2016 TdF, Stage 12: Montpellier → Mont Ventoux (178km)

[Lance Armstrong]

Echelons!

 

[spalco]

18 minutes? The *** are they doing?

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Re: Re:

Cycling without Contador everybody, here it is in all its glory...

No worries, we have Froome.

Yeah, if he left Sky maybe

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Total chaos right now.

 

[RattaKuningas]

Well gap has come down quickly from 18:42 to 17:08.
Wind is making things faster.

 

[BigMac]

Probably contesting the organisers' decision to shorten the stage instead of cancelling it altogether.

Dem winds, y'know....

 

[ILovecycling]

Quintana totally unprotected! Are you serious Movistar?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Quintana was briefly ahead of Froome for the first time this Tour.

 

[portugal11]

Quintana is alone but he is always glued to froome. Chapeau quintana

 

[vedrafjord]

Quintana should sign for Etixx

 

[RattaKuningas]

Whole Giant teams seems to be caught off by the wind.

 

[Rollthedice]

Chaos on the road.

 

[sir fly]

Homage to Kelly.

 

[RattaKuningas]

First peloton really working now.

 

[alspacka]

Re:

Does there being a breakaway have any bearing on the GC?

Why would Froome or Quintana care if there's a rioder 10mins ahead of them, it's only their relative times that matter right?

Even on a diminished Ventoux, a stage win here is quite prestigious.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Re:

Whole Giant teams seems to be caught off by the wind.

they fell back to fetch barguil

 

[ILovecycling]

As RattaKunigas said, this gap is not that big considering crosswinds

 

[Samamba]

So Barguil is done for this Tour.

 

[Rollthedice]

Barguil caught behind, 1 min gap to the main men group.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re:

So Barguil is done for this Tour.

He was done long ago.

 

[Poursuivant]

Re:

So Barguil is done for this Tour.

Still time for him to come back when their is a lull.

 

[Isaak-Gabriel]

Re: Re:

So Barguil is done for this Tour.

He was done long ago.

He has knee pain, so lack of power.

 

[Arredondo]

Etixx continues

 

[sultanofhyd]

The hell is Kirby talking about Greipel's climbing?

 

[HelloDolly]

Did Movistar not study the parcours of this Tour ....everyone predicted strong winds and they brought only one strong man

Madness