2014 Tour de France, Stage 9: Gerardmer – Mulhouse: 170km

[xanadu]

They are in line with the cars they rent out

Poor Nibbles cant even give the yelloiw bib away.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Reminds me of the Giro where the other contenders sat and watched Quintana win the race expecting Majka's domestiques to chase him down

 

[Roude Leiw]

But it is also quite nice to see Martin destroy the other breakaway riders on his own

Very true, Frenchies on ES are more than ****ed because the breakaway does nothing. Virenque does not get why EC worked and now Pierrot does nothing
Will be agreat win for Tony

 

[Netserk]

Martin doing a Rasmussen

 

[Eclipse]

Put half your team in the breakaway. Get time taken out of you on every climb by Tony Martin anyway

 

[Zam_Olyas]

So far it's like watching ___________________ or maybe worst for some.

 

[trevim]

Put half your team in the breakaway. Get time taken out of you on every climb by Tony Martin anyway

Ahah well said they sould stop now, it's a bit embarassing

 

[uconnryan]

Purito!!! Great sprint that

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

JRod wanted that.

 

[Hugo87]

Purito showing off his sprint skills.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Martin doing a Rasmussen

Bavarianrider thread is on?

 

[Roude Leiw]

Martin doing a Rasmussen

He will rule the Alps and win b a landslide

 

[xanadu]

Purito sprinting for KOM points, i like that good to see a true climber chasing the polka dots.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

LOL, main field riding like 10 wide.

 

[Carols]

Worst stage ever, suck my mother****ing ****.

Is this really necessary? Not the first one today.....

 

[Roude Leiw]

Purito!!! Great sprint that

I heard that he will move to Giant next year

 

[Arredondo]

Purito got some of his kick back this stage. Good to see for the rest of the Tour.

 

[Eclipse]

polka dot panzerwagen incoming =)

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

Its been a fairly tough first week plus with tomorrows stage it is probably no real surprise that teams are taking it a bit more easily today.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Bavarianrider thread is on?

It's a shame Bavarian rider stopped following cycling because they cancelled two cobble sectors.

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

This stage = cluster fail for Europecar

All they are trying to do is move Rolland back up on GC. He's 5 minutes up now.

 

[pigoonse]

What a disappointment this stage. But my own fault for trying to make more of it. Serious GC contenders and saving their bodies for stage 10.

Go Tony Martin!

 

[Aditya]

Ever given a thought to Europcar bringing Rolland back in contention for a top spot rather than actually chasing Martin down? Maybe they're looking at the overall picture over just a stage win.

If others from the break want to win then they should start chasing Martin on their own.

 

[uconnryan]

Nibali to attack on this descent...

 

[Netserk]

Bavarianrider thread is on?

Yes, obviously his extra weight is an advantage when climbing