2014 Tour de France, Stage 16: Carcassonne–Bagnères-de-Luchon (237.5 Km)

[I Love To Dope]

El "Puma" crashed twice. he needed him here.

he needs more than one guy. He lost half his squad yesterday because they all blew up bridging a 20 second gap. He looks like a joke of a contender because he's the only decent rider on his team.

 

[Arnout]

Lot more action than expected.

 

[GuyIncognito]

These longer climbs don't suit Bardet, but they suit Pinot perfectly

 

[Escarabajo]

OMG, the chain came off Andy's bike.

Oooops, wrong stage!!

 

[JimPanzen]

So Peraud not helping Bardet...

 

[trevim]

Diesel Vasil coming back

 

[Pricey_sky]

Cracking ride from Kiri here, he refuses to give up.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Bardet's Bad-day?

 

[trevim]

So Peraud not helping Bardet...

It's understandable, Peraud has a better TT skill and it's one of his last chances.

 

[Arnout]

So Peraud not helping Bardet...

Of course not. Peraud is the superior TTer, he can podium himself.

 

[Hayabusa]

Bardet has already lost 30 seconds and Mollema is about to come back to him.

 

[Arnout]

Bardet's Bad-day?

Or just third week.

 

[trevim]

Voeckler and Serpa sprinting for KOM

 

[Afrank]

Kiry should catch them on the descent with a good ride.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Lol Gadret and Jeanneson amazing

 

[JimPanzen]

Of course not. Peraud is the superior TTer, he can podium himself.

Fair enough, but last time he even closed gaps to Bardet for others.

 

[sultanofhyd]

Jeannesson and Team Gadret are back, how?!

 

[woodburn]

Roy back to help Pinot. They just need to ride hard to top and not worry about other tactics.

Edit: Jeannesson helping

 

[Arnout]

Oh damn I know all too well how those dropped riders feel.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Tiny group of GC leaders left.

 

[Arnout]

Fair enough, but last time he even closed gaps to Bardet for others.

Yeah but then he went on (unexpectedly) to finish together with Nibali, so that changes the scenario quite a bit.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Bardet has already lost 30 seconds and Mollema is about to come back to him.

now both 50s back from Gr. Nibali

 

[Pricey_sky]

Bardet a minute behind Pinot already?

 

[cineteq]

Of course not. Peraud is the superior TTer, he can podium himself.

Except that there a couple MT stages to before the ITT . I wouldn't be surprised if both end out of the podium for these tactics...

 

[I Love To Dope]

Voeckler fighting for that fifth place mountain classification. What a champion.