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

[Stelvio]

Saxo lost a minute, now four minutes down to Nibali at the summit.

 

[willbick]

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

Lol forum meltdown if Froome was doing this

 

[sultanofhyd]

There can be zero complaints. Astana didn't push the pace that much at all.

Is that why they gained 2 minutes on the Purito group?

 

[gthx_gthx_]

IMO it doesn't look likes Astana is trying to put time into Contador. More like Contador is really struggling.

 

[Publicus]

There can be zero complaints. Astana didn't push the pace that much at all.

Agreed.

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[trevim]

Lol forum meltdown if Froome was doing this

Yeah we need to pick on those small things regarding Froome

 

[Miburo]

The crashes of (Cavendish) Froome and Contador destroyed this tour.

Astana is drilling it now really hard, so over.

 

[maxmartin]

There can be zero complaints. Astana didn't push the pace that much at all.

maintain the gap to Kiwi

 

[sultanofhyd]

Ofcourse they are well within their rights to ride but make no mistake, Astana ARE riding hard. You are naive if you think otherwise. Just watch the gap progression to the break.

 

[53x11 in DC]

This tour is now game on and really competitive

Nibali vs a phalanx of Frenchmen with loose alliances ( Rolland vs Pinot vs Bardet vs Gallopin vs Peraud ) with Valverde sucking all and every wheel possible.

This is what we hoped for.

Well, what will be interesting is that there are a whole cast of characters (Porte, TJVG, Talansky, Rolland, etc.) with ZERO to lose. That is, unless they decide to battle for podium positions only.

 

[Warhawk]

It still won't change that his win will come against a field that didn't include the two best GC riders on the year.

You can only play the hand that's in front of you. Look, it's a valid point to bring up when discussing Nibali's achievements as a rider, I'm just saying that people who are bitter towards him for circumstances outside his control are deluded.

 

[Arnout]

I will give my bike to Contador in the next Tour, it hasn't broken yet and has been going for some years now. Seriously, if this is true, what kind of bikes are they using?!

The big disadvantage of carbon and especially the way they are trimming down on the fibers to get a weight advantage.

 

[MartinGT]

It IS Machado though

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Contador needs to stop now. It's over.

 

[luckyboy]

Astana are pushing harder now. For what reason? Real nice tactics

 

[the_cutter]

Contador has to be hurt, that Saxo train is going sloooooow. At one point it was down to three minutes (though the timing has been acting funny all day) back to MJ, now it's back up again to 3'30.

 

[MatParker117]

It's looking like The Shark vs The Tasmanian devil

 

[SafeBet]

Honestly i am an huge Nibali fan but him winning the Tour with both Froome and Contador crashing out would put a big * next to his win.

I know crashing out is part of the race but if this frame snapping story is true than Contador is not to blame for his crash this is really just a freak accident

Nothing should be taken away from Nibbles after the way he raced this first week. I'm really sorry for what happened to Contador, but the * thing is utter BS to me.

On RAI they're blaming Astana for pulling the peloton. Such idiots.

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

I wish Contador just gave up, what he's doing right now is really not healthy i think.

I agree, it's a long way to go until the end of the stage.

 

[whittashau]

lol astana

They're not pulling hard though. If Contador was even feeling half good he would have had no problem getting back. If you took your eyepatch off you'd realise that. Machado literally just got back after his crash while Astana was on the front. Proving my point beyond argument

 

[The Barb]

Is Westra still in the lead group? Can't see him there.

Dropping back help Astana drill it?

 

[Afrank]

Getting wet now, won't be good for Contador. Gallopin struggling it seems.

 

[zombo10]

Contador needs to stop now. It's over.

Yeah big injury on his knee i think...

 

[indianfanboy]

The crashes have ruined the race from being one of the best ever to the worst tour ever

 

[Publicus]

You can only play the hand that's in front of you. Look, it's a valid point to bring up when discussing Nibali's achievements as a rider, I'm just saying that people who are bitter towards him for circumstances outside his control are deluded.

I'm not blaming Nibali. It is what it is.