Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 187km Stage 1 Seyssins → Saint-Vallier

[Eyeballs Out]

Hardly a great breakaway, I have only heard of Vanmarcke.

Oh come on

Nobody is really going to believe that you've heard of Vanmarcke

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Oh come on

Nobody is really going to believe that you've heard of Vanmarcke

He's a top cobbles rider, you seriously don't know him?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

There was a climb.

Apols, forgot they were exempt on hills.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

He's a top cobbles rider, you seriously don't know him?

*Whoosh!* .

 

[Froome19]

Hardly a great breakaway, I have only heard of Vanmarcke.

Tjalllingi came 3rd in last years PR and is probably the most dangerous rider here, Irizar is 9 seconds down on GC and has also looked in good form recently.

 

[jens_attacks]

sammy crash!
hope it's not bad...

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Tjalllingi came 3rd in last years PR and is probably the most dangerous rider here, Irizar is 9 seconds down on GC and has also looked in good form recently.

Cheers mate, I've noted them down in my book. I hope Froome does the business for you today.

 

[Froome19]

Cheers mate, I've noted them down in my book. I hope Froome does the business for you today.

Dont see what Froome has with today's stage apart from the fact that he is racing it.
EBH will hoopefully do the business for Sky but he is a bit unreliable. Anyway it will be considered a succesful day for Sky if Wiggins is still in the same GC position he started out in.

 

[El Pistolero]

Hardly a great breakaway, I have only heard of Vanmarcke.

Says more about you than the breakaway quality I'm afraid.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Anyone know when the streaming first starts?
Steephill has many possiblities:
http://www.steephill.tv/criterium-du-dauphine-libere/#live
RaiSport2 begins 14:40 CET.

 

[jens_attacks]

sammy at 4 minutes!

seems like the peloton is in a hurry,i wonder who put the hammer down?
or maybe sammy is injured?hope not

 

[kanari]

sammy crash!
hope it's not bad...

Almost 4 minutes behind the peloton now. Hitch will not be happy...

 

[cineteq]

Sanchez abandons.
He's Tour prep has been de-railed.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

sammy at 4 minutes!

seems like the peloton is in a hurry,i wonder who put the hammer down?
or maybe sammy is injured?hope not

Fedrigo has made it back to the peleton after being involved in the same crash, so I would guess Samu is injured.

 

[TeoSheva]

Sanchez abandons.

What about Fedrigo? he crashed with him..

 

[El Pistolero]

Let's hope he can ride the Tour de Suisse then.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Let's hope he can ride the Tour de Suisse then.

Don't think he can start since the races overlap. Route du Sud?

 

[cineteq]

What about Fedrigo? he crashed with him..

OPQS reports he's back with the peloton.

Let's hope he can ride the Tour de Suisse then.

It seems like a heave crash...but let's hope.

 

[El Pistolero]

Don't think he can start since the races overlap. Route du Sud?

Think you can if the race organizers of both races don't object to it. At least that's what I thought the rules were.

 

[cineteq]

According to @Velonews, S. Sanchez abandoned. But the race ticker has 2 riders escorting him back to the peloton, 3.5 mins behind

 

[Grzdylu]

Sanchez abandoned?

 

[Froome19]

Don't think he can start since the races overlap. Route du Sud?

Cav did it with the Vuelta and TOB last year in prep for the worlds cause the organisers gave him dispensation and I have a feeling the same may occur concerning this case.

 

[pugdog]

Sanchez abandoned?

No not yet, but he's losing time continuously on the peloton.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Sánchez had not abandoned the Dauphiné following his hard crash.

 

[dlwssonic]

Seemed like a pretty bad crash, because fedrigo got back while sanchez is suffering. the ticker also mentioned he was in pain.
Bad start for his tour preparation.