Forunculo said:Ronda is beautiful
Dr. Juice said:![]()
Penultimate km 5.9 % and last one at 6.9 % average. Only 15 km to the finish. If Orica sets a high pace for Matthews, Bouhanni may drop by some seconds. Will probably come back, but in this case it's a big effort done.
Arredondo said:The red jersey Michael MATTHEWS (186) was surprised to see how much rivals challenged him in the sprint yester day : "I was ripped apart from everywhere. I thought the red jersey would create respect but there isn't much respect left in the peloton."
LittleJo said:I thought you must have made that quote up, but apparently not....I guess everyone else should have just let him win![]()
TommyPlus said:How far did Bouhanni last up the climb yesterday?
Obviously Degenkolb is never going to be dropped, Giant surely to put the hammer down on the climb.
BeagRigh said:Only dropped in the last and steepest part I think. I don't see him getting dropped today - he showed in the Giro he can get over some climbs.
He was very impressive in the stage where sky put the hammer down on the last climb then Farrar crash in the final - can't remember which stage that was...
EDIT: Stage 10
TommyPlus said:Stage 10 this year? Certainly no climbing in that stage.
3km at about 2% ish?
Eyeballs Out said:The theory that Degenkolb climbs better than Bouhanni didn't hold up too well 2 days ago on that final ramp when the former exploded and the latter finished 8th
Arredondo said:The red jersey Michael MATTHEWS (186) was surprised to see how much rivals challenged him in the sprint yester day : "I was ripped apart from everywhere. I thought the red jersey would create respect but there isn't much respect left in the peloton."
cineteq said:Which GC rider is a good rider in the heat? Temp. 40C+.