2014 Tour de France, Stage 18: Pau–Hautacam (145.5 Km)

[Oldman]

Nibali destroyed everybody (again).

9km solo ride. Crazy.

4 stage wins.

Great fight below the Italian.

Fantastic stage.[/QUOTE]

He forgot to give Majek the Lance Hautecam "look" when he blew by....

 

[webvan]

Glad Majka got a taste of his own medicine. Chapeau Pinot!

On the other hand Pinot has Majka to thank for the small 5" gap on Peraud and TVG, not sure why he didn't accelerate earlier as only a true can vs the routiers/grimpeurs like Peraud and TVG. At least TVG took a few turns, shame on Peraud for not even trying to help Hope he has a bad ITT !

 

[brilleaben]

Peraud is going to finish 2nd in the Tour. 2nd! Completely outrageous, have their been a weaker finishing standing in the last 30-40 years?

 

[pigoonse]

Yay! Vincenzo Nibali

Felt he would win this stage. But he would be criticized in these pages no matter what he did today...

Bravo Nibs...you da man

 

[go crazy]

Huh? What's you problem?

He gets away when no one cares about him, but when he's in any group, he's a pure wheelsucker, then attacks at the top. Hilarious he tried that move again, and Pinot had none of it.

 

[sultanofhyd]

Peraud is going to finish 2nd in the Tour. 2nd! Completely outrageous, have their been a weaker finishing standing in the last 30-40 years?

Oscar Pereiro..

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Peraud is going to finish 2nd in the Tour. 2nd! Completely outrageous, have their been a weaker finishing standing in the last 30-40 years?

**** me

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Nibali will win by 8 minutes I think

 

[Pricey_sky]

Tejay only 2 minutes behind Bardet so he could still finish 5th. Not a big deal for us but his team/sponsors will surely be pushing him.

 

[Rollthedice]

Peraud is smashed. Chapeau. An actually likeable wheelsucker.

 

[damian13ster]

Peraud is going to finish 2nd in the Tour. 2nd! Completely outrageous, have their been a weaker finishing standing in the last 30-40 years?

Did he take one pull during the Tour? Watch his teammates stop during TT so they can TTT to the finish line with him wheelsucking all the time.

He was very strong though, the way he followed Nibali was impressive (well, not today of course)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Mollema resurrection on the TV today.

I can almost feel the disappointment from here

don't worry tho, König is a better TT-er then both Ten Dam and Mollema. He only needs 40 seconds.

 

[alin.constantin89]

I voted in other topic he will win by 3-4 minutes, now he has 7 LOL...

 

[Cance > TheRest]

He gets away when no one cares about him, but when he's in any group, he's a pure wheelsucker, then attacks at the top. Hilarious he tried that move again, and Pinot had none of it.

What race did you watch?

 

[damian13ster]

He gets away when no one cares about him, but when he's in any group, he's a pure wheelsucker, then attacks at the top. Hilarious he tried that move again, and Pinot had none of it.

Oh yeah, because you have no right to sprint after attakcing the group, going solo for 5km on Hautacam and then following wheels for 2km.....
The guy was impressive. 2nd strongest on this climb

 

[Afrank]

He forgot to give Majek the Lance Hautecam "look" when he blew by....

You do know he didn't blow by Majka, right? He went right by Nieve. Majka was in the pack when Nibali followed Horners attack; and Majka attacked by himself a little later.

 

[difdauf]

Tejay only 2 minutes behind Bardet so he could still finish 5th. Not a big deal for us but his team/sponsors will surely be pushing him.

I am sure he will, not many doubts about it.
Ag2R didn't ride that good on this climb, both doing nothing. They were happy like that, i hope for them they won't regret it.

 

[go crazy]

What race did you watch?

The 2014 Tour de France. How about you?

 

[Warhawk]

I suspect the final top 6 will be:

1. Nibali
2. Peraud
3. Valverde
4. Pinot
5. van Garderen
6. Bardet

 

[JimPanzen]

He gets away when no one cares about him, but when he's in any group, he's a pure wheelsucker, then attacks at the top. Hilarious he tried that move again, and Pinot had none of it.

He had no business with those guys anyway. Way back in GC and only going for mountains classification. No need to mix in in the fight for GC. It was bike racing...simple as that.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I voted in other topic he will win by 3-4 minutes, now he has 7 LOL...

yep, crazy.
If he goes full in the ITT, he might get to 8-9 minutes.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

7+ mins for Nibali .... Highest since Ullrich 1997, right?

 

[Pricey_sky]

I suspect the final top 6 will be:

1. Nibali
2. Peraud
3. Valverde
4. Pinot
5. van Garderen
6. Bardet

Probably right but I hope:

Nibali
Pinot
Peraud
Valverde
Tejay

 

[JimPanzen]

I suspect the final top 6 will be:

1. Nibali
2. Peraud
3. Valverde
4. Pinot
5. van Garderen
6. Bardet

I also think TJVG will catch Bardet. But I would swap Valverde and Pinot. Valverde will not beat him in the ITT I think.

 

[wirral]

Lemond has totally lost the ability to finish any sentence ever. I can't take it any more.