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

[senatorrick]

He was in the main peloton.

Thanks you!!!!!!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Tony Gallopin won't be allowed to take yellow

Why not - it would give Astana a break without necessarily conceding time to Contador.
A Frenchman in yellow would be popular - Astana could make a deal.

 

[rhubroma]

Typical waste of a Tour stage and on the first Sunday! I mean, if you are going to put 5 mountains together at least have the finish at the bottom of the descent.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Typical waste of a Tour stage and on the first Sunday! I mean, if you are going to put 5 mountains together at least have the finish at the bottom of the descent.

YEa, about 20 klicks too long, i reckon.

 

[cineteq]

Why not - it would give Astana a break without necessarily conceding time to Contador.
A Frenchman in yellow would be popular - Astana could make a deal.

I wasn't talikng about Astana. I meant for Sky and Saxo's interests.

 

[glassmoon]

Typical waste of a Tour stage and on the first Sunday! I mean, if you are going to put 5 mountains together at least have the finish at the bottom of the descent.

True
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[pigoonse]

Typical waste of a Tour stage and on the first Sunday! I mean, if you are going to put 5 mountains together at least have the finish at the bottom of the descent.

Aye, so right.

 

[webbie146]

To all the Tony haters on this board:

IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mountain stage victory + Mountain jersey

Welcome back, I though u left haha

 

[xanadu]

Pinot opted for a bit of space for his descent, wise man.

 

[murali]

Rasmussen in the legendary win had 3:04 over the second placed man.

 

[Climbing]

What a ride for Tony!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

What a ride for Tony!

10kms ahead of the peloton on the road!

 

[No_Balls]

Why not - it would give Astana a break without necessarily conceding time to Contador.
A Frenchman in yellow would be popular - Astana could make a deal.

Very poor decision of handling over the jersey today. It will be the first real mountain stage without the jersey and its extra strenght it adds and after tomorrow they will possibly be back in it (and the responsibility).

Not very clever there.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Typical waste of a Tour stage and on the first Sunday! I mean, if you are going to put 5 mountains together at least have the finish at the bottom of the descent.

Pedantry: btw it's the second sunday of the tour

 

[pigoonse]

Tony Martin making stage 9 his personal TT.

Go Tony M.

 

[Ruby United]

Payback for last year's vuelta

 

[TourOfSardinia]

remember that time when he was caught by the pack on the line
won't happen to day

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

Have P&P mentioned that if Tony Gallopin gets the yellow jersey it will be on the eve of Bastille day?

 

[spalco]

I guess it's not fair to complain, but I'm annoyed the peloton is taking a rest day on sunday, especially when I wasn't able to watch any TdF during the week.

 

[Bushman]

Martin is so good that he can win a tt even if it's not there.

 

[luckyboy]

Europcar weird tactics today. Rolland will surely not stay up there in GC after the Giro he had.

 

[Ruby United]

Europcar weird tactics today. Rolland will surely not stay up there in GC after the Giro he had.

Rolland might just be aiming for a top 10 or even 5 in this tour which is definitely a possible and achievable target so that will explain today

 

[murali]

9 yrs ago, in a stage 9, another marvelous rider won solo.

that's a strange coincidence

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Rojas have a chance of finishing in the top 5.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Tony Gallopin won't be allowed to take yellow

What? No chance anyone's gonna chase him.

I agree with whoever said that this is the most boring stage so far. Dissapointing but Tony is too strong.