2016 TdF, Stage 11: Carcassonne → Montpellier (163km)

[HelloDolly]

what about Bardet & Purito

 

[Arredondo]

Re:

what about Bardet & Purito

Both good at the front.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

This is gonna hurt in a few kilometres.

 

[LeSensei]

Echelons are one of the most beautiful things to watch in cycling. Amazing how the riders try to protect themselves from the wind.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

Still lots of wind.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Kiryenka hammering, no mercy.

 

[Pricey_sky]

This wind is still very strong, lots of exposed sections to come.

 

[Andro]

Where are Movistar? They are nowhere to be seen at the front.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

People are gonna blow up.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Stannard ripping it on the front after Kiri did some damage

 

[CheckMyPecs]

35 km/h side wind.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Echelons really are beautiful. The TDF should have a couple of flat stages alongside the northwestern and the southeastern shore every year for maximum echelon chances.

 

[rick james]

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Stannard ripping it on the front after Kiri did some damage

its amazing the work Stannard and Rowe can do at the front.

 

[TomLPC]

Froome hits the front, not messing about

 

[PremierAndrew]

Froome working himself now

 

[DFA123]

Froome driving on the front

Shouldn't he be saving his energy for Ventoux tomorrow?

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Re: Re:

Stannard ripping it on the front after Kiri did some damage

its amazing the work Stannard and Rowe can do at the front.

It will only split properly when Sagan decides to.

 

[SKSemtex]

Roman Kreuziger is in first group

 

[deValtos]

FROOOOOOOOME

 

[PatrickLeeds]

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I love echelons!

me too! make so much difference to the outcome, and you can actually see it happening before your eyes.

People are starting to worry about tomorrow's stage - forecasters are saying 150kph headwinds on the ventoux Any of you older fans seen Echelons on a mountain before? Or is there srious risk they would call it off?

 

[TMP402]

Echelon racing is like the Darwinism of cycling.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Quintana was only about 35th wheel from that overhead shot, needs to be careful

 

[PremierAndrew]

Re:

Froome driving on the front

Shouldn't he be saving his energy for Ventoux tomorrow?

Clinic reasons aside, another reason Froome was so bad before 2011 was that he always wasted a lot of energy, literally attacking every time he felt good, instead of saving energy. Froome getting too eager and wasting energy is a very familiar tale

 

[vedrafjord]

Re: Re:

I love echelons!

me too! make so much difference to the outcome, and you can actually see it happening before your eyes.

People are starting to worry about tomorrow's stage - forecasters are saying 150kph headwinds on the ventoux Any of you older fans seen Echelons on a mountain before? Or is there srious risk they would call it off?

The backup plan is to run it as far as Chalet Reynard which would still give you almost 10km of climbing. The wind is really only a big problem on the top because it's so exposed - the trees give significant shelter lower down.

 

[sir fly]

Bunched at the front, stretched at the back.
Now it's cross-tail.