classy.

Not to mention that he's doing what pretty much everyone else does at the top of a climb, try and get bottles to his team, Durbridge should've been more aware.

 

[Ramira]

movistar practising their dirty tricks.

To take out Valverde's biggest challenge for the podium, Durbridge! O wait...

 

[Pricey_sky]

And to be honest he did help Durbridge get going again after he pushed him, which was classy.

Not to mention that he's doing what pretty much everyone else does at the top of a climb, try and get bottles to his team, Durbridge should've been more aware.

Oh come on, In the middle of the road? He should be on the edge of the road like most others. Durbo had no chance there!

 

[SafeBet]

So to recap

Purito, Roche, De Marchi, Lopez, Durasek, Mollema

Big group with Majka, 3 movistar, fuglsang and others @25 seconds.

Nibali and others GC riders @1'15"

 

[Kender]

And to be honest he did help Durbridge get going again after he pushed him, which was classy.

Not to mention that he's doing what pretty much everyone else does at the top of a climb, try and get bottles to his team, Durbridge should've been more aware.

Looked like he was in the middle of the road. No excuse. He should not be allowed to hand out any more bottles

 

[vcampbell]

To take out Valverde's biggest challenge for the podium, Durbridge! O wait...

You know: practising. They test if it works or not.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Clearly Mollema is waiting for the 4th week to do something

So nice to pull out this quote now

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

So to recap

Purito, Roche, De Marchi, Lopez, Durasek, Mollema

Big group with Majka, 3 movistar, fuglsang and others @25 seconds.

Nibali and others GC riders @1'15"

Two groups joined on the descent.

 

[ILovecycling]

So to recap

Purito, Roche, De Marchi, Lopez, Durasek, Mollema

Big group with Majka, 3 movistar, fuglsang and others @25 seconds.

Nibali and others GC riders @1'15"

I dont think its anything serious,if FdJ or Ag2r start to chase

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Kwiatkowski detached on first climb alongside sprinters.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Oh but the sh.t begins. Frank Schleck refuses to close a gap ofcourse

 

[Cimber]

Pure fiction. Why would he have followed him in the first place?

Because that was what was the young inexperienced rider decided to do, and then the experienced DS told him to conserve his energy till later.

Yesterday Riis said that the key to the mountain jersey is to win the stage. The first 3 give 10 points each (30 points in total) and the last one gived 40 points alone. If they waste energy fighting eachother and Nibali then they havent achirved anything. Riis's plan seems to be the stage first and foremost and then the KOM-jersey will follow as a consequence. Big plan, big risk, but also possible big reward.

 

[SafeBet]

Two groups joined on the descent.

Thanks for the update.
So now approximately 30 riders in front?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Roche on the front an awful lot, so unsurprisingly Majka must be the TS leader today.

 

[SKSemtex]

Kwiatkowski detached on first climb alongside sprinters.

He is going to help to sprinters to catch limits.

 

[Cimber]

Thanks for the update.
So now approximately 30 riders in front?

22 (10 char)

 

[TourOfSardinia]

who;s that sky bot trying something?j!

Vasilij

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

Kwiatkowski is back on after being dropped on the climb.

 

[fowlyetti]

This would be quite a solo from Kirienka

 

[The Barb]

The first 3 give 10 points each (30 points in total) and the last one gived 40 points alone.

It's actually even more unbalanced than that I believe: 50 points for the stage winner.