2015 Dauphiné, stage 7: Montmélian > Saint-G Mont Blanc 155k

[Orbit501]

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De La Cruz has been reported to be in the front group via the official ticker. The fact the gap is 3'45 must indicate he's in there. If he wasn't the gap would be over 4, pushing 5.

Yeah, I've just seen that. Someone needs to have a word with Mr La Cruz if this break wants to go all the way.

 

[Sasquatch]

3'35

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Don't think De La Cruz will make much difference. There are teams that will chase this for the stage win anyway

 

[Orbit501]

Can't everyone gang up on the Spainiards and say they'll let Mate stay if the other three do one!

 

[Sasquatch]

Back out to 4 minutes.

 

[Asero831]

do we have the composition of the 21 riders? Who is the best placed rider in the GC?

 

[Orbit501]

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do we have the composition of the 21 riders? Who is the best placed rider in the GC?

Official ticker here: http://www.letour.fr/criterium-du-dauphine/2015/us/live/aso/

Some conflicting information as to exactly how many in the break (it's 20 odd riders at any rate), but it would seem that De La Cruz is best placed break rider on GC at 3:13.

Break is hovering around the 4 minute mark.

 

[search]

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do we have the composition of the 21 riders? Who is the best placed rider in the GC?

de la Cruz +3:13

you can see all gaps and names on the official ticker when you click on the breakaway group

 

[Asero831]

now it says that 26 riders are in the breakaway

 

[Taxus4a]

Nathan Haas (Cannondale-Garmin)
Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r La Mondiale)
Pim Ligthart (Lotto-Soudal)
Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar Team)
Gorka Izagirre (Movistar Team)
Tiago Machado (Katusha)
David De La Cruz (Etixx-Quick Step)
Pieter Serry (Etixx-Quick Step)
Bauke Mollema (Trek)
Riccardo Zoidl (Trek)
Pawel Poljanski (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Chris Anker Sorensen (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Jarlison Pantano (IAM Cycling)
Marcel Wyss (IAM Cycling)
Rubén Plaza (Lampre-Merida)
Pierre Rolland (Europcar)
Dani Navarro (Cofidis)
Luis Ángel Maté (Cofidis)
Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)
Kenny Elissonde (FDJ)
Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka)
Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka)
Bartosz Huzarski (Bora-Argon 18)
Dominik Nerz (Bora-Argon 18)
Björn Thurau (Bora-Argon 18)


No control

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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now it says that 26 riders are in the breakaway

26 would account for everyone who has been mentioned as being up the road so far

 

[Sasquatch]

Gap is hovering between 3:40 and 4 minutes. If they have that on the climb that shouldn't be categorised a category 1 then someone from that group will be strong enough to win.

 

[RedheadDane]

So... according to the CN live-update Chris Anker is riding for the newly established Montenegro team.

http://live.cyclingnews.com/

 

[Sasquatch]

Game on.

Sky chasing. Froome wants this.

 

[Taxus4a]

De la Cruz is a good climber, I guess BMC is trying to control, but any team that want to win Dauphiné cant allow that breakaway to get 5 minutes before last climb.

Anybody knows if is raining?

When is the first broadcast?

 

[Sasquatch]

2:30 now

Froome, Nibali or Van Garderen will take this. Hopefully Van Garderen.

 

[Taxus4a]

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Game on.

Sky chasing. Froome wants this.

This is good news...so Froome at least want the stage and use up all the possibilities for GC, at least the podium. it is what a champion must do. They dont have any rider in the breakaway.

 

[Rollthedice]

49 left in the main group. Sky train.

 

[Sasquatch]

1'35 now

The gap will go back out on the descent, but I'm thinking they might have 2 minutes at the base of the penultimate climb.

 

[Walkman]

Anyone got a working stream to share?

 

[Rollthedice]

Simon Yates dropped.

 

[Taxus4a]

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Anyone got a working stream to share?

I see now till 15:30 anything...

And the climb they are now is the last important one before the last climb.

 

[infeXio]

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Anyone got a working stream to share?

No live pictures for another 35 mins or so, apparently

 

[Velolover2]

Who is still in the peloton?

 

[Flamin]

Dauphiné again the best 1-week stage race of the year, hands down.