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

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rojas had too many 4th places. It's not allowed

 

[Pricey_sky]

Pulled a Froome and hung on to the team car apparently.

Seems a little harsh then after 18 stages.

 

[Escarabajo]

Well, in the absence of Sky and Contador fanboys, we have this guy. Sigh.


Anyway, the hard part of the climb starts at 8.5 to go approx.

+1. LOL.

At least he keep us up to date about his rider.

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

Majka needs 6th place or better to get the jersey if Nibali wins the stage.

 

[Miburo]

Nibali is gonna crush this.

 

[SeriousSam]

I hope anyone but Nibali wins but it's not looking good.

 

[the_cutter]

Nice job by Astana, I thought they weren't strong enough to get the break back alone, but they did. So, who attacks first? Pinot is the one who needs the time the most.

 

[GroupDK]

Rojas ' sit behind a car for to long, why he was kicked out..

 

[GuyIncognito]

So, how many kms from the line does Valverde get dropped?
I say 5

 

[Escarabajo]

- Will Bardet get the white jersey back?
- Will Majka stay close enough to Nibali?
- Will Valverde be dropped?
- Will Peraud pay for his efforts yesterday?
- Will Horner win the stage?

- No
- No
- Yes (limit his losses)
- No
- No

 

[Pricey_sky]

This is Nibali's to lose here.

 

[Kwibus]

No. Netapp build team around König as sole leader. Of course they wanted to show themselves in breakaways, too.
Machado, Mendes a de La Cruz should have been main helpers for the mountains.

Well Machado crashed hard, de La Cruz is at home. What do you expect?
Netapp does fine as a wildcard team.

 

[Pricey_sky]

So, how many kms from the line does Valverde get dropped?
I say 5

6km to go.

 

[ILovecycling]

Cmon Micheal Snow!!!!!

 

[Kokoso]

Well, in the absence of Sky and Contador fanboys, we have this guy. Sigh.


Anyway, the hard part of the climb starts at 8.5 to go approx.

It hurts you when you have to fetch bottles from the car behind peloton every time, all race. And it isn't exactly anonymous. At least he tried to win stage and showed some balls. But well...yeah, you are obviously smart guy.

 

[I Love To Dope]

BMC leads second line. 90 seconds later, all BMC domestiques fade to the back.

 

[GuyIncognito]

It hurts you when you have to fetch bottles from the car behind peloton every time, all race. And it isn't exactly anonymous. At least he tried to win stage and showed some balls. But well...yeah, you are obviously smart guy.

You're not allowed to fetch bottles in the last kms and he always has several teammates before that.

It's like having a discussion with a squash court, but whatever

 

[damian13ster]

Nieve giving it a go. Really doubt he holds on though unless all GC candidates start watching each other (but then most likely Majka will jump)

 

[Carols]

Rojas ' sit behind a car for to long, why he was kicked out..

Well then it wasn't a Froome since Froome actually hung on to the moto...

 

[ILovecycling]

Will Nibali attack anytime soon?

 

[jaylew]

What is there to like about him? (Question also to earlier-in-the-thread poster Piti4Podiums)

I think there's plenty to like about him. He's arguably been the most versatile rider in the peloton over the last decade and is one of only a couple of riders to win a monument and a GT in the last 15 or so years. He's also won close to 100 races, and I'm guessing more than any non-bunch sprinter for many years.

And like Carols, I've been a fan for 10+ years. It started for me in his second season when I saw him finish in the top 10 in 12 stages of the Vuelta at 23. He then repeated the feat the following year.

I admit, I've been irritated by some of his race tactics the last few years.

 

[JimPanzen]

So...Nibz to take polka dot as well

 

[GuyIncognito]

Pitiful Scarponi. Already dropped and we're not even into the climb proper

 

[Pricey_sky]

Will Nibali attack anytime soon?

A little too early, the hard part starts in 2k.

 

[Carols]

These guys are motoring!