36th Route du Sud

[User Guide]

Shame JTL just out of hospital,would of liked to see what he could do on big mountain stage.
Edit ps thx for great pictures

 

[jens_attacks]

what a showdown this will be.let's see if someone can stay with quintana

 

[Michele]

Shame JTL just out of hospital,would of liked to see what he could do on big mountain stage.
Edit ps thx for great pictures

Did he crash??

 

[gerundium]

So is there any live coverage for this climbing stage?

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

So is there any live coverage for this climbing stage?

Only a finish line camera I think.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

How big is Démare? I thought he looked huge on live pictures during the Giro, but when looking at pictures of him here he doesn't look very big.

 

[gerundium]

Only a finish line camera I think.

hmmm that's too bad. I kind of wanted to watch this stage, the profile looks really good.

 

[webvan]

Not that big based on pictures I've seen, who's JTL ?

10k from the finish, with the live commentary here http://www.routedusud.fr/La_Route_du_Sud_Cycliste_-_La_Depeche_du_Midi/Livetv.html - funny to hear Daniel Mangeas like you do on the finish line

 

[jens_attacks]

big fan of mangeas!!

 

[webvan]

Hehe...feel like you're there, eh !

Actually what they're currently streaming was yesterday's stage, today's coverage to start at 15h00, hopefully there will be live pictures.

 

[RHRH19861986]

who's JTL ?

Jon Tiernan Locke from Endura Racing

 

[RHRH19861986]

Does anyone know if they broadcast live pictures on this stream from 15.00 CET?

 

[webvan]

Thanks, I must admit I hadn't heard of him.

Big fight on the Tourmalet : http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/1380/route-du-sud-3e-etape-2-1.html

 

[jens_attacks]

seems like androni is working at the front for pellizotti

JTL said he has big ambitions for this.

kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) seul en tête

A 40"
Moreno (Movistar)

A 2'07"
Zingle (Cofidis)

Plus loin : le reste de leurs compagnons d'échappée matinale

A 4'26"
Le peloton

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/1380/route-du-sud-3e-etape-2-1.html

 

[jens_attacks]

lol just 16 riders in the "peloton" at the top of the tourmalet

this stage will be a slaughter

 

[RHRH19861986]

@Webvan: You´re welcome

@Jens: That´s a good sign, since JTL seems to use to announce when he wants to (and does) well...

Good to see Pellizotti back.

Route du Sud, great race, like every year... And like every year, empty roads here in the Pyrenees, like the roads are empty in the Alps in the Criterium du Dauphiné... What a contrast to the Tour, just few weeks later.

Nice web page there also, the Route du Sud... Much better than the page they had till 2011.

If they added a flat TT and so a 5th day, this could be a 2.HC race, though I know it´s always a question of budget.

 

[User Guide]

no quintana, no JTL in "peleton"(all 16 of them at summit of Tourmalet,some coming back on the decent tho, lead group 4 mins behind Kadri

 

[jens_attacks]

no JTL indeed.

we're left with europcar vs movistar vs androni

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

no quintana, no JTL in "peleton"(all 16 of them at summit of Tourmalet,some coming back on the decent tho, lead group 4 mins behind Kadri

thats weird, I just read 1 minute ago from the ticker that Quintana is in the lead group. No mention of JTL

 

[User Guide]

thats weird, I just read 1 minute ago from the ticker that Quintana is in the lead group. No mention of JTL

Quintana rejoin on the descent

 

[jens_attacks]

sella shredding the peloton

 

[User Guide]

sella shredding the peloton

This sounds by far the best mountain stage of the season so far and no tv

 

[roundabout]

Seems a bit too epic of a stage. There's no real depth in the field for it.

 

[User Guide]

Seems a bit too epic of a stage. There's no real depth in the field for it.

Exactly, no team keeping it all under control for final 1k uphill sprint

 

[roundabout]

I don't mean it like that. I just want a stage like this raced with a slightly better field so as not to have 80% of riders disappear after a slight increase of pace.

But ok, I'll shut up now.