2016 TdF, Stage 9: Vielha → Andorra Arcalis (185km)

[Rollthedice]

Froome has a rucksack on the back?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Kreuziger for the stage win today.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Poels is definately a lot worse than last year, which is why they burn him this early.

 

[spalco]

Not the start of the stage Sky was looking for....

 

[Rollthedice]

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Not the start of the stage Sky was looking for....

Marginal gains from Movistar.

 

[rick james]

Valverde and the King in the north have still got some good form from the Giro

 

[rick james]

Re:

Not the start of the stage Sky was looking for....

I'm sure they were expecting some big attacks

 

[rainman]

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Would they ever quit with these stupid mountain shots

Hey! That's the pensioner demographic ratings you're trying to get rid of. There's money in there!

lol at least they're showing the whole syage, good stuff so far

 

[bajbar]

Contador should drop out. He is not doing himself any favours. If you get dropped by Impey on the first climb of the day something is clearly terribly wrong and you won't get to stage winning form in a couple of days. Plus he hates the heat. Not him nor his fans get any satisfaction from this kind of riding...

 

[Punkan]

I predict Nieve to be immense today.

 

[portugal11]

Contador is injured. What a pain face he made.
Quintana is so horrible... why he didn't attack froome? He has 3 teammates in front of him

 

[RattaKuningas]

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Contador is injured. What a pain face he made.
Quintana is so horrible... why he didn't attack froome? He has 3 teammates in front of him

Not a time to attack. Let Sky train work.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Valverde disappeared from the live tracking.

edit: back in the first group now

 

[ILovecycling]

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Even a terrible Contador can be the architect of a great stage.

Legendary stuff xD

Its sad tho

 

[sir fly]

Isn't the lamb appropriate dish for the region?
Sacrificial.

 

[DFA123]

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Contador is injured. What a pain face he made.
Quintana is so horrible... why he didn't attack froome? He has 3 teammates in front of him

Because Froome is fresh and would easily follow him now, bringing several Sky teammates with him. The time to attack is on the steepest part of Beixalis - using men up the road to pace him on the flatter section of Arcalis before going solo on the top part.

Great plan in theory, but I'm sure Sky will have something to say about it.

 

[Rollthedice]

Sagan showing to the camera his illustrious break companions.

 

[Gigs_98]

OMG, dafuq did I miss already.

 

[ILovecycling]

Why Sky let Valverde go lol?

 

[Punkan]

Landa getting back.

 

[lenric]

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Contador is injured. What a pain face he made.
Quintana is so horrible... why he didn't attack froome? He has 3 teammates in front of him

Calm down fanboy, attacking so early is stupid, particularly since Quintana isn't a gazillion of minutes behind Froome and he will need the strength for the final.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

just got home, what's happened???

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Valverde in yellow is probably better for Sky than Movistar in the long run - would be fun to see it play out either way

 

[Asero831]

Cavendish already 8 minutes down..
DNF looming

 

[MikeTichondrius]

If this GPS is right they're giving away too much time for Valverde. I suppose Sky will pull them back on the flat before Cantó but it is a strong break. Valverde might just be banking on the rest day tomorrow. Or he's Nairo's man in front for later on. I still think this is a case of Team Valverde though.