Le Tour 2018 stage 11: Albertville > La Rosière 108,5 km

[Frankschleck]

Re: Re:

Tejay to win. Van Avermaent to hold the jersey.

not a hope in hell

naah i take it back now that he didn't make the break.

 

[Finn84]

1st group: Barguil, Caruso, Sagan, Sicard, Navarro

2nd group: Frank, Haga, Andersen, Gesbert, Moinard, G.Izagirre, Soler, Küng, van Garderen, Alaphilippe, Gilbert, Terpstra, Burghardt, Poljanski, Kangert, Valgren, Pauwels, Molard, Vichot, de Gendt, Marczynski, Chavanel, Cousin, Taaramäe, Skujins, Herrada, Perez, Martin, Pasqualon

 

[Red Rick]

Anybody of interest in the break, or just stagehunters?

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

Tejay to win. Van Avermaent to hold the jersey.

not a hope in hell

naah i take it back now that he didn't make the break.

he didn't have a chance of keeping it before the stage started

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

Anybody of interest in the break, or just stagehunters?

Soler makes it possibly interesting.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Anybody of interest in the break, or just stagehunters?

Soler makes it possibly interesting.

It doesn't.

The peloton has had 7 years to figure out that riding Sky's pace doesn't disrupt Team Sky.

 

[Leinster]

Re:

Anybody of interest in the break, or just stagehunters?

A lot of guys with gc chasing teammates. Which is about as much as we can hope for.

 

[Highlander]

The peloton is simply letting Sky do the work again. I predict we will hear more about how headwinds made it impossible to attack again. It is amazing how ASO always picks a course that always goes into the wind.

 

[King Boonen]

Re: Re:

Anybody of interest in the break, or just stagehunters?

Soler makes it possibly interesting.

It doesn't.

The peloton has had 7 years to figure out that riding Sky's pace doesn't disrupt Team Sky.

We shall see. We’re almost at Froome-attack range...

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Anybody of interest in the break, or just stagehunters?

Soler makes it possibly interesting.

It doesn't.

The peloton has had 7 years to figure out that riding Sky's pace doesn't disrupt Team Sky.

We shall see. We’re almost at Froome-attack range...

We're at Rowe driving pace range, which always lasts until the final 40km, ergo, Sky will always have 6/7 dudes until the critical part of the stage.

 

[rick james]

Alaphilippe should just jump on the motorbike, wouldn't look as bad

 

[happytramp]

Should movistar not have put one of the three lads in the chasing groups to force sky to chase?

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

Should movistar not have put one of the three lads in the chasing groups to force sky to chase?

Movistar?

Agression?

In the Tour?

I chuckled

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

Re:

Should movistar not have put one of the three lads in the chasing groups to force sky to chase?

Sky would chase them all down in seconds..

 

[happytramp]

Re: Re:

Should movistar not have put one of the three lads in the chasing groups to force sky to chase?

Movistar?

Agression?

In the Tour?

I chuckled

That's the thing, it wouldn't even have to be aggressive. Valverde could sit in the larger group up front while sky burned riders chasing it down once it got too far ahead

 

[fuiers]

Did the neutral service car almost crash with Alaphilippe?

 

[Finn84]

Sky and LottoNL seem to be only teams without rider in front.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Should movistar not have put one of the three lads in the chasing groups to force sky to chase?

Movistar?

Agression?

In the Tour?

I chuckled

That's the thing, it wouldn't even have to be aggressive. Valverde could sit in the larger group up front while sky burned riders chasing it down once it got too far ahead

Exactly. Any team with more than one GC possibility should have one in the break there. Not just teammates that aren't gonna be able to do anything cause your main GC rider won't attack early anyway and cayse Sky will outnumber you 4 to 1 in domestiques.

 

[Singer01]

Re: Re:

Should movistar not have put one of the three lads in the chasing groups to force sky to chase?

Movistar?

Agression?

In the Tour?

I chuckled

That's the thing, it wouldn't even have to be aggressive. Valverde could sit in the larger group up front while sky burned riders chasing it down once it got too far ahead

it couldn't get too far ahead with Valverde in it, they would stop it getting more than 50 metres up the road.

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

Did the neutral service car almost crash with Alaphilippe?

Kind of.

 

[happytramp]

Re: Re:

Should movistar not have put one of the three lads in the chasing groups to force sky to chase?

Movistar?

Agression?

In the Tour?

I chuckled

That's the thing, it wouldn't even have to be aggressive. Valverde could sit in the larger group up front while sky burned riders chasing it down once it got too far ahead

it couldn't get too far ahead with Valverde in it, they would stop it getting more than 50 metres up the road.

Fine. At least they'd be making them work.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Re:

Should movistar not have put one of the three lads in the chasing groups to force sky to chase?

Movistar?

Agression?

In the Tour?

I chuckled

That's the thing, it wouldn't even have to be aggressive. Valverde could sit in the larger group up front while sky burned riders chasing it down once it got too far ahead

Exactly. Any team with more than one GC possibility should have one in the break there. Not just teammates that aren't gonna be able to do anything cause your main GC rider won't attack early anyway and cayse Sky will outnumber you 4 to 1 in domestiques.

It wouldn't work as noone in the break would want to ride with Valverde in the break.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Should movistar not have put one of the three lads in the chasing groups to force sky to chase?

Movistar?

Agression?

In the Tour?

I chuckled

That's the thing, it wouldn't even have to be aggressive. Valverde could sit in the larger group up front while sky burned riders chasing it down once it got too far ahead

Exactly. Any team with more than one GC possibility should have one in the break there. Not just teammates that aren't gonna be able to do anything cause your main GC rider won't attack early anyway and cayse Sky will outnumber you 4 to 1 in domestiques.

It wouldn't work as noone in the break would want to ride with Valverde in the break.

Alaphilippe would, he wants the polka dots. Same for the likes of Barguil. If Izaguirre is there for Nibs, he might as well work with Valverde. Etc etc etc.

 

[Flamin]

Wasn't Valverde in a large break some years ago but decided to sit up after a while because it wouldn't work? (it's a pretty vague memory so don't know the exact circumstances)

 

[Singer01]

Rowe off the front, train down to 7, hope springs eternal.