2015 Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 2: Le Bourget le lac - VlD

[lemon cheese cake]

The stage:

Climbs:
Km 3.0 - Col du Chat 2.8 kilometre-long climb at 6.8% - category 2
Km 74.0 - Col de Cuvéry 8.7 kilometre-long climb at 6.7% - category 1

Col de Cuvéry:

Start: 10:30 local time
Finish: 2:30 - 3:00 local time

Title too long!

 

[Flamin]

This might go to a break with the sprinter teams being quite weak.

 

[The Barb]

Re:

This might go to a break with the sprinter teams being quite weak.

I would be surprised. After they missed out yesterday this is really the only chance for the sprinters so they'll go all out.

Bouhanni.

 

[jens_attacks]

allez chouchou, faites-nous reveeer!!!!!

 

[Arredondo]

Modolo with ease.

 

[Lexman]

Boeckmans

 

[Flamin]

Re: Re:

This might go to a break with the sprinter teams being quite weak.

I would be surprised. After they missed out yesterday this is really the only chance for the sprinters so they'll go all out.

Bouhanni.

They failed to keep things together yesterday despite having to control a weak early break. That says a lot about the strength of the sprinter teams, even though there were a few short hills.

I'd say there might be more interest to go in the break because of that, but I see now nobody cares. Just 3 riders ahead with 1'15".

 

[Flamin]

Re:

Boeckmans

Where was he yesterday?

 

[Lexman]

Re: Re:

Boeckmans

Where was he yesterday?

he was taking a day of...

 

[Samamba]

Re: Re:

Boeckmans

Where was he yesterday?

Dropped together with Mezgec. He said he had problems with the heat.

 

[del1962]

This stage should see a Bouhanni win.

 

[del1962]

Re: Re:

This might go to a break with the sprinter teams being quite weak.

I would be surprised. After they missed out yesterday this is really the only chance for the sprinters so they'll go all out.

Bouhanni.

They failed to keep things together yesterday despite having to control a weak early break. That says a lot about the strength of the sprinter teams, even though there were a few short hills.

I'd say there might be more interest to go in the break because of that, but I see now nobody cares. Just 3 riders ahead with 1'15".

The sprinters teams couldn't control yesterday because final climb to close to finish, no problems for them with this stage

 

[Miburo]

pfff last year on stage 2 we had the greatest show of the year lmao, i guess we gotta wait afew more days....But nibali will be *** like last year

 

[Flamin]

Re: Re:

This might go to a break with the sprinter teams being quite weak.

I would be surprised. After they missed out yesterday this is really the only chance for the sprinters so they'll go all out.

Bouhanni.

They failed to keep things together yesterday despite having to control a weak early break. That says a lot about the strength of the sprinter teams, even though there were a few short hills.

I'd say there might be more interest to go in the break because of that, but I see now nobody cares. Just 3 riders ahead with 1'15".

The sprinters teams couldn't control yesterday because final climb to close to finish, no problems for them with this stage

12k is not too close. Good sprinter teams would have closed Kennaugh down easily.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Re:

This might go to a break with the sprinter teams being quite weak.

I would be surprised. After they missed out yesterday this is really the only chance for the sprinters so they'll go all out.

Bouhanni.

The question is what the attackers will do. Even if the peleton catches the break there might be attacks on the last kilometers because everyone knows that the sprinter teams are weak. However I think this stage will end in a bunch sprint but the break or any other "not sprinters" definitely have a chance.

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

Re:

pfff last year on stage 2 we had the greatest show of the year lmao, i guess we gotta wait afew more days....But nibali will be **** like last year

Gah! I was hoping to see Nibali take it to Froome on the descent of Col D'Allos.

 

[greenedge]

Modolo....

 

[Pricey_sky]

Crash, Purito caught behind it but almost back now.

 

[Arredondo]

Purito was just checking everything was fine with Popo.

He really doesn't care his Dauphine

 

[TourOfSardinia]

break slow death almost done

 

[TourOfSardinia]

modolo not there near the front
...
until I wrote that!

 

[rick james]

Crash at the back

 

[Happy dude]

Eddie starts sprinting with 350 to go giving bouhanni the perfect lead out

 

[luckyboy]

Finally Cofidis get it right, kinda

 

[rick james]

shocked we didn't have any crashes in the last 1k there, elbows were out for a lot of them