2014 Tour de France, Stage 8: Tomblaine – Gerardmer/La Mauselaine: 161km

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pinot shows his face

 

[Publicus]

Crazy climb and crowds.

EDIT: Decent work from Majka

 

[Afrank]

Nibali been looking pretty tranquillo.

 

[Broth3r]

Costa slipping back. Not his kind of gradients.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Saxo train not shelling riders. Not sure the point of this "show of force." Contador is at home with pace changes.

Because it's likely that even with a steady pace he'll be climbing better than Nibali

Disappointed in Ion, getting dropped so early...

 

[Rollthedice]

Saxo train not shelling riders. Not sure the point of this "show of force." Contador is at home with pace changes.

Oleg just showed up today.

 

[indianfanboy]

Gallopin dropped

 

[Publicus]

Contador looks super strong....

 

[mr. tibbs]

Rolland

 

[indianfanboy]

Rolland is dropping

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Mollema, Fuglsang and Ten Dam struggling

 

[Arnout]

Pierrot too tired from Giro too.

 

[yespatterns]

While I'm not sure if saxo is doing the right thing, they are culling the peloton a bit.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Scarponi back with Nibs!

 

[lenric]

Rui Costa looks like is struggling.

 

[indianfanboy]

Contador looks so strong everyone struggling with the gradient now

 

[No_Balls]

Contador starting the afterburner in 3...2....1

Looking massive.

 

[nuvolablu]

Scarponi is right behind Nibali, while Kangert and Fugslang are struggling at the back

 

[trevim]

Reminds of Muro di Sormano this last final pitch.

 

[thrawn]

Mollema dropping?

 

[indianfanboy]

Teejay almost crashes

 

[wirral]

Van Garderen clipped a fan, I think.

 

[Miburo]

It's hard to judge of course but Contador doesn't look like he's suffering at all.

 

[trevim]

Contador starting the afterburner in 3...2....1

Looking massive.

To be fair, Nibali is looking great as well

 

[Arredondo]

Ten Dam drops, Mollema hangs on for death.