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

[DNP-Old]

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So all that Movistar chaos yet only Lotto played it well

Why? Sky will have to burn some serious manpower the entire day if this keeps on. That's a W for everyone.

 

[Laplaz]

Strongest break ever?

 

[Simurgh]

Zakarin and Kruijswijk in the front yes, but isn't it a waste of energy for Kruijswijk to sit out there in the front group? Can someone explain the tactical aspect, I'm missing?

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

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So all that Movistar chaos yet only Lotto played it well

Why? Sky will have to burn some serious manpower the entire day if this keeps on. That's a W for everyone.

They would ride on at the front no matter what...

 

[Rollthedice]

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So all that Movistar chaos yet only Lotto played it well

Why? Sky will have to burn some serious manpower the entire day if this keeps on. That's a W for everyone.

Yes. Sky will have to climb a mountain today, more in fact.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Kruijswijk is some madlad for this

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

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Zakarin and Kruijswijk in the front yes, but isn't it a waste of energy for Kruijswijk to sit out there in the front group? Can someone explain the tactical aspect, I'm missing?

Huge group, how is he burning energy? It's like mini peleton

 

[SafeBet]

Very interesting break. Kruijswijk forces Sky to work hard from the start.

 

[Flax_Generous]

No Barguil in `the break?

 

[ppanther92]

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Zakarin and Kruijswijk in the front yes, but isn't it a waste of energy for Kruijswijk to sit out there in the front group? Can someone explain the tactical aspect, I'm missing?

Doesn't really matter if you sit in a break of 30 or a reduced peloton of 50.

 

[DNP-Old]

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So all that Movistar chaos yet only Lotto played it well

Why? Sky will have to burn some serious manpower the entire day if this keeps on. That's a W for everyone.

They would ride on at the front no matter what...

It's the pace they have to ride with. Normally, we'd see Rowe on the front for the first 120ks. Now Poels and Moscon might be gone before we've even reached the Alpe.

 

[saganftw]

Rowe is gonna make it back in the downhill,considering pace is not hard enough to drop Sagan from peloton...nothing will happen untill alpe as usual

 

[bambino]

Drive it, drill it oh dear break. I don't care who it is as long as Sky loses the jersey. All in for Kruiswijk.

 

[jsem94]

I wonder how many will finish outside the time limit today.

 

[Winnen]

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Zakarin and Kruijswijk in the front yes, but isn't it a waste of energy for Kruijswijk to sit out there in the front group? Can someone explain the tactical aspect, I'm missing?

You would prefer that he remains with the other gc guys and comes in 10th again? I like this. Make sky do the work and hopefully we see a surprising result.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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I wonder how many will finish outside the time limit today.

No more sprinters left but Sagan and Gaviria soon.

 

[JibberJim]

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Rowe is gonna make it back in the downhill,considering pace is not hard enough to drop Sagan from peloton...nothing will happen untill alpe as usual

Downhill? He's made it back on the climb.

 

[Rollthedice]

Krushweak's move is very good for the race but it will most likely end his GC hopes, guess Rogla is the leader after all.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Chapeu Kruijswijk

Great to finally see a GC contender with courage

 

[Valv.Piti]

Very nice start. Chapeau Valverde, great that Kruisjwijk is going in the break as well as thats a bit more serious.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Very nice start. Chapeau Valverde, great that Kruisjwijk is going in the break as well as thats a bit more serious.

Plus Lotto have Gesink there to work for him. He can make pace for a long time.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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I wonder how many will finish outside the time limit today.

No more sprinters left but Sagan and Gaviria soon.

Good for the race if we see a few more sprinters abandoning.

 

[markene2]

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Very nice start. Chapeau Valverde, great that Kruisjwijk is going in the break as well as thats a bit more serious.

Plus Lotto have Gesink there to work for him. He can make pace for a long time.

Yeah i think so too, he is such a disel climber, really nice stage so far

 

[spalco]

The entire peloton looks unhappy.

 

[Mayo from Mayo]

Gesink not prepared to work.