Le Tour '18 stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice > Alpe d'Huez 175k

[dfromdub]

Are actually paying stipends to Bahrain's domestiques?
60 km to go and they were all dropped already.

 

[Rollthedice]

This is some insane stuff. 53km to go.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Time gap between Steven and peloton frozen at 6’02” for quite a while. That can’t be true with the upped pace in the peloton

Don't underestimate the dominator of the Giro 2016 :lol:

remember he was miles and miles ahead of the competition there, Nibali fluked himself to the win

 

[Cinemaniak]

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Time gap between Steven and peloton frozen at 6’02” for quite a while. That can’t be true with the upped pace in the peloton

Kruijswijk is a much better climber than the guys 'driving' the peloton.

 

[Lequack]

And Movistar wondering why they keep losing to Sky, whilst leading their train up the mountain. Truly a head scratcher.

 

[Blanco]

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Less than 20 in peloton with 5 Sky. Anybody still thinks Castro wouldn't be top 1-2 mountaim dom in any other team?

Well, in Movistar he wasn't

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Are actually paying stipends to Bahrain's domestiques?
60 km to go and they were all dropped already.

Meanwhile, Geschke is still there for Dumoulin.

Geschke > Bahrein.

Let that sink in

 

[woodburn]

So they just destroyed Soler for nothing? And now they're burning Landa.

 

[Forever The Best]

Vomistar strikes again! Same with AG2R.

 

[ppanther92]

Geschke is awesome today.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Geschke in the peloton!?!

He's having a Guardiagrele day again. Good for Tom D.

 

[SafeBet]

What in the world is Movistar doing???

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Seriously, what’s the reasoning behind Movistar and Ag2r riding tempo here rather than letting the team in yellow do it?

I know everyone is howling that they’ve bottled out of contesting the win after one mountain stage, but I refuse to believe that yet. So assuming that isn’t it, what do they think they gain by allowing Sky doms to stay fresh?

 

[ppanther92]

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What in the world is Movistar doing???

Destroying Soler?

 

[rainman]

Movi's have made no impression on SK, or the break. I hope he has a chance. But the main drama is still ahead.

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

Kruijswik still pulling ahead every slightly

 

[ontheroad]

Landa playing domestique now, mental!

 

[Red Rick]

Landa, after complaining about riding for Sky, has gone back to riding for Team Sky

 

[wouterkaas]

Castroviejo being towed up the mountain as the last rider of the 'peloton'

 

[woodburn]

Landa was actually the one guy - if healthy - that I had reasonable hope of being able to recover and drop Sky. Guess Movistar wants to believe it is Quintana.

 

[burning]

Movistar and Ag2r trying to limit Kruijswijk's gain, this is amazing racing

 

[ppanther92]

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Seriously, what’s the reasoning behind Movistar and Ag2r riding tempo here rather than letting the team in yellow do it?

I know everyone is howling that they’ve bottled out of contesting the win after one mountain stage, but I refuse to believe that yet. So assuming that isn’t it, what do they think they gain by allowing Sky doms to stay fresh?

Like i said before - today i somehow understand it. The reason is Kruijswijk. He already showed that he is capable of even winning a GT. Yesterday Bahrein however...

 

[MartinGT]

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ok, just up after the night shift and night shift tonight, what have I missed?

Griepal DNF
Groenwegen DNF

CrushWeak Smashing it

Sky looking threadbear, some say the Dawg is looking on an off day, so get prepared for him to take Il Pirata's record on the Alpe.

Bardet looking good, so expect him to be dropped at Bend 18 on the Alpe.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Movistar are such a pathetic team really.

 

[Scarponi]

How did kwiat become a mountain doom domestique ?