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

[MacBAir]

This pisses me off so much. Those teams that add nothing to the spectacle but only try to stop it (ettix, katusha...).

What the *** is katusha doing in this race?

 

[ILovecycling]

*** this is amazing

 

[Oliwright]

Movistar are so so lucky that Ettix, Katusha and Lotto missed that group by metres other wise it would be a minute!

 

[ontheroad]

Movistar are a joke.

 

[DFA123]

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It's a lot of energy to waste on the day before the Ventoux.

vmt. If it was just Quintana and Movistar chasing it would have been a great move. But against a peloton full of sprint trains, I'm not sure whether it has been worth it to gain a handful of seconds, if that.

 

[sir fly]

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This is a low profit iinvestment.

Not for those of us watching.

Agreed!

 

[Kokoso]

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Entire peloton trying to catch Sagan.

He is not alone there, you know, among other there is certain Mr. Froome. And they are working together of course.

 

[Oliwright]

if anyone ever say Sky and Froome are boring! I swear to go i will go mad!

Roubaix they animated, Dauphine they were great, So far they have been amazing!

Rule Britania

 

[alspacka]

Le tour kicks off in the most unexpected places. This is just great. And Froome continues to demand respect.

 

[Gloin22]

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Is there anything Froome can't do

His power is immense

I doubt that his climbing is at the same level as in 2013.

This. He hasn't looked anywhere near 2013 levels in the mtns so far, so he has taken it to the race in other ways. It's impressive stuff.

So he's been stronger than he's ever been in the Tour in every way, and in the mountains he's not even been close to cracking, and the only real mountain stage there's been was such horrendous weather that he wasn't able to show what he could do.

What is it about that which makes people think he's not as good as he was in the past?

I'm not saying I'm sure he's better, or as good, because we haven't seen him tested yet, that will happen tomorrow. But there's zero indication he's not on the best form of his life.

In every Tour so far in the first MTF of Tour he blew competition, last year by more than 1min.

Compared to this year, how is being stronger? Just because he's more active, doesn't mean he's stronger.

 

[Andro]

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This pisses me off so much. Those teams that add nothing to the spectacle but only try to stop it (ettix, katusha...).

What the **** is katusha doing in this race?

Ehh what? So they should just give up trying to win the stage because Froome is ahead, or what are you saying? Etixx have the best sprinter in the peloton now that Cav is gone.

 

[SeriousSam]

We should really congratulate Froome. He's the most well rounded Tour winner since Armstrong

 

[Jelantik]

if this stick.. chapeau for Froome. If it doesn't, it might bite him back tomorrow

 

[Ramira]

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Quintana showing superb tactical awareness like always!!!!!!

Honestly this time I'm not so sure it's tactical awareness. Quintana is not even close to the top 20 or so on the flat, and he might struggle to be top 100 on a course like this. The simple fact is, on a day like today Quintana isn't strong enough to stay with Froome.

That being said his team is disappointing, they brought a couple of specialists for the flat work, and they're nowhere to be seen. Not to mention Valverde should be able to be there right now.

It's not like he tried but couldn't follow, he wasn't even in a position to try.

Very true, that's not exactly a good sign though. Quintana is an incredibly climber, arguably the best in the world right now. But he simply doesn't have the body for the rest of the tour, so there's always a risk of him losing more time than he can make up in the mountains. Especially considering there's still a Time Trial coming up.

 

[TMP402]

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Sagan and Froome are good buddies or what?

Well, they've probably spent hours on the podium together.

 

[Gigs_98]

It will be close. They could still be caught.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

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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.

It will only split properly when Sagan decides to.

My first good prediction this year.

 

[DFA123]

Can't Sky at least try to disrupt the chase a bit? Where are the rest of their team?

 

[WheelofGear]

Sagan doing too much work. I think Thomas will win the stage.

 

[burning]

Seriously, If you watch closely, Quintana is always eating the wind as he's out of position and does not know how to ride a bike, Froome is not putting a huge effort compared to what Quintana is doing

 

[hoolaparara]

So who will Sagan finish 2nd to today?

 

[doperhopper]

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It's a lot of energy to waste on the day before the Ventoux.

what ventoux?

 

[rick james]

Gap coming down

 

[Oliwright]

Froome is going to go down as a legend of this Sport!
If he isn't fully respected in Britain he will be around the world!

 

[TomLPC]

Incredible racing, dawg leads Sagan out