Critérium du Dauphiné 2014: Stage 7 - Ville-la-Grand / Finhaut-Emosson 160KM

[murali]

i think sky want to conserve numbers by going slow.

when the attacks come, how many of them will be able to respond/

 

[Rollthedice]

egor silin to win the dauphine?

Where's Silin in GC?

 

[cineteq]

Rather slow pace in the peloton up this penultimate climb.

See why parcours design is overrated

 

[Arkaitz]

Tinkoff-Saxo leading the descent.

 

[The Blues]

At 6:31, Rollthedice.

 

[jens_attacks]

finally a team to do a saunier

go silin for the triple!it's your time

 

[roundabout]

Tinkoff-Saxo leading the descent.

They should look at the map first.

Free draft for Sky

 

[GuyIncognito]

Tinkoff turning the screws on Froome on the descent. Well played.

 

[Rollthedice]

Nibs warming up.

 

[The Blues]

Saxo should let Nibbles go off the front and let Sky react instead.

 

[GuyIncognito]

They should look at the map first.

Free draft for Sky

That's not the idea. The idea is after yesterday Froome will be fearful of crashes so he'll take the corners gingerly and waste more power than usual

 

[roundabout]

That's not the idea. The idea is after yesterday Froome will be fearful of crashes so he'll take the corners gingerly and waste more power than usual

There's like a metric ****ton of sections where there is no braking required. I've been down this road

 

[manafana]

Katusha coming to life, but spilak surely not a hope for tour overall so they will be going for team prize and lots of stages

 

[SafeBet]

That's not the idea. The idea is after yesterday Froome will be fearful of crashes so he'll take the corners gingerly and waste more power than usual

What corners?

 

[Publicus]

That's not the idea. The idea is after yesterday Froome will be fearful of crashes so he'll take the corners gingerly and waste more power than usual

Doesn't look like the corners are very technical. EDIT: or very frequent

 

[jens_attacks]

damn gotta love katusha.big style

go alberto-nibali!

 

[BYOP88]

So all set up for Froome to take more time on Contador and Keldermerckx today.

 

[johnymax]

Some Katusha questions:

Who was/is team leader here, Spilak or Moreno?

Why was Spilak dropped on stage two and so ruled out of GC? I watched the closing stages but didn't find out what happened to Spilak.

Always thought Spilak targets these short stage races, although I accept beating an up for it Froome and Bert was always going to be tall order.

Anyway, nice to see them going on the attack instead and taking some stage wins.

Leader was/is Moreno. Look at their numbers.
Spilak strugled in the heat on stage 2 and decided to soft pedal and save energy for breakaways.

 

[Frosty]

Over the top, Westra and Hesjedal were at 45 seconds to Trofimov, with Gallopin at 50 seconds.

 

[roundabout]

Downhill almost done for the field

 

[Netserk]

damn gotta love katusha.big style

go alberto-nibali!

'Almost' like Astana '07

 

[classicomano]

 

[the sceptic]

Froome looks as ugly as ever on the bike, so he should be fine.

 

[MBotero]

I hope nobody attacks till last km so russian mafia wins this.These guys are crazy

 

[Rollthedice]

So we'll se an Ax 3 revisited?