2016 TdF, Stage 10: Escaldes-Engordany → Revel (197km)

[Pricey_sky]

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Cav and Kittel unsurprisingly dropped, Greipel hanging on in the peloton.

From 0 to 100 (Froome, Quintana) on a climbing scale:'

Kittel near 0
Cav 5-10
Griepel 10-15

?

I'd probably say Cav is not far off Kittel level now, he's gained that extra speed in his sprint back but it seems to have come at a cost of his climbing, he said he really struggled in the mountains the weekend.

Greipel has some decent form in being able stay in the bunch on climbs, especially when they aren't going full gas.

 

[King Boonen]

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Webcam on the descent (via INRNG's twitter):
http://andorrawebcams.andorramania.com/l-hospitalet-pres-l-andorre.php

Exactly why someone with balls that attacks on the final climb will win the stage. They'll get a gap whilst the peloton take it easy. Wonder if Nibali will go for it.

That webcam is from the descent of the first climb...

 

[Red Rick]

Who is reeling all these breakaway's in?

 

[Punkan]

Kelderman and Rolland dropped... Pace must be quiet high.

 

[SKSemtex]

back together. peloton does not like the idea of break at all.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Pathetic there aren't pictures, they will tune in when the break has formed and then slumping for 3 hours until the last climb. Meh.

 

[RattaKuningas]

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Kelderman and Rolland dropped... Pace must be quiet high.

Strange that such riders are getting dropped. Restday didn't work I guess. :lol:

 

[Pricey_sky]

Sounds like Sagan attacks, Pinot attacks, break goes, gets reeled in, Sagan attacks, Pinot attacks ect.

 

[bambino]

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Kelderman and Rolland dropped... Pace must be quiet high.

And at the same the Race Center says Cav is back in the peloton... I find that very hard to believe.

 

[Yingge]

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Think the roads get steeper further up the climb, they are on the gentle inclines at the moment

Its not exactly a steep climb - 22.6km at 5.5%. The Cat 1 status would be marginal and probably has to do with the fact that its commences at the start.

 

[Martin]

more webcams from Port d'Envalira.
some caravan just passing the "hospital"

http://sk.webcams.travel/webcam/1385762268-Po%C4%8Dasie-Refugi-Port-d'Envalira-(Andorra)-Bordes-d'Envalira

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Think the roads get steeper further up the climb, they are on the gentle inclines at the moment

Its not exactly a steep climb - 22.6km at 5.5%. The Cat 1 status would be marginal and probably has to do with the fact that its commences at the start.

Nah this definitely is a cat 1 climb.

 

[Red Rick]

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Think the roads get steeper further up the climb, they are on the gentle inclines at the moment

Its not exactly a steep climb - 22.6km at 5.5%. The Cat 1 status would be marginal and probably has to do with the fact that its commences at the start.

Legit Cat 1. Arcalis, at little more than 60% of the altitude difference, was an HC for Vino's sake

 

[carolina]

costa is alone at the front. is he trying to fight for the KOM points?!

 

[SKSemtex]

What a hell with this race center.

 

[Red Rick]

Sagan attacking again lol.

 

[SKSemtex]

Sagan attacks again

 

[SKSemtex]

Sagan is doing dom for Majka

 

[Yingge]

Sagan attacks again

And the Intermediate Sprint is far away - at km 122.5 - long break if that's what he is trying to organise.

 

[Stilletto]

Costa has 50s to the peleton?
38s to Sagan group (4 riders possibly )

 

[tomorrow]

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Costa has 50s to the peleton?
38s to Sagan group (4 riders possibly )

still, sagan needs more people than 5 in the attack, in such small escape, he will loose lot of strenght that he will need in the finish. Avarmaet must be really exhausted, I expected him to be in the break today too.

 

[SKSemtex]

Strange. They have all funny information average speed, current gradients, percentage of turns for individual rider in break etc. and they do not have a gaps.

 

[Stilletto]

45 seconds for Rui Costa to Sagans group (Nibali, Cummings, Grmay, Dumoulin maybe lol) who then have 20s to peloton with no Green jersey

 

[Punkan]

Results at Port d'Envalira (km 24)
1. Rui Costa, 10 pts
At 32 seconds:
2. Tom Dumoulin, 8 pts
3. Vincenzo Nibali, 6 pts
4. Tsgabu Grmay, 4 pts
At 38 seconds:
5. Stephen Cummings, 2 pts
6. Jon Izagirre, 1 pt

Dumoulin going for polka dot?

 

[tomorrow]

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Results at Port d'Envalira (km 24)
1. Rui Costa, 10 pts
At 32 seconds:
2. Tom Dumoulin, 8 pts
3. Vincenzo Nibali, 6 pts
4. Tsgabu Grmay, 4 pts
At 38 seconds:
5. Stephen Cummings, 2 pts
6. Jon Izagirre, 1 pt

Dumoulin going for polka dot?

where did sagan go? Finally realized that unless there is big break there is not point being there?

EDIT: never mind.

Three riders are together at the head of the race in the tricky descent of the Envalira to Ax-les-Thermes: Rui Costa, Peter Sagan, Vincenzo Nibali.