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

[Poursuivant]

Any chance for the break today? I am not convinced Sky will chase or Tinkoff

 

[Taxus4a]

Today stage is similar to Arrate,so very good for contador, but i think Froome is stronger. To drop Contador is not easy, becoue he has a very good aceleration, but we will see...

 

[Robert5091]

I suppose Sky might take the train out for a test drive today before tomorrow's expected chug up the Col de la Madeleine. Aru for win number 2 today?.

 

[Miburo]

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Any chance for the break today? I am not convinced Sky will chase or Tinkoff

Sky will prob ride.

And Etixx will definitely ride.

Unless it's a super strong break which might happen cause of the hard first part of the stage but otherwise a break won't survive

 

[LaFlorecita]

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contador wins, me thinks.
if he is like in the prologue

It would be amazing I'll be sure to keep my fingers crossed

 

[Rollthedice]

Landa will attack from the beginning of the climb, nobody follows he wins the stage, Contador will drop everybody else before the flat part but will be caught to the line by a group led by Froome.

 

[Oliwright]

I think the big teams will ride as they will want stage win and bonus seconds.

 

[Praying Mantis]

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@Praying Mantis,thanks for the preview!

Just trying to do my part and contribute a little bit

 

[LaFlorecita]

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@Praying Mantis,thanks for the preview!

Just trying to do my part and contribute a little bit

You're doing a great job

 

[rick james]

Rubbish coverage from Eurosport for this race, just over a hour a day isn't enough, especially today when they have a lot of climbs in the first half of the route...we won't see any of that on Tv

 

[Jungle Cycle]

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Landa will attack from the beginning of the climb, nobody follows he wins the stage, Contador will drop everybody else before the flat part but will be caught to the line by a group led by Froome.

Of all the guesses so far I believe thats the one more like it....

 

[Poursuivant]

Kwiatoswki dropped already, he will more than likely abandon and lick his wounds.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Rubbish coverage from Eurosport for this race, just over a hour a day isn't enough, especially today when they have a lot of climbs in the first half of the route...we won't see any of that on Tv

It's not ES fault if there are no live pics until the last hour.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

48.7 km/h in the first 17km
no break yet

 

[rick james]

Well poor all round show only get a hours worth of coverage for this race

 

[Alexandre B.]

Ruben Fernandez abandons.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

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Ruben Fernandez abandons.

Goes without saying he's on my CQ-team.

 

[Poursuivant]

We’ll see how things unfold on the road today," Chris Froome told us this morning. "We’ve a great team here and we’ll use that to our advantage. The [final] climb is very steep so we’ll see how selective is it.

"So far Alberto and Richie stand out the most. The harder the race is the more truth that will come out and we’ll see where everyone is at. It’s not up to us to be on the front, as we don’t have the jersey. We’ll sit back and read the race."

 

[Alexandre B.]

Big break.

Wout Poels (Team Sky), Rohan Dennis, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing), Roman Kreuziger, Robert Kiserlovski (Tinkoff), Steve Morabito, Sebastien Reichenbach (FDJ), Stijn Vandenbergh (Etixx-Quick Step), Andriy Grivko, Paolo Tiralongo (Astana), Jan Bakelants, Cyril Gautier, Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r - L Mondiale), Christian Meier (Orica GreenEDGE), Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal), Stephen Cummings, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Daniel Teklehaimanot (Dimension Data), Ryder Hesjedal (Trek-Segafredo), Antonio Pedrero (Movistar), Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie), Tom-Jelte Slagter, Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale), Alexey Vermeulen (LottoNL-Jumbo), Jérôme Coppel (IAM Cycling), Björn Thurau (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Dominik Nerz, Paul Voss (Bora - Argon 18), Tsgabu Grmay, Luka Pibernik (Lampre-Merida), Lars van der Haar (Giant-Alpecin).

 

[Miburo]

Terrible situation for etixx, they'll have to ride.

 

[Poursuivant]

Break will win today

 

[Vasilis]

Well, everyone really seems to make Tinkoff work. Tactical move to put their two best climbers in support of Contador in the break, which means they don't have to work, are in a position to help Contador and apply some pressure back on other teams.

 

[Lexman]

good strategy from Tinkoff, best climbers in the front group...

 

[RattaKuningas]

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Break will win today

I think the winner will be a GC rider.

 

[liamito]

Tinkoff still riding hard though