2016 Critérium du Dauphiné, 2.UWT, June 5-12

[webvan]

Ah here comes Galopin, more help on hand for Sky...

 

[sir fly]

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According to several people on twitter, Contador attacked, sky set pace to bring him back, then Aru attacked and nobody chased, then Contador he attacked again 1km from the top, Froome went with him and they slowed down to be caught. Then Bardet went.

Sounds sensible.

 

[TomLPC]

Why should bmc not pull a bit, Porte is second place and only a few seconds behind froome, he obviously feels good enough to take a bit out of him. You lot fantasise about this magical anti sky alliance far too much

 

[saganftw]

BMC strategy is puzzling to say the least,its not like SKY wont pull at the front if BMC doesnt...so whats the point of pulling the peloton?

 

[Pricey_sky]

Porte must be feeling great for BMC to be helping Sky.

 

[Brod107]

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According to several people on twitter, Contador attacked, sky set pace to bring him back, then Aru attacked and nobody chased, then Contador he attacked again 1km from the top, Froome went with him and they slowed down to be caught. Then Bardet went.

Thank you for the nice recap.

 

[Carols]

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Aru suffering big time. But the kid has panache!

Is this panache? lol

Sorry, couldn't help myself...

ROTFL, he is Not an attractive man. But he isn't afraid to Attack!

 

[rick james]

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Loving the hate for BMC

Some fans hating any team riding for their interests as opposed to against Sky is a constant companion these days.

Yip, folk need to realise that it's not every team's job to ride for Bertie

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Aru suffering big time. But the kid has panache!

Is this panache? lol

Sorry, couldn't help myself...

thats one of the better faces he pulls as well.

 

[IndianCyclist]

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BMC strategy is puzzling to say the least,its not like SKY wont pull at the front if BMC doesnt...so whats the point of pulling the peloton?

Not puzzling. Its an 18 member team SKYBMC

 

[webvan]

BMC have no business helping Sky, like Galopin had no business helping G.Thomas.

 

[portugal11]

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Loving the hate for BMC

Some fans hating any team riding for their interests as opposed to against Sky is a constant companion these days.

You are wrong because i like froome but yesterday porte was dumb. Froome wanted to distance contador and porte should only follow froome's wheel.

 

[DFA123]

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BMC strategy is puzzling to say the least,its not like SKY wont pull at the front if BMC doesnt...so whats the point of pulling the peloton?

Perhaps they saw what Contador did in the Dauphine a couple of years ago. Waiting for Froome and Sky to do all the work, only to realise too late that he didn't have the legs. At which point he'd already lost the race.

If Porte feels good and thinks he can take 10 seconds off Froome, then BMC should work and try to win the race.

 

[rick james]

if BMC were pulling for Tinkoff i do wonder if the same folk would be moaning.

 

[Beech Mtn]

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Aru suffering big time. But the kid has panache!

Is this panache? lol

Sorry, couldn't help myself...

Yes.

 

[BigMac]

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Aru suffering big time. But the kid has panache!

Is this panache? lol

Sorry, couldn't help myself...

ROTFL, he is Not an attractive man. But he isn't afraid to Attack!

Don't know what you're talking about. He's got the best looking legs in the entire peloton and is a wee bit similar to a younger Hernâni Brôco. I.e, he's fabulous.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

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Aru suffering big time. But the kid has panache!

Is this panache? lol

Sorry, couldn't help myself...

thats one of the better faces he pulls as well.

 

[sir fly]

Contador without his herd...

 

[DFA123]

Sky are going to have to go some on the last climb to prevent Bardet from taking the lead. Three minutes now. It's not going to be like reeling in some peloton fodder who has been slaving in the break all day.

 

[Scarponi]

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if BMC were pulling for Tinkoff i do wonder if the same folk would be moaning.

Stop making it about Tinkoff. They are questioning why a team would pull when SKy would pull anyway and destroy the BMC doms

 

[webvan]

How is pulling for Sky going to help Porte beat Froome (as if he stood a chance...)? On the contrary they should save their breath to help launch Porte later.

 

[rick james]

sky won't pull this back...Bardet will be leading at the end of today

 

[Pantani_lives]

Bardet is only 1'34 behind in the GC. And BMC has actually stopped working. Could a French coup actually amount to something?

 

[Brullnux]

Bardet leading the GC by 1:30, wow.

 

[Beech Mtn]

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Sky are going to have to go some on the last climb to prevent Bardet from taking the lead. Three minutes now. It's not going to be like reeling in some peloton fodder who has been slaving in the break all day.

One would hope French TV motos would be a bit helpful for Bardet today.