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

[dduff442]

Come on, of course it isn't quitw like that but you have to agree that Contador would have had a hard time dropping him today. And Nibali has panache.

All smiles at the finish line. Not puffing hard. It's not his fault that nobody's come close to challenging him this tour.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Time to change my forum name to "Vinokourov Letter".

 

[indianfanboy]

Come on, of course it isn't quitw like that but you have to agree that Contador would have had a hard time dropping him today. And Nibali has panache.

Nibali put 15 sec to Pinot thats nothing special

 

[DenisMenchov]

Thibaut Pinot FTW

I love that guy

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Without HotSteppers plan with Kwia today, we are looking at a bog standard MTF with 3km of race action.

Congrats to Nibali with the stage win and race lead.

 

[Marco Pantani]

Time to edit some PCM stats.

I'm an eternal optimist and still hoping for the rest to attack Nibali hard.
Pinot suffered from bad positioning. Hope Papy will get a free role as well.

 

[ILovecycling]

so many nibali fans all of a sudden this tour haha..... can't blame them after his performance in the cobbles.

this.And Froome+ Contador made their TdF over by their faults,so...its reasonable support Nibali.

 

[Escarabajo]

So that's three Grand Tours gifted to Nibali. A shame they will be counted the same way as Wiggins's tour win, because he deserves to win one out right.

LOL.

What is your theory now?

 

[maxmartin]

Can AV hang on the podium???

 

[dlwssonic]

Nibali put 15 sec to Pinot thats nothing special

exactly furthermore the porte group was playing around, only porte was willing to pull.

 

[infeXio]

What was Nibali's time up Les Planche ?

How does it compare to Froome's 2012 effort ?

Nibali was 30-odd seconds slower according to Danish TV2.
Though today's stage was ridden in far worse conditions and was considerably tougher in regards to climbing before the finishing ascent

 

[kingjr]

Contador has always been someone willing to take risks in the descent. If he happened to hit a pothole going 70kph while out of the saddle it's no surprise that caused a massive crash.

I don't quite remember, what was the reaction here last year when Froome talked about Contador taking too many risks on a downhill?

 

[Publicus]

I'll wait for Contador's comments.

 

[Ramira]

Talansky and VDB have been the wet blankets of this Tour. Expected so much out of them.

Both are dealing with the aftermath of crashes. VBD at least says he's starting to feel better. Let's see what they do after the rest day and a few flat stages, they may be better after some time for recovery. Though it seems Talanksy has lost to much time already.

 

[Ryongsyong]

What was Nibali's time up Les Planche ?

How does it compare to Froome's 2012 effort ?

Two different days so you might as well compare it with how much toast I ate this morning (two slices BTW)

 

[luckyboy]

2 weeks left guys and we haven't hit Pyrenees or Alps yet

This could end up like Robobasso's Giro win

 

[The Blues]

This is so unfair in every possible way...

Unfair for Nibali, because the absence of Contador and Froome will question his win.
Unfair for Contador and Froome for obvious reasons (that's racing, I know, but it still sucks).
Unfair for the fans because we won't get to see the massively entertaining battle it would have undoubtedly have been between these guys.

PS: They would have had a hard time dropping Lo Squalo nevertheless, I believe. He is really strong!

 

[dlwssonic]

ouch... tejay could have been 4th in the GC today and perfectly poised for a podium spot.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Nibs
Bennati
Contador
all close together at 60km/h
when Alberto crashed

he just told the RAI

 

[meat puppet]

two things are certain. first, nibali would have given conti a run for his money. second, the others are riding for podium.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

so many nibali fans all of a sudden this tour haha..... can't blame them after his performance in the cobbles.

Surely Nibali has always been a forum favourite? All big name riders have their fans and their detractors, but Nibali tends to be quite popular even amongst fans who don't rate him with the likes of Contador and Froome as a GC man because he is fun.

 

[Escarabajo]

Nibali put 15 sec to Pinot thats nothing special

With that logic the US Soccer team was the second best team of the FIFA cup!!

You can't use that logic in any sport. It just doen't work that way!

 

[murali]

with no more competitors left,
Nibali gets yellow
Sagan gets green
JRod gets polka

this is a fight for just white jersey now.

this tour has reduced to
le tour de crash.



is too much to ask for an exciting tour?

i think it is better to watch Giro and Veulta from now on, and skip Tour entirely.

 

[Climbing]

Yep, Nibali said he is deeply sorry for Alberto, and that he was very near when the crash happened, almost fell as well at 65 km/h.

 

[movingtarget]

exactly furthermore the porte group was playing around, only porte was willing to pull.

Yeah the long climbs will be different and should suit TJVG and Porte more than today. Good ride by Nibali and then Valverde did the usual sprint at the end.