2014 Tour de France, Stage 10: Mulhouse > La Planche des Belles Filles 161.5 Km

[l.Harm]

Is it just me, or is Astana just riding at the front. They don't really seem to be pushing it?

Correct. They're not riding to kill Contador but to let Kwiatkowski not go too far.

 

[Akuryo]

Sad that it comes in this way but with so many guys crashing and losing time, Kwiatkowski could really end up in the Top 10.

 

[Miburo]

Is it just me, or is Astana just riding at the front. They don't really seem to be pushing it?

They're a riding decent tempo but you really can't blame them for doing that at all.

 

[The Barb]

How the **** did he lose 4 minutes??? You crash, you're down for 30 -40 seconds maybe. Even people who were too injured to continue the Tour have usually got back up quicker than that.

Then what happens the next 3 minutes. He just stood there?

This tweet from Matt Keenan explains part of it I guess:

"I feel for Contador but how does a rear brake on a bike fresh off the roof of the car need adjusting? #TDF #professionalfoul"

 

[The Hitch]

his bike randomly broke when he was on it?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Contador has no speed

 

[Parrulo]

Honestly there are still 90k to go.

Astana could easily wait for Contador a give us a chance at a good Tour.

Contador looks out

 

[ILovecycling]

This year's tour feels like watching Game of Thrones...

Very good first post

 

[zombo10]

It's over !!!

 

[Afrank]

Astana has to drill, otherwise Kiwi will get too much time

91 Km's left still. They don't need to ride hard now. Just maintain the gap to Kwiat at most.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Wow nice one Astana

Don't be foolish.

 

[The Hegelian]

Jeez, doesn't look good.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

This tweet from Matt Keenan explains part of it I guess:

"I feel for Contador but how does a rear brake on a bike fresh off the roof of the car need adjusting? #TDF #professionalfoul"

Who the f*ck is Matt Keenan?

 

[Arredondo]

And now it looks a little bit better.

 

[maxmartin]

Honestly there are still 90k to go.

Astana could easily wait for Contador a give us a chance at a good Tour.

Contador looks out

Why? So Kiwi can win the tour?

 

[the sceptic]

Cmon its all over. no chance Contador can recover from this.

 

[Miburo]

Well if Contador wins the tour now, he's really a living legend but yea...

 

[senatorrick]

The pole is my dark horse I said it a month ago and I'm wanna see him podium, and it's looking good

 

[movingtarget]

This sucks. Not what the race or Contador needed.

 

[whittashau]

People are complaining about Astana riding, but how long should they wait? They did wait for a good two minutes.

 

[Vino's Mum]

This tweet from Matt Keenan explains part of it I guess:

"I feel for Contador but how does a rear brake on a bike fresh off the roof of the car need adjusting? #TDF #professionalfoul"

Some magic spanner's hardly a big deal, is it? He looks hurt.

 

[Warhawk]

Wouldn't it be benficial for Astana to have Kwia take yellow? He's hardly a GC threat

Not a huge threat, but you can't just let the dude ride off into the sunset, so to speak.

 

[trevim]

Who the f*ck is Matt Keenan?

And how many bike races has he seen in life? The rear brake adjustement is almost a tradition, everybody does that.

 

[ILovecycling]

Seems Okish now?

 

[Netbalp]

what will we seen on the climbs now???