2019 Tour de France, stage 12: Toulouse>Bagnères-de-Bigorre

[Frosty]

No mention of Martin in the break. Best on GC is van Avermaet at 14:25, then Roche with 17:27

 

[spalco]

According to letour:
Sagan, Mühlberger, Oss, Schachmann, Morkov, Frank, Gallopin, Naessen, Colbrelli, Garcia, Teuns, Erviti, Bilbao, Groenewegen, Teunissen, Bettiol, Clarke, Scully, S. Yates, Pauwels, Costa, Kristoff, Felline, Stuyven, Matthews, Arndt, Bol, Roche, Perichon, Simon, Benoot, Kluge, Wellens, Calmejane, Pasqualon, Boasson-Hagen, Valgren, Ledanois, Van Avermaet.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I love Sagan

 

[spalco]

Sagan's coffee was too strong this morning imo.

 

[Jagartrott]

Re:

(Are we allowed to talk about riders from our own countries?)

Anyway… Mads, what're you doing?

Oh ffs, you can talk about Danes all you want. It's just that the amount of attention is completely disproportionate to their actual impact and so is no more than space-filling for most of the readers here.

 

[RedheadDane]

Sagan! :lol:

 

[tomorrow]

wtf sagan? seriously, why was he in front with that gap, I haven't been paying attention, has attacked or he got gap by accident and just sticked with it?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re:

Sagan's coffee was too strong this morning imo.

Everyone else is on limit, after a solid hour of non-stop attacks, and he's clowning around with spectators in front of the break

 

[wirral]

Daniel Oss has a wicked sense of humour.

 

[Salvarani]

Viviani infront of peloton while every other sprinter in the break

 

[Samamba]

Yates big favorite here.

But guys like Schachmann, Teuns, Bilbao, Benoot, Costa, Matthews, Van Avermaet (he's climbing really well apparently) can come close (prob forgetting some)

 

[tomorrow]

Re:

Groenewegen thinks it's a sprinter stage with Sagan, Matthews up there?

he probably want's some time cussion to avoid having problems with time limit. I know today is maybe not the stage, but any power saved today might come handy in later stages.

 

[Laplaz]

Re:

Yates big favorite here.

But guys like Schachmann, Teuns, Bilbao, Benoot, Costa, Matthews, Van Avermaet (he's climbing really well apparently) can come close (prob forgetting some)

Don't forget Mühlberger

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I wonder why Moerkoev is in the break, instead of spending himself in front of the peloton until the climbs.

Might just be insurance, to have a guy out in front, but it seems like the wrong guy, on a stage like this.

 

[sir fly]

With this size of the breakaway you'd expect the gap to grow faster.

 

[Jagartrott]

Re:

Yates big favorite here.

But guys like Schachmann, Teuns, Bilbao, Benoot, Costa, Matthews, Van Avermaet (he's climbing really well apparently) can come close (prob forgetting some)

The stage will not be decided on the final climb I think. The descent is way too long for a light climber to stay in front. If the break makes it, the winner will more likely come from a sprint of a small group (or getting away opportunistically in the final kms).

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Re:

According to letour:
Sagan, Mühlberger, Oss, Schachmann, Morkov, Frank, Gallopin, Naessen, Colbrelli, Garcia, Teuns, Erviti, Bilbao, Groenewegen, Teunissen, Bettiol, Clarke, Scully, S. Yates, Pauwels, Costa, Kristoff, Felline, Stuyven, Matthews, Arndt, Bol, Roche, Perichon, Simon, Benoot, Kluge, Wellens, Calmejane, Pasqualon, Boasson-Hagen, Valgren, Ledanois, Van Avermaet.

I've seen Trentin there also

 

[DanielSong39]

Several riders going for the intermediate sprint points.

 

[Samamba]

Re: Re:

Yates big favorite here.

But guys like Schachmann, Teuns, Bilbao, Benoot, Costa, Matthews, Van Avermaet (he's climbing really well apparently) can come close (prob forgetting some)

The stage will not be decided on the final climb I think. The descent is way too long for a light climber to stay in front. If the break makes it, the winner will more likely come from a sprint of a small group (or getting away opportunistically in the final kms).

True, depends on how hard they race the climbs I guess.

 

[Salvarani]

Re:

With this size of the breakaway you'd expect the gap to grow faster.

Not really, when everybody wont help. Less cooperation.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

DQ not letting this sail away.

I say Alaphilippe thinks he can win this stage.

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

With this size of the breakaway you'd expect the gap to grow faster.

Not really, when everybody wont help. Less cooperation.

The sprinters and those interested in points don't want to dig in knowing they'll get to the intermediate anyway.
And those interested in the stage know it's gonna be about climbing.
There's also some interest in the bunch, it seems.

 

[Cinemaniak]

At DQS they've finally found a way to use Viviani

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re:

At DQS they've finally found a way to use Viviani

He won a stage?

 

[Salvarani]

Re: Re:

With this size of the breakaway you'd expect the gap to grow faster.

Not really, when everybody wont help. Less cooperation.

The sprinters and those interested in points don't want to dig in knowing they'll get to the intermediate anyway.
And those interested in the stage know it's gonna be about climbing.
There's also some interest in the bunch, it seems.

They are sitting in wheels waiting. This big of a grouyp, everybody not taking turns.