Critérium du Dauphiné 2014: Stage 8, Megève - Courchevel Le Praz (131.5 km)

[murali]

Contador's team for Dauphine:

Nieve
Porte
Kyrienka
Thomas
Lopez
Pate

With such a team + rogers, Roche Kreu, we know who is going to win the Tour.



oc, the current tactic of Sky is predictable. the qn is: can CF distance AC or will AC do a repeat of yesterday/

 

[GuyIncognito]

Live video here

Haha very funny.

Here's actual video of the stage. Just take this link

http://www.stream-foot.tv/stream/ch6.php

 

[Flamin]

Sky better drops off the front once they hit the penultimate climb and force Contador to do some work. If not, I hope Alberto destroys Froome hard on Courchevel.

 

[indianfanboy]

Lot of firepower in Talansky's group with Romain Bardet and JVDB too involved with teammates in fact Bardet has 2 teammates and hesits 7th in GC

This is dangerous for Contador and Froome they have to chase now

Froome will call for his train i guess

 

[the sceptic]

Sky better drops off the front once they hit the penultimate climb and force Contador to do some work. If not, I hope Alberto destroys Froome hard on Courchevel.

Or Froome should attack

 

[Frosty]

Yes and its also reporting chase group is 2min 10 behind lead group and peleton is 3min 40 behind lead group so there is a mistake somewhere

Yeah, that confused me. I think the graphic was being a bit slow and reporting the gaps from a little while before the text

 

[dduff442]

Berto will not relinquish the lead. Alberto Contador FTW.

Contador holding as favourite on Betfair, maybe surprisingly given he's isolated and his group is behind. Contador 1.26, Talansky 2, Froome 3.

 

[Publicus]

Sky better drops off the front once they hit the penultimate climb and force Contador to do some work. If not, I hope Alberto destroys Froome hard on Courchevel.

why would contador work? he doesn't care about winning this race.

 

[Flamin]

Or Froome should attack

Yes, of course...

why would contador work? he doesn't care about winning this race.

Yeah right

 

[T-Nielsen]

Can anyone give me a quick rundown on past and present of this stage.

 

[indianfanboy]

AG2R trio have hit the front !

Bardet in provisional podium now

 

[Better Call Saul]

No way they're getting that break back. Talansky has this zipped up. Well played.

Terrible work by tinkoff-saxo... Should be hanging their heads

 

[Tragic]

Sounds like this is a weird race. How did 4 of the top 10 get in a break? Sky and Tinkoff caught napping?

 

[murali]

any idea on who actually "counterattack" is?

is the the TS team or some otehr stragglers?

 

[alspacka]

How did this break happen!!??

 

[Rollthedice]

any idea on who actually "counterattack" is?

is the the TS team or some otehr stragglers?

TS and some others.

 

[sultanofhyd]

Saxo Tinkoff is the peloton, not the counter attack.

 

[ILovecycling]

Berto to do Pantani from the bottom of Courchevel,then puncture,Froome waits,then attack Froome,pass Talansky and win the stage in epic solo of the year

 

[indianfanboy]

Sky have reduced the gap to 1:45 the Dawg must me going crazy

 

[deValtos]

Still motorsport ????

 

[classicomano]

Nobody cares about this ****ty autosports, go to cycling for ****s sake.

 

[alspacka]

Sounds like this is a weird race. How did 4 of the top 10 get in a break? Sky and Tinkoff caught napping?

Porte was in there so I guess not. I dunno. Does Contador even have team mates in this race? Baffling.

 

[mihhint]

How did this break happen!!??

Race leader has very weak team.

 

[del1962]

Why still le mans?

 

[dduff442]

Can anyone give me a quick rundown on past and present of this stage.

A large break got away before the base of Col des Saises which includes Talansky, Van den Broeck and Bardet. Also a couple of Sky and Astana riders, Hesjedal and other mostly very strong riders. Contador was forced to burn off his team before Froome attacked with 86kms to go. Contador went with and now Kelderman, Contador, Nibali and Froome are chasing the much larger lead group @1:45 and closing with 50k to go.

Ticker here.